Sue's Sketch - Amanda

July circle sketch & circles galore - Sue

At last i have scrapped my sketch and used plenty of circles!!

Circles challenge - Meredith

a little tip ...

I love Crate Paper brads ...

these are some of the new release ... "Random"

Anyway ... once you have used the brads up, which doesn't take long as they are beautiful, then you can use the little foam square that they come on ...

as a mini mat for behind your paper to punch your holes for brads etc!!

It is small and more portable (easier than a mouse mat and a little bit thicker too).

Happy brad attaching!!

2011 Scrapathon

design credits for scrapathon ad and blog banner : lettering delights

July sketch - a circle or two

This little sketch idea has been sitting on my scrap desk for some time (and you wouldn't beleive how many scrap pieces of paper i have with little scribbles on them...LOL!!)....so with Meredith's call for circles this month, i thought this sketch idea might help you all out with a simple basic starting point.

You will see i haven't put a spot for the 'title' or actual embellies etc....so go for it.... and i am so very keen to see what you can come up with, what different looking layouts we can get here.

I too must get a scrapping and hope you are getting a free moment to get to your scrap space too...with the school holidays on!

Catchya soon,

Suex

Amanda's challenge - Meredith

Amanda - circle and outline font challenges

Amanda's july challenge

today i noticed that outline fonts are BIG right now.

They seem to be everywhere. Yesterday i received some yummy swissgirl design stamps

and they are everywhere throughout the latest Donna Hay magazine:

don't they look awesome?!!

So my challenge is to use an outline font. It could be one of the free ones you can download from dafont
(one of my favs. is Steelfish outline)

or you could stamp if you have outline stamps!

or another easy way would be to trace around the outside edge of a chipboard or sticker alpha and then remove to leave the outline…..

Hope we can fire up some scrapping on here!

e2c scrapathon

Just letting you all know that we are hoping to hold another one this year but as yet nothing is confirmed.

We are trying to coordinate 5 scrap businesses, our chef, school holidays, sport, work, farmers, and family so the majority wont be impacted and unable to come.

Mix this with almost fully booked out accommodation and it's tricky (to say the least)

If you hear a date mentioned, remember that as yet nothing is confirmed and set in concrete. Keep an eye on  this blog, our facebook page and your email which is where you will see it first.

We appreciate your patience

Meredith's circles, circles, circles challenge ...

Just lately I have seen some amazing layouts on the www featuring circles ...

Like this one from Jennifer Larson

or this one from Heathyr, that was featured on the Studio Calico blog

or this one by Laura Kurz

or the very talented Kinsey Wilson

so be inspired and create a great layout, send it to me to post here on the blog!!

We need some layouts to inspire us!!

Marika - same on same and quote!

Hi Amanda,

 

Just sending you my layout for the same on same and quote challenge. Sorry about the crappy photo . purple on purple flowers and the punched border 3 times layered. Loved this photo of Bellas egg collecting in her dress in the freezing weather last week. lifted from the cover of ST August 2010.

 

Thanks Marika

Oh love the sensational colours in the title Marika. Your same on same flowers are great - just a subtle accent!! And that big photo is awesome - so cute!!  Great to see some new scrapping on the ol' blog!

thanks for joining in.

Sue- same on same challenge

My example of same on same very minimally by using the graph to do the journalling on....Papers used in this layout were 100 days of summer by Simple Stories, black spotty Echo Park, alpha stickers October Afternoon Rocket Age range...and random rubons..

Sue - Scrap this quote..

I found my source of inspiration for this months Scrap this quote challenge....when these Ali Edwards stamps arrived in the post....i thought 'you dooofa'.....and it wasn't the reason i bought the stamp set in the first place. I thought this quote would go with any picture and just capture the wonderful moment of everyday.

This is my first scrap page for some time, and i struggled with putting it together...but it is a photo of dear little Mace helping packing up from camping...just a wonderful ordinary everyday moment!

Amanda - same on same challenge

Amanda's same - on - same challenge - Meredith

Sue's quote - Meredith

Queen's Birthday ...

It's my birthday and you can scrap if you want to!!

So let us know what

• you plan to scrap
• what you hope to achieve in the scrap room
• any scrappy stuff that is going on for you this weekend!!

I am working on Amanda's tone on tone challenge and hopefully Sue's inspiring quote challenge!!

When you were ...Meredith's layout challenge

Take a look at this fab journaling and layout ...



From: Pip Prosser 

The Australian Women's Weekly  has a feature each month about a celebrity reflecting on their life and giving advice to their 16 year old self ... take a look at Ita Buttrose and her thoughts ;-)

Looking forward to your roughly 16 year old photos (give or take a year or two) and your journaling!!

PS ...

You may decide to hide your journaling and that's okay!

Scrap this Quote challenge

I thought i would challenge something different this month instead of a sketch..............

"Scrap this Quote"...

I saw these words somewhere....don't ask me where...not sure if it was in a magazine, on a blog or just where, but i liked them immediately....so sent them to E2C's very clever graphic design artist Amanda and this is what she came up with...oh magic.....hope this inspires you like it does me!!!




So go use these words- either as part of your title or part of your journalling or just a quote on a fabulous page.....i can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Suexx