June Layouts

I know this is going to sound like one of those standard excuses but I had a sick one year old this week, it got me a week off work, but I had to keep up nappy changes, clothing changes and bedding changes.... terrible to say but I think I would have preferred work.

Before the layouts go up I have to apologise for a few things, first sorry the layouts are a bit late, second if your layout isn't here please e-mail and let us know and last but not least I apologise that I did not e-mail back a few of you letting you know that I had received your layouts. It has been a challenging week.

There are some fabulous layout and I know that we are going to struggle just picking five. In no particular order;

Love by Jan Agnew

Friends by Emily Pearce
One by Jodi Belton
Formal by Emma Morris
Princess Cheesey by Melinda Taylor
You and Me by Sue Wheeler
Icecream by Nicole Pomeroy

Peek-a-boo by Nicole Hargreaves
Just Gorgeous by Peg Hewitt
Do I have to? by Sheree Power
Unconditional Love by Sue-Maree Wilks
Fly by Anthea Peterson

Hiding by Debbie Kupfer
Maddie, Katja & Beanne by Jem Hall
Call Me by Kerryn Lawson
Look at me by Marrion McIntyre

We would now like to thank our wonderful sponsors for this month; Blumars Craft, Diva's Scrapbooking, Passion for Craft, Country Papercraft and Bon's Scraps.

THANK YOU.

Now for all of you who are still reading, something exciting is coming next month (July) so be on the watch to find out what it is.

Hugs

Tracey and Jodi

Community Announcement

Scrapbooking Divas
The Scrapbook Divas Cybercrop is happening this weekend;
Friday 27th June from 7.30pm.
There will be 3 challenges and prizes, plus bingo and the Dizzy Divas Dip.
So to register and find out more check it our here http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=88

ScrapAWhile
http://www.scrapawhile.com.au
We are very pleased to announce our new competition "ScrapAWhile Scrappers
You've Got Talent". Based on the TV Competition "Australia You've Got Talent".
Head over to our forum to join up and find out all the details.
Great prizes on offer. New challenge every week for the next 6 weeks.

June Challenge

Just bumpbing this to the top to make it easier to find.

Material List
1 photo (roughly 12 x 9 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)AlphasEmbellishments
Circle Ring/Frame Embellishment (can be a cut out patterned paper or cardstock circle – cut the middle of the circle out to look like a large O, or you can doodle a O as the ring/frame, stick down small embellishments as the ring/frame or even sew a O as the ring/frame, your options are endless)
Your own ideas for decorations

Step One – Patterned Paper
Cut the following sizes from three different Patterned Paper
Paper A – 30.5 cm (12 inches) x 6 cm strip
Paper B – 18 cm x 2 ½ cm strip
Paper C – 14 cm x 6 cm rectangle

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 the strip across the bottom half of the cardstock roughly one third of the way down the page.
Paper B – Place the strip roughly 1 cm away from the edge of the cardstock (you can choose which side) and leave roughly 1 cm gap of cardstock between the edge of Paper A and Paper B.
Paper C – Place the rectangle roughly 3 cm away from the edge of the cardstock (on the same side that you have chosen for Paper B), position it so that the rectangle of Paper C overlaps both Paper A and B.

Step Four – Photo Position
Position your photo so that the bottom edge of the photo over laps all three of the patterned papers. Don’t adhere it yet!!

Step Five – Circle Ring/Frame
Around the top half of your photo put a circle ring/frame – position it so that the bottom half of the circle tucks under your photo. Now secure both of them down.

Step Six – Embellishment
Embellish along the bottom edge of you patterned paper and photo. You can do as much or as little as you like and use whatever embellishments that you like.

Step Seven – Journaling
On the cardstock that is towards the middle of the page, roughly where the patterned paper and circle meet, do your journaling. You can stamp, write, rubon or print out your journaling.

Step Eight – Title
Using your Alphas put a title either around the top of the circle ring/frame or along Patterned Paper A under the journaling.

Step Nine – Decorate and make it “yours”Finish off the layout to make it your own style.

June Sample Layout.

Beautiful

by Tracey Campbell Dino Boy

by Jodi Voute

Community Announcement

News from the Nest

www.chookscraps.com.au

Chookscraps has their monthly cybercrop on this weekend. Beginning mid afternoon on Friday 20th June you have until midnight on Monday 23rd June to upload your entries into the gallery to be in the running to win some great prizes. There will be 3 LO challenges, a card challenge, a non-scrapping challenge and a chicken's challenge for our little ones who are under 16. There will also be games of bingo and 20 questions throughout the weekend. To check out the hints and the pre-cybercrop chat go to: http://www.chookscrapsscrapbooking.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=149While you are there you might also want to check out the great monthly challenges that the wonderful Kathy and Jibii have put up this month.. just the thing to channel some creative energy. We hope to see you there!

Scrapbook Divas

http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/

COMMENCING TODAY TILL MIDNIGHT 30th JUNE
2008.THE DIVAS END OF FINANCIAL YEAR SALE. HELP ME CLEAN OUT THE SHELVES SO THAT I
DON'T HAVE TO DO SO MUCH COUNTING.50% OFF MOST PATTERNED PAPERS, CHRISTMAS
SHOP, PAINT AND GLITTER, SOME KITS AND OFF
THE PAGE ITEMS.25% OFF EVERYTHING ELSE EXCLUDING DIVAS
DESIGN KITS, RIBBON CLUB AND NEW PRODUCTS.PRICES ARE MARKED SO COME ALONG AND
GRAB YOURSELF A BARGAIN BEFORE STOCK
RUNS OUT.
Happy Scrapping and Shopping
Michelle

A Passion for Craft


There is a Sale at A Passion For Craft!
We have marked down all of our patterned papers
New Sassafras Lass , We R Memory Keepers
Cosmo Cricket, Basic Grey ,Creative Imaginations
Grab yourself a bargin while Stocks Last.
Don’t forget to check out our $1.00 shop for more bargins.

The June Competition is No Photo Layout.
There is an example on the store front page, that I did but you can choose whatever you like to do on any subject.
http://www.apassionforcraft.com.au
Perhaps you have a drawing from your children or grandchildren or a love letter etc... that you could use.
You will be in the running to win a $15.00 voucher
Conditions of the competition
Must be a 12x12 Layout.
Must have no photos on it.
Let your imaginations run wild and your creativity flow.
The winner will be announced on the forum and the stores home page.
http://forum.apassionforcraftgallery.com/
Layouts are to be uploaded to the gallery
http://apassionforcraftgallery.com/login.php
If you have not registered in our gallery please feel free to do so .
You will have to approved, this is to ensure that our Gallery stays a nice place to be and is normally done on a daily basis.
The winner will be announced on the forum and the store front page on the 5th of July.
I am looking forward to seeing your entries. Good luck and happy scrapping!
Lyn .

Crafting In Style
http://www.craftinginstyle.com.au/forum/index.php?sid=aa6a805d6eac35d8c3e1483026a6a55c

Our June "DOUBLE TROUBLE" cybercrop kicks off tomorrow evening Thursday 12th June. There are lots of fabulous challenges and activites that the DT have organised for us to get us scrapping way into the wee hours LOL! Hope to see you there over the weekend. More info and some clues to challenges in the forum


Scrapbook Savvy

Yep...it's Friday 13th, and we’re Cybercropping at Scrapbook Savvy. We've got a frightful weekend planned, so hope you can come along and join us! Make sure you lock your doors and keep the lights on, cause things are about to get a little weird!! You are going to have a busy weekend ladies, so don’t forget your mojo!!! And there's a HUGE RAK...just for participating. Start time will be at 8.00pm SYD EDST time. Hopefully everyone will be fed and watered by then and the kiddlywinks will be safe in bed. Spread the word, Scrapbook Savvy will be the place to be June 13th!! Be afraid.....be very afraid! Here's the link to all the frighful details: http://www.scrapbooksavvy.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=84

June Word Picture Challenge

Material List
1 photo (roughly 12 x 9 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
Embellishments
Circle Ring/Frame Embellishment (can be a cut out patterned paper or cardstock circle – cut the middle of the circle out to look like a large O, or you can doodle a O as the ring/frame, stick down small embellishments as the ring/frame or even sew a O as the ring/frame, your options are endless)
Your own ideas for decorations

Step One – Patterned Paper
Cut the following sizes from three different Patterned Paper
Paper A – 30.5 cm (12 inches) x 6 cm strip
Paper B – 18 cm x 2 ½ cm strip
Paper C – 14 cm x 6 cm rectangle

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 the strip across the bottom half of the cardstock roughly one third of the way down the page.
Paper B – Place the strip roughly 1 cm away from the edge of the cardstock (you can choose which side) and leave roughly 1 cm gap of cardstock between the edge of Paper A and Paper B.
Paper C – Place the rectangle roughly 3 cm away from the edge of the cardstock (on the same side that you have chosen for Paper B), position it so that the rectangle of Paper C overlaps both Paper A and B.

Step Four – Photo Position
Position your photo so that the bottom edge of the photo over laps all three of the patterned papers. Don’t adhere it yet!!

Step Five – Circle Ring/Frame
Around the top half of your photo put a circle ring/frame – position it so that the bottom half of the circle tucks under your photo. Now secure both of them down.

Step Six – Embellishment
Embellish along the bottom edge of you patterned paper and photo. You can do as much or as little as you like and use whatever embellishments that you like.

Step Seven – Journaling
On the cardstock that is towards the middle of the page, roughly where the patterned paper and circle meet, do your journaling. You can stamp, write, rubon or print out your journaling.

Step Eight – Title
Using your Alphas put a title either around the top of the circle ring/frame or along Patterned Paper A under the journaling.

Step Nine – Decorate and make it “yours”
Finish off the layout to make it your own style.

Community Announcement

Scrapbooking Divas
Hi Ladies
We have a FREE online class coming up on Wednesday 11th June at 8.00pm AEST with our Guest Designer Melleny Ams called “Hang it Up”. For further details please check the forum at http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=439

May Winners

Before the big announcement we just want to say a huge thank you our Superdooper Sponsors for the month.

Blumar's Craft

Scrapbooking Divas

Blue Bazaar

Mystical Scrapbooking

Crafting in Style

Scrapbook Savvy

Sorry to keep you all waiting so long. The layouts where all to wonderful and we had a lot of trouble agreeing to the winners. Here they are in no particular order.

April 08

by Debbie Kupfer

Peace Tranquility

by Anthea Peterson

Mums to be by

Chloe Schmitt

Farm Boy by
Lorraine

Major Horse Power by
Nichole Pomeroy

Sad? Tired & Pensive by
Peg Hewith

Congratulations ladies your layouts are all fantastic.

The June's Challenge will be posted Friday afternoon so drop back in and see what we have installed for you this month.

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