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Everday Moments: Hobbies & Creativity: Week 4

Swimming is one of James' {Mel's son} newest hobbies. In this layout Mel stitched the Strano ribbon into position, creating a wave effect on the ribbon to represent the swirls of the water. The Heidi Swapp endless summer decorative tape was a nice finishing touch to the page combined with a splash of hand stitching.

Rach has a tradition of going to the Australian Open every year, and so wanted to capture that on a layout!  Rach has used circular elements to convey the theme and created these fun green & white striped tennis balls by adhering the Alice Strano Ribbon to circles, trimming them and then adding some pen lines.  Around her ticket case (which contains her tickets) she put the details of the two visits, who she went with and who she saw.

Tamar loves the photo editing process - it's a chance to create and turn the photos into something like they should look - if she was a photographer. Tamar edited these very ordinary shots with some tricks she learnt on a photography blog and she liked they way they turned out.

Tamar kept the layout simple - focusing on the black and white conversion by using lots of black and distressed white. The pink BasicGrey ribbon softens the look as does the painted pink centre heart.

Caz’s two daughters love to dance. Jazz, tap, ballet, hip-hop and ballroom. There isn’t really a dance around that they haven’t tried yet. Jordan is shown pictured with some of her dance shoes, about to go to dance classes. She gave Caz one shot to get a photo of her. Luckily it worked.

As the wall colour was very hard to match, Caz chose a strano ribbon that had quite different colours as a contrast. The heading is made with Heidi Swapp ghost letters and a button with a ‘J’ on it finishes off the simple embellishments.

Marni and her husband love to read, resulting in a bookshelf full of books. They read every night before going to sleep and sometimes even like to curl up with a book on a lazy afternoon after work. Marni particularly loves the way a good book can open your mind and take you to another world.

For this layout she chose to work with mostly Basic Grey product. Marni cut out flowers from the Romani range of papers and layered them on top of each other with foam tape. To add some more interest she also put the flowers down on some strips of co-ordinating Strano Design ribbon. To finish the layout off and create her title Marni used some Basic Grey letters stickers, Blush monograms and Heidi Swapp rub-ons.

Everyday Moments: Creativity/Hobbies Week 3

Rach totally adores this ribbon released for the EDM competition as she had a hand in designing it and naming it after her daughter.

Jennifer from Strano also sent her all the offcuts of the ribbons used for the magazine onsert so with so many short pieces Rach set to work on making this layout. It uses a simple design that lets the beautiful colour of the ribbon show, and matched it with a series of photos of her taking photos.

When Marni found out she was moving to Mackay her only condition was that she had her own scrapping space. Well it turned out that there was not enough rooms in the house but she did get part of the garage and after some hard work it has become the envy of all her friends.

For this layout Marni used Strano Designs ribbon to create a photo mat. The ribbon is nice and wide so it did not take much effort. As the ribbon was so bright and colourful Marni did not want to add much colour to the rest of her layout so she used black to tone it down a little. Black Heidi Swapp letter stickers, stitching, Lil Davis chipboard letters, Junkitz flowers and Basic Grey rub ons all help to ground the layout.

This layout is about Caz’s husband and the group of mates that he goes fishing with. Every couple of years they plan a week away to a different destination and fish to their hearts content. No nagging wives, no annoying kids, and sometimes no fish...!

To keep it manly embellishments were kept to a minimum. 2 different sized Strano ribbons echo the beautiful blues in the sky and ocean. The heading is made from Heidi Grace Individual Monogram Letters and the junkitz button says Friends-Buddies-Pals.

One of the things Tamar loves most about being creative is the chance to share that with others - she loves making gifts for Christmas and now that she is a scrapbooker she just does photo style gifts as well. These photos are a few of the gifts Tamar made this year and before she wrapped them she snapped theses shots - one way to remember what Tamar made in 2006.

Tamar chose a neutral background with the Lil Davis papers and added plenty of chipboard for good measure - she loves the heidi swapp letters - and the chance to put that great big title onto one layout.

Mel's son James enjoys building and painting model tanks in his spare time, so this was a perfect layout opportunity for Mel.

The Basic Grey fruitcake (vintage ornaments/pine) patterned paper she chose gave a good boyish feel to the page and using some Strano ribbon to create a large photo corner helped to balance the layout well.

Everyday Moments: Creativity/Hobbies Week 2

Caz’s eldest daughter Darcy has 3 loves. Chocolate, cooking and telling people what to do. She is torn between becoming a wedding planner or a Chef Pâtissière when she grows up. So she was in her element when Jess and his friend Josh wanted to help make double choc chip cookies one day. Luckily they were having so much fun that they didn’t mind being bossed around.

Another layout focussing on the photo. Title is ‘On the Dot’ by We R Memory Keepers. Patterned paper by Basic Grey and ribbon is Frannie by Strano Designs.

Another hobby Rachel loves is cooking and entertaining. She loves to experiment in the kitchen and adores her Donna Hay Magazine, for simple but delicious food, and even more than cooking for her family, she loves to create a feast for friends and family. A good bottle of wine and this is something Rach loves more than most other things, so she chose to represent it here on a page. These photos are of her Christmas dinner a great meal with so many great family members, and a most wonderful day.

Tamar says she actually has no idea how she functioned before she became a coffee addict - and she doesn't like it black. She likes TALL GRANDE HUGE with full strength milk and if would drink it all day if she could! - whenever the creativity start waning at night her husband goes out and gets her a coffee - a quick hit always helps!

Tamar's layout is a bit whimsical - a quick thinking photo captured the other night when they were chilling out at starbucks - she knew it would come in handy at some point. Those BasicGrey papers are great for cutting out accents. Tamar placed the strips and flower onto pop dots for dimension.

This layout was all about Mel's husband's new hobby - fishing. She chose to keep the page simple using just a few elements to tie everything together. The Strano ribbon (marina) was the perfect colouring to match in with the blue sea featured in the large photograph on the layout.

Mel's Journaling reads: So you bought a huge fishing rod for your new hobby. You were determined that this rod was going to catch us a big feed of flat head for our dinner. So, we fished and fished and fished. You fished, I fished. We took it in turns. It seems like we were fishing for hours, but still nothing - no fish, no flathead, nothing! I guess there is always next time. Let's hope so.

Everyday Moments: Hobbies/Creativity - Week 1

Caz’s son Jesse is obsessed with Pirates. In particular the movie “Pirates of the Carribean’.  He lay-byed this ship from the movie himself and then paid it off with his pocket money (which at $2 a week took quite a while) so it is one of his most prized possessions. He spends hours on end, playing with his pirates, dressing up as one, drawing intricate ships with lots of rigging and pirates on them and watching the movies over and over again. It is definitely his biggest hobby.

Caz kept the layout simple to showcase the photo. The title is from Heidi Swapp. The patterned paper from Basic Grey and the stitched ribbon is by Strano Designs, this months onsert sponsors.

Since becoming a scrapbooker 4 years ago photography has become a hobby of Marni's.  So for this her first in the last series of Everyday Moments layouts she has decided to dedicate it to the art of photography.

Marni used Photoshop Elements to create a montage of some photos she has taken over the last 12 months. She used Strano Designs ribbon and machine stitching to create her own patterned background. As well as this she also used a Heidi Swapp bling frame to draw your attention to an important photo. To finish the layout off Marni used a combination of Heidi Swapp alphabets to create her title.

This photo was taken at the scrapbooking convention last August of Rach by a friend. She loves the photo and it sums up how great the hobby of scrapbooking is! It is more than just sticking photos on paper and telling her story, it is getting the opportunity to catch up with friends, make new ones, laugh, share, work together and have fun.

At the time Rach was working in Canberra and her good friend and boss Cheryl gave her these Strano Lanyards, so Rach decided to go all Strano out on the page, using a new product from Strano that allows you to die cut ribbon with no fray!! It is awesome and she created flowers, photo corners and letters using her Quickutz.

Keep your eyes on your local store, this stuff will change the way you use ribbon, its amazing!

This is one of those moments you just have to document – and in years to come we will say – Remember when Talia used to … Its all about how one night she stayed up till 10.30 creating cards for her friends at daycare - The photos are blurry taken late at night but Tamar couldnt resist and it was an everyday moment that she really loves to scrap about.

SEI- chalk background is perfect for lots of colour and by making the ribbon border around the main photo Tamar has placed the emphasis on her daughter who the story is about - The Lil Davis flock ribbons are lovely to work with!

 

Crocheting is one of Mel's new hobbies that she is trying to master. For this page she selected the Basic Grey Blush patterned papers, the chocolate tones of the papers to help pick up the chocolate wool in the photo. Mel has used the Strano onsert provided and added one strip of the ribbon under the title and a small splash of ribbon next to her journaling.

Everyday Moments - Relaxation - Week 4

Nothing is more relaxing for Mel than hanging out with her two children when she can and why not create a layout purely to celebrate this. Mel decided to keep this page simple using two photographs as the main focus and adding a large title (the Lil Davis vintage wood shapes are perfect) plus journaling. By selecting the Basic Grey Romani (Gypsy) patterned and plain papers it gave the page the bright and happy feel that Mel was looking for.

If Marni had to choose one place on Earth that she felt more at home than her own home it would be the water. She has been a water baby since she was born and nothing has changed. Marni finds that when she is in the water she feels relaxed and at ease (hence the regular baths LOL). This photo was taken when Marni and her husband visited Fiji in 2005.

Marni wanted to keep this layout bright and light using Lil Davis Vanderbilt paper but in the end she decided to add a little black through Heidi Swapp chipboard letters, and Basic Grey rub-ons for contrast. She got a bit creative and arty with this one, using felt, paint and watercolours to help achieve the look she was going for. Marni also used the triangle/group of three design principle a few times on this layout. She used the Basic Grey rub-ons to achieve this "triangle" twice. Note how the use of the "triangle" draws your eye to the photo.

Caz’s kids seem to relax the best when they are with their friends. It’s then that they can best be their own person, it doesn’t matter how silly they are as there is always someone else to join in.

Caz has used lil davis ‘rockstar rub-ons’ and lil davis ‘outlined chipboard alphabet’ in black to create the title. The chipboard letters all come apart so you can either seperate them out and use the insides or the outlines, or purchase different coloured packs and mix and match the outlines and inserts. Blocks of paper are from the Basic Grey Oh Baby Boy range.

These photos are a series Tamar snapped while out to dinner on New Years Day - she liked most of the shots and there was no real favourite so she used them all.  They really enjoy going out to dinner - its one of our ways they relax as a family.  Tamar just likes that she doesn't have to cook, think about what she is going to cook or clean up if they have eaten out .

Tamar has used the Heidi Swapp chipboard frames and cut them to made the photo corners and added bling - The chinese character for peace was lost on the busy Basic Grey background so I outlined it with black to make it stand out.

For this layout Rach wanted to capture what she and her sister did when they played as kids, so she focused on the journaling.  By using bright colours and pinks she captures the childhood girliness and brightens up the layout even though the photo is old. She used a large chipboard word to create the title and then finished it off with the FK onsert.

Everyday Momemts - Relaxation - Week 3

Caz has always been a reader and still has most of her childhood books ready to pass onto her kids. She still reads in bed before she goes to sleep as a way to relax (even though some nights it only takes 2 lines till she is dead to the world).  Each of her children also read in bed as a way of winding down from the day, their bedside tables usually have a large stack of books on them.

Caz has used patterned paper blocks in calming shades of blue from the Basic Grey Oh Baby Boy range. Rub-on and Chipboard alphas by Lil Davis.

Since moving to Mackay Marni and her husband spend quite a bit of time at the beach with their dogs.  She has found that when they go down there all the troubles of the world disappear if only for a little while hence the title My Sweet Escape which she borrowed from a Gwen Stefani song.

For this layout Marni cut two strips of Lil Davis patterned paper and used the circles to create a scalloped edge.  Then to create interest she punched holes along the top and bottom rows and tied some ribbon through some of them.  Marni also created her own acetate frame for the photo using Photoshop Elements and an inkjet transparency.

Tamar was so excited to get this new toy! She had to do a layout about it - relaxation stuff is few and far between for her in her life so she was struggling to think of something that she could use.  The cute apple sticker comes straight from the ipod pack!

The photo was very white so Tamar wanted to do something different with the papers - she chose BasicGrey for accents and the Lil Davis for a funky background, and kept the chipboard white to match with the ipod advertising.  The journaling is printed straight onto photo paper.

If Mel had to choose one time of the year that she finds the most relaxing, it would have to be Christmas time.  She loves everything from putting up the Christmas tree, shopping for gifts and talking about how many sleeps to go until Santa Claus arrives. 

To celebrate this she used a single photo and combined Basic Grey patterned papers with SEI velvet paper and Lil Davis chipboard Christmas words. The Lil Davis file folders are also perfect to unfold and record journaling on.

With this layout Rach wanted to record her motto, define her drivers and the qualities that are important to her.  When she is achieving these things she is the most at home with herself, so decided to take this unique view of relaxing to give her album this important page. 

She kept the embellishments simple using a strong colour scheme of black, white, red and cream, and used elements such as the flower tag and title to frame her photo, but with the arrows of the paper to highlight her journaling as well.  The photo is also unique, a self reflection taken in a tinted car window!

Everyday Moments - Relaxation - Week 2

This month Rachel chose to focus her layout on the place where her daughter is most relaxed, and for Megan it is at the beach, playing on the sand or splashing in the sea. She is such a summer girl. Rach chose to keep the layout fairly simple using strips of paper, and then used the chipboard alpha and chipboard plaques down the side.

What better way to relax than to scrap? Whether it is just shuffling around a few bits of paper while wandering through countless photos, or knocking out a layout from start to finish, when there are no deadlines looming, scrapping for Caz is her way of taking ‘me time’. Deadlines, on the other hand… well that’s a different story. Lol. Caz couldn’t resist using her favourite Basic Grey papers again, Oh Baby Girl this time. The heading was created using lil Davis products and a dymo labeller and the page is finished with machine stitching.

Nic has chosen to do this weeks layout on music, she loves listen to music to relax, and will listen to just about any sort to do this. Nic has used the Li'l Davis chipboard from the For Keeps Magazine. She has also used a mixture of Scenic Route and Li'd davis chipboard to create the title. Sceinc Route papers have been used as a background.

Marni is a thinker, she likes to think about everything and when she moved to Mackay she found this place at the top of a look-out and when something is worrying her or she just needs time away from the world this is where she goes. For this layout Marni chose to work with some funky Lil Davis patterned paper and she cut the circles out of the paper to make a frame around her photos. To complement the paper she used some Lil Davis and Heidi Swapp chipboard letters which were the wrong colour so she covered them in paper to match. Marni also used some Lil Daivs rub-ons to finish her title and an onsert from the current For Keeps.

Mel (like Marni!) loves her weekend bath, pure luxury, pure indulgence...what could be more relaxing!? The Lil Davis vintage wood chipboard letters were perfect for the large title and they blend ever so nicely with the Heidi Swapp decorative tape (Mel's favourite product at the moment). Mel used the Heidi Swapp journaling spots to give the effect of large pink bubbles on the page. She added some Heidi Swapp bling to one of the bubbles and coated this with dimensional magic for a wet and glossy feel.

Tamar loves this photo of the girls- shows how cheek y they really are - and is perfect for showcasing why she doesn't get much time to relax - hence the title Relaxation NOT.  The Li'l Davis Rock Star papers are double sided and with some thinking Tamar was able to cut the swirls from one side for the top accent and create a journaling strip form the same piece of paper.  Tamar doesn't like her handwriting much but the white accents lent itself to a white pen and handwritten journaling.  The little glitter chipboard shapes form Lil Davis are very cute - and there are heaps in a packet!

Everyday Moments - Relaxation - Week 1

Marni just loves to take baths and it has become a bit of a Sunday ritual for her. She can often be found relaxing on a Sunday afternoon while dinner is cooking in the bath with a scrapbooking magazine or book just chillin out and having some alone time.

In this layout Marni used some Lil Davis papers and complemented them with some black handcut swirls. She used one of the onserts in the current For Keeps as well as a mixture of letter stickers and chipboard letters to convey what a bath means to her.

Ahhh, relaxation for Mel equals tidy bedrooms. Nothing makes her more frustrated than dust combined with toys in the bedrooms.  Luckily both of her children are super at keeping their rooms tidy.  Sure they both play and then trash the rooms in the process but they are both quite happy to clean up when needed.

Mel scrapped photos of her daughter's room so she went with the BasicGrey Urban Couture patterned papers to tie in with the colour scheme of the room. The Lil Davis large vintage wood letters helped to highlight the first word in the title.

Hanging out with friends - is there a better to way to chill out? Nic has based her layout this time on the friendship of her daughter and best friend.  She has used the Li'l Davis Chipboard from this months For Keeps magazine, and attached it over the top of a Heidi Swapp Chipboard Flower.

Nic has also used Heidi Swapp Chipboard to create the title. The photos have been turned black and white then black ink has been used around the egdes to help the photos stand out on the mixed patterned paper background. Nic has used a mixure of BasicGrey, SEI and Scenic Route papers.

A simple style layout where the focus is on the journaling. This layout by Tamar talks about the way creating from a raw product into something of beauty is relaxing for her.  She has left the BasicGrey chipboard "raw" to demonstrate this.

Sometimes it’s relaxing for Caz to just hang around the house with the other members of her family - that would be when there are no arguments or near riots, and everyone is either getting on together or co-habiting happily in their own separate spaces.

This months theme features smaller photos mosaiced with pieces of patterned paper. Caz has used not only the lil davis chipboard onsert but also lil davis ‘rockstar rub-ons’ and their groovy ‘outlined chipboard alphabet’.

This month Rach decided to work on the theme 'Family Trips' something that they do often and is one of her favourite ways to relax. On this particular Sunday they visited the Melbourne Museum and Rach snapped all these photos in the kids area which Megan adored.

On the layout Rach has featured a mix of products including Li'l Davis Chipboard Ribbon Sliders across the centre of the page and Heidi Swapp Chipboard letters overlaying her Quickutz Title.

Everyday Moments - My Life - Week 4

For the fourth challenge Rachel Axton decided to showcase her friends who are a big part of who she is. Especially Rach who she first met in 2001, and so decided to spin the 'then and now' to talk about their relationship back then and now.  Rachel has used the xyron to adhere the Heidi Swapp Silhouette and then used a brad to further secure it.  She also decided to create her own accent with the flower, by drawing a flower on a scrap of white cardstock and securing it with a rhinestone brad.

As Marni does not have any children yet her husband and her dogs make up her world and to tell you the truth she loves her dogs like they are her kids and that's the reason for this layout. Marni hand drew then cut the backing piece for her photo out of a piece of 9x9 Heidi Swapp  patterned paper. To lift it off the page she drew around it with a black pen and sewed a frame around the photo. She continued the scalloped theme by drawing around the 3 and the hearts. Marni finished her layout with a Heidi Swapp silhouette word and some decorative tape as well.

Mel's friend Susan Doyle took these photos of Mel and her daughter Bella when they visited Melbourne last year. Mel's favourite days of her life are the relaxing ones, hanging out with friends and/or family, no work stress or other things to think about, just fun! She chose to keep this page simple adding a swirl of circles, stitching and a splash of clear buttons.

Nic has chosen to create a page based on a typical week and she has also chosen not to use any photos on this layout.

Nic has used a mixed of SEI papers, and Heidi Swapp day jouranling spots to recorded her weekly events on. Nic has overlapped the BasicGrey Sticker letters to help them stand out, and then overlapped them with the Heidi Swapp Silhouettes.

These were the days. The lovely selfish days of late nights, sleep-ins and only having to clean up after 2 people. 20 to Caz meant freedom. A house of her own, a stable job and plenty of friends to hang out with on the weekend.

For the last of her ‘My Life’ layouts Caz chose funky papers from the Basic Grey Oh Baby Girl collection to symbolise youth and being carefree. Heidi chipboard, Queen and Co flowers and brads and machine sewing finish of this months ‘theme’

Everyday Moments - My Life - Week 3

In Mel's family it has always been her eldest sister Debbie that is known for her serious addiction to handbags, shoes and watches. But lately Mel is becoming aware of her own weakness for cute handbags!  To keep this layout funky and bright to match the little crocheted bag, she used the BasicGrey Gypsy range including the gorgeous ribbons and added a dash of Heidi Swapp plastic alphabet letters for the title.

For this layout Rach wanted to capture that becoming more girly because of having a girl is a big part of her life, and she loves this photo that Mark took in their backyard in Canberra.  Rach has used lots of product and had lots of fun putting this layout together.

She wanted to use the Silhouette Word from the FK onsert which said 'My Life' but didn't want the 'my' part so she carefully cut it off and kept it for use another time. This time to attach the word Rach stapled it to the layout!

When you get old the early years tend to blur a little around the edges. This is what happened to Caz in the last 2 years of primary school. So this is a page about when she was 10 (or so)... maybe 11, who can remember that far back?! Roller skates, Boys, Sleepovers, Boys, Abba, Boys… she thinks that was pretty much how it went.  Though she admits she did actually like school back then and not just for the social side.

Caz chose some rather feminine, girly BasicGrey papers (even though she was still a bit of a tomboy) BasicGrey velvet ric-rac and a covered BasicGrey chipboard bracket. Another home-made Silhouette using a transparency and Heidi alphabet. Heidi Swapp chipboard and plastic alphas, Queen & Co flowers and brads and machine sewing keep this months theme ongoing.

Tamar's journalling reads "the best laid plans - a photo shoot with Rachel Richter carefully timed in a crazy schedule clothes props venue time all organised but we didn't check the weather - a huge thunderstorm was the end to all our planning - trying again next week."

Tamar has used the onsert from FK for the word hope and added dashed from the Lil Davis letters - she likes the titles on this page - Photo Shoot - Hopes Dashed and Laugh Loudly. - the mini titles altogether give good overview of the experience really.

The past year has been a huge one for Marni and her husband so she went in search of a photo taken a year ago and one taken more recently to document some of the changes that they have gone through.  Marni does not like to journal but when she does she likes to hide it so the two photos on this layout actually lift up to reveal the journalling about each year.  She created the hinges that allow her photos to lift up using Heidi Swapp tape.  Her focal point for the layout is the photos so to draw your attention to them she has placed some Heidi Swapp tape and hand stitching at angles.

Nic has used a group of photos to form a collage on her photo, displaying all things in her life right now that mean the most to her. Among these are family, friends, her daughter, boyfriend, hobbies, as well as things like laughter, smiles and memories.

Nic has used the Heidi onsert from the For Keeps Magazine and placed it over her collage of photos, it is the start of her title. Heidi Swapp Chipboards create the rest of the title finishing it off. Nic has then stamped the dots to form a circle, and added journaling in the middle. She has used Carolees Creations patterned paper on the page to create a little more colour.