Community Announcement

Blumar's Craft
Blumar’s Craft Retreat
http://www.blumars.com.au/forum/ Friday September 19 - Sunday September 21 26 2008 At Camp Simons McNess Rd Roleystone Cost $220.00 per person. Package Includes: • Accommodation for 2 nights sharing with 3 others. If you wish to share with friends please make sure you state this on Registration form so I can arrange this. • Meals – Meals are provided and a list of types of food will be included in Info Pack. Friday night Dinner will be chicken and salad as evening meals is served before most people will arrive. • Retreat Bag for each person attending • 3 classes including kits supplied • Free Crop time • And there will be a Surprise from me for each person on there bed and in your Retreat Bag. The weekend will be fun packed with plenty of scrapbooking, lots of chatter and fun things. I will also be running Raffles, Challenges and maybe even a Trivia quiz. So don’t forget some money for the raffles etc. A deposit of $100 is required by June 30st to reserve your spot. Full payment is required by no later than 10 August 2008. This can be made in payments. Please contact me for details. A small shop will be set up for you to purchase scrapbook products on a Cash only basis. Or you can pre-order from the on-line store and I will have your order ready for collection at Retreat. This can be either paid for at Retreat or pre-paid for. Gift vouchers or Prize vouchers can not be used as payment towards retreat. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to ask maria@blumars.com.au or Phone me on 08 -09529 4176
OR YOU CAN DO THE .............
Blumar’s Craft Mini Retreat
http://www.blumars.com.au/forum/ Friday September 19 - Sunday September 21 26 2008 Unable come to Retreat then why not have a Mini Retreat! How does it work? That is easy! You can attend retreat right from your living room, via the computer (like Weekend Workshops) (subject to internet availability). You purchase the goodies bag that the girls coming to the Retreat receive complete with the challenge kits and Class kits the instructions will be emailed to you on the Thursday night. You can arrange for friends to come and spend the weekend or just come over during the day and join in. If they are not members and sign up you both get a present. There may be a few of the forum members and their friends that live near each other and would like to get together or if you live too far from everyone, you can still join in on your own. If you are interested please email me for the Mini Retreat registration form, as I need to know how many kits I will need. Please make sure you get everyone who is attending your Mini Retreat to fill in the registration form even if they are not members, as I need details to send kits and other info. Kits will need to be paid for by July 31st. So I can post them by the end of August to get to you in time. Send details to maria@blumars.com.au or Phone me on 08 -09529 4176


Blumar’s Craft Design Team Search Challenge.
We are looking for three new members for our Design Team – have you got what it takes to be part of our exciting team? Do you have an urge to share your creativity? If so join us in our search for our new team. Take part in our four week challenge, where we challenge you to be at your creative best and to inspire our forum members in to a frenzy. The Design Team Search Challenge starts on the 1st of June and will run until the 27th June. There will be one challenge (or possible two - watch out for surprises) that will be posted on the Saturday and you will have until the Friday to e-mail your creation in. So come on over and have a look, register you interest in the Design Team Search Thread and join us for a fun filled month. http://www.blumars.com.au/forum/ Any questions or quires can be e-mailed to Maria at; maria@blumars.com.auThe rules; 1. You must register in the forum and in the Design Team Search thread. 2. The Design Team Search will run from the 1st June 2008 to the 28th June 2008. 3. You will have one week to do each set challenge – except for the surprise challenge. 4. No late submissions will be accepted. No deadlines extensions allowed. 5. Only one entry per challenge per person. 6. Submissions are to have been created for the sole purpose of the Blumar’s Design Team Challenge. 7. Submissions are not permitted to be displayed on any other websites; personal blogs are allowed if a link to Blumar’s Craft is attached. 8. Be on the look out for a surprise!! Expectations; If you are selected as a Design Team Member you will be expected to participate actively on the Blumar's Craft Forum. You will be expected to design layouts, cards or off the page projects specifically for Blumar's Craft Gallery. You will be asked to teach one online lesson a month for the members of the Blumar's Forum. Through out your period of being on the Blumar's Craft Design Team you will also be required to help judge the Weekend Workshops (Cybercrops) Challenges and other Competitions. What you shall receive; A pack of goodies each month in which to create and display on the site your gorgeous work. A discount for all your purchases from Blumar's Craft. A free class kit (depends upon what you will be teaching) Sign up on in the Design Team Search Thread and join in the fun.


Bon's Scraps

Who wants to WIN, WIN, WIN???
if you do then best you head on over to Bon's Scraps.
we are about to start a fantastic new comp where you could win yourself $75 credit to spend, a MM leather album, a cropper hopper tote and more. for full details and to register pop into the forum here- http://www.bonsscraps.com.au/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=82
looking forward to meeting some new people :)


Scrapbook Divas

Scrapbook Divas Cybercrop tonight Friday 23rd May 2008 commencing at 7.30pm. Come and join us for the challenges, scrapping, chatting, bingo, prizes and sales. To register click here http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=314

May Word Picture Layouts

April 08

by Debbie Kupfer

Farm Boy

by Lorraine (Chook Scraps)

Lizard Man

by Jennifer Longnecker

Taylor

by Carissa Hannaford

Giddy-Up

by Donna Garment

It's all a bit Girlie

by Emma (Bookaruth) Sweet Explorer

by Julie Dudley

Watch the Birdie

by Kerryn Lawson

Floss

by Michelle

Major Horsepower

by Nichole Pomeroy

Sad? Tired and Pensive

by Peg Hewith

Free Spirit

by Sue Maree

Keisha

by Sue Wheeler

Spring

by Jem Hall

You Two

by Jolene Pienaar

Looking to the Future

by Katherine Keadon

Our Virtuoso
by Mandy Dodd

Tranquility

by Marion McIntyreGreenwell Point
by Anthea Peterson

Layia's Faces

by Cassandra Williams

Mum's to be

by Chloe Schmitt

May Word Picture Layout

Here is my layout for the May Challenge. A couple of photos from my wedding.














Be on the look out later this week for all the fabulous entries that have made it to me so far.

May Word Picture

Just Bumping this to the top.
Email your layout to word.pictures@hotmail.com

Material List
1 large photo (roughly 12 x 17 cm)
1 smaller photo (roughly 9 x 12 cm)
1 cardstock (this doesn’t have to be cardstock it can be patterned paper if you wish)
3 patterned papers (can use scraps) (Call these paper A, paper B and paper C)
Alphas
A heap of flat embellishments (can be die cuts, paper flowers, cut out shapes from patterned paper, ribbons, fibres etc)
Your own ideas for decorations

Step One – Patterned Paper
Paper A - 2 rectangles shapes roughly 6 by 17 cm
Paper B - 2 rectangle strips roughly 3 by 17 cm
Paper C - 1 rectangle strip roughly 2 cm by 8 cmStep Two

Step Two -Patterned Paper Decoration
Decorate your patterned paper if you want to you can ink, sand, crumple, doodle, paint or whatever you wish to do. You can even leave it plain.

Step Three – Positioning the Patterned Paper
Paper A – place one of the rectangles roughly 6 cm from the left side of the cardstock and 3 cm down from the top of the cardstock. Place the second rectangle roughly 2 cm from the right side of the cardstock and 7 cm from the bottom of the cardstock.
Paper B – With one of the strips of Paper B over lap Paper A, roughly 6 cm from the top of the cardstock and 9 cm from the left hand edge of the cardstock. With the second strip over lap Paper A, roughly 3 cm from the right hand edge of the cardstock and 8 cm from the bottom edges of the cardstock.
Paper C – Where Paper A and Paper B over lap at the bottom of the cardstock overlap Paper C, roughly 4 cm from the right hand edge of the cardstock and 10 cm from the bottom edge of the cardstock.

Step Four – Photo Placement
Place the large photo roughly off centre of the cardstock. It is up to you which side you want to off centre it towards. Place the smaller photo slightly over lapping the bottom corner of the large photo, on the opposite side that you off centred the large photo on.

Step Five – EmbellishmentsUsing the flat embellishments that you have chosen run them in a wavy line from the bottom left corner of the cardstock up and over the bottom edges of the photos and then finish them off by running them over the bottom edge of the patterned paper. You will need to use flat embellishments because you will have to place your title over them.

Step Six – Title PlacementRoughly where the two photos overlap place a large title. Then along the top right hand corner of the large photo place another title.

Step Seven – JournalingPlace your journaling near the top right hand corner of the large photo. (You can write it on the cardstock, do stamping for it, journaling strips or even write it on the photo. It is up to you.)

Step Eight – Take ownershipIt is your layout, make it your own by putting the finishing touches on it. Doodle, paint, stitch, cut out, stamp, whatever your heart desires. We want to see your creative touch in your layout

Community Announcement

Bon's Scraps
Bon's scraps are currently offering 25% off storewide, valid until midnight wed 14th of May.
we are also looking for monthly guest designers, all you have to do is complete the monthly challenge and you'll be in the running to win- title of guest DT, a DT pace and a discount on your next order, pop into the forum for further details.

Community Announcement

As something new for our sponsors we are happy to announce all of your up coming advents here. So drop us a line and we will put it up on the blog for all to see.

Blumars Craft
Blumar's Craft is having a weekend workshop this weekend. Pop over and check out the 3 great challenges, there is a layout challenge, a card challenge and an off the page challenge. There is also some challenges for the kids to do. Hit the link and check it out for yourself, you will be happy that you did. http://www.blumars.com.au/forum/


ScrapAWhile News;
ScrapAWhile is very proud to announce our first kit called "Water Nymph". Designed by Penny Hackney, this layout is a combination of hand-cut shapes, flourishes, blossoms and rhinestones with a delicate touch of whimsy.
Kit comes with full instructions.
Cyber Crop
ScrapAWhile are having their first every Cybercrop to celebrate Mothers Day on Saturday 10th from 7.30pm and finish at midnight.
There will be activities, challenges and prizes. Of course you'll also have lots of fun. Hope to see you there.
Retreat
ScrapAWhile is having their scrapbook retreat on Friday 22nd - Sunday 24th August 2008 at the beautiful Camp Elim, Forster. From Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon come relax and scrap at the beautiful Camp Elim. Demonstrations, mini-classes, prizes and surprises, this retreat can’t be missed! There are lots of other activities to do at Camp Elim such as canoeing, beach walks, swimming and relaxing. So book in and treat yourself to a get away where you can do what you love for as long as you like without any distraction!

April Winners

Our final thanks to our four fantastic sponsors for the Month of April. We hope you all got over to their sites to have a look around and maybe spend some money!!!

A huge THANK YOU to Blumar's Craft, Chook Scraps, Scrap Boutique and Anna's Craft Cupboard. We couldn't have done this great challenge without you.

We would just like to thank everyone who has submitted their layouts and we wish we had prizes for all of you, we had a hard time picking the winners and it was a very tight call.



Now for what you all have been waiting for the winners for April are ............. drum roll please ...............




Giddy Up by Juile Dudley


Bush Babe by Michelle
Dad by Sue Maree
Sweet Girls by Jolene Pinenaar















Congratulations ladies. Can you please e-mail us and we will forward on instructions how you can collect your prizes from our Sponsors.

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with for May's Challenge.

May Word Picture

Some house keeping before the May Challenge - Winners for April will be announced tonight and the May Sponsors will be announced. So stay tuned for some updates tonight.

Here is the May Word Picture. If you have any questions or if anything needs clarification please do not hesitate to drop us an e-mail.

Material List
1 large photo (roughly 12 x 17 cm)
1 smaller photo (roughly 9 x 12 cm)
1 cardstock (this doesn’t have to be cardstock it can be patterned paper if you wish)
3 patterned papers (can use scraps) (Call these paper A, paper B and paper C)
Alphas
A heap of flat embellishments (can be die cuts, paper flowers, cut out shapes from patterned paper, ribbons, fibres etc)
Your own ideas for decorations

Step One – Patterned Paper
Paper A – 2 rectangles shapes roughly 6 by 17 cm
Paper B - 2 rectangle strips roughly 3 by 17 cm
Paper C – 1 rectangle strip roughly 2 cm by 8 cm


Step Two - Patterned Paper Decoration
Decorate your patterned paper, if you want to you can ink, sand, crumple, doodle, paint or whatever you wish to do. You can even leave it plain.

Step Three – Positioning the Patterned Paper
Paper A – place one of the rectangles roughly 6 cm from the left side of the cardstock and 3 cm down from the top of the cardstock. Place the second rectangle roughly 2 cm from the right side of the cardstock and 7 cm from the bottom of the cardstock.
Paper B – With one of the strips of Paper B over lap Paper A, roughly 6 cm from the top of the cardstock and 9 cm from the left hand edge of the cardstock. With the second strip over lap Paper A, roughly 3 cm from the right hand edge of the cardstock and 8 cm from the bottom edges of the cardstock.
Paper C – Where Paper A and Paper B over lap at the bottom of the cardstock overlap Paper C, roughly 4 cm from the right hand edge of the cardstock and 10 cm from the bottom edge of the cardstock.

Step Four – Photo Placement
Place the large photo roughly off centre of the cardstock. It is up to you which side you want to off centre it towards. Place the smaller photo slightly over lapping the bottom corner of the large photo, on the opposite side that you off centred the large photo on.

Step Five – Embellishments
Using the flat embellishments that you have chosen run them in a wavy line from the bottom left corner of the cardstock up and over the bottom edges of the photos and then finish them off by running them over the bottom edge of the patterned paper. You will need to use flat embellishments because you will have to place your title over them.

Step Six – Title Placement
Roughly where the two photos overlap place a large title. Then along the top right hand corner of the large photo place another title.

Step Seven – Journaling
Place your journaling near the top right hand corner of the large photo. (You can write it on the cardstock, do stamping for it, journaling strips or even write it on the photo. It is up to you.)

Step Eight – Take ownership
It is your layout, make it your own by putting the finishing touches on it. Doodle, paint, stitch, cut out, stamp, whatever your heart desires. We want to see your creative touch in your layout.