Do you have a layout featuring 3 photos or more that you would like to submit to this blog?




We will happily publish your layout(s) using 3 photos or more on a page.

Send them to mealin@optusnet.com.au with your name & suburb/state.

Visit & be inspired.....Contribute and be appreciated.....



Friday, December 31, 2010

Sketch Challenge layout received

Hello everyone

The first layout has been received for the current Sketch Challenge - my goodness that was quick Dale!!

I'm determined to go through my photo stash and put this one together as well - itching to do some scrapping now that Christmas is over and done with for another year.

Melinda from Scrapbookingncraft has kindly donated another $10 voucher from her online store as part of the prize pack - thanks Melinda - you're a treasure.

I'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year and I hope that 2011 is full of happiness, laughter, joy and heaps of scrapping!!

Stay safe and take care, Ann xx

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

New Sketch Challenge

Hello everyone
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and managed not to put on too many extra kilos with all of the yummy food!

I have a new sketch challenge for you. This sketch has been created by the talented Becky Fleck from Page Maps.


Ok, so we will close submissions on 23 January 2011 and then I will put up the layouts for voting for about a week. As usual, we will have a nice little prize pack for the winner.

So put your thinking caps on and start work on your layout - I might even have a go at this one myself!! I would love to see what you all come up with - sketches are a great resource for inspiration when we have that dreaded scrappers block! Just remember to use 3 photos.....

Enjoy the rest of your holiday break if you are lucky enough to be doing so - we have had a very wet Festive season here in Queensland - hopefully we will see some sunshine soon, but it is a great excuse to do some scrapping! :-)

Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Take care, Ann :-)

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Another sketch challenge

Hello everyone

I hope your Christmas preparations are going well :-)

I am going to post another sketch challenge in the next week or so, so keep your eye on the blog in the coming days for the sketch. I would love to see some of your Christmas photos in your layouts.

Stay tuned and take care, Ann :-)

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Tiny Dancer....

Hello again
Well we had our Retreat the weekend before last and the ladies did some great pages. Here's a few that Debra did - she just manages to whip them up so easily - I think she did about 20 pages on the weekend.

The next Retreat is in April - check out the website for more information www.qldscrapbookingretreats.com.au

Here are the layouts:-

Submitted by Debra Kavanagh,
Queensland, Australia


Submitted by Debra Kavanagh
Queensland, Australia

Submitted by Debra Kavanagh
Queensland, Australia

Have a great week, TTFN, Ann :-)

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Whoo's just too cute?

Hello everyone

What a busy couple of weeks it has been preparing for my daughter's 21st Birthday - Mad Hatter's Tea Party theme and also for the Retreat this weekend. My poor house will hopefully be back to normal in the next couple of weeks in readiness for Christmas!!

We have received some great layouts from Marilyn in South Australia - thanks Marilyn! We hope that some of these help you to complete your own layouts using lots of photos. There are quite a few double layouts here that I have split so you can see them better.


Submitted by Marilyn Peter,
Kadina, South Australia







Submitted by Marilyn Peter,
Kadina, South Australia



Keep the submissions coming scrappers - it's great to see such diversity!! Off to the Retreat at the gorgeous Brookfield this weekend; hopefully I will have some more layouts to post from the very talented ladies attending and I can get some long overdue scrapping done myself!!

Back soon, Ann :-)


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A Day on the Green.....

Hello everyone
Well I put the call out and some more layouts have come in. Dale has done this great double page spread of her special day out at A Day on the Green - Rob Thomas - how cool!!
Hope you enjoy Dale's page - we would love to receive your submission soon.
Take care, Ann

Submitted by Dale Tiernan
Booragoon, W.A.

Submitted by Dale Tiernan
Booragoon, W.A.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

More layouts required...

Hello there

We haven't had too many layouts to post lately, so I am putting out a call for you to send in your layouts containing 3 photos or more - I would love to see what you have done recently.

Please send your layouts to mealin@optusnet.com.au and we will publish soon.

TTFN, Ann :-)

Friday, October 29, 2010

Trip to the Rockies....

Hello everyone,
My goodness, where did October go?? Before we know it we will be preparing for the Christmas festivities...... should be lots of layouts coming through for that wonderful time of year!

Here are some great double layouts that have been submitted from Canada - lots of photos here.



Submitted by Amanda Van Drunen
Alberta, Canada


Submitted by Amanda Van Drunen
Alberta, Canada



Submitted by Amanda Van Drunen
Alberta, Canada



Submitted by Amanda Van Drunen
Alberta, Canada

Don't you just love photos of snow - they look so refreshing! Thanks Amanda. I hope you have all got something from these layouts and look forward to receiving your submissions soon.

TTFN, Ann :-)

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

And the winner is.......

Hello everyone
Well the voting is in for this Sketch Challenge, and the winner has been decided. The reasons why this layout was popular and received the most votes was for its close resemblance to the Sketch, the use and embellishment of the papers in keeping with the theme of the photos and the fact that it was a double layout.

So the winner is........Tina Parsons from Narangba, Queensland for her Snakes Layouts......



Congratulations Tina and well done! You have earned yourself a nice little prize as well as a $10 voucher from ScrapbookingnCraft who create some gorgeous chipboard laser cuts - I am sure you can do lots of creating with your prize. Please contact me to arrange delivery of your prize.


To all of the other ladies who submitted entries, thank you so much for doing so - they were all great layouts and I hope that you will continue to submit your multi-photo layouts to the blog and gain inspiration from others.

I look forward to posting your layouts soon.

Have a great week and take care, Ann :-)

Monday, October 25, 2010

Don't forget to get your vote in.......

Hello everyone
Today is the last day to get your vote in for the Sketch challenge. The layouts are below, so have a look at let me know which is your favourite by emailing mealin@optusnet.com.au. Voting closes tonight at midnight and I will post the name of the winner tomorrow.

There are some great layouts there. Good luck to everyone.

Take care, Ann :-)

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Let the voting begin.....



Hello
Here are the submissions for the first Sketch challenge using the sketch created by Valerie Salmon from Got Sketch?

Please vote for your favourite one by emailing mealin@optusnet.com.au with your decision quoting the title of the layout. Voting closes at midnight on 25 October and the winner will be announced on 26 October. The winning layout will receive a nice little goodie pack including a $10 voucher to spend at Scrapbooking'n'Craft.

I look forward to receiving your votes.

Here is the sketch again for your to look at, and the submissions follow:-

















A big thank you to those ladies who have sent in their layouts - they have all done a great job.

Have a great week.

Take care, Ann :-)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Back from our holiday break

Hello everyone
Well we are back from our little trip away....weather wasn't perfect but still ok....just overcast most of the time but the sun peeped through in the last few days which was great.
Anyway, have lots to do and the first thing that needs to be done is to post some layouts received over the last week or so.
There are many styles of scrapbooking layouts on offer in this blog, so hopefully you will find something here to help you complete your pages.


Submitted by Tina Parsons
Queensland Australia


Submitted by Tina Parsons,
Queensland Australia


Submitted by Tina Parsons
Queensland Australia


Submitted by Tina Parsons
Queensland Australia


Submitted by Robyn Kyle
NSW, Australia



In regards to the sketch challenge, once I finish going through all of my emails checking for submissions, I will post the layouts up on the blog and you can vote for your favourites by emailing me at mealin@optusnet.com.au.

In the meantime, have a great day. Ann :-)

Monday, October 4, 2010

Challenge #1 update



Hi there
Well hubby & I have had an opportunity to get away for a week and will be away from the end of this week........sooo this means that I won't be around on the 14th to look at the votes for this current challenge and decide the winner. I thought of delaying the decision, but then I thought if I extended the challenge for a little longer it will allow a few more entries to come in as well to add to those that we have already received.
So, we will extend the challenge which will now close on 17 October; I will then post the submissions on 18 October, and we will make the decision on 25 October.....after I get back from the Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair.....on my goodness!!

Here is the sketch again that has been created by the very talented Valerie Salmon:

We have some great submissions so far; we would love to receive yours soon....and you can submit more than one layout if you wish.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Take care, Ann :-)

Here is some important stuff about the sketch.....
Valerie's TOU for this sketch are as follows:-
Copyright: Valerie's sketches are for personal use only. Please do not use them as reference for any publication submissions, contest entries, design team projects, class projects, design templates, or other similar purposes. Permission is required before taking any images from the Got Sketch? blog to post elsewhere. Do not reproduce or distribute. Proper credit for their use in galleries, forums and blogs is appreciated.





Sunday, October 3, 2010

Cosmic Cowgirls.....


Hello everyone
Here are some more layouts featuring 3 photos or more.

Remember to use photos of different sizes to achieve telling more about your event on the one page or double page spread.

Have a great week.

Regards, Ann



Layouts submitted by Ann M.
Queensland




Stamps are great for creating your own patterned paper




Microsoft WordArt is a very handy program to use for creating embellishments
to use on your layouts


Cork & corrugated board looks fantastic on masculine layouts








Metal & Mesh make masculine pages look really good
especially where vehicles are involved.