Daily Challenge for May 10

Is to use some bling on your Layout
And here is my Layout, it is a little hard to see but the bling s on the little flowers I made form the scraps of this aussle

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Photo for May 10

We thought we'd start with easy photo challenges, so we are starting with the alphabet, so if i am late uploading the prompts you can move along without waiting for me each day.

So today's challenge is:
A, a  // Show Spelled[ey] –noun,pluralA's or As, a's or as.

1. the first letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
2. any spoken sound represented by the letter A or a, as in bake, hat, father, or small.
3. something having the shape of an A.
4. a written or printed representation of the letter A or a.
5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter A or a.
6. from A to Z, from beginning to end; thoroughly; completely: He knows the Bible from A to Z.
7. not know from A to B, to know nothing; be ignorant.

and here's my photo, A is for apple

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DC 9 use some metal on your Layout

Is everyone enjoying getting back into the scrapping and getting all those photos scrapped?
Yesterday's challenge was to use something metal on your Layout
and here's mine
I used the little metal tags on my LO, sorry for the bad photo, need to work on my technique!
Remember you can share your LO's on the group, or upload to the gallery or link them in the comments section of the blog.

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Photo prompt: Mother


moth·er

–noun
1. a female parent.
2. (often initial capital letter) one's female parent.
3. a mother-in-law, stepmother, or adoptive mother.
4. a term of address for a female parent or a woman having or regarded as having the status, function, or authority of a female parent.
5. a term of familiar address for an old or elderly woman.
7. a woman exercising control, influence, or authority like that of a mother: to be a mother to someone.
8. the qualities characteristic of a mother, as maternal affection: It is the mother in her showing itself.
9. something or someone that gives rise to or exercises protecting care over something else; origin or source.
10. (in disc recording) a mold from which stampers are made.

and a photo of one of my favorite Mums
so get out there today and take the best photo you can of a Mum and share on the group

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May 2010 Monthly Challenges

Here are the challenges for May 2010 ...

1. Complete a LO about your Mother, Grandmother, Sister or Best friend. It is Mothers Day this month and it's there is no better time to scrap a page about the good times with those special to us. Include something floral - paper, ribbon, flowers, die cuts, etc.

2. Complete a LO with a neutral background (kraft, cream, white, grey or black) and use bright colours to make your page pop. Add anything you like as long as it's bright.

3. Complete a LO using a conversation with a family member or friend as the journalling. Try to include photo's that tell the story, but if that's not possible general photo's of the person in the conversation will work just as well.

4. Complete a LO using a title such as 'W is for wonderful', 'B is for Brave', etc. and use a large letter (die cut, sticker etc) for the main letter. Include some hand written journalling and at least two photo's.

5. Complete a LO to reflect on the life you are living now. What's a typical day for you? Are you busy? Do you have lots of time on your hands? What are you doing that you would rather not be? Why do you do what you do? etc.

6. Complete a LO with an Edge. Add some patterned paper with a pinked or scalloped edge.

7. Complete a LO using the title 'Escape' and use colours inspired by nature, e.g. sand and water, grass and trees, red earth and sky etc. and include some texture (hessian, mesh, fabric, leaves, cardboard etc)

8. Complete a LO keeping the focus on one photo. Convert the photo to b&w and layer your journalling and embellishments near the photo to draw attention to it.

9. Complete a LO about your teenage years. Were you wild & wacky, or quiet and reserved? Who were your best friends? Where were your favourite hangouts? How did you spend your time? What music did you listen to? etc.

Members challenge from Debbie


How about using your favourite colours to scrap a LO about what you are hoping for or plan to do on Mothers Day. You never know, if you get it done in time it might give those that matter some ideas :)


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Here are the rules in case you have forgotten

What we do is at the start of the month we give a list of 9 challenges that will incorporate a variety of products, themes, techniques etc. You then check them out and select at least 5 of the 9 challenges that you want to try to do in that month - you can elect to do them all. Then as well as these 5 Layouts you also need to complete a layout using each of the three AUSSLE packs for that month and also either a Monthly Snapshot or Member's Challenge.

So you will be doing 9 layouts to complete the monthly challenges consisting of three aussles, 5 monthly challenges and either a monthly snapshot or the members challenge. Please note you can combine your monthly challenges with daily challenges but you can’t for example combine an aussle with a monthly challenge

Now there is a little bit of an incentive to complete the challenges for the month - if all challenges you decide to try are completed within the month you will receive a credit of $10 to spend at The Scrap Heap during the next month.

If you are taking part in the monthly challenges for us to keep track of them, you must share them here on Aussielayouts as an attachment (not just a link to the gallery) and you must include in the subject line of the email the words Challenge Layout and the number that you are completing or the words Members Challenge or Monthly Snapshot. Without these trigger words or having the layout attached it may be missed and not counted towards your challenges. There will also be a section started in the Gallery called Monthly Challenges – May, where you can upload your layouts for this month if you would like.

So who is going to be brave and put your hand up for the challenges this month? All you have to do is send an email to aussielayouts letting us all know which ones you would like to attempt and whether you are going to do the Member's Challenge or the Monthly Snapshot and we will list them in the Database at the Yahoo Group Home page thanks to the lovely Mandy.

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Brisbane paper Crafts Festival

Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival

The Brisbane Paper Crafts Festival is on again folks and we will be there at Stand 16 with lots of goodies for you all to look at. The Show is celebrating it's 10th Year of operation and should be lots of fun for everyone!!

We have a special on this show with heaps of Patterned Papers reduced to the low price of any 3 sheets for only $2.

You will find the Paper Crafts Show at the RNA Exhibition Grounds, in the Upper Commerce Building from Friday the 5th to Sunday the 7th of February. Doors open at 10am and we are working hard each day until 4.30pm.

The show is on a little bit earlier than usual this year so get caught and miss out.

Hope to see you all there!!


Click www.papercraftsfestival.com.au for more info about the show.

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Daily Inspiration/Challenges !!!

DC 18 Todays word is Pet - do a Lo about your pet, someone else's pet, a pet you'd like to have, maybe even a pet hate

DC 19 use sewing on your LO - it could be hand stitching, machine, rubons or pen stitching

DC 20 use 5 brads on a LO or card

DC 21 make a get Well card for someone

DC 22 use the colours black and white as a feature on your LO

DC 23 Sketch below


DC 24 scrap a LO about your home

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Newsletter Link and Special Offer

This week's Inspiration Team Newsletter is ready for you to view online and I hope you enjoy having a look at the layouts and projects that the Team have created for you all this week.

To view the Newsletter, simply click on the link below to view it online:
If you have any problems viewing this web page please email info@thescrapheap.com.au and we will try to help you out!!

and here is the Newsletter Special Offer for this fortnight

25% OFF all Fiskars Border Punches etc in stock on our website

Offer runs for 2 weeks only ... Saturday 23rd January, 2010 to Friday 5th February, 2010.


Simply purchase any Fiskars Border Punches from our website during this time and we will reduce them by 25% of the Regular price!!


Please Note: The price will still show as full price on Checkout but we will manually adjust for the discount when we invoice and before your credit card is charged for any product.

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Clean Up 1 ... Sharing my Messy Desk




Here is the before shot of my Messy Scrapping Desk ... sadly at the moment isn't looking much better but I am working on it!!

I seem to have just shuffled and moved things around but the table section is clearer and all the stuff sitting piled up the top at the back is gone now and I am going to lift up the middle shelf so it is on top of the paper shelves and I can then hang things from the holes in the metal reinforcing strip along the shelf edge.

How is everyone else going with their tidy up??

Christine M

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Clean Up 1 - More photos


Audrey has finished the first challenge in our Clean Up challenges, although looking at the before pictures, it looks like Audrey is a very tidy scrapper
Have you finished the first challenge yet, if you have don't forget to share your photos.

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Clean up challenge 1

Your First Mission ... is you choose to accept it is ... Clean that Table!!
But the first thing you all need to do is take a photo of your scrap room / area / desk and share it here as well as upload it to this new section of the gallery just for your clean-up photos ...
This is mainly so that when you have finished you can go back and say ... holy crap, how did I ever work / find anything etc etc ... in that shambles ROFL!! How can you create beautiful work when you are working in mess??
OK Then we all need to clean off that desk/table/workspace. I mean clean off everything ... everything ... all off the table and now actually clean the table. Wipe it down and if you are like me get that dirty Self Healing Mat out and scrub it clean ... get all the dried paint and glue and glitter and other crap off it and put it back on the table when it is nice and clean and dry.
Now doesn't that look good?? All clean and isnt that table about 5 times bigger than when you started?? Ah hah but the hard part is all the stuff that you took off the table now isn't it??
OK obviously you need to sort through all the this stuff and then you would be able to put most of it away as you go!! Put away all the tools and adhesives and paints and things where you normally store them .. in a drawer / tote / box / on the shelf etc
Put away anything else off the table that has a definite place to go ... you know what I mean ... cardstock back in your storage files, papers in the paper holders etc Sort them into your preferred style as you go though ... no short cuts.
Just put away as much of as much of the clutter as you can now.
Then you really need to get all those little scraps of paper and cardstock that are too small for anything but we all keep anyway and throw them in the bin. Seriously ... will you ever use them?? Now empty your bin and put a new bag in the bin so even that is clean and tidy!!
Now of course you will be left with other bits and pieces that don't have a spot to go yet but we will get to all this in good time.
For now the rest of mine is going in a big box for the rest of the Organise Your Stuff Missions ... I know this seems that the job is only half done but you will feel great once that table is clean and you have room to create again!!
Then when you are all done .. take another photo and upload that ... don't you feel good!!
Oh yeah ... You have until next Saturday to complete this mission when I will post the next step to tidiness for your scrapping area!!

now for some before photos


this one from Tracey Manderson
Thanks for sharing this photo Tracey
anyone else up for sharing?


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Newsletter Special - 35% Off All Kaisercraft

NEWSLETTER SPECIAL OFFER!!

35% OFF all Kaisercraft Stock including Papers, Embellishments, Storage etc in stock on our website
.

Offer runs for 1 week only ... Saturday 16th January, 2010 to Friday 22nd January, 2010.


Simply purchase any the Kaisercraft Products including all Papers or Embellishments from our website during this time and we will reduce them by 35% of the Regular price!!


Please Note: The price will still show as full price on Checkout but we will manually adjust for the discount when we invoice and before your credit card is charged for any product.

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Week 1 Daily Inspiration/Challenges

DC 3: Scrap a photo of your favorite Christmas Food and share the recipe.

DC 4: Scrap a Lo using the word "Goal" as your Inspiration - this could be the sporting kind or your goals for 2010

DC 5: This sketch is featured on the Kaisercraft blog, over here don't forget if you do this one to enter in the competition over at Kaisercraft to go into the draw to win $25 collection pack

DC 7: card - make a thank you card,

DC 8: Colour - use pink somewhere on your LO

DC 9: Sketch - this ones from Pencil Lines don't forget to enter it into the competition over thereDC 10 Journaling prompt - in Ali Edwards tradition, please scrap a LO of your one little word for 2010 - my word for this year is LEARN - what's yours?

And i am looking for your work to feature on the blog so if you have completed any of the above challenges, please email them to me at cassqsac@yahoo.co.uk and you may be featured on the blog. don't forget to tell us a little bit about yourself as well.

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