October sketchfest

For the month of October I participated in a scrapbook Sketchfest over at ScrapFriendzy.... we were given 13 sketches and 2 bonus ones to scrap.... and if possible you could do some more than once simply by turning them.... each layout done earned 20 ptz with the extra ones earning 10 ptz.  I didn't manage to do all the sketches but am very please with my layouts that I did do.

These next two got me Pick of the Day on the 29th of October.... earning me an extra 10 ptz

Then this last weekend I managed to scrap these 7 layouts.... six of which were all done on Sunday.... we had a power failure for the whole day so I just hibernated in my scraproom and became very productive!

We also earned points for posting in the forum and for leaving praise in the gallery.... easy points to earn with a little effort.  My total points at the end of the month amounts to...407.... lots of fun I reckon!

Nuts About Sketches - Week 133

Another week has already past... hard to believe we're already in November.  This week's sketch is really lots of fun

For my layout I went very pink.... a total change from my boy pages.... this is a friend's 40th birthday dinner back in May.

My dear friend Judi taught me a fun technique on my photos here.... using the back of your craft knife blade, run a line down the photo about 0.5mm from the edge... creates a distressed frame without loosing any of the photo... such fun!

Be sure to check out the Nuts About Sketches blog for more design team work.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 132

Sorry for the few day's delay in getting this post up... I've been reading lots and not doing a heck of a lot of other stuff... but that's a whole different topic.

This week's sketch is a great single page

And here is my layout...

My journalling is all about how blessed I feel having a son who reads and even more blessed that he enjoys reading the Bible.

Make sure you check out this week's blog post at Nuts About Sketches as the design team has some great examples for you to see.

It's me....

who won!!!! Yippy!!!

I had planned to play along all weekend at the {SAS}sy Scrap Pink Crop... but life got in the way again... hehehe.... birthday party, lunch in and lunch out and simply no scrapping done!  BUT I did manage to enter some of the games and with a few hours of good internet searching I found all the clues in Sophia's game about finding the manufacturer and the product.... which led to me winning a prize.... what that is yet I don't know... but I'm a happy scrapper that't for sure!!!

Nuts About Sketches - Week 131

A double page sketch with LOTS of photos... my perfect sort of page to scrap.

I sure used LOTS of photos on this one.... because I didn't have all the jumbos, I used lots and lots of little ones and made them take the place of the jumbos... I love how this layout showcases all the different things Aaron got up to while on a caravan holiday with Papa & Granny.

Be sure to go to the Nuts About Sketches blog this week.... there is soooooooooooo much inspiration happening over there and you can see what the Design Team produced with this amazing sketch.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 130

Another week and another sketch from Shawn at Nuts About Sketches

Here is my layout for this sketch:

Be sure to check out the blog for all the amazing design team layouts too.

10/10/10

What fun.... and today we went to a church who were celebrating their 10th anniversary on the 10th day of the 10th month 2010.... how cool is that!!!

Happy Birthday

from Google to John Lennon....

I love the music from the Beatles and some of John Lennon's latest stuff.... so good to hear a few being played on the radio now and then.

September Challenge Layout

In2Crafts had a challenge in September called "love is in the air".... we had to create a layout using "love" colours.... I came up with this....

The winners were chosen by random.org... and NO it wasn't me this time!  Now I need to do October's challenge... all about Books.

Nuts About Sketches - Week 129

It's Monday and so that means a new sketch is up at Nuts About Sketches.

I love multi-photo layouts and here is what I created with this sketch:

The little book on the left has all the concert posters in it and will eventually also contain my journalling.

Be sure to check out Nuts About Sketches to see all the awesome layouts made by the design team this week... you will be astounded.