Marika - Sue's sketch

Hi Amanda,

Glad to hear everyone had a great weekend at the mini retreat just sending you my layout based on Sues sketch.

Thankyou Marika

oh of course i love the dots and the beautiful brights you have used here Marika - and wowee at that amazing ribbon flower. Looks awesome!!

Cute, cute, cute photo also - Simon's windblown mohawk gave me a giggle though lol.

lovely work!

sandra - punctuation / symbol challenge

Hi Amanda

Thanks girls for an amazing weekend.
Thoroughly enjoyed myself and found my mojo again.
attached is my layout for the punctuation challenge.
Challenged myself also by using wallpaper as the background...LOVED it!
And think I will be using it more often!!

and thanks to Wendy for the turquoise rope...it was perfect!!
cheers
Sandra

wow Sandra - that turquoise really pops against the grainy sandy coloured back ground - and doesn't that look awesome too!!! Wallpaper! Fantastic! Just loving how rustic it looks - which is brilliant when you pair it with the sea collection cluster.  Did you back it with something to add some strength as i am thinking wall paper is pretty thin and flimsy?

Stunning page - really beautiful work. Thanks for sharing :)

Amanda - punctuation symbols

Quick question for Scrapathon attendees ...

if you attended on the weekend and left this hanging by the fire ...

(the maroon one)

I have it, as you can see freshly washed!!

Let me know and I'll get it to you!

Meredith

PS I was going to be silly and post a lingerie photo first but the ones I found online were all a bit too saucy!! LOL

Sue's sketch & Amanda's challenge - Lou

Hi Guys

Please find attached my LO for Sue's sketch [the pink one] and Amanda's challenge.

Once again thank you to you all and sue for a fabulous weekend!! I loved it!

Lou :) xx

First up Sue's sketch ...

and Amanda's punctuation challenge ...

Oh there is a familiar face :-)

Great work Lou - I am intrigued at the "flowers' in the first one - how did you do them?? They look beautiful! The silver birds are gorgeous too (think I commented to you about them!) The pink is yummy too!

I agree with your dog lick sentiments too!! Great use of punctuation / signs!!

Thank you for your on going support!!

Tatum - Sue's sketch

Thankyou (and Sue & Meredith) again for such a fantastic weekend…it was awesome!

I did do Sue’s sketch over the weekend…I flipped it around to suit the photo and added the vertical piece of paper because it fitted well with the LO theme.

…3 years later it is actually Sebastian’s first pre-kindy session on Wednesday arvo.

Have a fantastic week.

Tatum xx

wow wow wow. I saw this irl and it blew my socks right off. The detail is amazing. Lots of creative yummy-ness going on here. Those primary colours, the paper choices and school embellishments are perfection together. Thanks Tatum - you clever chickie.

Julie - Sue's sketch + punctuation

Hi Amanda,
Hope this comes through OK.
Here is my answer to two challenges... Sue's sketch as well as the
punctuation challenge.  I've been wanting to scrap these silly photos for a
while, and this just seemed to fit.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, I'll be thinking of you as we prepare
for shearing next week...
Julie C
x

This is fabulous Julie - love the look on Jess's face and all those pegs is a bit of a 'what the ?' isn't it!!?? Naturally i love the black and white dot - team it with pink and yellow and it is totally WOW.

Awesome stuff!

mini retreat /scrapathon

Well it was called Mini but it was anything but!! So much food, shopping, and scrapping to be done.

There were 30 smiling, happy and relaxed ladies enjoying our weekend and on behalf of Sue, Meredith and myself i would like to thank you all. What a lovely, friendly bunch of scrappers we had at Trinity - just awesome. Walking around the room, talking and looking at the work was just so inspiring!

Massive thanks to our cooks - Tracey M and Kathryn. They provided the most YUMMO food that was a taste sensation.

Thanks also to the shops - how luck were we to  scrap and be able to purchase as we need RIGHT THAT INSTANT. We can appreciate how much work goes into packing up a shop and taking it to our retreats so thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.

We also broke the news about our big retreat....


THE DATE FOR 2011 :  1st, 2nd and 3rd of April.

we will also have 4 special guest teachers.

Registrations are not being taken yet but stay tuned as it will happen within a few weeks - we will announce a date that the registrations will be open in advance so there is no guess work involved this year.

There has been a flurry in my inbox of layouts created over the past weekend so i will post them directly.

What to bring to the Scrapathon ...

Ali - 10.10.10

Hi Amanda, didn't have a photo right at 10:10am but here is Mia a bit later in the day out in the wildflowers just out of Andamooka!

See you soon. Yippee!

Ali

oh WOW Ali. This photo and the colour in the wild flowers and her dress look incredible. What an amazing environment you live in!!

Can't wait to see how you scrap this one...maybe i will see first hand on the weekend?

Kylie's 10/10/10

Hi Amanda,

Here's my photo from 10/10/10 ... (although this was taken in the afternoon ... not at 10am).

'Fun in the Sun' .. This photo cracked me up - Charlie 'airborne' off the end of the slip'n'slide - lucky the grass was soft !

It was such a nice warm sunny day for some water fun on Sunday.

Thanks,

Kylie

A great 'action' shot Kylie!! It was a beautiful day too - great idea getting the kids active and out of the house for their last day of freedom!

10am 10th of the 10th in 2010

Sandra sent in a photo of her very productive morning:

and in complete opposite here are my actions at 10am this morning:

(note price on book is in Fiji $ for those with keen eyes!)

10am 10th of the 10th in 2010

How will you be spending your 10.10.10 at 10am?

Normally this is Meredith's domain but i just noticed this very special date is just around the corner (Man i love October!!)

I will probably still be in bed lol... if you feel enthused maybe a photo of what you are up to at that time!

October Sketch Challenge

Well, at last here is this month's sketch challenge for everyone. Sorry it has taken me a few days to get around to getting it done, and my example to show you.

Here is my example:

I am in love with both this little face at the moment ....AND the red, green and black colour combo!! This photo is not the best...over exposed etc....but he is soooo cute!!

I have also added an bracket on this page....which fits into Amanda's challenge??

Have fun with the sketch and i can't wait to see what you all come up with

Michelle - punctuation symbols

Hi Amanda

Here is my entry into this month’s challenge.

The title is probably not as big as one would like it but it encompasses the requirements.

The photo shows a little wrinkles on the cs due to handsewing.  Tried my best.

Cheers

Michelle

Ohhh wow at your big heart Michelle - this is amazing! Great job with the handsewing - very tricky to do and you are so neat! Love the use of the " and ! in your title. Your 'hold onto your knickers' made me laugh - great series of photos that really show the action!

great job thanks Michelle!

Kylie - something to share...

Hi Amanda,

Just sending through a photo of the page (and a bit) that I did in Mel Forbes' Class at the Nth Shields Retreat earlier this year.  I only got around to getting it framed last week (nothing like leaving it to the LAST minute !) ready for my Dad's birthday last weekend at Pt Neill.

Please excuse the 'reflection' of our shack on the top 1/2 of the photo ... I didn't really notice it until I got home.

Thanks,

Kylie

OMG Kylie this looks AMAZING. I bet there were tears when this was given as a gift! I am sure Mel Forbes will be totally blown away when she sees this. Beautiful work Kylie - you have put your own spin on it and it looks fabulous. The frame looks so yummy with the bronzey/brown tones of the page. gorgeous.

Hello October

Welcome to my fav. month of the year October. The time for spring flowers, warmer days while still enjoying cooler nights. Everyone seems happier in October!


(sorry we are a bit tardy on the challenges! So much to do and so little time to fit it all in!!)


Amanda's challenge

Use some punctuation symbols in your title. These symbols must be a key element in your title design. ie. they stand out on your page and make you go 'WOW that layout would not be the same without that amazing symbol!!'

I am thinking


: " ? { } & ( ) @ !


(no I am not swearing but giving you an example of the symbols i mean!!)


I know Sue and Meredith have some really great challenges in the pipeline for you too.


Also not long until our 'mini retreat' at Trinity Haven. There are a couple of last minute spots still available if you are interested but please let us know asap. This is shaping up to be an excellent, relaxing time in a no fuss, no dramas environment promising plenty of creativity and scrap shopping! An email will go out soon to those attending with what to bring along,  and all the detail you need. Stay tuned early next week for that one.

Amanda - more box challenges

and....

this next one is a scraplift from Moonko who i find hugely inspiring with her clean lines kind of scrapping. This is the layout in particular.

 (very random birdcage added lol)

Amanda - box challenge

from this box:

came this layout:

Amanda - Sue's sketch