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No I haven't dropped off the face of the earth

I have just been rather busy and have just come back from a weeks holiday in Perth. We had a good time. We did and saw heaps. The weather could have been a little better. It was rather windy and there were a few showers but we did have some nice sunny days too.
I decided to enter the Scrapbook Savvy DT comp so that is what all my scrapping energy has been going into the last 3 weeks. It has been a great comp with some really challenging challenges.

Week 1

For the first challenge part 1 we had to create our own challenge and do a sample. The criteria I chose were
- use at least one circle
- use at least 3 photos
- include a bird somewhere on the layout

Here is my sample



The second part of the challenge involved being allocated someone elses challenge. I got Hayles whose criteria were:
- produce a 12 x 12 layout
- include at least 3 embellishments
- include a hand made embellishment
- title must be a song title from the 1980's.

Here is my sample.



Week 2

This week we had to pick a product/s that are on sale in the Scrapbook Savvy Store and then we own and produce a review of that product. I chose to do the Sassafras Lass Monstrosity Line. Unfortunately, I only had 3 of the 6 papers but did have the journal stickers and sweet treat stickers too. I was able to produce 3 layouts and 2 cards showing the versatility of this line. In fact I really enjoyed using this line and will have to get the missing papers I think.

Week 3

This was the most stressful for me, as I didn't come back from Perth until 8.30pm on Wednesday and the challenge was due in Friday at noon. DH was home Thursday and we had lots of things to do and I had an appointment on Friday morning plus DD was having trouble sleeping so didn't get much sleep Wednesday night. However, I managed to complete the task with hours to spare.

Our challenge this week was to produce a layout using the Scrapbook Savvy banner for inspiration. We also had to:

- produce a layout about ourselves

- include the quote 'She was an artist and her life was her canvas' on the layout

- include handwritten journalling

- include a handmade flower

We also had to provide step by step instructions on how to produce the flower.

Here is my sample:

Now Sar has the decision to choose 2 new DT members. Don't know how I'll go as there were some talented ladies also taking part. I think I gave it my best shot and it was great experience.

A little more scrapping

Haven't really got much done in the last week or so. Mojo has been a little bit lacking and there's alot going on at the home front. We have finally decided to move DS from his current school to the local private school as he has finally had enough of the lack of discipline there. So I am currently waiting for a phone call from the principals assistant to arrange an interview with the principal.

At the end of last month was looking around for some challenges to do and the challenge at Out of the Hat caught my eye. You had to use circles, staples and bling. I used Kaisercraft Offshore PP and I'm pleased to say I was chosen to be the Scrapper in the Spotlight this month.

I also decided to do a couple of challenges at Ready, Set, Scrap.

This was for Shell's Negative Space challenge. We had to use circles, buttons and brads. I used Cosmo Cricket Snorkel pp.

This was for Lexie's number challenge. For this we had to use 1 piece of lace, 2 largish flowers cut from pp, 3 bows, 4 hearts, 5 rhinestones and 6 or more small flowers. I used some old MME Just Dreamy 2 pp for his one.

The first challenge I have attempted for this month has been the Stash Stomper over at Scrapboutique. For this we had to use up some chipboard. I have used some of my new Bo Bunny Delilah pp.

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This week's scrapping

I was going to say my mojo had been a bit lacking but I've managed to do 5 layouts and 4 cards in the last week.

The first one was for TSE monthly sketch challenge using a sketch by Beth. Knew I'd use these photos as soon as I saw the sketch. I have used Crate Paper Prudence pp.

Scrapbook Savvy are having their cybercrop at the moment. It is ages since I've joined in the fun - probably since Sara took over from Di but some of the challenges interested me so had a go at some of them.

The first was Mel's lucky dip challenge - my criteria were use flowers, buttons, pearls and stars. This photo is of Eleanor last weekend. I used quite a few things from the product swap I've been participating in at Uproar. I chose to receive purple things as DD is purple mad and wears purple 90% of the time.

Next I did Emma's challenge, which was to use some non scrapping items on your layout. I used washers, electrical tape, plasterers tape, dymo tape and staples and stamped with bubble wrap.

Renee's challenge was to create 3 cards - 2 from sketches for the men in your life. DH's birthday is today so I made some birthday cards for him using Rosa Moka Mec pp.

TSE is also holding their cybercrop at the moment. I have managed to get 2 of the challenges done.

Tanya's challenge was to create a card using the colours from a season as inspiration and you had to include the word you in the sentiment, and ribbon. I made this card from Bo Bunny Mango Luau pp. It's a shadow box card, which I saw on Splitcoasters the other week. I made it for my Mum for her birthday in a couple of weeks.

I also did Heidi's challenge, which was to use bright colours; handmade embellishments, paper cutting and something springlike eg flowers, butterflies etc. These were almost my perfect criteria but it took me ages to decide on what to scrap. I finally ended up with a photo I've actually scrapped a couple of times before but it's one of my favourites of DD.

My last layout for this week is for Challenge 3 over at Scrapbooking Top 50. It was to create a 'white space' layout and use a dark background and bright foreground. Some more photos of DD at her party last week.

A few more layouts

Haven't done much scrapping the last few days. It was Eleanor's birthday yesterday and had preparations for that and her party on Saturday. On Wednesday, we made 34 cupcakes and decorated them to look like rabbits. Turned out quite good.

Anyway, here are a few layouts I have done in the previous week.

This first one was for the Scrapboutique stash stomper. You had a sketch and had to use some pp that you cherished and hadn't used yet. I used some Prima Flirty Little Secret pp that I had been keeping for something special. I think they went very well with these photos. I also used some cherished Prima flowers.

This layout was for Scrapbooking Top 50 30 weeks till xmas wk 15, where we had to do a shaped layout. I used pp from Crate paper.

I managed to get the first 2 challenges done for the cybercrop at Scrapbooking Top 50. The first was a sketch challenge. Here was my interpretation. Used some very old pp for this one.

For challenge 2, stars had to be the focus of the layout and you had to include the quote “If I had a star for every time you made me smile, I would be holding the night sky in my hand”. Used some MME Just Dreamy pp for this one.

Top 50 Cybercrop is on tonight and some more scrapping

If you're not doing anything tonight, why not hop over to Scrapbooking Top 50 for the Zany Zodiac cybercrop. If you can't make it tonight there is still plenty of time to join in. The cybercrop runs until Aug 14th and challenges don't have to be in until Aug 28th.

Talking of Scrapbooking Top 50 I have actually managed to get 3 challenges done this month already.

This first layout is for the number challenge, where we had to use 1 silver item, 2 inks, 3 ribbons, 4 brads and 5 buttons.

Next is my scraplift of Charms beautiful layout.

Finally, this is my take on the sketch challenge.

Here is a layout I forgot to upload earlier. It is one I did for Scrapboutique's birthday challenge to produce a layout using lots of circles or rounded corners. There were to be no sharp corners. And I'm pleased to say I found out today I had won this challenge. I also found out my accordian box also won the stylist challenge for July.