Creativity Quote #9

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."

-William Faulkner-

Lisa - being funky!

oooooooh i totally love the 'moodiness' in the second one! Looks awesome Lisa. Great fiddling!

Creativity Quote #8

The creative effort is a lot like sex. It's not so much the equipment you have as what is in your mind. The real excitement and beauty is in what we think and feel and what we do about it.

-Kelly Borsheim-

(yikes! Bet you weren't expecting that!)

Tiff - Sue's sketch

Hi Sue.

I lost my mojo for a few days and your sketch got it revved up again. mwah to you. I also used March's colour scheme from Twiddleybitz ning to get me going too. Happened to work perfectly with this photo.

cheers
Tiff

Hi, i got home from Adelaide late last night......and after going thru 95 emails (i hate it when there is sooo many emails to go thru)....this one was amongst them, sorry Tiff for not able to post it earlier. Good to see sooo much action on the blog and great quotes happening Amanda too.

Glad the sketch got your scrapping mojo happening again Tiff, LO looks great....love the tiddlybitz on it too.

Ali Mc - Befunky and Sue's Sketch

Ali has been super busy!

Hi Amanda, here is my take on the Be Funky photo challenge, it's me at my DH's 40th, all dressed 60's style! I loved playing dress up!! I loved the sketch too, thanks for the challenge. Also have been going through my stash for some PP fpr Bev Mantle's sister, hope to have a little bit of a pile by retreat time!! Back to My Kitchen Rules!!



Ali M

Good on you Ali. Love what you have done here for the befunky challenge and Sue's sketch. All that handwriting has me breaking out in a cold sweat but you make it look so damn good!! Great job!

And great job also on your collection for Bev's sister. It's great that so many are willing to help :)

Creativity Quote #7

“Creative minds are rarely tidy”

-unknown-

(ppsssttt - I think this is my favourite!)

Tiff - challenge #1

No surprises here that Tiff chose purple as her main colour. The hint of green really makes the whole page pop. The awesome flower was one of Annie's hair ties that had seen the end of it's days holding back wayward hair and moved on to greener pastures ;-)

Wow Tiff - these colours look amazing together.

Creativity Quote #6

To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance it’s beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.

-Osho-

Mel - befunky layout!

A very warm welcome to Mel Forbes - our guest retreat teacher - who had a fiddle with the befunky site and loved it so much she scrapped the photos!

And what an amazing layout! Love the yellow and bright orange with the darker rusty red/orange background. STUNNING Mel.

Amanda's #1 challenge - Meredith

This was way harder than I thought it would be but I did manage to get it finished!!

Sue's sketch & Colour combo - Meredith

I decided to double up for this one and turned Sue's sketch around and adjusted my journaling to suit. I also took a tip from Amanda and matted my layout - I always like the look it gives her layouts so thought I'd give it a try!

Oh and that random button is covering a stamping mistake - a sideways 'a'!!

Creativity Quote #5

"When inspiration does not come to meet me, I go halfway to meet it."

-Sigmund Freud-

Jenny - befunky and two colour challenge...

 

Hey ho, here are my tries for the 2 colour challenge. The wedding cover I did ages ago for Luke's album, but never finished it (which I am inspired to do now). The 'befunky' one was using Wendy's bride photo.



Jenny F

Great job Jenny! These wedding photos are lovely and pics of brides and grooms are always beautiful to scrap.

Love what you have come up with here!

Creativity Quote #4

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

-Maya Angelou-

Amanda - Challenge #1

ok i admit this was MUCH harder than i thought it would be ... but i guess that is why we call it a 'challenge'.

The main colour i picked was blue - so i have various shades of blue from navy right through to light.

My one element is the yellow button with also doubles as the O in 'toy'.

I couldn't help myself and also put the word yellow in a yellow colour as well so a bit of a cheat = whoopsie.

Chaz - Sue's sketch

Love the bright red Chaz - so eyecatching! Great photo of the three kids too!

Fab interpretation of Sue's sketch!

Helping out a fellow scrapper...

A few days ago i was noseying around the www (as you do!) and came across Bev M's blog. Bev is a e2c diehard supporter who has attended and been involved both years of our retreat.

She wrote a sad post here, which made me stop and think about the amount in my stash, how i would feel if i suddenly lost it all (as well as my pages already done!) and finally and most importantly how i could help.

Yesterday i went through my stash and have gotten quite a big box ready to give to Bev who can then pass it on to her sister. It felt good to

a) cull my stash down a bit - i mean how much really does one person need??!

and b) help someone out.

I have asked Bev if it is ok to pop the details on here incase any one else would like to be involved. She said that the other option for donation is to create some blank pages - where everything is done apart from title, journalling and photo placement.

If anyone would like to help, please email me ga.hall@bigpond.com and i can pass on Bev's details and sort out a drop off spot so as these goodies can get to Bev's sister ASAP.

retreat tips = prepare

The first tip, just like any good girl scout, is to be prepared.

If you are a 'fly by the seat of your pants' type of scrapper then this is going to sound like a load of BS. If you are like me, and can easily get lost or overwhelmed at retreats read on:

Get photos sorted now. If you have no photos that inspire you, or nothing printed off = get it organized.

• There are still plenty of days to take the kids/ husband / self (all of the above would be ideal!!) and grab some photos. Fresh, new photos always inspires me to scrap. If you are feeling a bit blah about the shots you have - do something about it and get some more!!

• Remember to pack your memory card and take to the stores to print off your phtos or print them at home (whatever you usually do). This is definately NOT a last minute job to do the week before the retreat as it will add stress and no doubt cause mistakes in sizes for photo requirements for classes. 

• We have stressed to take note of photo sizes and their orientation (portrait or landscape). Do this now while there is still plenty of time!

When you have your photos, make a coffee, grab a pen and paper and go somewhere quiet. Look at each photo.

• What does that photo mean to you? What do you want to say about that photo / moment in time? Jot these down in a notebook or pad to take with you on the retreat. This will instantly help when it comes to journalling.

• One thing i have found with retreats is to pre print off my journalling strips. I use a lot of jounalling strips in my scrapping (more power to you if you handwrite - god i wish i loved the look of mine...alas i do not) and a major holdup with scrapping - particularly on retreats or crops where there is no printing facilities - is not being able to finish pages due to the journalling. At home, once i have looked at the photo and thought about what i would like that layout and photo to say i print off my strips. I use a variety of fonts, colours, sizes so it mixes things up a little. You wouldn't believe how much of a help (and often a great starting point) just having the journalling done and gist of the page ready to go in my head. I don't do this for every photo i take to a retreat but it sure does help pull the pages together faster.

Once you have your photos sorted, the story set out and maybe even your journalling strips, you are almost all set and you can sit back and relax. Pat yourself on the back for being a fantastic-ly organized person.

I know it sounds like a lot of preparing and buggering around (there are probably a lot of eyerolls going on reading this i can imagine) , but these jobs honestly would maybe take half an hour. Believe me......... it will be such a massive help.

Just in closing, the other thing that always amazes me is people say "oh i suck at titles. I can never think of what to title to put on my page".

The only time i have ever had trouble with a title is when my pages have had no direction. If i know exactly what i want to say in the journalling and what story i want my photo to tell - the title seems to come easily. So again, preparing your story and journalling before hand will help in this aspect too.

Good luck preparing, the next tip will involve your imagination.

just clarifying :

i have had a couple of comments about my challenge for this month.

Just to clarify the challenge of using one colour and then using only ONE element of a different, contrasting colour does not necessarily mean that you must use white as the base colour (as per white with one type of challenge)

You might wish to use different shades of green with ONE bright yellow element for example. This is what i am after - not white :)

Creativity Quote #3

“Every day is an opportunity to be creative – the canvas is your mind, the brushes and colours are your thoughts and feelings, the panorama is your story, the complete picture is a work of art called, ‘my life’. Be careful what you put on the canvas of your mind today – it matters.”

- Innerspace-