December Daily :: Scrapbooking class in Adelaide

I am excited to share here that I am going to be teaching at the FABULOUS Charlottes Web Papercraft shop right here in Adelaide!

My first class starts this Thursday night at 6pm and if you're available and interested in coming along, we're making a December Daily album. This is the perfect project for those of us who run out of time to scrapbook our photos over Christmas because it is such a busy month! Based on Ali Edwards' December Daily project, we will make a complete 31 double page, 6" x 4" album. Each double page represents a day in December, but there are so many ways you can interpret this: add one photo for each day of December, like I do, or add random photos from the month, or even just all photos from Christmas Day.

The completed album will take 6x4 photos, which makes it easier to fill when you are ready with your printed images. We make the album from scratch, adding all pages, stamps and embellishments as foundation pages ready for December, so you can enjoy the festive month and just add photos and journalling as you go, to 'be in the moment' and record it while it's happening, without spending hours 'labouring' over scrapbook pages ;-)

This image of the mini book is for illlustration purposes only but is similar to the spiral bound mini book we will be making.

So I'll leave you with a sneak peak of some of the new Christmas papers being used for this album project.

A new scrapbook page that just missed the deadline

I completed my first scrap page in a long while last month, for the September White With One challenge (white + orange + black) but couldn't upload it to the blog because of computer issues. Yes, those pesky gremlins again.

 

I'm trialling Photoshop Elements 11 this month, and the editor is working very well, just not the organiser :-(   

 

Ah well, at least I can use my computer for editing again, which is the main thing. And here is my page:

 

 

 

and the journalling reads:

 

And don't fall over, there is another page to share tomorrow as well!

 

Happy Sunday.

 

 

 

Return to the scrap desk

Hello

It's been a while between posts.

Tasmin, 5 has started school and Angus, 3, has started pre-kindy one day a week. It's been a very child-centred few months but that's not a bad thing. I've got to understand Tasmin's needs much better since she started school and while there have been many challenges (mainly getting her dressed, to school, and home again) things improved hugely by the end of the term. I learned that the behavioural challenges - the yelling, the crying, the refusal to move - is often just because she is very tired, hungry, or overstimulated. She's very much a sensory seeker and doesn't understand that her little body can only take so much movement and noise.

Both the children are 'picky' eaters and my decision last month to re-introduce a gluten-free dairy-free diet into our family life has meant a lot more time planning, shopping, preparing and cooking in the kitchen. It's a challenge I'm really enjoying though and I'm going to stick with it until the end of the year.

Today I made a gluten-free low-dairy lasagne, and a gluten-free chocolate fudge from Skinny Ms (warning: it's not low-cal!).

The fudge is very sticky so I'm not sure yet if it will set for tomorrow, but we'll see. Here's what it's supposed to look like:

So, back at my scrap desk, I decided to have a go at the White With One challenge this month, which is white + yellow + stars and here is my page:

And the journalling:

Happy weekend!

The Stuck?! Blog hop winner is........

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Jennifer!!!

She wrote...

I am new to the whole blog thing & blog hop too! I am.doing a big Scrapbook for my daughter who os currently in basic training and i am looking for page layouts & ideas! Will be back to check more out!

13 August, 2012 13:34

Congrats Jennifer, please email me your postal address and I'll post out my giveaway to you ;-))

Welcome to the Stuck?! Sketches blog hop

Hello! Gee, it sure has been a while between posts! I will be back soon to share the latest scrappy pages I've made.
If you have arrived here because you are hopping along with the Stuck?! Sketches blog hop, welcome! If you've just discovered the hop, you can get started here.

Stuck Sketches is celebrating its 5th birthday this month. And to celebrate, we are having a giveaway on each of the CT members blogs! That’s an amazing 13 prizes on offer!

Here on my blog, I am giving away this RAK.

For your chance to win, leave a comment here and on each blog on the hop.

 Once you have been to visit all of the blogs, email your name and address to stucksketches@optusnet.com.au. Emails are to be received by midnight Sunday August 26th.

And, here is the full list just in case you get lost...

Stuck Sketches Blog

Celeste
Debbie - YOU ARE HERE!
Gillian
Jess
Kim
Kylie
Linda
Lindy
Sarah G
Sarah W
Tarrah
Tess
Tomomi

So, you're next stop on the hop is Gillian.

Thanks for stopping by xox