'Them old bones'

What would you do with a few bones left over from a stew? Well on a recent scrapping weekend away, I challenged the ladies to see what they could do with these bones and a few scraps of paper!
See below how creative they were!

Materials allowed:

2 sheets of cardstock

Scraps of paper from the weekend 

Left over lettering

Anything 'found'

Old bones and paint

Michelle Azzie used scraps of paper to punch rounds, which she stitched into place, then used the bones to stamp another rows of circles. She finished it off with left over lettering.

I used Washi Tape, scraps of paper and the bones as a stamp, as well as left over lettering.

Nicole Clark used the bones for stamping her design, left over chocolate wrappers, string, buttons, corrugated cardboard and small flags from the back of packaging.

Hayley Webber used the bones for stamping the 'bubbles', corrugated board for the fish and left over lettering and paper. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April Blackboard challenge winner

  

 The winner of the April Blackboard challenge was Michelle Azzie for her page titled 

'Memories of my first 10years'.

Michelle with her prize stack of papers.

Glenda Cressy

Reinette de Villiers

Vanessa Mayhew

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.