Winner of the October Scraplift Challenge

.... And the results are in -

The winner of the October, B is for Borders challenge is ..................

HELEN (of craft imperfect)

Congratulations Helen!!

Please contact us by email to arrange for your prize to be sent to you. (Address in right-hand sidebar.)

Thanks to Jill of Cardinal Colours for this super prize.

Your Cards for October

This post is for your October Card challenge entries. First in this month with a card using eyelets is:

MAY

closely followed by

EM

SUSIE

WENDY P

Please see the original challenge post for more details including the prize HERE

How I made my October page II

I used Bazzill Olso cardstock as the basis of my page with Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss papers:

Barefoot Cutouts, Bubbles, Beach Bag, Stripe and Surf.

Each panel is cut and mounted onto the blue bazzill before adding to the page to create the borders. 

I added part of a doilly under one panel (mounted on 3d foam pads) with some prima flowers.

The title was cut with the Cricut Life's a Beach and faux stitched with a white gel pen.

Some of the Hibiscus flowers and leaves were added to the side with 3d foam.

The journalling block came from the Cutouts sheet and the remainder of the doilly and flowers were placed under the edge. The other tag was also from the cutouts sheet, only using part of it.

This is the sketch we worked from...

And Georgia's original page.

Challenge closes on the 5th November with another fab prize on offer for the winner, so still time to enter.

Scrapology's First Crop!

We planned, shopped, scrapped, baked, packed, arranged furniture and generally prepared for our very first crop. We held it at The EllenorLions Centre in Dartford on Saturday. We had lots of locals and other people traveled from as far as Southampton and Eastbourne.

Buckets of sweets and scrapbooking embellishments marking each scrappers place.

23 scrapbookers getting started at the beginning of the event.

Linda made cakes for everyone.

Robert was a star in the kitchen cooking lunch and washing up too!

Thanks Robert.

Zoe Pierson and Natalie O'Shea came along too They taught a card making class using Stampin' Up products, which was great fun and good value for money. We have lots of products left to make a few more cards.

This is what we all made, a folder of four Christmas cards. More details to follow on our own blogs soon.

We had a great day and the feedback we have received confirms that everyone who attended enjoyed themselves too.

So I guess we should get planning again!

Your Scraplifts for October

First in for October is:

KATHY G

Followed closely by

HELEN

with her very first ever layout

SQUIGGLE7

with her second ever attempt at scrapbooking

ANN H

WENDY P

RITA

SCATTYCHICK

KATH B

MAY

KRAFTY KAREN

K

HELEN - Craftimperfectblog

IFA

You have until 5th November to enter this challenge. Please see the original previous post for details -

 'B is for Borders'.

B is for Borders

For the month of October the design team selected this great layout designed by Georgia K Keays.

Please see Georgia's blog ON MY MIND for more of her layouts. As you will see from Georgia's layouts, many of them feature narrow borders around the page, patterned papers and photos. We want you to use this idea in your scraplifts this month.

"I’m Georgia and I live in the Perth hills with my lovely husband and three kids, Lucy, Eliza and Archie. I started scrapbooking in February of 2008 and it quickly turned into an obsession."

This is the Design Team sketch:

And here are our layouts for inspiration.

LYNN

LINDA

JILL 

KAREN 

ANITA

ALISON

DEIRDRE

Our guest designer for this month is

SCRAPPY SARAH

please see her blog HERE

Please join in the fun and create a layout using these pages for inspiration and the technique of creating borders. We hope you will let us share your finished layout on this blog.

We ask you to become a follower of this blog to be considered for the prize and you have until midnight on 5th November to enter the competition.

If you create a page after that date, please still share it with us.

Please can bloggers leave a comment with a link to the relevant post on their blog. If you don't have a blog - no problem! - Simply drop us an image attached to an email (address in sidebar).

PRIZE TIME

The prize for the best layout had been generously provided by Jill of Cardinal Colours.

This time we have a seasonal prize of the Happy Halloween Kit from Echo park and some matching bazzill in balck, white, orange, green, purple.

Prize offered to UK residents, but all welcome to join in the fun.

Our thanks to Georga, Scrappy Sarah and Jill. x

October Sneaky Peek...

Nearly time for a new challenge and here is a little peek at what's to come!

Can you guess the technique this time?

TFL

xxx