Retreats

I've been lucky enough to go to two scrapbooking retreats in the last month, which for me is something akin to scrapbooking heaven.

Especially as one of them I was just a customer. That's right. No organising music, or games, or taking massage bookings or working a shop or teaching classes.  Just me, my friends and a whole lot of scrapping.

But did I get any more layouts done in all the extra time I had?


Of course not.

I did have fun though. And I am pretty happy with the pages I've been doing lately, some of which are below for your scraplifting enjoyment.

I've also learned a valuable scrap lesson - I'm getting way too old to stay up until 5:30am scrapping. I can't pull up the next day like I used to, and the pages I produce in the wee hours of the morning.... well.... they rhyme with scrap, lets just put it that way. So - could this be the end of my scrapbook all nighters??

Thanks to Lisa over at Storyboard Kits for organising a really lovely weekend, full of fantastic challenges that pushed me out of my scraping comfort zone. And to Kristen who organised the retreat at Collaroy full of such lovely scrappers.



Sassafrass papers and Prima & Sass embellishments.
And yes, thats little me!

using papers & embellishments from one of Lisa's
Storyboard Kits

colour palette challenge - way outside my comfort zone.
LOVE my new Martha Stewart border punch!

washi tape... sigh. just love it!
this layout was inspired by Diane Payne's layout in
Scrapbook Trends Magazine March 2012

happy scrapping!

Trace* xox

my random life

Well, life has been hectic lately as usual.

I've had Australia Day

I've been finding inspiration from unusual sources

and driving my Grandpa all over the place

I've even found a few minutes here and there to take a break and read a scrapping magazine or two

and I celebrated my first wedding anniversary

and yes, I have been keeping up with my Project 366, even though I haven't been posting them!

a blog about another blog...

I can excitedly announce that the new blog for Dizzy Izzy Scrapbooking is live!

In case you missed it, Dizzy Izzy Scrapbooking is my team effort with my good friend Fleur to take the scrapbooking world by storm. We host awesome scrapbook retreats and day crafternoons, as well as hosting an online facebook community where we have competitions, sales and share layouts.

If you want to get your craft on, or just show your support for our venture head to the Dizzy Izzy Blog or search 'Dizzy Izzy Scrapbooking' on facebook and hit like!

cheers!

2012 - the year of weddings

Well, we are 2 weeks into 2012 and I've already been to 2 weddings and have 1 yet to come. That's right, LOVE is in the air.
First off, we had Michael (or Borgy to his friends) & Tamasin's big day, which was a beautiful and elegant affair, with one of the most emotional bridal entrances I've ever seen. I think this was the biggest wedding I've been to - 250 guests! Tamasin's mum and sisters also sang opera arias during the ceremony - wow! Just WOW!

blessed be

Aww!!!

gotta love cake that looks beautiful & tastes delicious!

close up of the Bird toppers - delightful!

Then a few days later we had Jonathan (or Jash to his friends - yep Matt's friends all have nicknames) and Caroline's lovely day. Beautiful weather, great food and friends plus the scrabble theme made this such a fun day.

bridal party

the happy couple

the scrabble cake!

sharing their love of scrabble

I made cards for both weddings but forgot to grab a pic of the first one. Here is the second one, made from some leftover KaiserCraft paper.

It was lovely to share both days with the happy couples, and I'm curious to see if we attend any more weddings this year before we head off on Nikki & Bob's wedding cruise/our belated honeymoon. Enjoy the pics!

Trace* xox

Scrapbooking Memories Masters

Yes, its been a while. Lets not talk about it. Let's focus on the positives and look towards all of the New Years Resolutions that I made and am desperately trying to keep up with.

Resolution 1: Blog more (or at all).

A lot of you know that I entered the Scrapbooking Masters Competition that is run by Scrapbooking Memories Magazine back in August 2011. It was a really long wait till the results came out, and even though I didn't win (sadface) I was lucky enough to get an honorable mention!

This was the first time that I had ever submitted to any magazines, I've always been too scared of rejection to submit. I must admit, the 4 entry tasks were challenging. I'm not much of a journaller, and the colour challenge was definitely a combination WAY out of my comfort zone.

So here are are my layouts, and also a shot of my first ever published layout. Enjoy!

Hidden Journalling: 'HeartBeat'

The journalling was under the left section on hinges.
I mirrored the title on both layers

I hand stamped and inked the letters, then cut them out

5x7 Photo: My Sunshine

the devil is in the details: a little stamping and fussy cutting

Colour Challenge - Brown/Orange/Blue: 'Still Working'

the cogs actually turn!

Sketch Challenge: 'Photo Booth'

I LOVE making paper pinwheels!

Honourable Mention! Woot!!!