Brigette - colour challenge and sketch

A very warm welcome to a long time lurker and first time (i think?) layout poster!

And omg she has knocked my socks off!

She has produced some stunning pages and is a wee bit nervous about them being so public but

*sigh*

here we go Brigette!! You should be VERY proud of what you do! amazing.

1. Colour challenge:

2. Sue's sketch:

I am sure you will agree that she has nothing to be scared of posting here on the blog. Nothing but support :)

Sue- light photo challenge

This challenge got me experimenting with my camera, and with the sunsetting over the land last night the colours in were beautiful.

These are straight from my camera, loved the grasses swaying in the breeze and the sun setting on them in the first one.

And this one too, the sun just easing over the rise of the hill. I was hoping like hell the snakes had all gone off to bed....with me crouching down in amongst the long grasses getting these shots!

A layout or two - Sue

Here's a couple page that i completed at the scrapathon to share with you all.





This one is a scrap-lift from the very latest Scrapbooks etc magazine, a layout done by Lydia Jackson. I loved the different tree on her page...to me it was perfect to go with this picture of Rob and our kids & little ones. Photo taken by Amanda H.



This page came together easily, it was my 'Amanda Hall' style inspired page. This original photo has been sitting on my desk for ages, it has been a fav. of mine for years. Don't you just love the fashion that we are all wearing, and the old cars in the background? It's not a great photo with the blackend edges...but just had to use it!!

Thanks for your inspiration Amanda...love your work!

Sandra - Xmas project

Sandra sent this photo of a completed Xmas project.

She says:

Hi Amanda

Just finished this off today.

It is a Kaisercraft Advent calendar with Graphics 45 paper.

And oh, leaves courtesy of Tiff... that chicks leaf stash is Amazing!!! (thanks Tiff!)

ps I can count, Ryan just thought it would look better with the numbers all mixed up!

Cheers

Sandra

Wow Sandra. This is absolutely amazing. So vintage and yummy! Gorgeous!

Light photo challenge - Meredith

I had another go this morning and feel like this one is a bit more interesting!! LOL

Light photo challenge - Meredith

Tiff - light photo

hiya.
light challenge photo

one for the guys.
;-)
gotta keep our boys happy too dont we.

cheers
t

good one Tiff. Nice light.

Sue's sketch & colour challenge - Marika

This is stunning Marika!! Love the photo - she is adorable!! The bow of ribbon, the stitching, the cluster at the top right ... just so gorgeous!!

Light photo challenge - Marika

Marika sent in these photos ...


Love the sun radiating out, almost on top of the clouds.

I had a little chuckle at this second one ...

Check out the three little flies buzzing around!! Very cute photo!

Tiff - light photo

hiya a.
my light photo challenge response. I have a couple more up my sleeve that I need to work on first.
a bit of PS magic to create lots of mood. In case you didnt work out what it is, its a figure 8 wire twitch used to fasten two lengths of wire on a fenceline.

cheers
t

wow at your photoshopping Tiff. Looks like the sun is really belting in there!

ALERT

little teaser ahead!



I now have all of our classes for the March 2010 in my hot little hands. Soon - very soon, the details of these classes, costs and registrations will be open to those who have booked to attend our E2C retreat.



Can i just say that the classes look AMAZING! I am gob smacked at what has been produced for you guys!!



Again this year, there is NO LIMIT to the classes - if you would like to do all of them you can - or if you would like to do none that is fine too. It is completely up to you how many you do.



There will not be a long time frame in which to book - probably only a week so get your thinking caps on as to how much time you want to spend in lesson and how much you want to spend on classes. All payments (class and retreat) to be paid in full by the 30th of Nov.



As i said, this is a teaser - all will be revealed soon with the details explained more in full then.



Again i will say that the classes look amazing and you will really kick yourself if you don't register!

Maryanne - light photo

Hi All -

I took these photos early sunday evening, and Im not sure if they do fit the criteria, but I really liked the effect of the sun through the clouds.

Maryanne.

Absolutely stunning Mary. These are breathtaking. What a great capture of those rays - wow.

Sandra - light photo challenge

Hi All -

I took my camera with me to work today and tried to photograph something with light flare behind it.... no luck!! I ended up with just a lot of shadows and that diffuse thing you mentioned was just not happening.Then I spotted this sign... and there you have it... my 'light' challenge!

Any one that knows Relle knows that she loves the sun and quite often lays on the grass, playing with her hands as the sun streams through them... So I lay down next to her and took some shots of the sun through her perspective... and I must say I love the result... maybe not a light flare but thanks for inspiring me to take the shot... I love it .. and I can't wait to scrap it.

Sandra.

Great shots Sandra!! Love your quirky-ness of the first and yes i can see a bit of sun flare in the second! Fantastic!

By the way i wasn't meaning for everyone to try out sunflare - they were just my examples that i had on hand. You can interpret the theme of 'light' any way you would like.

And for diffuse light you need a beautiful bright but overcast day - a bit too sunny today. The cloud cover is the key for diffuse light. Good on you for giving it a go!

Great job again Sandra - i can't wait to see how others translate this theme into their photos.

November sketch challenge

I decided to take my sketch from a layout that i did up at the mini retreat. It is a simple sketch, using minimal product and i think emphasis is on the photo and journalling.This was a photo i was going to 'ditch' but saw this quote and thought it reflected quite nicely.

So have fun with my sketch, and see... scrapping doesn't have to cost the earth with products, just a few little bits and pieces.

Can't wait to see your pages.

November

Hi all. Sorry for the delay with these challenges - i have been out all day!

Photography Challenge.

ok the theme this month is LIGHT. Interperate that how you will and snap away. Maybe you would like to experiment with light flare - which is a very big, 'in' thing at the moment. Perhap you might have another more quirky way of looking at light. Think out of the box.

This is one of my fav. shots from the wedding i helped at a few weeks ago using some diffuse backlighting from the sun. A truly magnificent day for photo taking! Or here is another fav. dreamy sort of shot of one of Marika's gorgeous kids. I love how angelic he looks here! (Marika i know you are laughing about now - honestly they were just kids being kids - don't stress!!)

Amanda's Challenge.

Banners. Yep those little triangular thingos that usually say 'go team' or strung above the fire place with letters to spell out CHRISTMAS written on each flag.

They are popping up on layouts all over the place. They are not overly big on my list of 'gorgeous embellishments' but i gave it a go and actually liked how it turned out on this layout! Push yourself, extend and try something new! (i didn't measure my triangles but did it all by roughly eyeballing and nipping with the scissors) You can fasten with string, staples, machine stitching.....the list of possibilities is endless!

Sue's Sketch

Stay tuned.

Meredith's Challenge

Stay tuned.

Colour Challenge.

Using kraft to celebrate our new colour combo for the March retreat i have teamed that with baby pink, black and white for a shabby chic look. I can't wait to see your creations with this yummy combo.

Tracey - scrapathon layouts

Howdy Amanda, hope you are having a great weekend. Attached are the layouts I did on the scrapathon. I am pretty please with all these considering my brain was elsewhere and I was rather sleep deprived before I even got there. They are scrapped reasonably straight but I photographed them on a lean, sorry about the flash dots. The grid layouts were working for me and they were the best way to scrap our Africa photos (thanks Kate M for the suggestions!!). I used African money on the safari layout for embellishments and I think it looks pretty good.

Just thought I would share a bit from that weekend and I would love to see other peoples work.

Cheers, Trace

Thanks for sharing Trace. It is great to see that you were so productive on that weekend - particularly after the shitty time of it you had before getting there! So glad you made it! Just love how you have done these layouts - that less is more approach is so delicious. Now i REALLY want to go to Africa!!! Brilliant.

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!