Maryanne - twine (yarn)

oh my. This is fantastic.

Just look how this clever girl has made that cool flower! The green on this is awesome Maryanne. The ripped 'blocks' up top look fantastic and so effective too. Love the black against all that colour - it pops it all off the page!

Kitchen inspiration - Sandra

I have FINALLY completed your kitchen challenge!!

The items from the kitchen are 2 pieces of spaghetti. lol

Cheers Sandra xx

Wow Sandra ... that is so funny!! Great layout - love your splash back tiles and what groovy patterned paper - perfect for the theme!! And a yummy looking meal!!

Thank you for sending it in - sorry about the delay in posting it - I had a party to get to yesterday!!

Sandra - twine

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Sandra. This is incredible! Very very clever and what an awesome photo! Creepy with that spider! How appropriate for halloween night too!

Great, inspirational use of twine! Jeepers girl!

Sandra - photo, twine and misc. challenges

Hi Amanda,

The one of me could fit the mobile phone challenge... I took the photo myself with the phone... and I felt like a real idiot doing it too... lucky no one was around!

The crossword layout could fit the twine challenge. I am nearly finished another layout which has a bit of twine on it... will send that in when I finally get it finished.

And the other one fits no challenge AT ALL unless the challenge was to produce a layout which hurts your eyes! lol.. So much Green!! and yes Teagan loved it!This layout was a challenge to create as I personally am not a green lover... unless it grows in the garden!

Thanks to the rest of the girls on my table (and the one behind me!) for the encouragement!! I would love to see some of the other creations produced on the weekend... I saw some fantastic things being made as I snuck around the room, too fantastic not to share with the rest of us!!!

Cheers for now Sandra

Sandra - the first one is a very Louise Nelson type of LO - this is interesting ;-) and fantastic! I am certain she will be stoked by this! Brilliant work and really inspiring, open journalling.

The crossword one again uses some heart string tugging journalling - i read it on the retreat and struggled to hold it together. What a beautiful memory. You have scrapped that fantastically.

The green layout is very GREEN, but wow= what an imact. I love the colour green and you have used it so well here. A great design and i am certain that Teagan loved the end result. How could she not love such a brilliant page on her and her fav. colour...??!!

Thanks for sharing Sandra. As you said it would be great to see a bit more work that was produced on the weekend! I know there was a fair bit done by all! What a relaxing and creative weekend we had!

Twine challenge - Meredith

Tiff - twine

Well after the flurry and excitement earlier this week it seems we are back to our normal programming.

Today i found another challenge in my inbox!


Tiff worked on this at the scrapathon - but fiddled a little more on returning home and found it fit the twine challenge beautifully.

Great job Tiff. Love the journalling strips and the brads.

If there are any other pages out there that fit our themes - please send them in. I know i spied some twine layouts being produced on my table at the scrapathon ;-)

2010 Retreat Registration update ...

I have sent an email to everyone who is registered to attend with payment details.

I have had 2 people contact me saying they had not received it.

I have also had others who have paid already so the email seems to have been received by some people.

If you haven't received the email please do not hesitate to contact me and I will resend it.

I have contacted all those on the waiting list with a separate email.

Oh my goodness ...

FULL

I am still in a flurry here ... we are fully booked!!!

Still can't quite believe it!!

We do have a waiting list so if you would like your name to go on that please email me ... john.treloar@bigpond.com

I have emailed all those who have a spot booked - if you haven't received it please feel free to contact me.

E2C 2010 - registrations OPEN

this is the notice that you have all been waiting for!

YES: it is that very exciting time of the year. Time to think about our retreat and act upon securing YOUR seat at our next getaway in March 2010.

Please read this post carefully to book your spot.



DETAILS
March 26th, 27th and 28th 2010 at the Lions Hostel at North Shields (same venue as 2008 and 2009)

Price - $150 (includes accommodation, nibbles, and 6 meals - please note Saturday night meal will be at the venue this year)

Deposit - $50 - NON REFUNDABLE

*a variety of scrap shops under one roof
*freebies, goodies and give aways
*at least 3 separate scrap workshops (class and kits will be an extra cost and details will be released very soon)

REGISTRATIONS
will be open from TODAY for full weekenders only.
NO day trippers.

LIMIT OF 2 PROXY REGISTRATIONS PER PERSON - EMAIL ADDRESS AND NAMES MUST BE SUPPLIED.

To register and confirm your position you will need to contact Meredith Treloar via email john.treloar@bigpond.com
You will then be given instructions on how to secure your spot by full payment of $150 (preferred) or a deposit of $50. At the very minimum, your deposit of $50 is required by Friday the 6th of November. (less than 2 weeks!)

If you have not paid by this time, your name will be removed from our list and your position is forfeited.


THERE ARE LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE SO ACT NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

NO BOOKINGS/ REGISTRATIONS/ POSITIONS HELD PRIOR TO THE RELEASE DATE.

NO PAYMENT ACCEPTED UNLESS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED WITH MEREDITH VIA EMAIL


We would also like to welcome Kathryn D. aboard to the E2C team. She will be working with Val to provide us with delicious food on our retreat weekend. Thanks Kathryn!


E2C team:
Sue, Meredith, Val, Kathryn and Amanda

this time tomorrow....

a little group of girls will be up at Karkoo scrap, scrap, scrapping!!

at our...................... SCRAPATHON


For the ladies that are coming along - don't forget to bring:

• scrap gear
• toiletries
• clothes!
• cash (not sure if the shops will have credit card facilities? so just in case!!)
• towel for shower
• food (nibbles, lunch and tea if you are not getting Tracey M's special meal for an extra $7)
• Extra $7 cash for Trace if you are 'eating in' - tips welcome also for our fabulous cook!
• drinks and ice/esky
• drinking vessel
• bedding (warm bedding which includes some sort of mattress)
• earplugs if you are a light sleeper
• bucketloads of enthusiasm!

see you there girls!

a heads up....

that within 7 (yep seven) days the registrations for the March 2010 retreat will be opened and details released.

Keep your eyes peeled for posts on here about it AND in your email in box.

I would hate anyone to miss out because they read about it too late. Remember that the past two years have sold out in hours.

KEEP YOUR EYES OUT!

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.