Savvy October Reveal - Happy Day

This month over at Scrapbook Savvy I was excited to be given the bright and cheerful collection 'Happy Day' by Simple Stories to create some layouts for inspiration.

Sar obviously knows me very well!!

I totally fell in love with this gorgeous collection, they really are a very clever company! The combination of border strips, journal cards, 4x6 and 6x12 patterns all within the 12x12 papers is fabulous and the sticker sheets that compliment the papers are just perfectly.

I highly recommend buying it all, you really won't need anything else.

The other amazing thing with this collection, although it is based around birthday celebrations, you can use it for many other pages without being restricted and it is very gender neutral.

But lets face it, we all have birthdays every year, so I don't think this collection could possibly go to waste. Hopefully you will find some inspiration from the pages I have made and I am sure there will be a few more to follow.

She's a big girl now

Happy Birthday Princess

Grandpa and Nicole

2Crafty - 7 years of you

I have been happily scrapping with some of the new 2Crafty chipboard releases and loving every minute.
Today I am sharing a page featuring the Albert Square Frame.
Just perfect for a bunch of photos!







I think it turned out pretty well, hopefully it will inspire you to have a go.

Scrapbook Savvy October Cybercrop

Is happening right now!! Come join us over at the forum.

You have until midnight Thursday 27th October to upload your pages to the gallery. There are plenty of Savvy shopping dollars to go around!

The challenges are super easy and loads of fun!!

Sara's Challenge
Anthea's Challenge
Renee's Challenge
Sar's Blind Challenge

My CC challenge this month is to head over to the Savvy Gallery pick out a page that really grabs you and scrap it.

I chose a page created by Tess

Love for Vin



And here is my take on it.

The simple things

Do you want to be the next Savvy Design Team member?

Do you love to scrapbook, and feel like you have a talent you can share?
Do you love to chat online in a forum environment every single day?
Do you live & breath scrapbooking, and can talk paper & glue for hours?
Do you like to create new and exciting layouts for challenges or classes?
Do you want to be part of a great bunch of girls that share the same hobby as you?

If this sounds like you, then let us know! At Scrapbook Savvy we are looking for a new Design Team Member who wants to be a part of our online forum, share their work via facebook, blogs and any other means possible, and who wants to receive free product each month to play with!

As a Savvy Designer you will receive a generous discount off all product at ALL times, as well as receive a DT kit each month. We will require you to share your DT layouts online in our forum, as well as your own personal blog. Your work will also be used on Facebook and in our regular Savvy newsletters.

We need someone who LOVES TO CHAT in a forum environment – this is a MUST and something that must be upheld to keep your position on the Design Team.

We are looking for someone to join our family for six months, with the possibility of staying for longer at the end of this term.

This position will start on 1st November 2011.

To apply for this position, please email me with the following information:

- name & location
- online personal blog web address
- a quick bio on yourself and your scrapbooking world
- three of your favourite recent layouts which show off your ’scrapbooking style’

I am happy for applicants to be on other Design Teams such as challenge blogs, local scrapbooking stores, sketch sites etc – but please do not apply if you are already on a Design Team with an online store or monthly kit club.

Your email must be received before midnight on Tuesday 25th October, so only FIVE DAYS to get your applications in. You will be put to work immediately with your first challenge commencing at the beginning of November!

Please email Sar at sar@scrapbooksavvy.com.au with all the above information.

We would love to hear from you!

More retreat pages

Still have a few more pages to share with you.

The first three pages are from Wendy's retreat class which was just amazing.
One very talented girl!!

Be mine



Precious moments



Remember this



This page was scrapped by the beautiful and also very clever scrapper Leesh for our photo swap.

Lost tooth #4



And 2 pages 'just cause' at Sarah's house on the Sunday night

Jingle all the way



Eat cake



I also scrapped a page for Em, Nat and Leesh.
I will see if I can get some photos of them.

Thank you for popping in :)

2Crafty - You

I've had loads of fun playing with the newly released 2Crafty chipboard designs, it did get a bit messy from time to time, but all worth it in the end.

This page includes the Picket Fence, the slightly tortured Cartia's Swirl and Corine's Swirl for my grass and some left over pieces from a Cogs Border



Now all of those pieces are gorgeous, but my favourite piece of all!
The Victorian Lamp Post.



Here is the finished page, thanks for popping in.

Sharing some retreat pages

I was getting a little behind with my 52 week album before heading off to the retreat, so it was one thing I knew I wanted to scrap while I was away.
Thankfully it all went to plan :) but I will warn you now, there is no journaling on these pages yet. I find it hard to do when I am away scrapping.

Week 33 - Army boy

A new costume Daddy discovered while out shopping, Harrison was thrilled!
Sadly he soon discovered it was not made for true combat training and he split the arse of it very quickly.




Week 34 - Book Week

I was informed it was the Book week parade today as we pulled into the school car park, so it meant a mercy dash around to Target to grab a costume. $60.00 later and only just made it back to school in time. Not a happy Mummy!



Week 35 - Gardening with Dad



Week 36 - Royal Show 2011



Week 37 - Soccer Carnival



Week 38 - Savvy Delights Retreat

Savvy October Manufacturer Challenge

This month's manufacturer is featured in both of the specially released September kits over at Scrapbook Savvy and has also made an appearance in previous kits.
So I am confident you will all have a small stash of this company to tackle the challenge.

If you haven't got any in your stash, you can still grab a kit from the Savvy shop. He's Savvy and She's Savvy

You are probably wondering about the manufacturer then??

The October manufacturer is Crate Paper and for you extra criteria, I want to see plenty of INK

I've used an older He's Savvy kit which featured Crate Paper Toy Box
All of my edges have been inked with Pinecone and then I'vs used Distress Ink and a Crafter's template for the background.

In awe

Bella Blvd Retreat kit

I've been meaning to post about this gorgeous kit all week, I can't believe it is already Thursday! I put this kit together for the Savvy Delight Retreat to teach my very first class :)
It features the awesome collection 'Too Cute to spook' from Bella Blvd, chipboard from WOW and beautiful hand-made embellishments from A Lil Somethin'



Lots of techniques to share with you! Hand-drawing spider webs, masking using your chipboard, lots of tearing, maybe a little hand-cutting LOL!!!, 3-Ding and heaps more! The kit includes detailed 'step by step' instructions that have been tried and tested by the girls from the retreat.

I have created 2 layouts, one with a strong Halloween theme, but can be easily adapted to suit any dress-up or scary situation and the second page will suit all little monsters.

Yikes







Monster Alert



There are also 2 bonus projects, cause I love to play.
A cool side step card and a quick and easy project for your door.





All this fun and you will find there is still tons of stuff left over to play with.
Awesome value for $35, head over to Scrapbook Savvy to purchase a kit.

2Crafty - A smile is a laugh that burst

Evening bloggers. Just catching up with my shares for 2Crafty.
Scrapped this page of two of my nieces last weekend, love the new titles from 2Crafty! Had loads of fun running it through my Big Shot and a embossing folder then decorationg it with my gel pens.

Bella Blvd DT application

I have finally remembered to share my DT application here on my blog.
Sadly it was not a successful one, but I was really happy with the final projects and very proud of everything I have achieved being a part of the Bella Blvd team.

Great Buddies



Autumn Love



Through his eyes




So peaceful



All I want for Christmas

Scrapbook Savvy September DT Reveal

I was absolutely stoked to have the opportunity to scrap with Echo Park Paper - Happy Days collection this month. Sarah has added the collection to the Savvy shop today.

This collection is definitely bright and happy and super flexible to use. You can easily scrap any subject just by choosing different colour combinations. The stickers are a 'must have' when purchasing the papers, they co-ordinate so well.
I created 4 pages so far, 2 very girlie and 2 masculine pages, I have loved every moment I have spent using the. Hoping to do a few more pages over the weekend.

Sweet little girl



Cutie patootie



Butter wouldn't melt



Father's Day 2011

Scrapbook Savvy September 'Special Edition' kits

Have you seen these gorgeous kits yet??
They were revealed for the first time at the Savvy Delights Retreat on the weekend and have now been posted to the Scrapbook Savvy store. Both kits are just divine!! They were slightly smaller than the normal monthly kits but are incredible value!

She's Savvy is nearly $30.00 value selling for $25.



He's Savvy has a value over $35.00 and is selling for a cool price of $30.00



I was lucky enough to create some samples to showcase the He's Savvy kit and I still have plenty left over to play some more this weekend. Both pages have been made using the reverse side of the papers, so you can see how yummy this kit is.

Catalogue pose



What a difference

2Crafty & Savvy get together

I have some 2Crafty work to do before I leave for the Savvy Delight Retreat on Wednesday morning and I was going to save the She's Savvy kit until the Retreat, but I have failed dismally!
It was just too perfect for the photo of my great niece, so I had to crack it open.

I've added a gorgeous 2Crafty Floral frame to my page, all inked and crackled to blend in with the papers.





Love the final result! One more project to do and then it is time for some serious packing.