June Challenges

Well i think this month your challenge cup may well runneth over!

Meredith, Sue and myself have had inspiration overload and there are some awesome challenges that will be posted up here on the ol' blog during the month of JUNE.



Amanda's Challenge.

this is in response to a trend that i have spotted popping up all over the place.


SAME ON SAME.

here are some examples i have stumbled upon lately. The layering of paper elements of the same colour as the background is evident in each one:


Keisha Campbell

Louise Nelson (Challenge entry from last month)

or this one by Michelle Burry who uses journalling strips in the same kraft as the background…..

and finally this gorgeous layout in the latest Creating Keepsakes really made my eyes pop - by Davine Fiero (if you follow her blog link there she also has another example creating clouds and a scalloped border using the same technique)  Those big kraft on kraft scalloped circles is what i am on about here!! What an awesome and yet subtle accent!

So pull out your punches or scissors and get some same colour on colour happing. It doesn't need to be kraft or white card stock. Just same card or paper on top of each other.

And nope i am not meaning a simple monocromatic layout here….. pfffft any doofus can pull one of those together. I am thinking punches, fussy cutting, home made bits and bobs from paper layered on to the very same paper/card base.

Go forth, create and show us how you go!

Sandra - Tucked in

Hi Amanda!!
Well would you believe it??
I actually got around to doing an E2C challenge
I have been rather slack in that regard lately.
I loved the 'Tuck' challenge and when I saw it this layout came to mind....and it has been floating around there ever since! lol
This is a photo of my late father in law.
Love the angle of the photo...considering the era, the angle is pretty funky!

Cheers
Sandra




Wow wow wow Sandra. You know what i love the very most about this layout? It's that it is full and yet maintains a sense of space. LOVE all those yummy tucked ephemera, bits and bobs. You do vintage so well Sandra!! Also adore how you picked a white lined pp backing instead of kraft or another darker / aged colour - it really makes the whole layout striking and so very eye catching.




It's wonderful to see your work on the e2c blog again :) Thanks!

Photoshop ideas ...

Take a look here ...



http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/04/photography-with-kristen-dukephotoshop.html

Lou's layouts for Sue's sketch & Meredith's colours

Hi Guys

Please find attached my layouts for Sue's sketch and Merediths colour challenge, [tho Im thinking that I need to add some string to the banner and some white colour splats to Sue's sketch LO LOL].

Im hopeing to have a go at Amanda's tucking challenge tho it might just beat me Im struggling for ideas LOL.

Cheers and Happy Scrapping

Lou xox

Wow Lou I love the colours you have used here! So yummy together!!

The white splats are really effective on the black cardstock too and love all the butterflies!!

Just gorgeous ... love the Hambly leaves and rubons  and the white on white "cut out"!


Thank you for joining in again :-) 

very cool idea ...

image from Sugar and Charm blog

Go here to see the info on how to do it ...

http://www.sugarandcharmblog.com/2011/03/zinc-inspired-letters.html

Amanda - Meredith's Mid May Challenge

Well i started with the Fibonacci design but it evolved into something a bit different. Oh well such is life.

Marika - colour challenge + tucked elements

Hi Amanda,

 

Just sending you a picture of my layout yah i finally have done one.  Not quite bottle green but i liked that colour green better.

 

Thanks Marika

WOWSERs Marika this is amazing. Love the spots and all the white space. The blue and green just look stunning here!! Cute photo and beautiful brown eyes! Love this design so much!

Mid month challenge - Sue

I have very loosely followed Meredith's mid month challenge with this page...it was the basic principal that i began with....if you look closely you can see i started with the paper layout of Meredith design and then scrapped my photos etc on top of them all....... This is one of my fav photos of my friend in Berlin...i love the flukeiness of the sun flare that has come out in it.

Hope you having a great Monday...

Suex

storage idea ...

From {a} My World blog

This is a great, easy to make little project that you can have on your scrap desk to store all sorts of things!!

or take a look at this one ...

From Crazy Little Thing Called

Scrapbook Trends / Embellish give away

I have extra copies of the April edition of Scrapbook Trends and also of the latest Embellish magazine and thought i would give them away here on the ol' blog. These are completely new - un opened mags.

This is a commenting tag type of game - Hot or Not.

The idea is that i will start off stating something and someone will reply either 'hot' or 'not' and follow up with a question for the next person to comment and state wether that is hot or not.


You will need to read the last comment on this post to see what exactly you are reply hot or not to!


so it would go:

Amanda : Anchovies?

Jo Blogs : Hot.  Skinny Leg jeans?

Sammy Rose: Not.  5 Loaves vanilla slice?

Jackson Five : Hot. George Clooney?


etc etc.


It can be anything…. scrap related, food, fashion, colour. You name it.

The winner will be the person who has held the LAST comment for 12 hours. This may be quite an ongoing post / commenting relay if it goes along as it should.

ok so the start question is:

Leopard Print? 

(now reply hot or not - the first person to comment will be in response to me -after that my question is void and goes to the next commenter's question in a relay)

***Edited to add - you can post more than once to keep yourself as the last poster!***

Colour challenge - Sue

This colour challenge inspired me to dig out these photos of the day i spent flying a kite with my 2 grandsons....and i just had to add a wee touch of red and yellow to the page. I was also inspired by Meredith to use my mini alpha stash for my journalling - thanks M.x

Mid month challenge - Meredith

Meredith's middle of the month of May challenge ...

When I saw this post at Today's Nest ... Spiraling Out of Control: The Golden Spiral ... 


I was really inspired !!


It's called Fibonacci and I think it has been used in patchwork so why not scrapbooking!!


So take a look and then maybe give the design a try!!


I think an A4 / 8 1/2 X 11 inch layout would work really well but even a 12 x 12 inch would be great too!!








Images from Today's Nest


Can't wait to try this myself and look forward to seeing your creations too!!

Sue - tucked elements challenge

I have used elements from the 'on holiday' range by the girls' paperie ... i bought them last year ready for some of my travel pages...haha!...plus i have added a ticket from the boat cruise (at the top) and a swiss flag sandwich pick that i happened to keep as well. This was quite a challenge for me, it took nearly all day for the page to come together....but i can tick that one off....now off to think about the colour challenge.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday xx

Zanny - card to share

Hi Sue,

Here are some photos of the card I made for A & A's wedding. I'm terrible at making cards as it takes me so dang long to create something that others would throw together in a minute. I was very happy with the result this time & enjoyed doing something a little bit different. The Tri-fold card idea is from "Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft vol 16 NO.6"

Zan

Wow,wow and Wow Zanny....this is just great......love all the bits n bobs on it and the tri-fold is very effective & clever!! I love all of it as i am sure A & A would have too. Thanks for sharing it here with us, and sorry i haven't posted more of your photos but i had trouble down-sizing them .....(and i'm not as computer savvy as others!)

Tiff - Sue's sketch

hi Sue,

At long last I've had a moment to get into your sketch challenge. I must say that although i am a nervous mister/splatter i do enjoy the 'randomness' of the effect.

Thankyou for the sketch. I do print them off each month and put on my desk for reference, so when i do get the chance it's there ready to go.

mwah
Tiff

Wow, Tiff this looks great!! Do like the colours you have gone with and love your random splatters....i love to see how they are going to turn out. Love your banner, and off the page bit....and yep, those eyes are amazing, you have captured them very well!

Thanks for joining in and sharing with us all here.
xx

Colour challenge - Meredith

Amanda's sideways challenege - Meredith

May challenge

I really love this layout by Diane Payne  :

I know most of those elements coming in from the side are actually on the paper but wouldn't it be cool to do a DIY version??!!!!

So my May challenge is 'tucked elements'.

Tuck all your elements down one side or peekaboo type of style from an edge.

Hope you can join in with this challenge and give the ol' blog a shot of enthusiasm!

The "use it and lose it" Colour challenge for May!!

Okay so after The Biggest Loser finale last night and heading back to the Gym this morning I got inspired by my Instructor's "outfit"!! LOL

So using these colours ... Create a layout - you can add white and / or kraft!!

yummy green, beautiful blue and black

I don't think she thought I was too strange when I asked to take the picture 

... she does have a sister who scraps ;-)

Amy - retreat shares and mug whereabouts

Hi Amanda, here are the layouts I did at retreat. 'Forever in my heart' is my version of a layout shown in scrapbooking memories volume 13 no. 4. The layout 'if u can  dream it, do it' is not supposed to have a wonky O lol!! I had an awesome weekend and cant wait til the next one!! hopefully there will be a mini retreat to pass the time by faster…..

Also, this is where my retreat mugs live. On my new scrapping shelf. Unfortunately my 09 mug has gone walk-a-bout. happy scrappin! -Amy

oh the layouts are beautiful Amy! Stunning colours and banner in 'remember this'. Totally WOW.

 The 'dream it' looks almost fairytale it's so whimsical and gorgeous,  the stitched circle in 'a girl on a farm' is fantastic and the distressed look of the papers look fabbo in 'many faces'.

Your heart layout made me do a double take! (i have done a similar one in the past week… and now i am wondering if i spotted yours at the retreat and filed that idea to use later without realising it! Sorry if you thought i had copied yours!) Your page is absolutely breathtaking - just stunning. I really love the stitching detail as well as the paint splats. Just amazing.

Thanks Amy!

Amanda - Sue's sketch

The different elements are all there from the sketch - you might need to squint a bit to see my interpretation of it though :)

Sue's sketch - Karen

Karen said ...

I have been scrapping this weekend/school holidays and it has been nice.  So last night I thought I would give your Easter sketch a go 1. because I have never attempted a banner. 2. I think I may have scrapped myself out! :0

I hope everyones had a wonderful Easter!

wow Karen!! I love your first banner!! The stamping looks excellent and some mist flicks ... woo hoo!!


And as always love the colours you use ... fantastic!!

Sue's sketch - Meredith

My take on Sue's sketch ...

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter ... Meredith 

where is your retreat mug- from Sandra

Hi Amanda!!
Wonder if anyone else takes their E2C mugs on holiday?? Would be great to see other photos!!
We are in Venus Bay...Happy Easter and stay safe everyone
Sandra
Xx

great shot Sandra! Looks very relaxing!

I don't take mine on holidays - in fact they never leave my scrap room :

interesting to see if others actually use them for coffee or storage!! And where?!! Work or home? Take a shot and send it in.

Happy and safe Easter everyone.

Easter sketch

Finally it is here....the sketch for this month...well, i have called it the Easter sketch.....for those of you who are going to be lucky enough to be home over this very long weekend....and may have the opportunity to escape to your scrap space for some quiet moments. Hopefully this sketch can bring you some inspiration.

I have taken it from my 'Family Portrait' layout that i did at the retreat, you can see my example in a couple posts below....... hopefully i will see some touches of paints splats or some ring work, maybe a banner, an odd butterfly or flower too.........whatever, just have some fun with it.

So i look forward to seeing what you come up with!!

And i wish all you a Very Safe and Wonderful Easter with family and friends....and hope the Easter Bunny is very kind to each & every one of you!!! Sounds like the weather is going to be a pearler.....so enjoy!!

Take care,

Suexx

Kylie - retreat share

Hi Amanda,

Just sending through a piccie of a layout from the Retreat ... fresh from the framers in Lincoln today.

I fiddled around with this 'project' for the first 'day and a half' of the retreat (in between doing classes / eating / drinking / chatting / sleeping) ... until I was finally happy with it.

It's a present to give to Mum at her birthday party on Easter Saturday at Pt Neill and will be a 'mate' to hang alongside the one I did for my Dad at the last E2C Retreat.

Thanks to all of you for such a wonderful retreat yet again, it is always such an amazing weekend ... I will be sad to miss the next couple when we are travelling (but I could always fly back hey ! - some ladies travel miles for the retreats I guess I could become one of them !).

Thanks,

Kylie :)

WOW Kylie! You always make the most beautiful presents and keepsakes on our retreats! What a thoughtful AND clever girl  you are.

That chipboard circle + flourishes looks like it was specially made for your 'layout' and ooooooh at all the lace and the perfect vintage feel that those papers lend.

I bet this will take pride of place on the wall next to last years framed gift!!

You will certainly be missed if you can't fly back to our retreats Kylie - it isn't completely a silly idea you know ;-)

Sue - retreat layouts

A couple of my favourite layouts from the retreat...i didn't add my LO's from the classes (which were favs of mine too, but you can peek at them at my own blog)......AND i am hoping to post up a sketch challenge this week!! :)

Marika - retreat layouts

Hi Amanda,

 

Thanks again for the retreat it was a fantastic time and so nice to have some me time.

 

Marika

and layouts from Fran Tynan's class

 thanks Marika = these are stunning. Sorry that they are smaller than i normally post but they pixelate when i make them larger. (if you send me bigger sized images i can enlarge them on here)

I am always really struck by how you use colour - fantastic and really inspiring. LOVE the banner in the Poser layout, the butterflies in that yummo rose ribbon in the family fun page, and the stunning simplicity in the M layout. The kraft and brown is delicious in the Dad page - really lovely and soft but masculine at the same time…

Thanks for sharing Marika. Awesome and so productive!