Mini retreat layout - Mel

"Please see attached the page I most liked from the E2C Weekend.

It is not my normal style, but I am pleased with how it turned out. :)

Thank you so very much for another great weekend :) You girls are amazing and I had a fantastic time

Regards

Mel"

Mel what a gorgeous photo and love the banner across the bottom :-) It's fun to try a different style hey :-)

Escape2Create mini retreat thank yous ...

A very big thank you to ...
Sandra for collecting the groceries and doing odd jobs for us
Carrie for donating the delicious desserts for the first night
Tania for helping with set up and pack up
Sue for everything she did to help us
Kathryn for the beautiful food and help
Sonia for her help in the kitchen and packing up
Amanda as always for being a wonderful co-organiser and friend
to the wonderful shops Sheoak Craft Cottage, Scrapworkz and Shabby Chic Shack for bringing their goodies for us to peruse and purchase
and finally everyone that attended and helped with pack up and so many of you for offering to help throughout the whole weekend ... we really do appreciate it.
xxxxxxxxx

If you created a layout over the weekend, that you would like to share with us, please send it through ... john.treloar@bigpond.com 

mini retreat / scrapathon

Colour inspired Challenge

I found this on pinterest last night and it just popped out at me. I fell in love with it instantly....i'm not sure what it was....i love the colours, i love those angled  shapes or just what....so i thought i would start this month with a challenge from this image....be it the colours, shapes... or the background, whatever you like.

Hope this inspires you to combine papers with photos and products and to share it here with us. Hopefully during this busy week i can cut, glue and stick down some paper!!

I have officially stepped back from the E2C team recently but i will still be popping around in the background - here on the blog, with setting the occassional challenge here for you. It has been a busy and fulfilling 5 years with Escape 2 Create but my life is too busy to fit everything & everyone in. So i hope you will all continue to pop in the blog here and to mine to say hello, particpate in the challenges and share the scrapping love!!

So i hope you all have a good week- and keep on scrapping!!

Suexx

Trends challenge - Trish

Here is my LO on the subject of trending. Hexagons being one of them..

Thanks for the challenge. 

Wow Trish!! Love the painted background effect!! The kraft and white look fantastic together and the sneaky hexagons!! Totally love this ... I need to scrap soon!!

Thanks for joining in :-)

Hexagon Trend - Sue

This challenge of Meredith's has inspired me with hexagons. I have been spying and loving the use of hexagons on layouts lately. Here i have used a WOW chipboard to use as a mask, and then used MFT hexagon die to cut my patterned papers which happened to fit exactly over my masked area.

What have you seen that you like lately with the trends???

Trending ... are you onto it?

So over at Studio Calico they have an on line class coming up ... Trendspotting!

So these are the trends they are focusing on ...

• triangles
• ombre ... Ombre
  n. A French term meaning "shaded." Usually a multicolored stripe, with colors graduating from light to dark. The color effect is woven into the fabric. Generally produced by arranging different tones in the warp.
  
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• woodgrain 
• metallics
• sunburst 
• confetti
• neon
• arrows 
• banners 
• typography
• mist 
• hexagons

So lets see your takes on one or several of these trends on a layout ... :-)

PS If you want to do this on line class head over to Studio Calico for some fun :-)

Inspirational Title challenge - Sue

This quote led me to this photo of Rob & i taken by AmandaH some time ago....but the page itself  was a trial of using my oil pastels (hence the scrappy art paper backgound), so i added some yummy embellies from Amy Tangerine and some doodly rubons.....and a very bright layout was created....quite outside the box for me but lots of fun!!

Thanks for the inspiration & the challenge Amanda.

retreat 2012 photos

So i've finally gotten around to looking at the photos on the disc from Mum from the retreat.

oh there are some doosies!

Love this one of our teachers :

and of course our trusty kitchen helpers:

Sue, Meredith and myself:

and the group:

gone wild:

So i have sent these group images out in an email tonight to all retreat attendees- hopefully it's in your inbox right now.

 If not, let me know with your email address and i can try again.

Lou - Pennants & flags challenge

HelloHello Amanda, Sue and Meredith :)

Please find attached my layout for the B's & P's challenge. I have used handmade calico banner from A lil Something.

Cheers and Ta Muchly, Lou xox

Louise Nelson
[aka] Lou  loolabelle  bell & fess
Blog: An interupted view

Wow Lou....this is fantastic as always!! Love your paint work and dribbles :) and that cute calico banner with the paint over it looks very effective!!....a fantastic setting for that lovely bright photo.

Love it all Lou !!

...and Thanks Muchly for joining in here!!xx

Pennants & Flags - Tiff

hey Sue,
one more, then i won't pester you anymore :0)

the pennants are punched with a Stamping Up punch (can get these from Carrie Speed). Ive off set the bottom layer to look like a shadown. October Afternoon Rocket Age was PERFECT for this LO.

cheers, Tiff.

I love the colours n papers on this Tiff. I loved the Rocket Age range too, so much fun and good for boys!!
I love your pennant banner, the cute little flag, and those yummy orange alphas. Gorgeous Layout!

Thanks for joining in with this challenge Tiff, love to see your pages!!

Suex

Inspirational Quote Title - Ali

Hi Amanda, my LO is based on a fridge magnet I have had for as long as I can remember... 

I'm not free until I believe in me.

I slapped this down in record time. Used what ever was right there. Which wasn't much, but great to sit and create for a short amount of time! 

Thanks Ali Mc

oooh Ali  look at your SUPER SASSY photo  - love it you hot mumma.


Also loving those splashes of teal paint that are perfect with the pink and the embellishments. 


I am so jealous that your random, quick layouts look as awesome as this.

Tiff - Pennants & Flags challenge

Hi Sue,

I've attached a LO that i've used a string with pennants on them. The photos arn't flat on the page, they take a bit of a sweeping dip in the middle with either end raised off the page.

cheers Tiff.

Wow, this is a great LO Tiff....love the photos hanging on the string with the pennants- with the 3D effect!! The colours are very effective on the green background....and a touch of paint splattering too i see?!! Love it!

Thanks for joining in with this challenge and sharing with us!!xx

Amy - Pinterest / Inspirational Title challenge

hi Amanda. this is my LO for the inspirational titles challenge. I used my March studio calico kit 'story hour'. Now to move onto the pennants & banners challenge......... Amy F

oh i love the colours you have used here Amy! Those yellow letters just POP!


Great title too! Love the alphas and the stitching up the top! Fabulous use of space too… delish!

Amanda's Pintrest Quote challenge - Meredith

Pennants & Flags Challenge

This trend has been floating about for awhile now- and this challenge has been looming in my mind for some weeks.......but i still love it!! At the E2C retreat i saw a number of layouts donned with the pennants or flags & there is still plenty of pennant & flag inspiration in the magazines & on blogland. They can be at the top of the page, or the sides, a row of them under a photo- horizontally or vertically, big or small, they are used in alsorts of ways.

So i challenge you to show us your layouts with pennants or flags - and they can be pages from the retreat (which i'd love to see still) or new ones.

This is my page(one from the retreat):

Hope this inspires you to get scrapping in this wet cold indoorsy weather!!

Have fun,

Suex

Challenge - Inspirational Titles

I just stumbled upon this little board at pinterest:


Inspirational Titles.

We all know that sometimes the title is the hardest part of your page…and it is also one of the most important. It links the photo to the journalling and brings the whole page together. Without a strong title, one that is punchy and sparks interest right away, the layout lacks oomph.

This particular pinterest board has some wonderful words and mottos to live by, like the one below   :)

 

Source: s1042.photobucket.com via Heike on Pinterest

 See if you can find some words, pictures, fonts from this pinterest board only and use it as a jumping off point for your next layout. 

A Picasa Collage ... how to!

I don't make time to work out Photoshop but I think I could do this!!

You need Picasa ... a free download :-)

Go here for the details!!

more about the scapathon 2012...

So Meredith has given everyone the date of the e2c scrapathon for 2012 and a few details here.

Apparently there is some chat around town regarding it clashing with the Cummins Show, and a wee bit of bad feeling regarding this.

For one, i am really sad and disappointed to hear of this second and third hand as no-one has actually said a thing to me.

However, I wanted to let people know that date wise, there wasn't much left to choose from when we made our booking at Trinity Haven in October last year.

The choice we were faced with was

a. the weekend of the 13th and 14th of October

or


b. not have a scrapathon at all.


We apologise that the only weekend free for Trinity that is suitable for farmer's wives (ie. not too late for windowing), free from the long weekend (family holiday time), dodging school holidays and free from sport (footy/netball finals) just happened to coincide with the Cummins Show.

This was not at ALL planned to be this way.

We understood that it would impact a few but we also hope that you can understand that this is the only date free for our venue.

Thanks for your support.

Cute idea for a layout :-)

A hand made envelope ...

Found here :-)