SCRAPPING DAY(S)

Oh my poor neglected blog - I'm back again!

SCRAPBOOKING DAY(S)

Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of January 2013!!!

Yes, next weekend!!! Nothing like having a great idea at the last minute!!!

I've been such a good Mum, friend, relative lately and have had kids, kids and more kids here over the past couple of weeks. 

Now it is time for some ME time - so let's SCRAP!!! I'll be scrapping on Friday, Saturday and Sunday next weekend, so if you are free, come and join me, and if you can't make it, I'm just going to scrap anyway!!!!

I've spent all these lovely school holidays so far, cleaning, tidying, washing - OK, and reading  - I haven't been a complete saint!!! But I haven't scrapped at all so next weekend is it for the whole weekend! So if you want to come for a couple of hours or the whole damn time, it is up to you. 

The pool will be available, of course, so bring your togs and a towel if you want to swim as well. And bring your jammies if you want to sleep over, although I warn you that the accommodation here is all bunk beds,(I'll just boot the kids onto the couches) unless you want to jump into the king size with me!!!

And as I have decided to have a stress free year this year I am not going to worry about food until i get some idea of who and how many are coming, and when, and then I'll deal with keeping you fed and watered - but whatever I come up with will be stress free, believe me!

So, all I ask is that you let me know if you are coming or not, and then we'll be able to scrap away until the wee hours, if that is what you want to do! (Probably a good idea to bring a lamp if you plan on scrapping after dark as the family room area lighting is pathetic!)

Hope to see you scrapping soon!
Shell X

PS And, of course, you'll get to meet MAXI!

SCRAP WEEKEND AWAY

I'm off on a scrap weekend away, late this afternoon, with my bestest scrapping buddies!

I can't wait to get there.

I'm not taking a lot of my own scrapping stuff with me - just a couple of half done off the page projects - as I've got a lot of school work to catch up on. 

And I'm taking the shop of course!

We're going to stay at a lovely cottage in Lancefield which we've been to several times before.

For those of you that don't know, Lancefield is here. 

And once I get there I know that I am going to go from feeling like this,

,and this,

and this -

 to feeling like this,

and this, 

just by doing this,

  

and lots of this!!!

 

I'll post photos of our weekend away, and my hopefully finished off the page items, next week!

As I keep telling you - it is much cheaper than a therapist!

Shell

New OLD layouts

Here are some layouts that I haven't put on the blog before.
Well, I hope I haven't put them on the blog before - LOL!

The 'Let's dance' chipboard title was just covered in Stickles - I love Stickles!

 Below is the left, above is the right of this double layout.

  

 Double layout of above is below and yes I did cut a large photo to go across the layout like that. I did laugh when I came up with the title as Georgie did look so cute in her costume. It had a genie lamp on the front of the shirt and those cute short harem pants which were all over the place for the single photo with her arms out above! I do feel a bit sad that she is not dancing any more but gymnastics just took over and is her passion!!!

 Above, this is a letter I decorated ages ago covered in words that described the person. You will see them better if you click on the photo to enlarge it. This was my first attempt at decorating a letter.
Below is a group of us away on a crop weekend years ago, being silly as usual!

Above is the left and right of a double layout of Sebastian after he had his face painted. It didn't need any thing other than the title and the paw prints!

 This is the right above and the left below of a double layout of Adam and the kids walking across Federation Square in Melbourne. We had been at the Game On exhibition with lots of hands on games to play including that bizarre tennis game everyone used to play on their televisions with just lines for bats and a white line for the net - what were we thinking back then - we thought we were so cool and switched on!!!
i didn't touch the plain chipboard word 'together' above as the grungy grey of it suited the layout - now that will never happen again!

I covered the big chipboard tag below with some old CM design lines stickers I had that were silver and blue as they matched all the paving lines and lines on the buildings. There are lots of Melbournians that still hate Fed square, as the design is a bit out there,  but I just love it.
Oh, and I did remember to keep the tickets and put them on the page below w2hich is something I usually never do!

Below are the left and right of an old beach layout. Georgie is such a baby!

Below, walking across Princes Park to the Carlton Footy Club Family Day. This paper didn't need embellishments as it said it all! 
Sam was just big enough to have a go at the climbing wall which are the four pages below this one. And as you can see he did make it to the top! He is now, at fifteen, as tall as me! I remember being very happy about some spare chipboard scraps I found which fit under the brads beautifully to make the climbing hand holds on the last of the four pages.

 Above is the left and right of another Carlton Football Club family day layout. This is so old Fev is still at Carlton! And I suppose he thought his hat looked cool!

 This is, above, another right and left of the same day. Georgie has had enough of the photo shoot at this stage of the day!!!

 Georgie in her creche photo from long ago!

 The above is half a double layout from when Georgia and Sebastian had a dress up day at school. Georgia wasn't even at school yet but joined in with Sebastian's grade! I have already put the single layouts up on the blog ages ago with Georgie dressed as Dora and Sebastian as a pirate.

 Of course I used to put headbands and stuff on her when she had hardly any hair. I couldn't wait for it to grow. She looks sweet in this little outfit though! Again, my favourite stickles on the title letter!


 They are all pretty plain layouts when I look at them as a group but sometimes I feel they don't need much for them to look finished.
Enjoy and please leave a comment!
Shell

I WANT TO GO - PERHAPS 2013!!!

I was just looking through some of the Archiver's photos on their facebook page and drooling. I would love to go to this!!! It looks absolutely fantastic. I'm assuming that there is accommodation at the mall of America so everybody stays there as well. Wow!

Well we were supposed to be in the US for my birthday this year, in January, and it just didn't happen. The finances were under way too much strain so we had a week in Warrnambool instead.

 Now don't get me wrong, I just love Warrnambool and would move there tomorrow, (Warrnambool in Victoria, Australia for those of you that don't know) but it was a bit of a disappointment for my big birthday!

 This is Honeysuckle Cottage where we stayed! :)

So what about next year! Well, I can dream, can't I?

Have you ever been to this event? Please leave a comment and let me know what it was like. Or have you been to another scrapping event that was fantastic? I'd love to hear about it.

Archivers Scrapfest

Did you get a chance to attend Archivers Scrapfest?

As always, the buzz from the event was huge! The event took place September 14-16, 2012 at the Mall of America in MN, and featured classes, make & takes, shopping, celeb sightings and more. Here are links to some reports & photos from the show:

·         Heidi Swapp reports that ScrapFest Was Amazing!

·         Archivers Facebook Page - Photos

·         Doodlebug shared some photos snapped by fans

·         Tim Holtz shared some 'behind the scenes' photos from ScrapFest

If you have links to additional ScrapFest 2012 photos, share them in the comments! Meanwhile, the ScrapFest for 2013 date has been set for September 20-22, 2013 so go ahead & mark your calendars!

Well I'm off to a fabulous weekend of scrapping in Lancefield in a few weeks on a slightly smaller scale that the Mall Of America event - I think there are seven of us - and I just can't wait! 

 This is Sewjourn where we stay. A gorgeous little cottage on the main street of Lancefield.

And this is the studio where we scrap which is a few steps away from the cottage in the yard.

I know from previous experience we will have lovely food, because our personal chef is a legend, and we will scrap feverishly, and laugh, laugh, laugh until we cry! It really is better than therapy - and cheaper too! I will post some photos of our event as soon as I can. Perhaps just as glamorous as when we all had homemade facemasks and cucumber slices on last time!!!

Shell