Shock 'n Horror!

I just cannot believe I've not done a post since 25th March! Where does the time go? Anyway, I'm trying to commit to taking this a bit more seriously.....
Here's a tip for nothing: (nothing new, but it's well worth the reminder) At the end of each workshop I've been encouraging the happy scrappers to there and then take their scraps and turn them into gift tags, noteletts, mini cards or larger cards if you've got lots of paper left over. It just makes so much sence as you're sitting there with all this lovely co-ordinated paper which you're going to go home and toss into the "scraps" box, never to see the light of day again. You'll be stunned and amazed at how many little cards and tags you accumulate over a very short space of time. And if like me you begrudge paying the price for cards in the shops these days, this is the answer.
Another reason for my lacklustre performance on the blog is that I've been exploring hybrid scrapbooking which intrigues me muchly. Hoping to master this some time soon (yeah, right) and share it all with you.
Hope you're enjoying this magnificent Durbs weather as much as I am!

Tersia's Take....

This is Tersia's take on one of my workshops where she incorporated some paper piecing. I must say I've always felt a bit iffy about paper piecing but I do think used stylishly it can add a lovely dimension to the page. I really loved her little pirate!
I'm now madly crazily over the top in love with mosaic! It's all I want to do all day! But scrapping still tugs.....

Tersia's Take....

Ahoy Matey!

Dear oh dear!!

What a nail biting, migraine inducing, sphincter pinching, jaw clenching, vomit inducing, tear flowing week!! My Motherboard crashed and I was kept in suspence for 8 days as to whether I'd lost my entire (unbacked!!) life. Seems as though some of the important stuff has been saved so even though I've lost loads, I've also got lots of saved stuff to be grateful for. Bitter lesson learned here - backup! backup! backup! Which is what I'll be doing most of next week when my computer is returned........
As you can imagine, scrapping is not uppermost in my mind. Hope to be back in the swing of it all in the next week or two.

Not Quite Right.....

Ok, lookee here. I realise I have MUCH to learn when it comes to posting a page. Still, we learn by trial and error and at this stage I'm just chuffed as anything that I could even post the page. I think I'm going to have to employ the help of an expert on this one.... (I'm also bitterly disappointed at the quality of picture my brand new Canon takes so need to investigate that too).
Anyhows, this is one of my MIM pages. I did it of my sister and what fun it was to do. I gave her a list of questions and kept it quite light hearted: Favourite Book? Favourite Quote? Who Influenced You The Most? Who Would Play You In A Movie? Bucket List etc. I discovered that if you click on the picture it enlarges it and you can read all the journaling (if you feel so inclined). Please good people, judge the page kindly! It really does look better in the flesh!
This particular page came in a kit form with the paper, frames, chipboard letters, chipboard shapes etc.
OK - I'm off to find help with photographing my pages and posting them.....