Forever Always Cybercrop

Lisa & I took part in the first Forever Always Cyber Crop, which happen to coincide with my monthly Scrap'n'Soup Night....so we downloaded the challenges and set about finding photos, papers, embellishments and everything else we needed!

Challenge number 1 was to find an ad in a magazine that appealed to you - by layout, colour, wording, etc...

So here is the ad I found that just screamed to me make me into a layout!! Just love the flowers on flowers in the corner!

Enter Meg, in a pot plant, in the nice warm dirt and sunshine..... How to Grow a Cat!

Love the new Scapbooking Australia Story time papers....mmmmm...... they worked so well for this layout - I was really pleased with how it all came together.

Challenge number 2 - back to school and the 3 r's. The layout had to contain the title of a book - either in the title or in the journaling. It also had to contain 1 ring, 2 ribbons & 3 rubons.

So I get on the web to find the cover of the last book I had read from Clive Cussler and out of interest thought how many books has he written and how many have I read? Well, out of the 32 published, I have read 31!! I got carried away and my whole layout is book titles - the ones I have read (actually not all of them - they wouldn't all fit!!! lol!) Popped my journaling onto a library card which I thought was appropriate as that is where I borrow them all from.

Just love the way the Basic Grey Black Tie range provided the perfect background for all the colourful book covers.

Challenge number 3!! Using a Page Maps sketch we had to create a page that was predominately pink and orange!!!

Here i used some Alison Ellis papers I had in my stash - and boy are they pink & orange!!!! Actually, it turned out quite nicely, even it is a lot brighter than I usually use!!

The last challenge - to make a card from your scraps before you pack up!!!

Jennifer's birthday was the next day and she had 'ordered' a pink birthday card. So using the leftover solid pink and a gorgeous orange Gerbera it all came together - and she loved it, which when it comes down to it, is all that matters to a (now) 7 year old!

Lisa & I had great fun! They are all in the gallery, so go and visit to see what everyone did - it is fun to see how everyone interprets written instructions in a different way! There are some fantastic layouts there - you never know, you might get some ideas!

Ciao for now & happy scrapping,

Mandy