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cant hold a good scrapper down. Another excellent challenge answer for the blues and browns. This is proving a popular challenge (onya Sue)

Matthew is so cute....hasn't he grown so much lately...

Your sanding on the photo edges is really effective and that BG paper catches the shirt on the left photo and the tan tones in the middle photo so well. Also LOVE the journalling strips.

awesome Janice. 2 entries in the hat for you. Thanks Sarah for the scanning ;)

Introducing.....Janice

Janice's answer to the blue and brown challenge. After seeing this layout in her album on Friday night at the Scrap nite in the Bakery I pestered Janice to put up on the blog. I think she yes eventually just to get rid of me (;D).

She left the chipboard raw which works with the brown tones on the PP really well. Love how she has cut the flourishes with a craft knife and lifted them to sit on top of the photos.

Great to see you on the blog Janice. Don't forget to show Kevin and Matthew!!!

scrap night @ 5 loaves Bakery was a hit. Black Friday as the theme, come dressed in black, 13 scrappers. All the ingredients for good fun. Katy baked an awesome Black forest cake and had little black cat lollies and Chico babies on the tables.Lots of fun, chatting and sharing of layouts, not to mention wonderful meals and coffee. Next one is tentatively set for Friday July 11th.Cant wait.

Hello, hello, anyone there???

Hi everyone,

Well we have discovered recently that there are quite a few of you out there that check this little blog out regularly. Dare I say it, some of you check in more than once a day!! OMG :-0

So since we haven't had a post for a few days I thought I would just leave this little note so you have a bit of blah, blah, blah to read!! ;-)

Now, after the scrap night at the Five Loaves Bakery in Cummins last night we know that there are quite a few more blue and brown pages out there so get on and e-mail them to Amanda so we can post them here on the blog.

A big thank you to Katy at the Five Loaves for making a yummy Black Forest cake for black Friday (13th) - apparently it was very nice (I resisted!!).

Even if you are a non-page poster please leave us a message. We know you are out there so check in and say hello. Remember ... the chicks and chooks are here waiting to see what you have to say.

Happy scrappy days!!

Maryanne's page!

here is Maryanne's take on the blue and brown! Love how it seems to go so well with your 'vintage' photo of your Dad Maryanne......what a great momento!

The blue and brown combo is fantastic for heritage type pages.....and for boy pages.....well and for girl pages too LOL.

I like your little cluster of goodies in the corner too! the flowers are there but not in your face (if you know what i mean) so they totally DO NOT look out of place. They seem to belong there and blend in so well with the theme of the page you have going on.

well done chook!

keep them coming!

blue and brown.

Just as I was about to load up my creation, Sandra is already there. She is hot off the press. Onya Chick.

Here's my rise to the challenge.

Cheers.

Sandra's blue and brown!

wowee she is hot onto this!!!!!

arriving in my inbox tonight - hot off the press is this fabulous blue and brown creation! AND i can spy a flower or two!!!

anyone can tell you how much i LOVE basic grey papers - so this page automatically gets two thumbs up from me. Add in a cutie patootie and it is simply brilliant!!! Love the mix of black & white photos with the coloured one!

Thanks Sandra - totally excellent!

Challenge 5

Hiya.

This is an oldie but still a goodie. Searched thru my scanned LO's on the computer and found one that fits Sue's challenge.

Don't worry, I'm doing a fresh page to also meet the criteria. I happened to have a page planned with brown and blue so this is great timing.

Thanks Sue.

Challenge 5 - 'Blue & Brown'

Gday there! All waiting for another challenge?? Well this time it is going to be a simple challenge but with a difference.

While i have been scrapping through Rachel's 'baby' album, i so wanted to do a blue and brown page. I had some lovely kaiser papers that i was dying to use, and 'whammo' it all came together quite easily. I love blue and brown, so now i challenge you all to show me what you can do with the colour combination too!

All this talk about flowers on our pages - well that can be part of the challenge too.

Blue and brown AND a bloom or two.





Can't wait to see your ideas and pages.

Challenge ends - say - Wed 18th June.





EDITED BY AMANDA to add photo of Sue's page and to also add mine here too..... (lo and behold the same paper!) Many thanks to Sue for her rubon to complete this one!

maryanne's mini challenge page

Sorry Maryanne - i did recieve this earlier today but was out all day and then forgot to upload it before the bath/tea/bed crazy time in which i feel like strangling everyone and would MUCH rather be on the www uploading fantastic layouts!!

*deep breath*

sorry about the delay -eek..

anyways i think she has done a fantastic job on this. Many people are scared to mix flowers with boy pages but there are some wonderful examples out there on how this works....

Dee Molina has 2 boys and regularly useds blossoms ttp://molinamusings.typepad.com/

and Felicity Malyszko has one boy, a passion for brights and uses lots of flowers on her pages of her little one http://felicity-lifeslittlemoments.blogspot.com/

I love how Maryanne has used humour in her title and really punched the title home by making the boys into flowers. Great page and i am very thankful you DID send it to me!!!

In other news i would just like to send out a little wave to Karen who would have had a difficult day today at the vets with her beloved Bonnie. I hope it all went ok Karen.

my take on this one

Hey girls :)

Well after a busy weekend i managed to scrap this page following my challenge guidelines.

The black ribbon down the bottom (looks wonky here but isn't in real life), then there are two in the cluster up the top.

There are three photos and also three colours.

Also have tried to use the 10,30, 60 rule but as you can see by my page.....it is a rough guide only - you dont have to obsess over the percentages to make it work for you.

If anyone saw 'how to look good naked' tonight- the page might look kinda familiar. I got the inspiration for this one from a skirt the mum was wearing which was very WOW in it's design.

A great LO from Sandra.

To quote her comment from Meredith's post

talk about a challenge!!My stash is very small and I had to turn my house upside down for some ribbon! Finally one shoe lace and one wrecked xmas decoration later.... voila! 3 ribbons..(already had one)

Just goes to show what u can use when u are pushed a bit. Innovation is everywhere.

LOVE the shoelace idea.

Triple treat entry

Well I thought I'd have a go at this challenge and it was a bit tricky using 3 colours and 3 ribbons!! I probably don't use ribbon that often even though I have a collection of it!

I used

3 colours: red, green and white

3 ribbons: white one is under the red and white stripe and then the green fluffy one is around the pin.

3 photos

The journaling reads "Before you even sat down you asked Lee if you could have 'product' in your hair! You kept asking until you got it ... funny boy".

Hope we have a few more entries uploaded once Amanda returns from Coffin Bay!!

a weekend quickie

Challenge four is a little challenge - just a little something to get us through the next 3 days of non school, non footy/netball and will not have a prize attached.....as it is a mini challenge.

This will close on Monday night. No winners for this one but just something for you to do over the long weekend to get your mojo flowing.

Sue was going to set the next challenge but is away in Adelaide........so this mini project can tide us over until she gets back to set another.


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this mini challenge is to use

3 ribbons, 3 photos and 3 colours on your page. It can be any sized layout.

While we are at it I would like people to have a think about the 10, 30, 60 colour rule.

basically this is where you have one main colour used (60% of the colour on the page - it may well be the white cardstock for example on a minimilist page), the second colour is used not as much as the first (30%) and the third is only a smidge of accent colour (10%).

While this sounds awfully technical for scrapbooking....it works wonderfully and is SO easy to pull pages together using the right amounts of colour without overloading your mind. By using this rule your layouts will look very balanced and pleasing to the eye.

Remember that the rule is totally flexible. You can use ANY colours. The 60,30,10 amounts dont have to be EXACT - just a rough guess.

This is one rule that is used quite a lot in design and if you look very closely at pages that appear in magazines that use 3 colours.....scrappers use it a fair bit too (usually with out thinking about it)

So give this mini 3 challenge a go!

3 photos
3 ribbon
3 colours -

and if you feel adventurous you can try the 60, 30 ,10 rule too. Hopefully i have explained it ok here.

can't wait to come home from Coffins and see all the creations!

winner winner winner winner

taking a leaf from Meredith's book, I had 2 pj clad assistants draw the winner for Challenge 3 - Go Scrap Yourself -

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grrreeeeaaatttt stuff chick. Fantastic to see our self confessed addict has something to get her even more addicted. Nothing like feeding the habit is there. good on ya chick. Your prize pack will be on your doorstep this morning when I come in for my ice coffee (:D)

Huge thanks to Leonie from SCRAPWORKZ in Port Lincoln who was very happy to donate this prize. Leonie will be in the 5 Loaves Bakery in Cummins this coming Friday. Black Friday, the 13th, with at least half the shop. So come in, grab a coffee and get yourself some retail therapy. Or if would like to scrap email me on katmfirth@bigpond.com to book you a table. Only 5 left.
cheers and scrap madly.

and another one!

woohoo the entries are now flooding in!

Thanks Cassandra for taking the time to do the challenge. From your journalling it sounds as if you have been unwell - thanks so much for getting your creative juices flowing and making this amazing page. Difficult i know when you are feeling under the weather. What a fabulous job you have done though! Love the rub-on and the floral details!

Keep them coming girls - so nice to see some new names in here too (but still loving our 'old regulars' ;) )

another entry!

Thanks Amy for joining in our challenge. I know Tiff will be in raptures with the bling you have used on the page and the leaf accent looks brilliant. I love seeing everyones interpretation of the same sketch.....there are so many ways to make one thing look so different.

Thanks again Amy and good luck :)

a blue day

How appropriate on this cold, rainy day i recieve an email from the talented Karen with her challenge entry.....titled 'blue'

The journalling is so sad and strikes a note with me as we went through a similar situation with our labrador Chloe a couple of years ago.

Anyway Karen's family pet is sick......and her heartfelt journalling left a lump in my throat.

Here it is.

"Blue, is how Im feeling. My beautiful Bonnie is sick and may not recover. Im finding it hard knowing that she may not be with us much longer. 4th June 2008"

Thinking of you chook. A pet really is a part of your family and it is so hard to say goodbye.

challenge 3 countdown

Righto Scrappers. Get your skates on. We only have 2 entries for challenge 3. Closes midnight Friday night so get a wiggle on.

Dimensions of the page are 15 x 30 cm (6 x 12'). Self portrait LO

Rolled oats inspiration

When I bought this packet of rolled oats a few weeks ago I did so because I loved the design on the box!!

So today I finally decided to do a layout based on the box!!

The photo is a bit dark here, but I think you can get the idea. Journaling reads "Day one of school this is how you wore your shirt".

Oh and I have had a bowl of porridge ... with dried apricots mixed in and no yummy brown sugar (my favourite but trying to watch the sugar intake! ;-) )

Have you found some inspiration on a packet lately? Give it a go ... lets face it companies pay big dollars to designers so the designs must be okay!!