Lots to Show and Tell

Kayley had her 11th birthday sleepover on the weekend and all went well.....i decided to give the girls a scrap album to make and keep for themselves...good choice cause they spent most of the time working on it...

Here are some happy pics from the party....and the cake i made which Kayley picked out from our family cake book.....










We also received some nice news about Kayley from school....

She wrote a poem for her cogs unit which reads:

Tumut River


T he Tumut River flowing on its bed
U nder the shade of the big river red
M eandering down past the farm shed
U p the cattle look from the green grass
T urning away as the river flows past

R oads and bridges cross nearby
I nterconnecting with creeks it flows by
V ery popular throughout Summer but not in July
E veryone fishing or swimming up and down the river
R elaxing and enjoying the beautiful weather

By Kayley Symons

Kayleys poem has been picked and to be published in a state wide book based within the Murray/Darling Catchment... a big achievement...and will be going up in the Hall of Fame at School like Emma did last year for her Artwork...


ScrapAWhile

1st Challenge for the month of September is:



Since it is nearly Fathers Day I thought I would have a challenge for you this month to take inspiration from this 'Fathery' image below. Now you can take inspiration from quite a few things in the image. You could go for the whole Dad theme (which I have done) or just certain things from the image. The possibilities are endless!!!!!



Check it all out here

Out of the Hat

September Challenge is:

1. Minimum of 6 buttons - Susan

2. Use a border strip - Katie

3. Incorporate the title into the journalling - Kylie

Come check it out here


Scrap with V Sept Cybercrop




Come and join in the fun this Friday night here

Sept Monthly Kit

My September Monthly Kit has sold out already...so here are my 2 layouts that were for sale...





Inspiration Challenge:

The challenge has been set by Belinda Spencer to draw inspiration from the image in anyway you would like.



Monthly sketch

My turn this month for the monthly sketch:

Thankyou Kim for doing my sketch for me in photoshop- must admit it looks a tad nicer LOL



Here is my example:




The Scrappiest Sketch # 79



My Example:




If you love this sketch and would like to check out more- try here

Challenge Heaven

The first of the month brings lots of challenges to Challenge Heaven.You can check them all out here

Ebony & Ivory Challenge



Song Challenge:



Here is a layout i missed posting last month for the Cybercrop sketch for Challenge Heavens Outdoors theme:

The Scrappiest Sketch #78

Challenge Heaven's Cybercrop

Are having an OUTDOORS Cybercrop at the moment which started last night with lots of chat and a tricky treasure Hunt which we all enjoyed-thanks Shell..:)

Tonight you can pop over here for the Blind Scrap and to look at all the other interesting Outdoor Challenges...

Here is my layout for challenge #2. To find out the challenge, pop over to Challenge Heaven...

Scrappiest Sketch #77 and a Cybercrop

Scrappiest Sketch #77



My layout:

So not Me.....

Scrap with V Cybercrop

The theme is "Vintage" which is so not me....very floral and feminane..but i am quiet happy with the results...

Challenge #1 - Scraplift



Here is mine:




Challenge #2:

This is 5-4-3-2-1. So we have

5...P/P
4...Flowers
3...Chipboard pieces
2...Ribbons
1...Piece of fabric



Sketch Challenge





DT Challenge:

Layers of lace (not white, it has to be vintage looking)
Page from an old book
Music...anything to do with it
Gas light
Fringe and tassel
Pearls




Blind Scrap:





Scrapability Sketches Comp

WELCOME TO SCRAPMASTER.



ARE U THE ULTIMATE SCRAPMASTER? THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE !!



We are looking for the scrapmaster of 2010 .



Over a series of challenges that will test you to the limit, we aim to get you out of your comfort zone well and truly ! Are you game?



Scrappers are set a series of challenges to complete all in one week - they will be listed at the start of the week with all of them to submitted at the end of that week. These will include sketches, challenges and lots of other fun things we cant wait to throw at you..



At the end of the week, we will decide who will play on and who will eliminated.



This will continue for 4 weeks until the winner is named..



Winner receives a $100.00 voucher with other prizes to be decided.



Only the strongest and most talented will able to survive.



SO GET YOUR GAME ON..



ARE YOU READY FOR IT? WE ARE !!



Registrations are being taken now .. under the thread registration..



Hope you can come along and join in the fun..



The scrapmaster wil also be welcomed into the SS fold and given the chance to uphold their title in the next scrapmaster comp in January of 2011..



SO what are you waiting for???

Register here


Good luck..

Updating....

Just a bit of updating

This layout was asked to be sent to Scrapbooking Memories to be looked at for publication..well i sent it and today i got asked for my postal address...so i am assuming it got rejected....not sure..wait and see








* summer themed
* has more than one photo
* use a technique- ie- stamping/inking/distressing etc





Cybercrop at ScrapAWhile DT Challenge

Challenge is

1 Must have 4 circle elements
2 Must have 4 photos
3 Dry embossing
4 7 buttons(only 1 can be a circle element)

Here is mine:


Kellie's Blind Challenge for ScrapAWhile CC





The Scrappiest Sketch #76







And Liz had over a 100 apply for the DT positions and these people were lucky enough to be selected. What a tough decision to have been made...

The new Design Team:

Monique Liedtke (returning)
Kylie Symons (returning)
Sara Zenger
Luzma Bruna
Carrie Labani
Monique Nicole Fox
Wendy Kwok
Lisa Wilkinson
Briggite Van Linden
Star Rork

Out of the Hat August Challenge


Criteria for this month is:

1.Use glimmermist
2.Homemade Buttons
3.Use 2 or more arrows

Here is what i came up with:



Scrap with V August Monthly Sketch

August Already....

Scrap with V August Kits:


These two layouts i designed for the August kits at Scrap with V.They are available to purchase.You can check them out here





Challenge Heaven August Challenges
This is my example for the Theme Challenge:

Themed Challenge – Pulling Faces
Criteria: Use bright coloured patterned papers and a circle




This is my example for the Colour Challenge:

You must scrap with the colours Red, Black, Green and Orange.

Criteria: Use 2 or more different borders



You can check out all the challenges for the month of August here

ScrapAWhile 1st Month Challenge:

This month Kellie would like you to forget how cold it is and dig out your summer photos... your challenge is to complete a LO that is:

* summer themed
* has more than one photo
* use a technique- ie- stamping/inking/distressing etc

good luck girls!!!!

PS(my example will be up shortly-this challenge snuck up on me too quick!)

and............


ScrapAWhile is having their Cybercrop on at the moment.You have until next Thursday to upload all the layouts for each of the challenges.

Here is Kim's Sketch Challenge:



And my example:



Tarrah's Challenge:

Challenge for you to scrap a layout with the colour combination of brown, blue with a little cream/white if you like.

My example:



You can check out these fantastic challenges here and also the Blind Challenge set by Kellie which i haven't had a chance to complete...hopefully by the end of the day!

My last layout for the end of the month for July was a layout i did for the Blind Scrap CC Challenge at Challenge Heaven.Thanks Shell-had fun...