Lisa - cover challenge

Hi Amanda,

OMG I have actually done some scrapping. First LO since the Karkoo retreat. This was a nice easy one to get my mind back onto scrapping, thanks for the challenge. I have lifted a LO from the cover of an old SM, by Belinda Venables.

I still need to add some stitching to mine, but my sewing machine is not working atm, so if I don't get it sorted before the retreat, will be bringing the LO with me to finish it off. I tried so hard to doodle around the letters like in the original, but I JUST CAN'T DO IT! LOL, no matter how hard I try it always looks messy and yuck when I do it...love it when others do it though. So, out with my trusty inks...a page doesn't feel complete without some ink anyways, so all is good.
Thanks for looking.

Cheers,Lisa

This is awesome Lisa! Great colourful paper (very Belinda!) and wow they sure pop on the kraft! Also love that blue felt flower! It is ironic actually - great minds think alike....and you will have to wait a little bit for that cryptic message to make sense! That is a VERY cute photo too - adorable! The chip hearts really finish it all off beautifully.

Sorry for the delay in popping it up here too Lisa - things are madness around my place at the minute!

retreat packing / storage tip

Yesterday as i was poking around in Kmart i found this little baby :

Granted - it isn't fancy = but wow is it cute and compact!

It's a very cheap,'under the desk' kind of storage unit. Not big enough for 12 x 12 papers but perfect for embellishements and all our other scrap essentials that are critical to take on the retreat.

This would be an unreal option to keeping things compact for the retreat. Enough storage for all the necessary bits and bobs and yet not cumbersome.

The drawers are very large - i can see my thicker collection nestling in there comfortably and calling it home for 3 or so days! These 'apartments' could also house my rub-ons and there may even be a few new tenants over the course of the weekend ;-)

I think if i pack mine full, as well as a separate thing for my papers it will be more than enough for the retreat weekend. It is quite small and i can imagine it rolling (yep the little castor wheels roll beautifully) under the table out of the way of everyone and yet still handy enough to grab in an embellishment emergency.

Found in the storage / plastic container area in Kmart. With my careful book keeping i have stashed the reciept in a safe place and cannot find it to tell you an exact price. From memory it was either $13 or $23 - either way i say CHEAP!

Tracey - cover challenge

Howdy Amanda,

Attached is my effort at the covergirl challenge. This is an old CK magazine Nov 2006 but it has always been a favorite. The magazine cover layout is by Angi Stevens.

I have thrown this layout together of my mum. She is such a beautiful lady with a heart of gold. I am very thankful that she is my mum and I am allowed to keep her all for myself. I would be lost without her, she is my best friend and I love spending time with her.

Thanks for this challenge I have been madly quilting this week and now I need to get my butt into gear and get myself organised for the retreat. Have a great day.

Tracey

by Angi Stevens

By Tracey.

Oh Trace this is stunning. I can see why you wanted to lift the original - so timeless and classy!

Love those papers you have used - very vintage and yum. Perfect!

I can't believe how similar you are in the face to your Mum in that pic = i have never noticed before!! And can i just add that i am very envious of your relationship. That is what a mother/daughter bond should be like.

Great job Tracey. Love it in so many ways.

Marika - cover challenge

Well well well it seems Creating Keepsakes is our fav. mag to lift!

From the October 2009 issue (layout by Laura Vegas) Marika has lifted...

Marika says :

Probably my last page for a while we start moving stuff tomorrow so there will be a bit going on in this house hopefully I have my scrap room reorganised in time to pack stuff for the retreat.

Thanks Marika

and here is Marika's delicious lift:

oooh those tags - they look awesome. Oh Oh and that measuring tape - is that a stamp? Totally fab Marika!

Good luck with the move and i hope your scrap room gets sorted out really quickly so tht you can have some creative time again soon.

Tiff - cover challenge

Tiff has sent in a clever take on the challenge.

Thanks for fiddling with the 'magazine' Tiff - i thought it was a great, fun idea but wanted to avoid any potential issues. I don't think our volunteer group would be able to fund any legal issues!! *wink wink*

Not exactly what i was thinking of for this challenge but very clever. Shows your sense of humour lol.

Jenny - cover challenge

Jenny has gotten into the scrapping mode and given us a page for the cover challenge and i LOVE it!

It is taken from this magazine - CK Nov. 2008 and is the front layout by Lee Lawson.

This is Jenny's version:

I think this is amazing in so many ways. The first being that you are a very clever digi chick! The second is that you have turned a very feminine layout into a very masculine one! And the third reason is your studio photos of your boys - I think those shots of the boys are really lovely.

Great work Jenny. Thanks for sending it in!

Ali - Sue's sketch

Hi Sue, here is my take on your sketch. It looks not much like it, I'm not the best at following things very well! But I am happy with the end result!
Thanks
Ali M

Great job Ali. Love those muted 'baby girl' tones - adorable. You did a great job following the sketch - this is wonderful work and such a cute little poppet.

Celebrate our cover girls challenge.

To celebrate Kylie's cover girl status AND that our very special interstate retreat teacher Mel Forbes is featured on Scrapbook Creations cover at the moment i challenge us all to become 'cover girls'.

This surprise challenge involves you picking a magazine cover (come on i know you have got a pile stashed away there somewhere!) and copy it.... yep scraplift a cover that you love.

This is mine that i worked on today. It is very liberating not having to think of design, colour and style.......actually i loved it. Copying someone else's work also enables you to try different styles and techniques that you may not think to do on you own.

The cover i have 'borrowed' is the Feb. issue of Creating Keepsakes.

and here is my version:

and this is the little book i made:

Of course the first rule of scraplifting or gaining inspiration from others work is to always credit. So the original layout was from the Feb. issue of CK 2010 and the artist is Susan Weinroth.

Lets see what you can scraplift! Remember cover layouts only!!

Maryanne - mat title

Maryanne has done a fantastic page with the mat title challenge in mind. The big number 1 and 9 are matted and boy oh boy it just jumps right off the page. LOVE your sewing and the 'notepad' type of feel to the page.

Heck it looks like that might hurt a lot though! Owch.

Fantastic pages maryanne and the brighness of the papers are really stunning. The yellow is magnificent!

Lisa - photo challenge

Hi Amanda,

Thought I would contribute a photo to the 'photo-bomb' theme.
This was taken last summer. I was trying to get a photo of Halle and Nana together, when Peter decided it would be a good time to throw Tyla in front of the camera. Thank goodness for zoom lenses is all I can say...

Cheers,
Lisa

Fabulous Lisa. A 'bomb' in more ways than one hey! LOL.

Great job and thanks for participating. Hope to see some more of you soon.

Chaz - photo challenge

Hi Amanda,

I wanted to send in a photo of when we went to coopers creek last year. I was taking a photo of Demi and Maddy when Tayla came through the picture in a fantastic way.

Ta Chaz

Fantastic example of a photo bomb Chaz. I laughed a lot at the expression on Tayla's face! Priceless!

Thanks for sending it in. Great to see another retreat chickadee popping her head in and participating!

Amanda - Sue's sketch

Cover girl Kylie ...

Oh my goodness ...

I just picked up this week's Stock Journal ( I only look at the pictures!!) and what should I see on the cover ...


a photo of three children that I am 99% certain was taken by their Mum Kylie Shepperd!!!

Unfortunately I couldn't find it credited to her anywhere but I think this won in a calendar competition for ABB for the 2010 calender!!

That is such a thrill I reckon!!

IMPORTANT NOTE RE. RETREAT

One vacancy has become available for our retreat next month (March 26 - 28th 2010) at Nt Shields.

This is sad news for us however this is FORTUNATE news for someone wishing to attend at short notice!

Please ask around, ask your friends, rellies - we would love to see any new (and old) faces!

No proxy registration taken....it must be made by the person wishing to attend. All 3 classes are still on offer for the new person wishing to attend.

The person registering will need to pay within the week of registering and payment will need to be the full amount - $150. If the registered person would like to attend the classes we would appreciate payment at this time also. Please note that the $150 attending fee is non refundable.

The class details and costs can be seen here -

Mel Forbes Class
Meredith Treloar Class
Amanda Hall Class


This will be offered to the first person responding in a DEFINITE acceptance and will be confirmed after payment is cleared.

Failure to pay by the due date (one week) will forfeit the position and it will be reoffered.

Please email Meredith if interested ASAP at john.treloar@bigpond.com

We hope some lucky person can join us for a weekend full of fun, friendship and of course scrapbooking.

Thanks
Meredith, Sue, Amanda
e2c girls.

Sue- colour challenge

Here it is....there is some green, blue, brown and PINK! Love these new thicker 'Delight' alphas, bit smaller than most thicker fonts, which i feel is very user friendly.

So good to see lots of scrapping here on e2c!!

Amanda - photo challenge

Ok i have two 'photo bombs' to share.

This one is very old - maybe circa 1982 ish.

I was in Brownies and going for my photography badge. The criteria was a photo of a pet and I had lined my sister Meagan up to take a shot of her holding our pet corgi on the leash out on our back lawn.

While i was fiddling with the camera settings, Mum and Ryan came out. Mum was in the middle of toilet training Ryan and according to the look on his face things were not going well this day.

By the time i snapped, i had accidently moved off my subject and happened to get more of the action behind her in the shot!

This photo ALWAYS makes me laugh. I could look at it 500 times and laugh every single time. Maybe because of how innocent the whole situation was or maybe because of that hilarious look on my brothers face - all the time with his pants down!

Ryan had a shockingly bad temper when he was little (strange because he is sooooooo layed back now you have to check for a pulse at times!) and Mum used to say 'Temper control Ryan!' when he was getting all steamed up.

This photo is titled 'Temper Control' in my computer - which also cracks me up.




This next one is supposed to be of G and K but i had a little Piper drop in on the action!

Fun photo challenege - Tiff

Tiff said ... "We went on the Pichi Richie last Easter and I took the camera along. I was just about to shoot the curve of the train as it was going around the bend when Kym popped his head out of the window next to me. Not like him to be the centre of attention LOL!!"


Thanks Tiff!! Hope you managed to get the curve!! At least he looks pleased with himself!!! LOL

Fun photo challenge - Jenny

Jenny sent in this photo bomb ...

"trying to organise the boys for a dress up display - Sam had to be silly"

Very cute Jenny!! I'm guessing a convict, a army man and a pilot ... am I close??!

Tiff - colour challenge

Tiff has stamped her title onto a brown paper bag, cut around it and then scrunched the whole thing. When sticking it to the page she only applied adhesive here and there - leaving the textured, crumpled look.

Very clever Tiff! Nice work with the colour challenge!

Sue's Sketch - Meredith

I discovered today that using this punch ...

on both sides of a strip of paper, but off setting the second side results in a ric rac effect!!

This punch is by Stampin' Up.