Kathryn inspired by Nat

Hi Amanda

After three sessions of sitting and scrapping, I have finally completed a LO & challenge.

I’ve gone with Nat to lift. Sorry about the quality of the photo. I’ll take another tomorrow during day light hours, crap night time light, and email it to you.

Hope ya going well.

Kathryn

Wowee Kathryn that looks awesome!Love that glossy tree and that cute little bird! All the details look fantastic. The cluster of flowers with doily and sparkles reminds me of Nat's trademarks too!!

And of course a brilliant photo and memory to scrap!

more free fonts ...

Over at iheartnaptime

You will notice that

... the Cafe Rojo font is just like the Basic Grey alphas stickers and

... the Pharmacy font is like some Scenic Route alphas sticker around a few years ago and

... the Bambi font looks familiar too!! Can anyone place it?

hello ... hello ... hello ...

so welcome 2012!

I have been looking around the net and found a new blog or two to pass on to you for maybe some scrap inspiration ...

just found this one ...


http://www.puglypixel.com/

and this scrapper ...



http://jenkinkade.blogspot.com/


this is fontalicious ...

http://www.castleandthings.com.au/home.php?cat=255

This printable available for purchase ...

http://www.the-lilypad.com/store/product.php?productid=6968&cat=25&page=3

and this quick embellishment idea  ...

happy days ... :-)

Meredith lifts Nat ...

Meredith lifts Mardi & Kate ...

I wrote 'does' but it sounded way too rude ;-)

So here is my lift of Mardi's layout ... I turned it on its side ...

and then Kate's

Ali does Mardi

Hi Amanda, here is my take on the Jan challenge... I have chosen to scraplift Mardi, I will confess I have had a blog crush on her for ages and ages, and have adored her work whatever it is (scrap, sew, re-thrift) for a long time now. I probably will not be able to speak when I meet her in April!! LOL!!! Sad but true I'm afraid.

So here it is, a bit of a crap photo, the light isn't so good outside atm...

Thanks for the challenge, it felt really really nice to scrap this afty!

Ali x

Oh Ali this is perfect!! Love the hand cut scallops (i am so jealous of anyone who does them and actually makes them look great!), the little labels and the machine stitching. Those lovely pinky red tones are delicious and the dabs of yellow make the whole thing POP.

Great job mate!

Nat does Kate (in a non rude way)

Ok so I thought it would be pretty funny to scraplift myself but decided I'd look like a total idiot! :)
So I lifted Ms Mason!
I was inspired by her gorgeous collage background for this layout.
Absolutely loved creating this today!
Love Nat

Oh this is beautiful Nat!! The design and colours are unmistakably your style but LOVE that shabbylicious collage background. The splashes of red - YUM. Great work and i think its fantastic that your own scrap style still shines through!

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