Trish - phone photo

Hi Amanda,
This is my lounge room at the moment.
I am in the middle of packing as I have just fulfilled one of my dreams, to own my own home. Imagine my amusement when I realized what what printed on the front box.
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend up at Karkoo, I'm sure you all will.

Cheers Trish

oh what a great photo Trish! And what a special 'message' to you! LOL life works in funny ways sometimes doesn't it?!!

also a massive congratulations on buying your own home - very exciting i imagine!

Tiff - mobile photo

Another cute one Tiff.

He looks so little next to that pilot!

Amanda - kitchen inspiration and fav. drink

Well i might be a bit late but i am slowly plugging away at the challenges.

This is from last month - Meredith's kitchen inspiration challenge. I have sewn baking paper around the border of this layout and used cork - i wanted to use the back of a placemat but i had chucked them all out so had to plead help from Sue's stash!


Also a fav. drink - well it would be if i could drink it all the time i think. The hype is well deserved!

Mobile phone photo - Maryanne

Maryanne said ...
"here's a picture of the snake we had in our yard on sunday. "

Eeewww is all I can say!!! I hate snakes - a good snake is a dead snake I say!

Hand cut title - Maryanne

Maryanne said ...

"I'm not sure if this really fits the handcut title challenge, but its sort of the digital version of it, as I chose a font then a patterned paper and created a clipping mask, to create the patterned font. I used the dotty red paper to create the title. "

Maryanne I'll definitely accept that - sounds very impressive!!!

Plus I love your layout - great colours, clever photo and a funky layout!

Amanda - twine

Inspiration from a tag in the latest CK by Jen McGuire

Hand cut title - Tiff

Tiff said ...

"I used Heidi Swapp ghost letters and adhered them on to October Afternoon Piggy Tales PP. Then I cut them out with my trusty craft knife (new blade really helped lol)

And viola, perfectly co coordinated title with the LO. "


Lovely Tiff - the cluster of flowers is beautiful and a great way to get a big alpha shape with a "template" by using the ghost letters!

Hand cut title - Sue

Sue said ...

"At last i have scrapped again. I decided to use my letter stencils for my title....remember we used them for school projects etc??..... I bought a pack of various fonts when i first started scrapping and have hardly used them, so this was a great chance to get them out and blow the dust off them!!
Also the stitched paper border was a design inspired by a Mardi Winen page that i saw on Scrapboxx".


Really love your title Sue - really effective! The paper strips are a great use of scraps too - very clever! And I always love the look of stitching!

unknown (now known as Sandra) - phone photo

An anonymous texter - scratch that.... Sandra has owned up! - on my phone sent in this image of some beads on a mirror. Gorgeous collection of beads and a great image captured!

I love how you can see the reflection in the mirror and the room looks so clean, airy and light.

love this.

Tiff - phone photo!

My apologies to Tiff (and thank goodness she posted that comment below which made me do a big HUH?) but i found your image on my phone.

At the time when i recieved it, i did not connect the blog challenge to the photo LOL = but did think it was cute but a little odd that she would send me this image.

So again = sorry Tiff!!

Amanda - phone photo

This is an old phone photo which i was actually going to use for the half and half challenge.

The wall in the Lincoln Camera Centre - which i just adore (the wall that is but Roz is really nice too LOL)

and this is my most fav. phone photo of all time!

even though she looks a bit shrek like in colour it could almost pass as vintage i think!

almost there....

only 6 sleeps til the scrapathon!

Who can't wait to escape for just one night?

1. me!

Hand cut title - Marika

Marika said ...

"This is a lift from Fran Tynan (I think from her blog - Marika, I reckon it might be from here ).

I stamped and cut out the title as I didn't have the right colour letters. Know why I don't do it very often me and those craft knives don't get on very well."

Wow I love your layout!

The title looks great and quite fiddly so great job!

The colours are delish, especially that spotty background!

Thank you!

pass it along...

If you hear of anyone out and about saying that they would like to come along to the 2010 E2C retreat please, please PLEASE ask them to contact either Sue, Meredith or Myself to ensure they are on our contacts list.

There will be some news on this retreat out soon and unless they are on our retreat email list OR check the blog at exactly the right time it is likely they will miss out.

We have heard whispers out and about that there are lots of new people interested in coming along and we would hate anyone missing out or thinking that they were not 'in the loop'.

The last two years have been fully booked out within hours...yep HOURS.

So make sure you are on the list, check your emails regularly and keep your eyes peeled on this blog.

More news soon..............................

PS. please keep creating and sending in your works! It seems very quiet on here of late!

October Challenges - part 2

Due to popular demand here are my challenges for this month ;-)

Photo challenge -

a photo from your mobile! Get creative and let's see what your camera phone can spy!

Amanda's Challenge - in a twist over twine.

Go nuts for this really funky embellishment. I have recently bought some of this stuff (bakers twine) from the US which is so lovely. In green, red, brown, black and blue colour ways. All twisted with white. CUTE!

You might have fancy twine like this, or it could be plain ol' string (which also can look pretty cool on a page) Ribbon, twill or trim NOT allowed. Rope would sneak past my radar too!

Charlotte W - October sketch

Howdy Sue,

Yesterday we declared our day to be 'Pyjama Day' and we slothed and did some scrapping. I promised the girls they could do your sketch which they were very enthusiastic about. Let me tell you, scrapping with three girls at once is chaos and madness!!! They are very proud of their layouts and are desperate to see them on the blog. They all chose a photo from our recent trip to Cairns, Charlotte is in her cousins pool, Georgia chose one from our tour of the tablelands and Jess liked a photo of herself at Muddys playground. Hope you have had a lovely weekend.

Cheers,
Tracey

Love the bright colours Charlotte, you have scrapped a beautiful bright page, hope you had fun scrapping with Mum's stuff!

Georgia W - October sketch

Thanks Gerogia, looks like you girls have been having fun with Mum's scrapping gear. Love the punched edge and the flowers!!

Jessica W - October sketch

Great page Jessica, love the colours and your flowers too!! Thanks for having a go!! It looks like a great holiday and reminds me of our trip up to Cairns too!!

All great pages girls, and Thanks Tracey for letting the girls amongst all your gear, hope you all had fun!

Sue's October Sketch - Lachlan T

Lachlan chose the photo (typical!!).

He was a little more adventurous but maybe not as colour coordinated!!

Although I must say he takes after me - loves little letters and buttons!!! ROFL

Jack & I tried to get him to think of another title but he was determined that this was the one he wanted!!

He decided on the journaling tag being stuck to another tag. And he was very keen to add a few extras - the buttons and the ribbon on the top of the tag!!

He stuck the buttons, circles, the ribbon and journaling tag down.

Sue's October Sketch - Jack T

I really enjoyed seeing Jack create this!

I gave him a few photos to choose one from.

I asked him what colours he wanted to use and then gave him a box of patterned paper to choose from.

He chose all the bits for the layout. I let him stick it down! I did do the brads!

He decided on the title by himself and wrote the journaling.

I really restrained myself from changing anything or talking him into any colours or choices!!

Thanks Sue - such a great idea! Maybe we could make this an "every school holidays" idea!