Scrapfest Four Seasons

I have always had a thing about the four seasons...why I don't know??

It started off with this little cross stitch pattern which I found in one of my mother's Woman's Weekly Magazines from the 1960s. I embroidered this for a God Child in 1981.

When I started scrapping in 1999 this page was in the first album that I made

and was published in Creating Keepsakes.

Then in 2002 we travelled to Yosemite and I made this page about the
four seasons of Yosemite and it is still one of my all time favourite pages.

More recently I made a mini album about myself titled 'A Woman for all Seasons' which was part of the Imagine Magazine Covergirl Competition. This little album got me a first place!

And this year in 2011 the theme for the SCRAPFEST is THE FOUR SEASONS.

For those of you who do not have all the information required here we go:

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
NO ENTRY WITHOUT YOUR PRE-PAID TICKET

DATE: Saturday, 13th August 2011
VENUE: Edenglen High School, Steyn Ave, Edenglen, Edenvale
(Safe parking on the property)
PRICE: R450.00
TIME: 09h00 until 16h30

This amazing price includes the kits for
FOUR SEASONAL DOUBLE PAGES,
lunch, teas, goody bag and prizes.
Cool drinks and sweets for sale

PHOTO REQUIREMENTS:
All photos quoted are jumbo size: 10 x 15cm unless specified

WINTER:
Colours: Grey and white
Photos: 1 Vertical and 4 horizontal

SPRING:
Colours: Green, mauve, yellow, pink or blue
backgrounds (only one of the above)
Photos: 6 vertical photos 5 x 15cm
2 horizontal
2 cropped to 10 x 10 cm

SUMMER:
Colours: Yellow, orange, red and lime
Photos: 5 horizontal

AUTUMN:
Colours: Khaki, brown and sunflower yellow
Photos: 5 vertical and 1 horizontal


SUPPLIES REQUIRED:
Cutting mat, ruler and craft knife
Pair of scissors
Pencil and eraser
Glue dots
Foam squares
Double sided tape
Gel glue eg. Glossy Accents, Tombo liquid glue
Brad hole punch and pad
Large eyelet hole maker and setter/hammer
Black thin pen
Black permanent marker
Stapler
Bone folder
Small paintbrush
Small container for water
Inks: Autumn - Dark brown
Spring: Dark green and a selection of pink, lime green, mauve, blue or yellow

REMEMBER TO DRESS WARMLY AND BRING A BLANKET FOR YOUR LEGS.

IT CAN BE VERY COLD IN THE HALL .

See you on the 13th
Adrienne

And the winner is BEV

What was the competition? It was the Slice competition which ran from September 2010 until June 2011. The participants had to use a Making Memories album with 10 page protectors. All of the pages had to be scrapped and each page had to feature Bazzill cardstock and something cut from the Making Memories Slice electronic cutter.

And the prize is a trip to Phoenix Arizona in the USA to attend Creative Escapes www.creativeescapeaz.com How cool is that!!



Well done Bev and to my other 7 ladies who all worked really hard

to complete their beautiful albums.

Bon Voyage!

Its been a long time ...

I know, I know!

Using quotes on pages - this links to my newsletter and these are just two exmples of pages showing the use of quotes.

It is interesting the way this leaf blew onto the page as I was taking the photo. Just makes the photo a little different, don't you think?

Next time I won't stay away so long!

Adrienne

Textures and colours of Mozambique

A taste of some of the beautiful textures and colours from our getaway to Nyati Beach Lodge in Mozambique. A place to rest, relax and recharge and of course fish!

Till next time

Adrienne

Back to School and Scrapping

Hello 2011.

The new year is synonymous with BACK TO SCHOOL in South Africa. So here is a layout just to whet your appetite for BACK TO SCHOOL and BACK TO SCRAPPING for the year 2011.

Happy scrapping

Adrienne

Christmas Anticipation

The anticipation of Christmas can almost be too much for children. I captured this brief moment of my nephew lying on the floor looking at the presents. I lay down on the floor to get his view point. I made this page using the current Bo Bunny Christmas range to create two shaped photo frames.

For this page you will need two sheets of the quadrant paper to create the shaped frames. Cut out around the outer edge of the red shape in the bottom left hand corner of the page.

Now using a craft knife, slit inside the red edge of the frame at the top and the bottom for a vertical photo (or left and right sides if you want to use a horizontal photo.)

Slip the photo into the slits.

Using a liquid glue, glue the red frame onto the photo.

Cut the photo off in line with the red frame.

This is what it should look like once completed.

Now overlap these two photo frames on the co-ordinating background paper, add striped paper at the base, add Christmas embellishments and images cut out from the top right quadrant, add title and journaling.

Happy holidays!

Homemade Christmas Presents

Why don't you put your cooking skills to good use this Christmas and make homemade Christmas gifts. They are so much more appreciated. Here are some ideas:

Pesto is quick and easy - just blend all the ingredients together and bottle it. Make a tag listing all the ingredients.

Apricot jam is just as easy to make. Remove the pips and weigh the fruit. Use equal quantities of sugar to fruit and add a dash of water to help the sugar dissolve. Boil the jam until it reaches setting point ie 105°C on a sugar thermometre or put a little jam on a plate and pop it into the freezer until cold. Then push the cold jam with your finger to see if it wrinkles. Once setting point has been reached, bottle the jam in sterilised bottles ( heated in the oven at 100°C for 10 minutes) and seal while hot. Decorate the jam with fabric and a tag.

Or you could use your favourite cake or biscuit recipe and bake a lovely delicious cake. That will always go down well.

Happy cooking and baking.

Adrienne