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Friday, August 31, 2012

Hi there blogger friends!

I am very excited to announce that there will be a blog hop during the entire month of September!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The blog hop will be running from the 1st to the 30th of September 2012, so make sure to mark your calandars and be ready to make some beautiful projects and of course win some AWESOME blog candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

I must admit, since we found out I was pregnant at the beginning of the year, I have not been able to keep my attention on my scrapbooking. Most of the time is either spent at the office or doing baby shopping - and there are so many gorgeous baby thingies :-)

Here and there I have been able to make time to scrap, the inspiration is not always there, but I got some stuff done. I have not however been able to keep my blog up to date. So today's posts are more about showing some of the layouts I have made in the past few weeks, but not been able to blog about.

Along with Scrap Africa's 5th Sketch challenge, there was some awesome news that the sponsor for this sketch is Kaisercraft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This time there is two prizes! In order to stand a chance of winning one of the two prize packs, all you have to do is take part in either sketch challenge #5 or challenge #5 (I have done a blog post on this, here is the link if you want to go and have a look -

SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE #5

Each of the prizes include the following:

35 sheets of paper;
3 paper pads;
3 packs of rub-ons;
3 packs of stamps;
1 pack of ribbon;
1 pack of collectables;
1 acetate sheets and
5 sticker sheets (30x30)

These prize packs include materials from the brand new collections, Magnolia Grove and Rock Pool, as well as 4 other brand new collections that will be released in June and July! Oh my word, this is awesome news, it really makes me wish that I could take part in this challenge! You really do not want to miss out on this great opportunity!

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I guess by now you cannot wait to see the sketch, well here it is!

Due to the fact that our sponsor for this challenge was Kaisercraft, it was requested that we as designers use Kaisercraft products in our layouts. To me that was definitely no problem and even less of a challenge, due to the fact that I adore Kaisercraft and have almost ALL of there ranges. Here is my take on the sketch.

The best news ever is that this challenge is still open until 31 May 2012. So please go and enter your layouts on Scrap Africa, so you can stand a chance to win this awesome prize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Scrappin Regards

Monday, May 28, 2012

hi there ladies

I trust you are all doing well and that the creative juices are flowing and spilling over those creative buckets!!!!!!!!

There has been so many things going on lately, that I have not been getting to everything. But I was thinking that while I have a few minutes now, I can give you an update as to what is happening over at FabScraps.

Firstly, there are two brand new collections that have been launched in the past month or so. The first collection is the C48 Rustic Collection.

Then there is the lovely C49 Victoria Collection, shown below.

Then of course, there is still time to enter the Fabulous May/June Giveaway from 12 May until 12 June. All you need to do is submit your project by emailing it to laura@fabscraps.co.za. Once you see your project on Facebook in the May/June Giveaway folder, get your friends to like your layout/project. The project with the most likes, WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can submit any project, it does not have to be a FabScraps project. And what is up for grabs, have a look at this!!!!!!!!!!!!

Between these lovely collections and this awesome giveaway, this Monday can not be other than Fabulious! So head on over to the FabScraps blog to see some of the other happenings over at FabScraps!

Scrapping Regards

SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE #5

Morning ladies, the time has come for a new challenge over at Scrap Africa.

The challenge this week is based on the following poster, which was taken from Pinterest

Now before you get to excited, remember - KEEP CALM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will need to create any scrap project, whether it is a layout, a card or an altered object, with a phrase on it "Keep Calm and ..." - the end of the phrase is up to you. Be funny, be creative, be thoughtful - whatever the mood you are in, as long as you spread the calmness around :-)

If you decide to create a poster featuring a phrase, make sure you think of something innovative and interesting. It must not just be plain letters on the plain background!!!!!!!!!!

You can see some more ideas of "Keep Calm" phrases on this Pinterest board.

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When I first read this challenge, I had a bit of a problem trying to Keep Calm, but after lots of thinking and a few attempts at it, I finally came up with the following layout.

The pictures in this layout were taken at our very first scan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are some pictures of the detail.

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Over at Scrap Africa, our guest designers for this challenge were Roulien Stahnke and Val Thorpe. These ladies were among the winners of the Scrap Africa Rainbow Challenge. It is such an honour to have them join us and to bring you these wonderful inspiration! So please head on over to there blogs and have a look at what they did! Then you must also head on over to Scrap Africa, to see what the other designers came up with. It is amazing how each one's take on this challenge is so different and unique!

We believe that by now you are totally calm and ready to begin with your own exciting projects. Once you have completed them, please link them to Challenge #5 - Keep Calm and ... You have until the 14th of June for this challenge!

Looking forward to seeing your projects!

Scrapping Regards

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Good morning everyone, I really hope you are having an awesome day so far.

The month it was once again time for the new issue of one of the local South African magazines, namely Scrap Affairs. Every second month I cannot wait to get the new edition. Once again this edition is filled with tons of inspiration and some gorgeous layouts.

I am proud to say that not only did they publish one of my layouts, but they also published two of the articles that I wrote. What an awesome feeling!!!!!!!!!!!

The published one of my pet layouts, along with a little half-a-page article I wrote about the meaning of my pets. Here is the layout and what it looks like in the magazine!

The article reads as follows:

I am a HUGE pet lover and sometimes I think I love pets (especially my pets) more than humans.

Pets are a part of our everyday life. They are there when you wake up in the morning and they are there when you get home at night. They will come to you if you are sick, had a bad day or just need some love. They do not judge you when they look at you and they NEVER criticize. It is for these reasons that I think it is important that we honour our pets and show them that we love them by including them in our scrapbooking.

If I have to go through my scrapbooking albums, I have more albums on my pets than some of my human pictures.

When I scrap my pets I don't think of them as pets, I see them as something special. I put just as much effort and detail (sometimes even more) into my pet layouts. If I feel sad or down, the first thing I will scrap will be my pets. Or if I am uninspired and have "scrappers block", then I will also scrap my pets. It is as if they have a calming effect. I do not like to use "pet" paper, I will, however use some pet embellishments. I find that there is really a limited variety of pet paper on the market and really do not find them inspriring at all. I will use normal paper, e.g. a Kaisercraft or BoBunny range or even Simple Stories to showcase my pet photos. The reason for this is that those ranges can be used just as well with the pet pictures, than any other paper.

I also love taking pictures of my pets and capturing those special one of a kind moments on camera. It is not always easy, but sometimes I even scrap the "not so good" pictures, due to the fact that it still represents a special moment in time.

I love my pets to bits. They are like children to me and I treasure every day I have with them and I would not change that for anything in the world.

The second article that was published in this issue of Scrap Affairs, is an article that I wrote about Let's Scrap and the South African ladies that have been on the Design Teams over the last 10 years. Here is a picture of the article.

Hope you have an awesome day and scrapbook up a storm!!!!!!!!

Scrappin Regards

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Morning ladies, can you believe that it is Thursday again? This was a short week with the Easter holiday on Monday, so only 4 days :-) Other than that it is time for the new sketch challenge over at Scrap Africa.

Here is this week's sketch, with my take on it.

I really loved working with this sketch, but for me the picture was the problem. Initially I printed the photo in colour (here is what the original photo looked like).

So as you can see that blue sky is awesome for a day at the beach, but for scrapbooking and matching paper to that photo can be a bit of a nightmare. In the end I opted to print the picture in black and white. Along with the black and white picture I really wanted to use the BoBunny, ETCETERA collection I bought in December and have not had a chance to use yet. All the paper and embellishments are from the same range. Here are some close-up pictures.

Instead of just sanding the papers, I inked them with Tim Holtz black ink and then did a bit of distressing to give it that mixture between the black and the brown and thereby emphasizing the black and white picture.

Along with the awesome sketch there is of course also some awesome prizes to be won. Le Shabby Cafe is our sponsor this month for both sketch #4 and challenge #4. The ladies from Le Shabby Cafe provides their customers with exclusive scrapbooking kits. These kits are filled with wonderfully coordinated scrapbooking products, which will allow you to create those beautiful projects with ease.

So please head on over to Scrap Africa, where you can see the layouts of the awesome design team, along with our guest designers - Iris Babao Uy, Roulien Stahnke and Elizna Parsons. You have 3 weeks (until 3 May 2012) to enter your layouts.

Then don't forget that you still have plenty of time to enter your projects into the rainbow challenge. Please just make sure you familiarise yourself with the rules and follow the requirements of the challenge to avoid disappointment.

Thank you visiting my blog today!

Scrappin Regards