this week Pamela has given us yet another great sketch to work with. i loved the big title and the circles. I have had quite the love-affair with circles lately! for those of you that are really into double page layouts why not give this sketch a go....The fabulous Scrapbook Challenges Design Team has come up with some great ideas so why not head on over and check out their designs on Pamela's blog - and then head on over to the scrapbook challenges website and become a member. join in all the fun challenges and win some awesome prizes too.

this is my take on the sketch. i chose long narrow photos for my layout instead of the circles.
the photo of the paw prints is raised and some detail below it to draw the attention to it.

thank for looking! hope you have a creative week ahead.

supplies: Card stock Bazzill Basics. Patterned paper Prima. Sticker 7Gypsies. Title Cricut. Other Pearls, diamante and paper leaves.

today at scrap and stamp Saturday the challenge was to create a layout for a birthday.
i used a picture of my niece going through the birthday cake book a couple of years ago as she decided which cake grandma was going to make for her. i love that photo of her.
the cupcake mouse image is a digital stamp from Meljens that i coloured with my smooch ink and then added a layer of star dust glitter glue.
working with only a single photo i added a whole bunch of different pieces of patterned papers and created a quilt like effect. to create the rub-on corner on my photo i used a couple of rub-ons and cut them apart - a nice filler for a really blank spot on my photo.
i love the colours and think my niece will like the layout too. what do you think - let me know?

this afternoon we got back from the maize capital of South Africa - Bothaville.
i did a quick 1 hour presentation on scrapbooking to a bunch of ladies. we started off a bit slow with about 20 ladies and halfway through the hall was filled with curious ladies and onlookers. what touched me most is that these ladies are genuinely interested in preserving their memories and capturing their lives and i am pleased to say that i got them there...either convincing them to start or igniting an old spark! i love their enthusiasm and honesty....
i also learned a few things....
tractors and farming equipment are no longer just metal - they are hi-tech super cool and very expensive...we're talking R3.000.000.00 for farming equipment (= a lot of scrapbooking stuff)
Bothaville is far and very, very, very cold!!!
and for miles and miles and miles all you see is maize!
who knew there are thousands of different types...
anyway we had a ball but i am glad to be home!
BUT
i did manage to get a few stunning maize pics...that will soon follow in an
"a-maize-ing" layout i hope! i will be back tomorrow with another scrap and stamp Saturday challenge so watch this space!

in the morning we are off to Bothaville,
in the Freestate to Nampo 2010.
Nampo is the biggest harvest festival in South Africa. there are literally hundreds of exhibitors from SA as well as from Argentina and Europe! Now this i never knew....
anyways...why would i be going there...
i am part of the woman's activities group and will be talking about
scrapbooking as well as doing a presentation!
it's always exciting to be part of promoting the industry and getting new followers and addicts!
they are expecting about 68 000 visitors during the week...WOW!
anyway will try and blog from the road otherwise will have some
interesting pics to share when we get back...

don't you just love this colour combination...well the paper helped a lot and the scrapping material wasn't half bad either LOL!
just a fun layout we did this week - simple but effective in its layout and space for loads of photos and just about any combination of photo sizes you can dream up.
the photos were taken on our scrap weekend away and just a glimpse o
f the wonderful friends in my life - down to earth and very rich in their friendships!!
the beautiful patterned paper is from
Jillybean soup and available from my friend Cariena's shop!
she has an amazing selection of patterned paper, stamps, tim holtz goodies as well as everything else a scrapper or stamper may need or desire! you might want to start your wish list sometime soon in time for Christmas....

the stamp above is from the Avignon 7Gypsies set...love them!

and an appropriate 7Gypsies sticker...

and a little Tim tag for good prosperity!