a note from Sandra

Today i recieved a fantastic email from Sandra. She has agreed to let me post it on here so sit back, grab a coffee and be inspired by this chook.



Hi Amanda and Tiff
Here is my latest layout... In my Daughter's Eyes.. Using the same papers as Tiffs.
I have applied so much of what I have already learnt on the blog and by looking at your layouts
for eg
song as inspiration.. In my daughter's eyes by Martina Mc Bride
Butterflies.. from guess who :)
Lace from Amanda's 'Play' layout
'thumbing' the paper to curl and distress it
The Noteworthy paper that I won.... thanks girls ... love it!!
staples staples staples
dymo.. love it too
have now got the confidence to sew on the page (butterfly's trail)
Inking the 'chipboard' bracket (actually it isn't chipboard but card from Ally (she uses it for her mini albums.. easy to cut out.. used a stencil for the shape..I think I will be using this more often..so easy!
and there is heaps more...
but the most important thing I have learnt is to be more confident..and try things I haven't done before. 'its only paper' :) from Amandas post.
Thanks girls for all the inspiration!
Sandra



hasn't Sandra done a BLOODY FANTASTIC job? wow.

She has come such a long way in a few weeks there is absolutely NO stopping her now!

My challenge page!

Hello again,





Well I finally got around to doing a page last night!

Photo by Amanda Hall.

Journaling reads "I love to laugh", tag behind photo says "always have and will".

It was a bit weird doing a page 6 x 12 inches. I have seen a couple in magazines and hadn't tried it so thanks Tiff!!

Hope we see some more entries in the next two days as the close date for challenge three is the 6th June (I think!!).

Prize for previous challenge (No 2)

Now Karen has probably been wondering where her prize winged its way too as she hasn't received it yet!! You will be receiving it very soon Karen.

The prize for the previous challenge (No 2) is a $15 voucher to The Shabby Chic Shack at Lock.

If you are ever in Lock or would like to visit a great scrapbooking shop make sure you head to see the girls at the Shabby Chic Shack. They always have new goodies arriving!!

They also put out an e-mailed newsletter and have recently been sending e-mails with photos of new products just in so send them an e-mail to get "on the list"!!
Brigette at siebert@eyreonline.com or Jo at schell@eyreonline.com

Better get back to my current challenge page before I miss the boat.

I have heard a few whispers about the next challenge too!! ;-) Stay tuned!

I am so transparent.

Now I am excited by this LO.

It's an A4 transparency. I was inspired by a LO by Kim Ogden in For Keeps Issue 66, pg 74.

I had hassles originally with a thicker transparency. The ink from the printer wouldn't dry on it. Bugger I thought. There goes that idea.

Then 'light bulb' moment.

I have transparencies that I can print on so why don't lay one over the other and sandwich the photos in the middle. Now I can see all of the flourishes as well instead of the photos covering part of them up. I used a mini brad in 2 of the corners to hold both together and sewed the other corners. Just as an added interest I popped out a little mirror from a powder compact and 'viola' I have my LO done.

A bit of a trick to photograph it well. I leaned it up against a panel on my door in the morning light but I hope you can see the 'transparent' side of it.

And I LOVE it.

two more entries for challenge THREE just in

Thanks to Sue and Maryanne for stepping out of their comfort zones and scrapping gorgeous pages about themselves.

LOVE what you have both done!

Maryanne has used her dymo - can you tell that it is my most fav. scrap thing!??? So naturally i think her page is awesome. Great photo and excellent spin on the topic too. The patterned paper as a back ground is also great and OMG is that paint swiped along the edge? Jeepers - amazing stuff.

Sue love love love the contrast between papers, cardstock and the colours of the flowers. It all looks so amazing and eye catching. Simply stunning! That pink just pops right out at you!

So you can see - with one sketch there are so many variations....Truely amazing to see each persons interpretation. One is no more 'right' than the other - and yet they were all inspired by one sketch.

great work girls :)

And yes - lurkers please say hello!!

intro

Hiya all. How about all the sight seers out there introduce yourselves. Let's not have any lurkers but a big bunch of happy scrappers.
sooo.... intro yourselves.
looking forward to hearing from you.
:D

a shift with Sue and Amanda

Last Friday i had the delight of working with Sue at the hospital. She is one of my most favourite people to work with for a heap of reasons.

1. she is a great nurse
2. very supportive
3. works hard and pitches in
4. she is a nice calming person to be around
5. she is a friend
6. SHE IS A SCRAPPER.

We do have very funny converstations and it isn't unusual for our shift to run something like this :

A: Sue can you come and help me turn Mrs X?
S : yep sure

(as we are doing it)

A: ooooooh i was in Leonies the other day and saw she had some new *insert exciting product*

(conversation that follows for the next 10 minutes is on new and exiting products)


S: Mr W needs some panadol Amanda.
A: Ok sure - am onto it..............oh hey did you see on the scraptac site they are having a massive sale?

(conversation follows on online sales and recent www purchases)

At coffee break
S: oooh i finished off my Rachael album!
A: omg did you? Where is it? Did you bring it in?
S: nope forgot to. (then promises to bring it next time)

A: well i bought some stuff to show off........(pulls out big bag overflowing with scrap stuff)
S: *eyes bulging* oh wowsers.

(next 20 minutes discussing bits and bobs in bag. Then analysing Sue's latest magazine she brought to flick through)

later on -

A: Can you do a set of obs on Mr P for me please?
S: yep sure.

A: *eyes glazed over* oh look at this graph paper (that we write obs on) ................ i can feel a page coming on



honestly i really love working with Sue. We have some fun times and i am certain that all the other nurses think we are totally nuts. Luv ya Sue *mwah*

batty on butterflies

Another one with the butterfly theme.

Thought you may like a peek.

The gorgeous pattern paper came from Scrapworkz in Port Lincoln

:)Tiff's answer to Challenge 3

Wow. I pulled this one together in record time for me.... and had fun. As you can see I turn the sketch upside down and worked with it that way.

Journaling says :

I just love this photo of myself. I am usually behind the camera and not in front of it so I don’t have many shots of me. The ones I do have, my dearly beloved takes for me with the kids and the focus is on them (of course). In this shot I feel sexy. I don’t know if it’s the half smile, my hair or the eyes but I love it. I usually hate photos of me but not this one. I am proud to say this is me. 10.11.07

Hope this doesn't sound too up myself because I definitely am not that way at all.

Amanda's page for challenge THREE

Heya girls :)





Hope all is well out there in blog land.





I have done a page on myself but didn't base it around the sketch - so kinda following the rules but kinda breaking them too (LOL typical!)





The main photo here is of Piper and the little one is of me.

also letting you know that i gave Maryanne and Sandra their prizes for challenge one tonight so hopefully we will see some amazing creations from their new bits!

Just adding here that i scraplifted this page from a girl called Tinkster whose page was awesome and inspiring!

get ready to laugh your butts off

OMG this page from Sandra absolutely cracked me up. It is for Tiff's challenge number THREE.

I love everything about it. The humour in the journalling is fantastic.

Journalling says -

I Am an Addict!
No...I am not addicted to
alcohol or drugs or even sex (excuse me?)
but to the escape2create blog!
I know it's an addiction because I
HAVE to check it EVERY day!

Thanks Sandra for a brilliant entry. Glad we could feed your addiction :) Now we will have to start up an Escape2Create Bloggers Anonymous group!

To share - My little Patch

I would like to share with you a LO that i did last week of my little patch, which i love. My little garden, which after some lovely rain was looking nice and refreshed. I love to get out into the garden after a rain, to dig and plant.

I just had to scrap it, and i used inspiration from a page that caught my eye in a creating Keepsakes - May 08. The colour of the duck egg blue and the red thickers got me in!!

Hope you like it too :)

a layout i thought might interest you all

I finally have gotten around to scrapping some photos of our retreat!!





i had to take a photo of it = the heart and pin really pop off the page so i cannot scan it properly without shadow and it looking crapola.

sorry have had to take it down as it has been accepted for publications YAY!

My inspiration came from a magazine's contents page - i just really liked how it was set out and thought that i could transfer that onto a page..... I changed a few things but really like the wide open spaces, even though there are three photos on here, journalling, a title and subtitle.

the journalling says -
45 scrappers
3 days
2 nights
5 scrap shops
1 venue
4 classes
1 photo talk
6 meals
44 new friends
7 pages done
3 hangovers

when can we do it again?

and before anyone asks - no i am not pregnant :) it was a freebie magazine from Kindy!

go scrap yourself

Hiya Scrappers. Well have I got a challange for you.

Let's put faces to names and scrap a page of yourself based on this sketch. Don't forget you can use the sketch in portrait mode, you can mirror it (turn it backwards), upside down, whatever. Use your imagination to suit the photo. ;) It's a bit hard to see but there is a journal card or something like it poking out the right hand side of the photo. The sketch is a bit fuzzy. (I thought it would load up better than this). If it helps email me to send you the sketch directly to you. katmfirth@bigpond.com

Sketch from littlescrapbookshop.com.au

The dimensions are 15cm x 30cm (6'x12') for the base page (good chance to use up some PP or Cardstock leftovers.) Use a photo size of your choice.

Try to use a recent photo of yourself (say in the last couple of years or so). If you dont have one this could be the excuse you need to set the camera on timer and grab some shots of yourself. Don't fret if you don't have the time, use a baby photo and we can try to guess who you are.

How to get my LO onto the blog? You have a couple of choices. Whatever is easier for you.

1. Take a photo of it. Lay the LO on the floor by a window in the morning light. Turn off your flash. Stand over it with your back to the window. Watch out for your feet and shadow. Line up the LO so it is square in the view finder and take your shot. email your jpeg file to ga.hall@bigpond.com for Amanda to load it up.

2. Scan your layout. This challange will be easy to scan at it will fit on an A4 scanner. Save as a jpeg file and email it to ga.hall@bigpond.com . For future LOs that are larger, scan it in 2 halves and stitch it together using a stitch program. If you don't have one send the two jpeg files in an email to Amanda and she can stitch it for you. (Thanks Amanda :) )

3. If you only have a camera phone that is just fine. Take your shot as describe in 1. and email it to Amanda.

Leave a comment if you would like when you have seen each LO when it's loaded up. Just click on the comment box on the bottom of each post. Don't forget to type your name or intitals into your comment before you click Anonymous otherwise we have no idea who you are. Or set up a blog/google account with the link and your sign on name and pic is done for you. :D

I reckon we will make the closing date a little bit extended on this one so you can have the chance of doing some self portraits and get them printed or developed. So let's say

midnight Friday June 6th.

So....... go scrap yourself

;)

will post a pic of the prize pack soon.... just have to get the camera.

The prize pack is donated from Scrapworkz in Port Lincoln. Big thanks Leonie :D

Winner of Challenge 2

Hello everyone!


Well we did a random draw of all the people who entered our challenge and the winner is ...

I would like to thank my able assistant, Rohan for his help. The first photo shows him smiling ... terrific smile, not!! He did feel very important doing this job though!!

So Karen a prize will be winging its way to you soon. Congratulations!!

Now I know that Tiff has the next challenge ready to roll so without further adieu

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come on down Tiff!!

I hope that we can have more entries for challenge 3 - we were pleased with the number this time so keep on scrapping girls. Thank you too for the feedback about how much you are enjoying the challenges.

A little hint for the next challenge ... see Karen's entry into challenge 2!!

val's fault

Ok this is Shaz's entry for the last challenge which Shaz completed well in advance of last night's deadline.

Unfortunately her internet is down so she passed it onto Val to pass onto me....and well being human we all got busy and forget.

So here is Shaz's fabulous entry - not really late in the making but late in the getting to me. I thought that we could still pass it on through as she has done such a brilliant effort.

Thanks Shaz!!!

Be sure to leave comments visitors..........we honestly feel like we are talking to ourselves (apart from great feedback from Maryanne and Sandra - thanks girls for being so encouraging!)

Challenge 2 closing soon

Well hello everybody ;-)

This challenge will finish in one hour and then tomorrow we'll put the names in a hat and draw out a winner for our mystery prize!!

Stayed tuned for the winner!!

Then I think it is Tiff or Amanda or Sue's challenge time!! I have had a sneak chat with Tiff about her ideas and I reckon that they will be good to see!!

Paige's Page :)

Paige sent in her fantastic LO for the challenge. She said that the only camera she had was her phone camera - talk about committed!!!

She says -

"The stamp is my letters, they were done with paint on the brown paper and then cut out.

My brad is the lil silver heart in the top left hand corner.

The sticker is the flower, which i cut out of the paper behind the pic, then covered in Kindyglitz (i love that stuff =D).

I don't have rub-ons that fit with this lay out so i rubbed-on ink around the edge of the 12 x 12 piece of patterned paper, cheating i know. =P

The journalling reads -

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument,

I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands,

I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you,

I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do.

I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul,

I believe that family is worth more than money or gold,

I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair,

I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires.

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned,

I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned,

I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side,

I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye.

which i took from the song affirmation by savage garden (thats written on the lil tag in the bottom right hand corner). I just picked out the ones that applied to me."

Thanks Paige - i too love that song and have thought that they were very 'scrappable' lyrics which often bring a tear to my eye. So true!

Thanks again for your phone entry!

still banging out butterflies

Found this metallic butterfly in a pack of a few in Beers Newsagency in Port Lincoln. How cool. They compliment bling so well, and I love bling.
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still digging butterflies

just finished this LO. Am tickled pink with it (no pun intended). Thought I'd post it so we don't always have only LO's relating to the challenges.



The butterflies came from my daughter's scrunchie. Shh...Don't tell her, I think she had forgotten that she even had it. They have a mother of pearl lusture to them and I find them so perfect in so many LOs. I hand sewed one onto a bloom. I found these gorgeous hat pins in the Birch habadashery section at Spotlight in Whyalla. Who ever is there next, I know Amanda and Meredith want some of these.



Just thought I'd share it with ya.

:)