Cropping Weekend

Tony and I had two great weeks in Tasmania. Lots of photo opportunities. Tasmaina is a great place to tour around. I did not know much about it until we went. I now have a greater understanding of it and enjoyed it very much. There was a lot of diversity, history and

wonderful food. The Makehams team and fellow passenger were great to be with. If you have not been to Tassie try and go. It is worth the effort.

On Saturday we had a scrapping day which flowed over to Sunday. I managed to get some layouts done for myself. There was a newby to Scrapbooking. Sarah managed to complete two layouts. a great effort considering she had not done it before.

Competitions Entry

I have posted an entry into the February Competition. There is still time to enter.

Tony and I are going away for two weeks to Tasmania on Sunday. The judging of the competiton will take place when we return.

I have also included a layout I did of a sketch from Crafty Sketches website.

Happy Scrapping

Scrappin' and Quilting Weekend

Russellee had a busy weekend with two groups of ladies enjoying their chosen crafts. We had a group of eight ladies from Canberra (thanks to Sandy Thompson) working on their own projects in the Blue Wren.

We also had a group of regular ladies working in the living room of the main house. Glenys Hugget from Jinderbyne joined this group for the first time. Thank you Glenys for coming. The group had a challenge layout for the weekend. We asked the visiting quilting ladies to pick a layout of the weekend. Kaye's double page layout of her grandaughter was our winner.

All in all we had a great weekend. I even managed to get a couple of layouts done. I was pleased with the one I did of Pam and Kaye on the cruise.

Thanks also to Kim Kendal of Heirloom Scraps for bringing a small shop of the ladies to indulge in.

Layouts from sketch

I did a couple of quick layouts using the sketch below. Looking forward to seeing what others contribute. Enjoy your scrappin

Dorothy

Russellee Page Sketch

I am running a page competition using this sketch. There is a prize pack of papers and emblishments for the winning entry.

If you are interested having a go at this competition please send me a photo of your page to russeldr@bigpond.com by the 27th February.

The New Year

The New Year has come. We had a sad start to it with the death of my mother. However, the year s young and we must go forward.

I have my grandson staying and I took him to the South Coast for a couple of days. I enjoyed the grandmother thing and took him to the Mogo Zoo and the Birdpark at Batesman Bay. We had a wonderful couple of days. I took some great photos to scrap.

Planning is on the way for the February Scrapping Retreat. I have an optional workshop planned that I hope will appeal to all. Finding the papers and embellishments took a bit of doing but I now have them all.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all. I hope you like my photo of Santaclees and his helpers. One thing I learnt from Melissa Kennedy on the cruise was that you need to add fun and laughter to your photos. To 'live out loud'.

I gathered the men in my life, and the old and young dog, put on some Christmas hats and set up the timer on the camera. I did not think they would cooperate but to my surprise they did. All I asked of them was to have a fun photo.

I hope you all have a wonderful and happy Christmas.

Dorothy