Head over to Pretty Ladies Scrapbooking, become a follower, leave a comment and link it on your blog.... you can get your grubby paws on some My Minds Eye goodies.
Oh and also check out their great sketches while you're there too.
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Dare I say it again?
Yes I Won.. AGAIN!!! I had entered the card challenge at Scrap-A-Tale and my name came up in lights this morning!
So my email has been sent and now I just wait for my prize to arrive.
So my email has been sent and now I just wait for my prize to arrive.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Nuts About Sketches - Week 127
The new sketch and DT layouts are up at Nuts About Sketches... and boy are then some fun ones this week...hehehe.
Here is my take on this sketch
Now you can create a great layout with this sketch too.
Here is my take on this sketch
Now you can create a great layout with this sketch too.
Monday, 20 September 2010
SA Scrapbooking Convention 2010 Report Back
Last weekend I attended the SA Scrapbooking Convention and boy oh boy was it F-U-N!!!! I had won a free ticket last year for my quilling entry in the papercraft competition and so with bags packed, photos printed and excitement at a high.. the weekend began. It was great doing the classes with my friend Theresa.... we chatted, laughed, scrapped and won prizes together.
Saturday 11 Sept
Our first class was with Debby Schuh using product from October Afternoon....
We made a little mini album which unfortunately I can't show you as I haven't finished it yet... must find pics to put in it then I will show you.... I just love the use of the double sided papers... fold it, turn it, ink it and you have a whole new look! Theresa won a full pack of paper in a lucky draw in this class.
After tea we did a much more relaxed class with Nic Howard from Australia using Prima product.....
I was soooooooo chuffed as my photos matched the papers perfectly and I actually finished this page in class... an absolute first for me!
After a yummy buffet lunch... with awesome chocolate dessert we topped the day off with the class by Candice Greenway.... now this I think was definitely the highlight of the whole weekend for a lot of us! I was super excited to be doing this class... learning how Candice puts her awesome layouts together and then making a masterpiece just like hers.
AND.... I won the clock that you see Candice holding... she had a "the first one up on your chair and dancing will win".... and there I was up and waving my arms... hehehe... little ol' introvert that I am!!!
I never saw the sketch for Candice's layout but had a vague idea what it would be so my photos actually went opposite to how they should, so I just swoped my left and right pages around and made it work... and I LOVE it.... thanks Candice for an absolutely awesome class. We used Die Cuts with a View product in this class plus rubons that Candice had designed herself especially... and they are gorgeous!
And my clock is already up in my scraproom ticking away!
After these three classes there was then the charity scrap for Homestead... we had to buy a kit and then scrap a page... I like my page but must admit that the lady who won blew me away.... how do they come up with such awesome pages in such a short time?
Oh and there were lucky draws all through the evening and I won...
Then it was off home and to bed... not that I had tooooo much sleep as part of my brain just wouldn't switch off.
Sunday 12 September
Our first class of the day was with Tracie Hudson from the UK... she represented Sassafrass.
What can I saw about the layout that we did.... it is gorgeous!!! And again my photos matched beautifully.
I just about finished this page in class... just had to do the stitching and add the title once I got home.
After morning tea... where unfortunately we missed out on the eats and barely got coffee.... we had the class with Jodi Sanford from Fancy Pants Design
What a lovely lady... and such a fun class too... Again my photos matched and I managed to just about finish the layout.
All through the day there were lots of lucky draws in the different classes with lovely product being given away... and I won a gorgeous set of stamps in the Fancy Pants class.
We again had a very yummy lunch.... though Theresa and I battled to find somewhere to sit at first! Now on a rather full stomach we had our last class of the weekend... with Jeri Tanner from Bo Bunny
As much as I love Bo Bunny and their products I must say this class, at first glance, was a disappointment to me... the layouts weren't anywhere near the standard of the others.... but to make it work I changed things up a bit and now I'm chuffed with my layout
On the right side page of this layout there is a spinner wheel which, when turned, shows more photos and journalling.
There was a second layout in this class but I really really don't like it... just tooooooooooo much purple and lime green in it.... not me!!! So I won't be doing that one.
And that is the end of Convention for another year. Who knows if I will go again... I would much rather volunteer... yes it's hard work but I actually enjoy it.
One thing I definitely will take from this year's Convention is how to use patterned paper different... so often I see a piece of paper I like and use it as my background in it's entirety.... well no more! Cut it, tear it, roll it, distress it... but definitely use it!!
A huge thank you to Glenda and her team... and all the volunteers ... for their hard work in making this event the success it was.
Saturday 11 Sept
Our first class was with Debby Schuh using product from October Afternoon....
We made a little mini album which unfortunately I can't show you as I haven't finished it yet... must find pics to put in it then I will show you.... I just love the use of the double sided papers... fold it, turn it, ink it and you have a whole new look! Theresa won a full pack of paper in a lucky draw in this class.
After tea we did a much more relaxed class with Nic Howard from Australia using Prima product.....
I was soooooooo chuffed as my photos matched the papers perfectly and I actually finished this page in class... an absolute first for me!
After a yummy buffet lunch... with awesome chocolate dessert we topped the day off with the class by Candice Greenway.... now this I think was definitely the highlight of the whole weekend for a lot of us! I was super excited to be doing this class... learning how Candice puts her awesome layouts together and then making a masterpiece just like hers.
AND.... I won the clock that you see Candice holding... she had a "the first one up on your chair and dancing will win".... and there I was up and waving my arms... hehehe... little ol' introvert that I am!!!
I never saw the sketch for Candice's layout but had a vague idea what it would be so my photos actually went opposite to how they should, so I just swoped my left and right pages around and made it work... and I LOVE it.... thanks Candice for an absolutely awesome class. We used Die Cuts with a View product in this class plus rubons that Candice had designed herself especially... and they are gorgeous!
And my clock is already up in my scraproom ticking away!
After these three classes there was then the charity scrap for Homestead... we had to buy a kit and then scrap a page... I like my page but must admit that the lady who won blew me away.... how do they come up with such awesome pages in such a short time?
Oh and there were lucky draws all through the evening and I won...
Then it was off home and to bed... not that I had tooooo much sleep as part of my brain just wouldn't switch off.
Sunday 12 September
Our first class of the day was with Tracie Hudson from the UK... she represented Sassafrass.
After morning tea... where unfortunately we missed out on the eats and barely got coffee.... we had the class with Jodi Sanford from Fancy Pants Design
All through the day there were lots of lucky draws in the different classes with lovely product being given away... and I won a gorgeous set of stamps in the Fancy Pants class.
We again had a very yummy lunch.... though Theresa and I battled to find somewhere to sit at first! Now on a rather full stomach we had our last class of the weekend... with Jeri Tanner from Bo Bunny
As much as I love Bo Bunny and their products I must say this class, at first glance, was a disappointment to me... the layouts weren't anywhere near the standard of the others.... but to make it work I changed things up a bit and now I'm chuffed with my layout
On the right side page of this layout there is a spinner wheel which, when turned, shows more photos and journalling.
There was a second layout in this class but I really really don't like it... just tooooooooooo much purple and lime green in it.... not me!!! So I won't be doing that one.
And that is the end of Convention for another year. Who knows if I will go again... I would much rather volunteer... yes it's hard work but I actually enjoy it.
One thing I definitely will take from this year's Convention is how to use patterned paper different... so often I see a piece of paper I like and use it as my background in it's entirety.... well no more! Cut it, tear it, roll it, distress it... but definitely use it!!
A huge thank you to Glenda and her team... and all the volunteers ... for their hard work in making this event the success it was.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Nuts About Sketches - Week 126
There is a new sketch up at Nuts About Sketches.... it's a double with lots of pics!
And then when I was searching for photos I found I didn't have enough printed to make the double.... sooooooo... decided to make two singles! And here is what I did:
LHS - I turned this 90 deg
RHS - as is
Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the awesome design team created.
And then when I was searching for photos I found I didn't have enough printed to make the double.... sooooooo... decided to make two singles! And here is what I did:
LHS - I turned this 90 deg
RHS - as is
Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the awesome design team created.
Sketches: Creatively Yours... layout 15 & 16
With my laptop going down last week I didn't get to update my sketch design team work for Sketches: Creatively Yours.... apologies to Ali for the slipup. So as a bonus... here is two week's worth of layouts for you to peruse!
First up is Sketch 47
And then it's on to Sketch 48
This layout includes a mini album that I made at the ISE Convention in 2006 with these sort of pictures in mind... well I eventually put it to good use. Here are the pages from inside the booklet:
Thanks for looking... please go to Sketches: Creatively Yours and look at the other layouts that the team has done.
First up is Sketch 47
And then it's on to Sketch 48
This layout includes a mini album that I made at the ISE Convention in 2006 with these sort of pictures in mind... well I eventually put it to good use. Here are the pages from inside the booklet:
These are the tags that are in the pockets:
Thanks for looking... please go to Sketches: Creatively Yours and look at the other layouts that the team has done.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Bad news Good news
Nothing serious.... or too drastic... just PC woes!!!
My laptop with all my layouts, photos, sketches, etc, went belly up on Saturday night... right in the middle of skype... ouch! So now it's at the IT doc getting a full medical checkup and hopefully a fix. Once it is back I will then find all my lovely layouts to show you and you can drool....
By the sounds of things, I might even be getting a bigger, faster and super duper pc... work is going to be coming soon and I will need to start churning it out. Fun things to look forward too!
And then there is a bit of good news too!!! I won the August challenge at In2Crafts... yippee... with this page
and my prize is an awesome kit put together by Michelle at Homespun Scrapbooking... thanks Mich.
My laptop with all my layouts, photos, sketches, etc, went belly up on Saturday night... right in the middle of skype... ouch! So now it's at the IT doc getting a full medical checkup and hopefully a fix. Once it is back I will then find all my lovely layouts to show you and you can drool....
By the sounds of things, I might even be getting a bigger, faster and super duper pc... work is going to be coming soon and I will need to start churning it out. Fun things to look forward too!
And then there is a bit of good news too!!! I won the August challenge at In2Crafts... yippee... with this page
and my prize is an awesome kit put together by Michelle at Homespun Scrapbooking... thanks Mich.
Nuts About Sketches - week 125
My first layout for the Nuts About Sketches design team is UP... and I'm chuffed with it...
Now head over to Nuts About Sketches and see mine there along with all the awesome layouts by the rest of the team.
Now head over to Nuts About Sketches and see mine there along with all the awesome layouts by the rest of the team.
Friday, 3 September 2010
More school
Just when September can't get any more busy I found another Back to School challenge for the month... so if you haven't joined in at the other two I'm doing, why not try this one on for size...
Go to http://sketchesforyou.ning.com/
Go to http://sketchesforyou.ning.com/
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
It's Spring!
Happy happy spring day to one and all..... and in celebration of spring I decided to make a card.
Outside
Inside
I was going to make this for a challenge on the American Crafts blog but just noticed I used the wrong range of paper :( silly me!!! Anyway, I'm chuffed with my card!
Outside
Inside
I was going to make this for a challenge on the American Crafts blog but just noticed I used the wrong range of paper :( silly me!!! Anyway, I'm chuffed with my card!
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