Scrapbooking Memories Sub Call

rito chickies.
my personal challenge to all you 'heritage' chicks.
because u all do it so well I challenge u to sub it to SM for their vintage sub call.
its easy.

right click on your file on your computer.
send to
mail recipient
say yes to make the pic smaller
email address to send it is
sthomson@expresspublications.com.au

in the subject line type in heritage sub call

write to Sharryn. briefly point out any points of interest
thank her for her time.

you usually get an answer back within the week either yes or no.


nothing to lose.
give it a shot
go on
i dare ya!!
double dare to Sandra. wink wink

Just had to stop by and say WOW!!

Well girls you have out done yourselves with Sue's vintage challenge.

I have just been through to comment on them and it took ages ;-)

Thank you for joining in on the challenges and I hope we can have some fun with the new format for the challenges too.

Keep up the great work.

hot to dot

dot to dot. one i did only a little while ago and still love it. hmmmm praps I should have saved it for a bracket challenge.

oh well, I just have to do one then.

;)

t

a change - challenge 20

Ok so we have done a few challenges in the time we have been here. I have been throwing around an idea which Sue, Meredith and myself have liked.....i haven't been able to catchup with Tiff to run it past her but hopefully she will be ok with this idea. We will have a get together soon and plan some challenges and that way will have some examples each week to show.

So the challenges are going to go a bit like this......... one week the theme might be ric-rac and you must use this on your page. Fabric might be another, brackets another week or maybe even paint.

So by doing this we are encouraging us all to either try new things on our page OR pull out bits from our stash that have been sitting there waiting patiently to be used.

so this week......................

*drum roll*

it is ...........

pen dots.

Yep you heard me right. Get out your pen and start dotting up your page. This week i would like to see some dots on your page. This can really emphasise areas and make them POP!

This example of mine is almost a total scraplift (so nice to scrap and NOT think!) from Heather Bowser from the Aug. issue of Scrapbook Trends.

The She page is VERY OLD but another example of dots. You do not have to use black cardstock here - it looks equally effective on any colour. Just ensure the colour pen will stand out strongly against the background.

NOTE = this isn't a dotty paper challenge - we all know how to use that fairly well already i reckon ;-)

get to it!

have just walked in the door, given DH a cursory peck and then logged in. LOL.absolutely pooped. will catch up with the lateset tomorrow.
t

Not quite 40 years old but ....

kinda vintage :)

and another......

Sandra is loving this vintage challenge.....and doing so well with it too! Wow wow wow. The techniques you have used to age all the bits in this look awesome! Totally wow. What a fantastic photo too.

Sandra says -

Here is another vintage layout jsut finished tonight. Unfortunately my scanner leaves a dark mark right down the middle.... quite annoying.
This is Lucy May Cleaver...Garry's maternal grandmother. Love this photo... just love the hat and hair even though I feel like tucking that stray hair in! and how old fashioned is the hanky in the hand?? the layout was based on sketch number 106 from pencillines.
This was a great challenge.. great to see lots of participants... but where is yours and Merediths???

well mine is still coming. Worked on it a bit tonight. I have also had a sneak preview of Merediths and let me tell you it is fantastic and will be up here soon too.

i have to be careful here....

that i dont miss anyone out! I have been inundated with emails with pages!!! Totally awesome to see so many girls inspired by Sue's vintage challenge. Well done Sue!

The first email i got was from Karen D who has slipped in a late entry for the scraplift challenge we had earlier. She can't remember where she saw it or who the original author was (the kid looks familiar to me though...) but here it is -

and here is Karen's version-

I love how she has rotated the whole thing. That little line of stitching there along the bottom, the 'meredith' inspired heart, and the vine. Just lovely. And i know they are special photos for a total rev head lover!

Next up was Maryanne who sent in another vintage page - boy this girl has totally got the look going and does it sooooooooooooooo well. This page is very cute - and I really like how you did the journalling. It sounds fantastic.

next up we had Karen's email with a another vintage page. This is a photo of her mum on her first day of school! What was she carrying Karen? This is great - i love all the extra bits - the dymo, lace, hydrangea and pins. The tears in the ledger paper ..........all lovely. It has a very 'amanda' feel to it so i feel quite honoured Karen (even if you didn't mean to!)

finally we had an email from Lisa! This is another page from her Mum's album that Lisa is working on so it is in those same tones. The album must look amazing!

I know in your email you said that you were struggling with the 'white space' on this one but i think it is absolutely perfect. I did actually say 'wow' when i opened your email. I really do think this page is fanstastic Lisa...........you dont need to add anything more! That metal baby sign looks like it was made just for your page - it sets it all off beautifuly.

Thanks everyone for participating. I know you will agree that part of having this blog is about sharing and inspiring each other...... we can't do that without all your wonderful works so dont be shy and keep them coming.

Also if you drop by dont forget to comment on the pages seen in here. EVERYONE loves getting comments on their work so please leave a little comment - you never know your words might make someones day :)

Sandra's gone vintage again!

Oooooooooh wow. Check out the gorgeous aged tones in this. Just lovely with the lace, bits of metal, the hat pins and the old newspaper! And what a fantastic photo. Beautiful work Sandra.

And i do know Maryanne has done another vintage page......i wonder if she is going to show it here???!!! ;-)

Sandra's gone all vintage on us!

woohoo. This chick is creating up a storm too.

Everyone is LOVING Sue's challenge and stepping up to the plate with some truely awesome pages.

Sandra you are going to HAVE to tell me where you got this tape from you keep flaunting infront of my eyes - dang i love it! That purple scallop paper is absolutely perfect for a school type page! Very cute school photos too!

Great idea using the tags for extra journalling behind the photos too. Good for kids names etc that you wouldn't want cramming up the main body of the layout.

love it all Sandra!

now they are flying in.

Lisa been scrapping older photos for her Mum's Birthday album, so this vintage call has been perfect for her LO's completed for this special lady. And all Mum's are special arent they.

so ta da here's Lisa's answer to Sue's challenge.

She has worked with Basic Grey paper for the whole album and I reckon Lisa has pulled this one off beautifully. To me the lace work sets of the feel of the LO perfectly

Apologies to you all. This will be the first Challenge that I have missed for a LONG time.
Have been a bit busy (as normal) and will be away from tomorrow till late Tues night. So by then the new challenge would have been posted and I have missed this one.
I will try to catch up to it at some point down the track.
happy blogging.
tiff

a stitch in time....

Karen has produced this masterpiece. Isn't the sewing fantastic. Highlights the white space and the red blooms give it all the colour it needs. Oh and the torn page from a book, just divine.

Karen says : It is a photo of my father in-law, and two of his brothers with their rabbit trap. It was taken around 1952, I have had it here for ages wanting to do something with it. The ticket on the left is an old ticket we found when we did some DIY here, so it is original/authentic. Whoo hoo I haven't scrapped for about a month, went to Lincoln yesterday and had a heap of photos printed, so I think a scrapping weekend is coming up. (Maybe after Ive done the ironing!!!!)

I gather u went to Rabbit Karen after seeing you on Tuesday??!! did ya print out any digis.

By the way bloggers... if u get the chance, check out Karen's digi album when u see her. This is one talented chick.

:)

and ANOTHER one!

Just another page to share with the vintage photos in mind. Added the birds at the last minute, with nest and all!!

wow - wow - WOW

this girl is totally embracing this challenge. So much so that i can barely pick my jaw up off the floor to write this post.......

Maryanne is on FIRE. My god girlfriend = vintage is YOUR thing! This page is brilliant. The deep red and white dotty paper and how you have grunged that up. The bit of tattered lace poking out the edge. Those fantastic little letters. The rips. The tears.

WOW

bloody perfect.

stunning sunsets

While at Scrap Chat yesterday, I spied these totally awesome photos that Brigette H took during last summer at Farm Beach.

I just had to ask her if I could put them on the blog. I was thinking back when we had the photo scavenger hunt Challenge 12 and sunrise or sunset was a category.

quick link to find it on the blog http://escape2create.blogspot.com/2008/08/photo-scavanger-hunt.html

Aren't these just glorious in colour and clarity.

Awesome stuff Brigette.

Don't forget to come back and read the comments to see what fellow scrappers have to say. Leave your own comment if u like

click on comments, type in what u would like to say and your name and click anonymous.

easy as that.

cya on the blog.

*insert bulging eyes*

holy friggin hell.

This girl has totally blown my socks off with this.....in fact they are so blown off i think they might be somewhere up Kapinnie way.

This vintage page is just wow WOW WOW.

If this is totally all your own work Maryanne then by god woman i hope you are submitting it everywhere and anywhere.

love everything about it. Every single detail. That torn bit up top of the photo is delicious!

Challenge 19

Well, i've heard it's time for the next challenge. And you may have heard or seen that i am having a moment for Vintage or Heritage pages............

So let's go scratching through all our piles of albums, because this challenge is to scrap a layout of a old photo or photos. We have all got a photo or two of our parents or grandparents, or choose a favourite old photo, for whatever reason .... there's a story behind everyone of them.

So please share your pages with us, and photos from 40 years ago or more.

Here's one i have done,

And this came about, when Rob's Dad was in for a cuppa one morning and he stopped at my family photo board and started telling me how this picture of him, his mum & sister was taken in 1942, while his Dad was away at war. So whammooo......there grew an inspiration. I even found amongst my bits n bobs some military buttons to add to the page.

Catchya soon..

5 Loaves Bakery Scrap nite

A couple to share

I also have another couple pages to share with you all - been a busy little scrappy bee this week

For something different - i washed the colours out alot in photo shop, and i think it zooms the attention into Jacob's infectious smiley face - which i must add - is a rare moment capturing a photo of him actually smiling!! So this is one of those precious moments!!

I have also been scrapping some vintage pages over the past few weeks. Digging out those old special photos. This page was scrap-lifted from a Scrap Trends magazine, but i aged it more with inking and tearing.

So i will be pretty quiet for the next coupla weeks now, so will be hoping to see some of all your recent pages to keep me a buzzing!!

Catchya :)