Cyber Crop - Week Seven...

This weeks challenge by the talented Lusi Austin for the Cyber Crop was good fun to create!!

The Challenge:
“Inspired by…”
Create a layout about something or someone who INSPIRES you. It could be about how they inspire you in your line of work, creatively, spiritually, whatever!
You must include:
* At least 1 PHOTO
* STITCHING – machine or by hand
* INKING – anywhere on your layout
* SANDING somewhere on your photo or layout
* JOURNALING anywhere on your layout

So, here is what I came up with...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"Inspiration"

((sorry the quality of the photo i took (of the layout) isn't great))



Close up of the sanding




Close up of the hand stitching





This is Minou (my 16 year old cat) watching me photograph my layout! lol

Cyber Crop - Week Five...

This weeks challenge by Lusi Austin (from the Scrapbooks, Paper & Things website) is my favourite so far!!!

The Challenge:
"What MOVES you”
Scrap what moves you – literally! Scrap about your FAVOURITE MODE OF TRANSPORT…..be that your car, bike, bus, feet!
You must include:
* At least 3 photos
* At least 5 eyelets
* At least 3 kinds of different Patterened Papers (as much or as little as you like as long as there are 3 different patterns)
* At least 1 craft punched shape

It came at a good time as I have (just last month) paid off my little Astra! Its fully mine now - phew! I hate being in debt of any kind! I bought it as in impulse buy back in november 2004. I really didnt think i'd get the finance approved, but it did, so i took it as a sign I had to have it! LOL. So i traded in my Barina for my bigger, better Astra! It wasn't until a year later that I cried at how much interest I was being charged. Seeing as i didnt shop around and just got it on the finance company Holden provides (eek - NEVER do that!! LOL) So i put all my savings onto it, and then got a loan from my parents and paid off the car, and last month.. i finished paying back my parents!! YAY!!

So, here it is...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"My Car"

Cyber Crop - Week Four...

This weeks challengs by Lusi Austin at the Wentworth Falls Scrapbooks, Paper & things website (see side bar) was good fun and in continuing the theme of Mother's day seeing as we just celebrated mothers day last sunday!

The Challenge:
"Mum"
You must include:
* journaling about what your mum (or someone who has been there like a mum) means to you
* the colour white somewhere anywhere on your page
* at least one hinge (metal, plastic, paper, make your own....)
* at least 6 different kinds of ribbon (different patterns, colours, textured...)
* some sticker lettering

So, here is what I came up with...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"My Mum"

Close Up of the journaling

Close up of the nice photo of mum & the ribbons

Cyber Crop - Week Three...

This weeks challend by Lusi Austin from the Scrapbooks, Paper and Things forum was good fun!

The Challenge:
“Text”
adding text to your photos can be a great way of utilising the space on your page but it is also achieves a fun creative look too!
You must include:
* At least 4 photos on this layout – any size
* Text on one or all of your photos – the text can be journaling or a title
* Your text added to the photo can be in the form of DIGITAL printing or RUB ONS (she also said hand written was okay)

(its hard to see the journaling on the photo from this copy, but its easy to see it when your looking at the layout in real life. I've written in yellow and black)

So, here is what I came up with...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"Cockatoo"



Close up of the gum leaves and cut out photo of bird

Cyber Crop - Week One (round three)

The Cyber Crop at Wentworth Falls Scrapbooks Paper & Things has started again! And week one has a great challenge given by talented Lusi Austin.

The challenge:
“What’s in a Name?”
Find out the MEANING OF YOUR NAME and scrap it!
You must include:
* At least 1 PHOTO of you
* Some JOURNALING (hand written or typed)
* BUTTONS
* Some BLACK & WHITE PATTERNED PAPER (you can create some yourself if you like)

It was good fun!! I used a photo my mum took of me when I was about 18 years old and i had just bought my very 1st car!!! A VW beetle! And i was in total denial that it was a "hunk'o'junk" I still am, in fact!! I Loved my bug. Such a cute car.

I decided to keep a whole black and white theme going with the layout this week and im happy with the turn out.

So, here it is...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"Jessy"


Do you think Ruby approves of the layout?! (I hope so - lol)

Cyber Crop - Last Week...

I've really enjoyed the Cyber Crop that Scrapbooks, Paper & Things have hosted this year! unfortunately I didnt participate in every week as some weeks I was a little too busy! But I did have time today to do the last week of round 2!!

Lusi's challenge:
“Mates”
A TRIBUTE to a friend of yours – someone who has been very special to you. You must include but are NOT LIMITED TO:
* At least 1 PHOTO
* the COLOURS ORANGE and BLUE
* PHOTO CORNERS
* 1 or more RECTANGLES
* a HEART
* JOURNALING
* a PIECE OF FELT

Here is my layout. Let me know what your think!!

"friends"

Cyber Crop - Week Seven...

I've had a little break from the Cyber Crop over the last few weeks, I just didnt have time to do it.. but i finally went to the Scrapbooks, Paper & Things website and found another great challenge posted up by Lusi Austin!

The Challenge:
"Tag - You're it!"

Make 4 TAGS Embellish these as desired

You must include:

* BUTTONS

* LACE

* At Least 1 BASIC GREY paper

* INK

* SANDING

Now scrap a layout using these 4 TAGS!

I thought this will be fun!!! I actually had a theme in mind.. and I decided to scrap all the tags then put them onto a layout, so i had no idea what the finished product was going to look like...

Here's what I came up with...
Let me know what you think! Thanks :)

"What makes me, me"

Lace:

Buttons:

Sanding:

Cyber Crop - Week Three...

This weeks challenge from the Scrapbooks Paper and Things website was a tough one!!!

The Challenge:
- “Action!”
You must include:
* 3 or more ACTION shots (any size) on your page i.e.: the subject/s in your photographs must be DOING something: riding a bike, singing, jumping, etc
* Also need to have an INTERACTIVE (viewer involved) element on your page. Examples to get you thinking: a hinged panel that the reader must flip, a slider where an element on your page moves, a pop up, a cd/dvd they can take off the page and listen to/view, etc

As soon as I read the challenge I knew I was going to do one of Matty's sporting races! The Coast to Coast, NZ I thought was a perfect race to scrap.

So, here's what i came up with...
Let me know what you think!! Thanks :)

Flap Closed:


Flap Open:


Close Ups:

Cyber Crop - Week Two...

Well, its already week two at the Scrapbooks, Paper & Things web site!!

This week Lusi has given us a nice challenge!! I didnt have to buy anything *new* for it! It was like i did my spring cleaning - lol!!

The Challenge:

“Lots of Patterns, Lots of Paper!”

Use 20 different patterned papers to scrap on a single layout

You must include:

* 20 DIFFERENT PATTERNED PAPERS

* 1 (or more) photos

My layout didnt take long!! I wanted to scrap a photo of Connor as i scrapped one of his brother last week!!

Here is the final product (the LO is actually a lot brighter but i took the photo as the sun was already setting, but at least you get to see it)

Cyber Crop!

Well the Scrapbooks Paper and Things Cyber Crop round TWO has started!!!
I really enjoyed round one!!

Lusi Austin posts up the challenge each tuesday and we have till midnight sunday to post up our final product!!

This week the task is to chose a date from our past and scrap it!
Our page must include:
* 1 PHOTO (any size)

* The DATE you are scrapping about

* RIBBON

* 2 different STAMPS

Here is my final product! I will also post it in to the gallery later on in the week!
im not 100% happy with the final product (i'll have to stop looking at it and see what i think tomorrow) but i've been wanting to scrap this photo of my brother and I for ages now (so cute)!!

On this day (17th january 1984) i met my brother for the 1st time