White with 1

I had some time on my hands so thought i'd do the challenge
for white with 1
this month was white with brown

Found this in my Garden

Found this little fellow in the garden
so we gave hime some food
and now every afternoon he comes back at the same time
and whistles to let us know he's here

Blossies Garage sale

Blossies Garage sale is on again tomorrow
what a bargain to be had with all of Blossie stamps
get there earlier so you don't miss out

Don't forget to come along and pick up some bargains this Sunday at our Garage Sale! It will be running from 11.00am until 1.00pm. The stallholders are all brand new and have never had a stall before so there should be lots of goodies on offer! Blossie herself has been busy cleaning out her cupboards and shelves too - just imagine what she'll dig out!

Scrapbooking Memories Kit of the Month....

It was my turn to do the Kit of the Month in Scrapbooking memories for Scrapwithv
You can purchase them here

Sweetie sketches challenge

Just some of the stuff i did at the retreat a layout and card
for sweetie sketches monthly challenge
Shell has the most amazing sketches

Country papercrafts retreat

At the weekend a few feom Brisbane travelled down to Lake Keepit outside Gunnendah for a retreat put on by the fabulous Deb Godley.
The food was great and the accomadation was bunk style but very comfortible
had lots of laughs and even got some layouts and cards done some of which were DT stuff so i can't show you yet
Ngaire Bartlam and Jill Geraghty Groves talked four classes the work that came back was awesome.
I'll leave you with a few of the photos
more to come in the next few days

a2z scraplets

On the 15th of each month the new scraplets are released
here's a few lo's with the doddlets and the shapes
pop over and have a look at the fabulous new shapes

CC over at Chooks Scraps

A few challenges from the CC
at Chooks Scraps

mystery challenge at swv

It was my turn to do the mystery challenge over at swv
we all had a fun night
here's my layout fot the challenge

Up 2 scrap

I got the Up 2 Scrap mag this week
with my layout being published
it looks great

Some scrappin done

Scrapwithv CC last weekend


Challenge 1 set by Kylie J
use your birth colours on cardtock only
pen alphas and gems or pearls

My colours were Green Pink Blue and Brown



Challenge 2 set by Jodi
a vintage layout with an old metal item
and an altered photo of yourself any age

My item was a hat pin a shoe of course


Challenge 3 set by Ness
a sketch




Challenge 4 set by Wendy
a card with purple and a photo

endulging myself

My sisters and i went to this divine little restaurant
today called Room With Roses in the Brisbane arcade
in the City...we've been a few times before
just a gorgeous place great food

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS Celebrating women..

FRIDAY NIGHT

7pm Open - Ness

7.10pm Challenge 1 - Colour Challenge - KylieJ - Colour ME silly
7.20pm Challenge 2 - Inspiration Challenge - Jodi
7.30pm Challenge 3 - Sketch - Ness
7.40pm Challenge 4 - Card - WendyG

7.50pm DT ONLY CHALLENGE - Ness (members to pm criteria)

8pm - Quick Bingo Game - Kylie27

8.30pm - Mystery Challenge - Lindy

SATURDAY & NIGHT

10am Photography Challenge - Kim

8pm - Quick Bingo Game - WendyG

sneak peak

Here's a sneak peak from the mystery challenge for scrapwithv cc
tomorrow night

SWV CC

play day with Jane

Had a scrapping day with a friend on saturday
made a heap of cards from stamping up stamps
and a variety of brands
now i have a good stash once again

A2Z Scraplets new challenge

This month we are BLIND SCRAPPING!
For those of you who haven't blind scrapped before...
Here's how it works:
you are given a series of written instructions, with NO PICTURES, to create a layout.
Therefore, it is called BLIND scrapping.

THE RULES:

Once your layout is complete, please email it to us.
Email your challenge entries to: challenges@a2zscraplets.com.au
Re-size images to 600x600 pixels, and make sure files are no bigger than 200kb. Please use your name as the file name.
There are no limits on use of products or manufacturers (but of course we do love to see scraplets on your pages)
One entry per person.
Entries close on August 31st!

For Blind Challenges:

Layouts will be uploaded to the gallery/blog at the END OF THE MONTH.
Please do not upload your layouts to other competitions,personal blogs or galleries until the comp has FINISHED.
You may add extras to your layout but it must still be recognizable.

The Prizes:

There will be 3 prizes, each one being a mystery pack of Scraplets.
One winner will be selected as the judges choice.
Two winners will be selected via random prize draw.
You only have to be in it to win it ;) So why not give it a go.

Lets Get Started..

You Will Need:
1 x sheet of cardstock for base (12x12)
4 x sheets of pattern papers (scraps will work).
1 x journal box/spot/tag/stamp
1x Large Embellishment (eg,a Scraplet{preferred})
small embellishments (eg, brads, buttons, flowers, bling etc)
Alphas or RubOns etc for title.


Photos:
1 x 4x6 portrait photo

Instructions:


Cut pp#1 to 2x10.5 inches and scallop the bottom edge.
(if you wish to ink/sand/distress etc.. don't forget to do this to your PP @ each step)
Adhere pp#1 3.5 inches from the bottom of your base sheet, and approx 1&1/4 inch from each side.
Cut PP#2 to 6.5x4 Inches.
Adhere PP#2 horizontally above pp#1 on the left hand side - slightly overlapping pp#1.
Cut pp#3 to 3.5x6.5 Inches
Adhere pp#3 Horizontally, 0.5 inch from the left hand side of pp#2, And overlapping the top of pp#2, by 1 inch.
Cut PP#4 to 2.5x6.5 inches.
Adhere PP#4 vertically, 1.5 inches from the right hand side of PP#1. Level with pp#2, and overlapping PP#2 & PP#3.
Adhere your photo aprox 1.5 inches from the right hand side of pp#4, so it is overlapping PP#2,3&4.
Add your title to the top, left hand side of PP#3.
Add journalling under title, to the left of your photo, overlapping both pp#2 &PP#3..
Using your one Large, and several small embellishments, make a "cluster" on the bottom right hand side of your photo, stretching over to the remaining visible piece of the scalloped strip (to the right) for pp#1.

Black with 2 August challenge

Criteria - Black with yellow and aqua.
a handcut embellishment and flourishes.


Here's my layout

August 1st at Crafty sketches

Aug 1st new sketch at Crafty sketches
designed by Kim





My layout from Kim's fabulous sketch