New Layouts

Last night we had our Scrapathon. There were 14 ladies joining in on the challenge and Linda took away the prize money with 11 layouts completed. We have decided the next one will be mid-April. The girls have some new ideas for the next challenge so stay tuned...

I was only able to complete 1 single and 1 double last night as we had a bit of a family drama an hour before the scrapathon. Tayla broke her arm and I had to take her to emergency, but made it back not long after it started :) Thanks Lissa for helping out while I was away :)

 

This is Murray's parents. They are such a wonderful example of how a marriage can be, are awesome parents and fun grand-parents. We love them to bits :)

 

While we were in Melbourne, Murrays brother took us for a flight over their Mum and Dad's house...

These are the grandsons on Murray's side of the family... (the 5 Girls page is yet to come)

Esperance Scrap Night - NO SPOTS LEFT

Scrapathon Challenge

After our last Scrapathon the ladies were keen to have another one soon, so here it is!!

Do you want to get some layouts done REALLY fast?!
Are you ready for a CHALLENGE and some friendly competition?!
Well, I am holding a Scrapathon Challenge on
Saturday 12th February 6.30pm – 10.30pm (and later if you want)
Venue: My home in the township of Esperance (email for address)

So you ask, how does this work?
Well, everyone is asked to bring a $5.00 entry fee and the person with the most pages completed in the 4 hours wins the cash.

Rules:
1 - No cutting or starting your layouts before the set time. (picking papers and products, sketching your layouts, cutting your photos and typing journalling is allowed)
2 – At least 2 of your layouts must have journalling.
3 – Each layout must be completed.
4 – Each page is counted as 1 point, so a double layout is 2 points.

Included in your layouts completed must be:
1 – 1x double layout with 4 or more photos
2 – 1x single layout with 3 or more photos
3 - 1x mystery sketch challenge announced on the night
(need a 5x3" landscape photo)
any layouts completed after these are a bonus!

I will also be handing out a mystery product on the night to use on a layout for a bonus point.

So, what do you think??? Will you join me???
Start shopping for supplies, printing your photos and preparing because we are going to have a ball!!

Call Gayle Smith on 0429 886 680 or email mgsmith1@bigpond.com to reserve your scrapping space as seats are limited to 12 places .

1. Gayle
2. Linda
3. Belinda
4. Dee
5. Jill
6. Kylie
7. Lissa
8. Sally
9. Kellie
10. Mary
11. Lisa
12. Rachel
13. Naomi
14. Corrina

FULL

7 More :)

I still haven't packed away all the tables and my supplies from the Scrapathon yet so I have been doing a bit of scrapping in between church, going out to the farm and sleeping....
They are simple layouts but I have really been enjoying scrapping at my own leisure. In preparation for the Scrapathon I put kits together with a PageMap and photos so I have been working my way through those, but it is now time to pack away and return my house back to how it's supposed to be (and I have run out of double sided tape).
Here are 6 of the 7 layouts. I am not putting up the one about Bree's Chicken Pox cause she has no top on.

Ashlee early one morning at the beach...


Ashlee and Tayla at their Aunty Jackie's wedding back in 2002...


Hide n Seek at the Parker's Farm...


Bree with her broken arm when she was 19 months old...



Tayla learning how to ride her bike without training wheels at 6....


Murray's first road train drive on his L's...


Notice how I am scrapping very old photos! I am running out of photos again...argh!

Scrapathon Madness

Last night was our scrapathon! There were 10 of us participating. To add to the sketch, single and double layout challenges I set, I also added a mystery word challenge to make it a bit more challenging. In the end, after 4 hours of solid scrapbooking and friendly competition, Belinda won the 'most layouts' and took home the $50 cash :) Belinda did 11 layouts in 4 hours...I did 5.

I had a great time. We have decided to do it more often...maybe another one in February.

I think because you have a 'competition' mindset, you actually get layouts done, where as in a social scrapping environment, you chat more and sometimes go home with none done. Both types of nights are great and both have their purpose...so lets do both :)

Here are my layouts -

Sketch layout including my word which was 'Love'

Single layout (3 or more photos)


Double layout (4 or more photos)

and one I did once all my challenges were done...

Another Digi

Just snuck another digital layout in using a PageMaps templates before I set up for the Scrapathon tonight.

This photo was taken on a stormy night just over a week ago. We had fish and chips on the beach with the cousins. Was lovely :)


Credits:
PageMaps Digital Template
Kaiser: Loire Kit

A First For Me :)

I have been a digital scrapbooker for 5 years now and today I used a layered digital template for the first time!! I will be using these more often I think!

I downloaded a free template from PageMaps HERE to see if I liked it. (free one is down the bottom of the page). Instructions are included in the download if you have no idea like me.

You will need Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to be able to use these templates.

This is what the template looked like before I started...

and then I opened up the papers I wanted, dragged them onto the template and used the clipping mask function to cut them to the right shape...was so easy...and fun :)

Click on my layout to view larger

Credits:

PageMaps digital template

Julie Marie: Life Captured kit

I am so excited about the Scrapathon tomorrow night!!! Although I did have a nightmare about it last night haha. I only have 10 sets of photos so hopefully I don't get them all done and not have anything else to do.

Will be back sometime on Sunday with the layouts I create at the Scrapathon :D

October Sketch Challenge

I have missed out on doing the last 2 months sketch challenges over at Ingeborg's Scrapbooking Competitions Blog because of our move and this month I didn't want to miss out so I did a quick digital layout just in the nick of time :)
This is Murray in one of his mates weddings in Victoria back in 1998 when he had hair!



Credits: Willro&Co Designs 'Complicated' kit

Esperance/Condy Ladies Scrap Night - 1 available seat left

Scrapathon Challenge

Do you want to get some layouts done REALLY fast?!
Are you ready for a CHALLENGE and some friendly competition?!
Well, I am holding a Scrapathon Challenge on
Saturday 13th November 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Venue: My home in the township of Esperance (email for address)

So you ask, how does this work?
Well, everyone is asked to bring a $5.00 entry fee and the person with the most pages completed in the 4 hours wins the cash.

Rules:
1 - No cutting or starting your layouts before the set time. (picking papers and products, sketching your layouts and typing journalling is allowed)
2 – At least 2 of your layouts must have journalling.
3 – Each layout must be completed.
4 – Each page is counted as 1 point, so a double layout is 2 points.

Included in your layouts completed must be:
1 – 1x double layout with 4 or more photos
2 – 1x single layout with 3 or more photos
3 - 1x mystery sketch challenge announced on the night
(need a 5x7 portrait photo)
any layouts completed after these are a bonus!

So, what do you think??? Will you join me???
Start shopping for supplies, printing your photos and preparing because we are going to have a ball!! Oh, and don’t forget to bring a plate of goodies to share!

Available to use on the night will be a Cricut Machine, Cuttlebug and Sewing Machine.

Call Gayle Smith on 0429 886 680 or email mgsmith1@bigpond.com to reserve your scrapping space as seats are limited to 12 places .

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Retreating at the Rock :)

I have just returned from the 11th Wave Rock Retreat by Scrappin' Outback and have thoroughly enjoyed the company of 50 other keen scrappers.


Click on the layouts to view them larger.

My two classes went well and received some good feedback.
Here is my 'Pinwheels & Bunting' Class...




My 'Going Places' Class (multi-photo layout)




Karen taught 2 classes this year...
'School Photos from Yesteryear' class (I made mine into a double layout)


'One of a Kind' Class.




I did another one similar to this too in teals (delicious!) but I am thinking it might be a pressie.




Lis taught two classes but I only participated in one...
'All in the Past' Class. This was a 4 layout class, I did one...




This year Karen gave us a sketch challenge to complete with the twist that we had to add 'something borrowed, something blue, something old, something new'. I made it into a double layout and used our new house photos...


I was able to get 3 layouts done that weren't class layouts.

I had a fabulous time and am in the mood to scrap. I wasn't ready to stop like some years.

The next retreat is on the weekend of the 25th of March :)

For other retreat attenders blog updates click on the below links:

Karen Smith

Sharon Manning

Condy Scrappers

Lis Cassey