January Challenge - scraplift our teachers!

In case you missed the news :

we have three amazing, well published, and clever South Australian scrapbookers who are excited to be joining us in April 2012 at our retreat… these girls are planning the most amazing creations to teach YOU  in some inspirational classes!

The details on each individual class are out soon but just in case you missed the first announcement :

This month i thought we could pay homage to these amazing ladies by scrap lifting or gaining inspiration from one of their pages.

You may like to copy exactly, changing the photo and journalling to suit you  - or perhaps take inspiration from colours or the layout of the design only. It's up to you how it grabs you!

Thanks to Kate, Mardi and Nat who have all agreed to have their work on show for us to get the mojo flowing. (I did the picking of the projects for this challenge and boy oh boy it was so damn hard to just choose one for us to drool over!)

First up the wonderfully talented Mardi Winen :

blog is here :  the love supreme

and her fabulous layout to be inspired by is here (look at that delicious stitching, masking tape and ohmygosh who would have thought brown and floral could look so good together?!!)

and the incredibly amazing Kate Mason's blog: something for Kate

and the canvas to gain inspiration from (i think i might have squealed a little bit when i found this one - isn't it beautiful?!!)

and last but by no means least - the fabulous, clever and inspirational Nat May.

Blog: happydaks

and wowsers at the layout i have picked for you (the splats and the fussy cutting are just swoon-worthy. AND check out that handwriting!!)

Sorry i realise that i have seemed to pick florally or pink layouts - part of the challenge is to adapt them to suit you and your style… good luck and i can't wait to see what you create.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT OUR E2C CLASSES.

DETAILS ON RETREAT CLASSES TO BE RELEASED SOON - STAY TUNED.

Happy New Year!!

Now that the festivities are settling down I'll be triple checking that all the payments have been made ... please don't miss out on coming because you forgot to pay :-)

I think the classes might be advertised in the near future :-)

And stayed tuned for some scrapping inspiration and challenges ... we would really love you to join in :-)

oh me oh my ... how cute!

Okay so I'm not sure how many of you have a growing collection of wasabi tape like me ( yes I mean washi tape ;-)) but this idea is so cute ...

Source: Torie Jayne

Post Christmas scrapping ...

Okay so now Christmas is over how about some scrapping gets done!!

I thought this free printable music paper might come in handy when you scrap your Christmas photos ...

From The Graphics Fairy

or you might like to bundle up your Christmas cards are create something like this ...

Source: eighteen25 ... more details and instructions

or you could try some fun photography ...

Source: The Friendly Fox

And hey it's the holidays ... get together with a friend or a bunch of friends and scrap ...

Send in any snaps of your scrapping for us to post here on the blog.

OK all you iPhone users ...

http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/04/19/8-great-iphone-apps/

Have fun!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas # 13 ...

Download the colour or colouring-in printables for this project ...

http://marloesdevee.blogspot.com/2010/12/make-your-own-christmas-crib.html

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas # 12

Source: A Little Hut

Free fonts for you ... :-)

Going home to roost

Going home to roost

If you go to this blog you can search for 'free fonts' and find a few others too :-)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas # 11 ...

So you have lots of twine ... just the project!!

Over at fellowfellow

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas # 10 ...

Free printable gift tags ... over at sass&peril

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas #9

Last night i came home to find some festive snowflakes decorating one bedroom doorframe!

Had it snowed inside?

Were we in the midst of a blizzard?

Had Santa come early?

Was Jack Frost visiting?


Nope.

Georgia and Piper had made these out of normal A4 scraps. By tracing a CD to get a circle template, they then cut around it. Fold the circle into quarters and cut random shapes from the folded circle. Unfold and voila! A beautiful snowflake.

Georgia's tips -
1. To get more intricate designs you can fold it smaller than quarters.

2. Vary circle sizes for added effect. Use dinner plates or side plates to trace for guidance.

3. use very thin fishing line or mono poly clear thread to hang your snowflakes. You can barely see the thread and it really looks like they are hanging in space or snowing!

introducing our 2012 teachers:

In 2012 we are celebrating all things South Australian  - 'cause let's face it… our state ROCKS!

And this includes our amazing teachers who are all incredibly talented South Aussies! To say that we are excited about these girls being involved in 2012 is a huge understatement. We are freaking beside ourselves with much squealing and jumping around.

We are so proud to present these incredibly inspirational SA scrapbookers to you as our 2012 class / workshop teachers.

Class detail, cost and all things nitty gritty to come at a later date. Stay tuned!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas # 8 ...

Love these great baubles made with transparencies: source

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... # 7

Source

Hhhmmm I might just do these!!

Colour Challenge - Trish

Hi Amanda
Here's my very late take on your wonderful colour challenge. The only yellow
I have used had been in the photo and I included a smidge of black. I'm
really happy with how the Kraft came up. Thanks girls.
Trish S

WOW Trish. Love how you have just used the yellow in the photo - it really packs a punch and draws you in.


You are the queen of kraft scrunching and love love love how it looks here!! And fabulous splats! Great use of the hessian for a masculine embellishment. Awesome stuff.

Retreat payment reminder ...

the due date for payment was yesterday ... either a deposit or full payment.

I am aware that there can be a delay in the money arriving from one bank to another so I will check again tomorrow and Monday ... so if you haven't paid or simply forgot ... please pay soon :-)

It is a busy time of the year and we all forget things but would hate for you to miss out on your spot :-)

Cheers
Meredith

PS: I just love that apple so had to use it again ... hey maybe we could have an apple "carving of the design" as a challenge at the retreat LOL

big title challenge - Judy

Hi Amanda, 


I got all keen when i saw the new challenge of so what!! as I
have had these chipboard letters 4ever and never been able 2 use them as
they were sooo big-aha they were just the ideal thing 4 this layoutand this
photo was soo right 4 it. 


I didn't have enough s's but as there are no rules
in scrapbooking ...I used the Z instead. I sanded right around the edge of
the red paper butit needed a border and the only thing I had was the
packaging from some protective sheets I got from k-mart and wall-a it was
the perfect colour as the letters hope u enjoy it.

Looks great Judy. Love the dymo (ive got a soft spot for it from way back!) and those chip letters are fabulous! Great photo and the layering + buttons is fabulous. Red, white and black are such a striking colour combo.


Thanks for joining in!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas #6 ...

Okay all those people with a heap of twine ... check out this very clever but easy idea ...

Head over to Elise Blaha's blog!!

seat and sleep mates...

Amanda's colour challenge - Sue

Finally finally i have completed this LO, it has been sitting on my work desk for the past week!! I had fun putting this one together and i chose to go with the lime green colour which is just a splash of colour with the kraft and touches of black. tis not often i get to scrap a photo of myself, but Rach did good getting this one (photo) of me with her little boys!
Thanks Amanda for this inspiring challenge!