SLACKER!!!!

I can't believe I haven't updated my blog since November!!! What a SLACKER!!! Lots has happened since then, but I won't bore you with all the details.

Firstly, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Here's Daniel at Goolwa Wharf - his eyes say it all!!! Been playing with the settings on my camera, was pleased with this photo. Had a great 8 days at Goolwa, relaxing, swimming, reading and doing generally not much - just like a holiday should be! Sebastian came with us, he was really good being on his lead the whole time. Had his first experience with a wave on the beach ..... would have thought it was 6 foot and had a shark in it the way he turned tail and ran for me!!! He looked so cute and he blended in with the sand!
















Hope you all had a great Christmas with family & friends. Mine was quiet but nice. Christmas Eve we had to sprinkle special reindeer food (oats and glitter) on the lawn so they knew where to land..... as well as the biscuits and water for Santa!

Well, updating my blog isn't the only area I've been slack in......can you believe that I haven't scrapped since I went over to Canberra to see mum for her back operation! Well, last night I broke the drought and began - a christmas layout. thought I should - as I need it for class on Thursday and next Monday.....lol!
Talk to you all soon,
Mandy

Digital Scrapping with Tracy Watson....

I have been doing a series of online workshops on getting started in Digital Scrapping. Lots of fun! Have a look and what I created - from scratch. Much more fun when someone shows you what can be done. ;-) I was impressed with my 'flourishes' - they are a capital L in a fancy font - who would have thunked! Bit different to normal scrapping, but I enjoy playing on the computer and it is sooooo easy to hit the undo button if you don't like it!

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE #1

A photo for the challenge!! Topic #1- Garden.
Keep them coming in.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE

Here is a challenge for you - to encourage the use of your digital camera! So get out there and start snapping!!! Just think of the photos you might come up with for a stunning layout…..

Photos dated after 24/10/06 will only be accepted. This means you have to take the photos and not use photos you have previously taken!!! You can take the photos for each category from now on, just submit it by the due date. I will put the photos here on my blog, but you won't know what photo belongs to who - so you can leave comments and a score out of 10. Send Mandy your digital image by the due date of each category.

Topics
1. Garden Due 11/11/06
2. Sunset Silhouette Due 25/11/06
3. Landscape Due 9/12/06
4. Night Lights Due 23/12/06
5. Animal/Bird/Insect Due 13/01/07
6. Beach Due 27/01/07

New Classes...

are here!!! I know you've been waiting to find out - so here they are....

SCRAP'N'SALAD 16th Nov, 18th Dec & 27th Jan
Come along on a Saturday night for 6 hours of scrapping fun! Bring your photos and tools then crop the night away. Now the weather is getting warmer, we are swapping the soup for salad! There will be some softies in the fridge and tea or coffee with chocolate biscuits - you might even get some scrapping done!! A great night of scrapping fun - strictly limited to 8 places, be quick to book. Cost $10 includes dinner!
ACCORDIAN ALBUM 2nd Nov - 9.30-11.30am; 6th Nov - 7-9 pm
This gorgeous mini album is perfect as a gift or just to keep yourself! Please bring your inks and sandpaper/sanding disk, brads, eyelets, eyelet setting tools. There will be room for approx. 5 - 6 small photos, but you probably won't get the chance to add them in class. Class cost - $15
EXAMINING BEAUTY 16th Nov - 9.30-11.30 am; 20th Nov - 7-9 pm
A simple but very effective one page layout in the heritage style. You will need one (portrait) photo—up to 4”x6” (my example is a 2x3) your inks and glue strong enough to hold buttons. Class cost - $14
JOURNEY 30th Nov - 9.30-11.30; 4th Dec - 7-9 pm
This great travel page can hold up to six photos using a great fold out strip and a little envelope to put ticket stubs or other memorabilia in. You will need 6 (landscape orientation) photos & an ink pad Class cost $14

STORYBOARD ALBUM 11th Dec 7-9 pm; 14th Dec 9.30-11.30 am
This absolutely stunning little story board makes the most beautiful gift. My example uses the new under the sun papers from Scrapbooking Australia. Please bring 2 metres of sheer ribbon (1cm wide), 60cm of ric rac, 9cm of thin ric rac, 2 buttons, foam mounting tape/squares and brads. You will need 4 photos—that can be trimmed down to about 8cm² (2”). Class cost - $20.00

CHRISTMAS LAYOUT 11th Jan 9.30-11.30 am; 15th Jan 7-9 pm
Christmas has just been - so why not scrap those photos straight away? I have kept aside the new Scrapbooking Australia Christmas Basics range for the layouts - very nice paper. No layout to show yet - I am waiting for Christmas Day! (Keep watching this space!!) We will be using a 4 photo layout sketch. Class cost - $13

LAYER UPON LAYER 25th Jan 9.30-11.30 am; 29th Jan 7-9 pm
Sounds like a recipe direction for light & fluffy pastry! Well, this delicious little number uses patterned paper as the layers and the effect - is scrumptious! You will need one or two photos, ink pads & your collection of alpha stickers. Class cost - $14

BASIC TOOLS - required for all workshops.
Adhesives, Trimmer/Scissors, Pencil & Eraser, Craft Knife & Metal Ruler, Tweezers, Journaling Pens, Paper & Cardstock Scraps & of course – Photos!!!!

Layout examples

Hi Girls,
Congratulations to everyone who completed the "I'm Thankful" layout - it was time consuming and made you all think - but from what I've seen so far, you all have done great jobs....and it wasn't that hard to think of the things you're thankful for now was it?



Thought you might like to see some of the pages we will be doing in the next few workshops. So start looking through your pile of photos!!


Flowers & Stripes - 5th & 9th October


Simply Graphic - 19th & 23 October

Sorry about the quality of the scans - I will get the hang of my new scanner eventually!!!

Happy Scrapping,
Mandy

Kim Archer classes!!

Just finished another great class with Kim Archer, that makes two in two weeks!! Here are the layouts that I did. One is the Celebrating You workshop from last week and the other is Just for Fun from today. If you get a chance zoom over to her blog and look in the gallery to see everyones layouts - it's good to see how every layout looks so different! I love the celebrate you - I used all scraps except for the background cardstock!!! I also love the colour combination - it came together by accident, but works well, I think so anyway.

Those of you who have seen my Flowers & Stripes layout for October will see the same technique Kim used for the Just for Fun layout - to make a background out of strips of paper - I just didn't sew down the middle of them - I know how much you all don't like sewing!!

Catch you all soon :-)