ScrapOlympics 2008 at ScrapBoutique

The competition will start with the Opening Ceremony on Fri July 4 and run for 3 ½ weeks.

July is an excellent month to get yourself involved at ScrapBoutique!
It’s our First Birthday Celebration month, and that means there are stacks of fun activities and challenges to get your mojo flowing in a big way!! Plus, our Big Celebration Cybercrop is coming up at the end of the month!

Here’s the Deal…. This comp is not just based on scrapping ability!! Points will be allocated for a variety of things, and will go towards your final Medal Tally…

More information is available HERE

Registration is available HERE

I'm all signed up and representing Wales. Let the Games begin!!

10 Days Later......................

and I am still sick and have really lost my sense of humour!! Have finally 'bitten the bullet' and taken tomorrow off work. No senior classes so I don't feel so bad, just really want to be better by the time the holidays roll around next week.

So, on the scraping front ~ no scrapping. Just can't be bothered after work at the minute and I've now spent 3 weekends on the lounge ~ such a waste of time.

Sick............................

of being sick!!! I am one of the worst sick people I know. I hate being sick and really loose my sense of humour!! So after two weeks of fighting this bug and not getting anywhere I am not a very happy camper.
Hence not much scrapping has occurred in the last two weeks as I find myself on the lounge after work and spent the long weekend in bed. Today has not been much better!!

I have a few layouts to load that I completed before getting sick.
And my DT layouts for Lets Scrap


I just adore these photos of my niece on the beach in Vanuatu.

Mystical Week 6 Challenge


Cybercrop layouts and card

I experimented with Photoshop actions on this photo ~ going to get myself more of those, they are absolutely fabulous!!




A sketch challenge


And finally my entry in the May White with One challenge:

Well, here's hoping tomorrow will be better ~ I have a few projects I would like to feel well enough to work on.

Cheers..............Leanne

Week 5...................

of term and the Mystical Masters comp is over and I have made it into the top 10. So, it's been a while since I dropped in. Still seriously disillusioned with work and seriously considering a lenthy period of leave ~ just concerned about how difficult it would be to go back, so I'm somewhere "between a rock and a hard place" at the moment.

So, thank heavens for scrapping ~ it really is my solace.The Potion Commotion comp has ended and the Mystical Masters has been dominating my scrapping time. These are my final three layouts for the PC comp:
Week 5

Week6

Week 7


Mystical have also had a cybercrop recently, I only managed 2 layouts, but I'm really happy with them



And finally, the Mystical Masters. Each week a series of challenges has been set:
Week 2 ~ step by step technique and LO/OTP using that technique

Week 3 ~ LO using other techniques from week 2 and a monochromatic 8.5 x 11


Week 4 ~ Resume style double and a signature LO

Week 5 ~ Create a unique cybercrop theme with 3 LO & 1 card challenge and produce the LOs and card





Have received some goodies for the week 6 challenges, but have to wait until Sunday when it's posted. Will photograph and upload my May White with One layout tomorrow.

Cheers................Leanne

Over...................

the holidays, that is and so is week 1 of second term!! Really not enjoying work at the moment ~ I'm completely sick of the DET BS that we are constantly bombarded with. Okay whinge over, onto good things ~ scrapping things.
Firstly, April DT layouts for Let's Scrap:


These layouts are featuring on the homepage at Let's Scrap as a class kit this month ~ woohoo!!
I have also set the challenges on the forum for May. Will upload my examples in a day or two and also,coming up in a couple of weeks is the next cybercrop.

The first challenges at We Challenge You are up. This month I was on OTP and had a doorhanger as my assignment:

I am on cards in June, and just awaiting my DT pack from Allcraftz who are generously sponsoring the blog ~ YAY!!

Managed to finish off a couple of challenges before the end of April including the Sketch #2 at Mystical (which I won) and which was also eligible for Stuck!

and my first ever White with One:


Over at Mystical there are a couple of comps going on. This was my take on Spell #4 in the Potion Commotion comp:

and in Week one of Mystical Masters we had to interpret a sketch:

and design a sketch with a sample layout:


Havr just finished my Spell #5 layout and am working on some Mystical Cybercrop layouts which I will upload later.

Cheers................Leanne

Why.................

is it that holidays just zoom by. It only seems like yesterday that we were having end of term drinks, but a week and a half has passed already. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm ~ really not fair. So what have I been doing with the break ~ definitely NO school work, although I can't put that off for too much longer, scrapping, a few days in Sydney, and generally catching up.
So a quick holiday round up:
Monday: scrapping with Liana while the boys played
Tuesday: quite day, cleaned up my computer, installed new software
Wednesday: visited Nyree and the gorgeous Scout, with the girls
Thursday: shopping with Mum and the aunties
Friday: Sydney ~ we took a lunch harbour cruise on a tallship ~ absolutely gorgeous and it stopped raining for the duration of the cruise,


wandered around The Rocks and then walked from The Rocks to our hotel at the top of haymarket ~ Riley was fabulous and walked all the way despite being offered to catch a train several times. Dinner at Chinatown.
Saturday: Steve caught the train to the airport to pick up Nirvana (oh joy ~ NOT!!!). Then we went down to Darling Harbour and toured the Endeavour. Riley was in photo mood, so got a couple of crackers ~ can't wait to scrap these:


Lunch at Darling Harbour and then we headed home.

Let's Scrap Cybercrop was Saturday night and my job was to set a sketch challenge. This was my example:

Sunday: quite day at home washing and scrapping. Finished my Potion Commotion Spell #3:

and worked on Sam's sketch challenge from the cybercrop:

Monday: scrapping with Liana again. Riley and Isaac had a wonderful day playing.
Tuesday: Kaszazz workshop at my house. We learned a technique to make a waterfall album. Serious discussion with Nirvana regarding her behaviour after her Xmas visit ~ that made for an interesting evening.
Today: lunch with my ex-colleagues from Singleton. We went to Nightingale's Wines and had a totally delicious meal ~ just perfect ~ good food, good wine and excellent company ~ a perfect day actually.
Tomorrow: off to Sydney, early with Liana to collect a variety of goods for the new house.
So only a few more days to complete some challenges that I want to do. I have also signed up for the Mystical DT challenge comp which starts on Sunday.

Cheers..................Leanne

Exciting News.........................

just had myself accepted onto the Design Team of a new challenge blog ~ We Challenge You (link in sidebar) ~ very, very excited. Michelle (blog owner) is very organised and has the roster organised for the remainder of the year. Each DT member rotates through layouts, cards and OTP each month ~ great variety! My first challenge is an OTP ~ stay tuned for a sneak.
Finally felt like scrapping again after suffering end of term weariness and a minor dose of the flu, and have done my layout for the Let's Scrap Cybercrop on Saturday evening. Just a tiny sneak peak:

In the past week I have also managed to completed the following layouts for Mystical Scrapbooks:
Potion Commotion Spell #2

Colour Challenge #1

Sketch Challenge #1

Monthly Challenge

Journaling Challenge #1

and lastly my March Calendar layout for Scrapworld:

Goals for the next couple of days include finishing my Let's Scrap challenge layouts and DT pack layouts and teaching myself how to make professional looking sketches in Photoshop.
Cheers..................Leanne