Newsletter
November 2008
| I simply love this time of the year. The
weather up here in Queensland is absolutely glorious, despite the
chronic lack of rain, that is. The nights are pleasantly cool
while the days are absolutely perfect, with the temperatures not yet
above 30 degrees. All the flowers are in bloom and there are
baby birds everywhere! The expectation of Christmas and the
coming New Year also add a hint of excitement to the air that I'm
sure everyone can feel. I know lots of our ladies are busy
working on Christmas and end of year scrapping projects and enjoying
all the wonderful new Christmas products that are on the market
right now. |
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The 2009 Design Team is due to be announced at
the end of this month. I have sent out many application forms
to a wide range of ladies with varying levels of experience. Please
remember to get them back in before the cut off date, as well as
uploading your example creations to the S4L gallery. This time
around I will be appointing a Design Team Coordinator and a Head of
DT who will help to keep things on track and be there as a support
for the members of the team. You can find more information
further down in the newsletter. |
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Our forum is as busy as ever with various
challenges, competitions, swaps and general chit chat going on.
The girls are currently taking part in a "Biggest Chatterbox"
contest that has proved to be lots of fun and has shown us who
really does most of the talking!
As always, happy scrappin'
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GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:
Design Team
Creations
The girls have been working hard once again to provide some
wonderful, inspiring creations to help get your scrapping mojo flowing.
The kits used for these projects are available in store, along with past Design
Team packs as well.
November Guest Designer
This month's guest Design Team Member is the divinely
talented Bridgette Hatton.
She has used the November layout pack to create two stunning layouts
and a beautiful card that could be used for any number of different occasions.
Here are some close-ups of her wonderful layouts.
Check out how much detail Bridgette has included in each.
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Beccy has created a wonderful Christmas display
using this triptych and some bright papers from Creative Imaginations.
She has embellished it with a little Santa that she stamped multiple
times on the patterned paper and then layered for a 3D look. The
title is created with the gorgeous little alphas from Carolee Creations,
and the whole project is finished off with double ribbon bows. The
votive candles have been wrapped with patterned paper strips to match
the triptych. |
Beccy's project would look great with this
chipboard Christmas tree. |
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Toni has also made a gorgeous Christmas display
using these fabulous pictures of the little men in her life dressed and
ready for Christmas! She has given the triptych a fabulous
distressed finish with some sandpaper and gold paint, and then added the
Creative Imaginations patterned papers to the centre panels. She
embellished the project with some of the Carolee Creations alphas as
well as some chipboard stars and the "Naughty or Nice?" chipboard title.
Toni also put together a wonderful mini album and an assortment of
fabulous cards. |
Toni's project would look great with these
Christmas themed brads. |
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It is with a great deal of
sadness that we bid a fond farewell to the lovely Sine Grant who was a
member of our 2008 Design Team. Sine has spent the past ten months
inspiring us with her wonderful layouts as well as providing us with
some awesome sketches for one of our ongoing challenges. We would
like to wish her all the very best with her future endeavours and hope
to continue seeing her around the boards. |
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...raising teenagers is like
nailing jelly to a tree.
Competitions
We have lots of great
competitions running throughout November with plenty of prizes up for
grabs. Stop by our
forum for all the
details!
D.T. Pack Challenge
Come and join in the fun of
Toni's monthly D.T. Pack challenge. Simply purchase one of the past
Design Team packs available in our
online store,
and use it to create a layout or off the page item. Upload your
creation to the gallery before the cut-off date and you could win a D.T.
pack of your choice!
Sketch Challenge
Beccy has designed
this great sketch for our November challenge. Simply create a
layout based on the sketch, upload it to the gallery by the closing date
and you will be in the running for a $10 credit in our
online store!
Biggest Chatterbox Award
Gotta be in it to win it! Pop into our forum and get chatting for
a chance to win some of these gorgeous Basic Grey fibres. |
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Photography Challenge
The November
Photography challenge is up and running in our forum. This month's
theme is "My Favourite Photo". You can submit three up to three
photos from your stash, but they must have been taken within the past
two years. The winning entry will be showcased in our December
newsletter. Check out the forum for all the details.
Bingo With A Twist
Our November Bingo grid is now up in the
forum! For those members who would like to participate, simply
create a layout based on a vertical, diagonal or horizontal line from
the grid and upload it to the gallery by the cutoff date. Beccy
will start calling numbers from the 21st of November. The
winner will receive an awesome scrap pack courtesy of S4L.
Scraplift a D.T. Creation
Stop by the gallery to check out the projects created by this year's
design team and our Guest designers. "Lift" your favourite
creation and upload your work to the gallery by the 25th of November to
be in the running for a scrap pack courtesy of S4L. |
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...wrinkles don't hurt.
Winner's
Circle
October Blind Scrap Winners
Challenge #1 was won by the very talented Jan
Agnew.
Congratulations to Kim, the winner of
challenge #3!
October Sketch Challenge
Congratulations to Kim who was this month's
sketch challenge winner. She constructed her beautiful layout,
titled "A Sister Act", on a clear acetate background. Her gorgeous
layout has won her a $10 store credit.
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Challenge #2 was a tie between
Toni Crane and Jan Agnew. Congrats ladies!
Biggest Chatterbox Winners
Our biggest chatterboxes have been chatting up a
storm for the past weeks. Here is a list of the winners so far as
well as their tallies for the week in which they won. Each person
is only eligible to win the prize once, so there have been several
occasions where our winner was not necessarily the biggest chatterbox
for that week! You can imagine how busy our forum has been.
Week One - Skye - 487 posts
Week Two - Beccy - 98 posts
Week Three - Lisa - 94 posts
Week Four - Linda - 70 posts
Week Five - Hayley - 78 posts
Week Six - Toni - 176 posts
Week Seven - Bridgette - 58 posts |
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...families are like fudge...
mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
Swaps & Creativity
Recipe Swap - This month's recipe swap is now open for sign ups. The
theme is "Eggs".
Card Swap - Penny has the November card swap up and running in the forum.
A.T.C. Swap - This month's theme is "The Measure of a Man".
Ongoing Challenge - Join in on our fabulous ongoing layout challenge.
Me In 2008 - Come make a B.O.M. with these great challenges from Jan.
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... today's mighty oak is just
yesterday's nut that held it's ground.
Coming Events
S4L Retreat 2009
Our next retreat has been booked for the Queensland
Labour Day long weekend, May 1st - 3rd 2009 at Tamborine Mountain.
To book your place please email
Shelley for a booking form and further information about this wonderful event.
2009 Design Team Announcement
The call has gone out for a new 2009 Design Team! If
you are interested in becoming part of a fun and dynamic team, please email
Shelley for an application form. Applications close at midnight on
Thursday the 20th of November. Our new Design Team will be announced in
the December newsletter and also in our forum. Good luck to all those
members who apply.
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... laughing is good exercise.
It's like jogging on the inside.
Free Classes
November Christmas Planner Class
Sneak Peeks
Our next free online class will be
hosted by the lovely Toni Crane who is going to be guiding us through the
construction of a Christmas Planner. The class will be held at 1:30pm on
Sunday the 23rd of November in our live chat room. Class packs will be
available in our online store very soon, and a list of requirements will be
posted in the forum closer to the class date.
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... middle age is when you
choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy.
New Products
We now have several new varieties of the fabulous mini
alphas from Carolee's Creations. These little stickers are proving very
popular and sell out very quickly once I get them in. However, I have just
replenished all the old stock as well as receiving lots of these new ones, which
makes it the perfect time to place your order!
We also have these wonderful new
hand-made crocheted flowers now in stock, and currently on special.
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... old age isn't so bad when
you consider the alternative.
Specials
5 pack of Crocheted Flowers
Available in a variety of colours
were $5.50
now $4.50 |
Thickers brand Alphas
Assorted colours and shapes
were $5.75
now $5.00 |
All currently stocked
Cuttlebug Embossing Folders
were $10.50
now $8.00 |
There are many more great specials
available in the
discount
section of our online store.
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...love your enemies. It
makes them so damn mad.
Product Spotlight
This month we're spotlighting all the fabulous stamps that
are currently available in store.
Stamps are an economical and easy way to embellish your scrap pages, off the
page projects, artist trading cards and greeting cards.
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