Scrap of Difference back on-line

Good news is that www.scrapofdifference.com.au is now back up and running. 
Due to the fact that no-one could access the site for over 48 hours we have now extended the deadline time for our cybercrop.
Everyone now has until midnight 30th November to upload their challenge layouts to our gallery to be in the running for the prizes on offer.

www.scrapofdifference.com.au experiencing technical difficulties

I apologise if you are trying to log onto our website at present.  It appears we are experiencing some technical difficulties.  I will keep you posted with a timeline as to when this may be resolved as soon as my host gives me one.

thank you for your patience.

Scrap of Difference November cybercrop

Well it is that time of the month again when we need a little inspiration.  Challenges for our latest cybercrop have just been posted to www.scrapofdifference.com.au .  We have a theme of SUNSHINE for the month. 

We have a sketch challenge, colour challenge, technique challenge and a card challenge.

Our cybercrop will run for a full 10 days this month so hopefully this will allow everyone to play and still have time for their Christmas party commitments.

I hope some of you get a chance to pop by and say hi and complete a challenge or two to share with us.

Bop to the Top

Well it has certainly been a heck of a couple of months - car accidents, house fires, tick paralysis and the list seems to keep coming.  However, we are being forever positive here and as per a quote found by my darling daughter - "Don't overlook a miracle just because it arrives in an unexpected way"!

This layout of my little one dancing her first jazz solo has taken me just over 3 weeks to complete but I'm really happy with the end result.  The layout is inspired directly by Nic Howard & May Flaum from their wonderful class Double Take over at http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/  The class has provided me with soooooo many wonderful sketches and examples to work from that I'm sure it could easily keep me busy for months to come.

If your scrapbooking mojo is waning - drop into Big Picture and check out some of their classes - I assure you it will be the best investment in your scrapbooking you will make in a long time.

Now no matter how many times I tried to photograph this layout as a whole today I failed so you will just have to imagine page 1 and 2 actually pushed together to get the real idea of the finished article.

Thanks for looking.

Rare Wear

Well it took me longer than I'd hoped, but I've finally put the finishing touches on my first layout for my class at BPC - Double Take.  Here is a double layout created from a sketch by the fabulous Nic Howard.

I've enjoyed using Basic Grey's Lauderdale range quite a bit lately and here is another layout featuring these fun, bright papers.

The layout features photos of Steph at the Rare Wear 15 minutes of fame winners' day at Warner Bros. Movie World in June 2011.  She was one of the lucky 12 winners who got to be preened and pampered and treated like models for a whole day.  To add to the excitement, they then got to see the wonderful photos the team at Rare Wear took appear in print in the 2012 Rare Wear catologue for their senior jerseys for next year.

For more info about their 15 minutes of fame promotion which they have run for the past 2 years - check out this link
http://www.seniorjerseys.com.au/

Big Picture Classes - Double Take
There is nothing as exciting as the email which arrives marking the beginning of a new Big Picture Class and this week it was double the excitment with the start of a new class featuring double page layouts and sketches for 2 super teachers - Nic Howard (my scrapbook idol) and May Flaum.

The class only started 2 days ago and already the gallery is full of incredible work from around the world - traditional, digital and hybrid - it is all amazing.

So, if you are looking for some scrapbook inspiration or your mojo needs a kickstart - jump on and join in the fun - here is the link  http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/doubletake.php

Hope to see you around the message boards and gallery.

Back into it.....

Well sorry I've been a bit absent the past few weeks, my step-daughter was involved in a horrific car accident at the beginning of September and life seems to have just disappeared in the following weeks.  I'm thrilled to report that despite some severe injuries, she is recovering steadily and improving daily.

The cybercrop at www.scrapofdifference.com.au was delayed last weekend as a result.  However, I'm back on top of a few things now so the challenges have just been loaded to the forum and we are ready to have some fun together over the next 10 days.  I hope a few of you can pop by and join in and inspire each other.

I will hopefully be posting some new work here as a result in the coming days .