Winner for March Blackboard Challenge

Congratulations to Reinette de Villiers for the March Blackboard challenge. 

Here she is with her fabulous prize.

 

Why not give the April Blackboard challenge a go this month? These are the only ingredients you are allowed to use to complete the double page.

The closing date will be Monday the 5th May after all the public holidays.

 Win this stack of 48 sheets of paper full of great travel designs. Get Scrapping! 

 

WINNER OF THE MARCH BLACKBOARD CHALLENGE

For the March Blackboard Challenge you had to use:

• A green colour scheme
• Any paper of your choice
• Vellum
• Butcher's twine
• Hand or machine stitching
• Buttons
• Paint 
• Chipboard Title

 I used a guest judge this month (thanks Glenda) and the pages were all very good making the decision difficult. Congratulations goes to: 

REINETTE DE VILLIERS

The judges like the way the paint was used around the edge of the page, for the colouring of the chipboard title and to create the piece of paper under the journaling.

The hand stitching done with butcher's twine was very different!

Michelle Azzie

The embossing of the vellum using a Cuttlebug, the neat hand stitching and placement of the butcher's twine was impressive.

Vanessa Mayhew

The arrangement of the circles of vellum with stitching was very good, as was the crackle on the chipboard lettering and the journaling.

 Congratulations must go to all three of the above ladies for a job well done!

Passage of Time

It is amazing how time passes and one is only too aware of it when you look back at photos and you can see how things have changed… how your kids have grown… how your garden has developed… how fashion has changed… how our scrapping has evolved and how we have aged!

This month, as we celebrate the 14^th anniversary of the Scrapping and Fishing weekend, I take a nostalgic journey back to 2001 when held the first of these amazing weekends. We can reminisce about the fun we have had, the friends we have made, (and some we have lost), and the traditions we have formed. Enjoy!

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

EASY STORAGE SOLUTIONS

The following photos show some great ideas for easy STORAGE SOLUTIONS

for your scrapbooking supplies:

 Use the boxes from the albums to store your off-cut paper. 

Label the 'spine' with the appropriate colour.

 Use an old printers tray to store your Washi tape. 

You could also use a cutlery tray.

 

Store your lettering in zip-up bags and hang them on the wall.

Easy to grab and go.

Store foam letters in a plastic divider box. 

So easy to pick through to find your letters.

Thanks Reinette for the top three ideas and Ronel for the letter idea.

WINNER OF THE FEBRUARY BLACKBOARD CHALLENGE

What you could use for the February blackboard challenge was...

Congratulations goes to MICHELLE AZZIE for her page shown below.

The 'Selfie' was the focus of her layout with the border punch, tags and arrow well integrated into the design. Her doodling formed a significant part of the page and was very relevant to the theme of the layout. The doodling was a hand drawn copy from a patterned piece of paper. Completing the page was the journaling making the page so much more meaningful.  Well done Michelle!

 Thanks goes to the other participants for entering super pages into the contest as well.

Vanessa Mayhew

 

Reinette de Villiers

 

 Glenda Cressy

 

Why don't enter the March Blackboard challenge? You can't win if you don't try!

Closing date 29 March 2014

 This is your fabulous prize for the March Blackboard Challenge.

WINNER OF JANUARY BLACKBOARD CHALLENGE

Congratulations goes to Vanessa Mayhew as the winner of the first Blackboard Challenge.

Congratulations must also go to the following two ladies for taking up the challenge and producing great pages:

 Michelle Azzie for her page 'Grade 10 First Day' and ...

Reinette de Villiers for her page on the 'Bwindi Community Training Centre'.

Thanks to the ladies who made the effort to enter in January. 

As for the rest of the subscribers to 'Scrapchat' why don't you give the February Challenge a go?

See the rules in the previous post.

Look what you can win if you enter the February Blackboard challenge. Closing date 28th February.

Monthly Blackboard Challenge

Starting off 2014 with a new Monthly Blackboard challenge.

This is intended to challenge you to use up your old stash at home and to get your photos scrapped. Hand  in or email your page to me by the end of each month. If your page is chosen to be featured here on my blog you will then become eligible for the monthly prize.

Rules:

·        The double page MUST ONLY use the listed products on the blackboard.

·        The only other general products that can also be use are inks, sand paper, thread, pens, adhesives, stitching and photos.

·        Both sides of the paper can be used.

·        The Prize cannot be converted into a cash payout.

·        The Prize is not transferable to another month.

·        The Prize will vary from month to month.

·        There will only be one Prize per month.

·        The value of the prize will vary.

·        The Prize does not include postage.

·        The completed page/photo of page for long distance subscribers must be handed in/reach me by the last day of each month.

·        You can enter as many pages as you would like to.

·        Any Scrapchat subscriber is eligible to enter.

·        The winner is at my discretion and no correspondence will be entered into.

·        The winner will be announced in the following month’s newsletter.

 The prize for January is 3 mini triangular storage boxes which can be decorated to 

suit your taste and your scrap room, or left natural.

Go on ... take up the monthly challenge and enter your double page today.