WHAT a week!

My computer died - just went dark and that was that!
It wasnt the problem because I had faith that what I needed from it would be rescued and transferred to a new computer.  So off to my techie - who said 'No probs with the rescue, but new computer....'
What an ordeal! 
How much 'extra' does one have to buy??
AND to get the things installed was such a process in which I wasted a couple of days and back to my techie we went!   I wanted it to just 'work and be recognisable!'
In this day and age, you'd think we'd move on and things should be almost 'one touch' and hey presto!
HA!  I dont think it could be made any more difficult!!!!!(shocked face)
GOOD GRIEF!
So after four days, I'm on the road to getting used to this very 'user unfriendly' thing!

ANd in the meantime have missed deadlines and got behind here on my blog.
Time to rectify that!
  I'd also like to thank Julie SOOOO much for keeping things running especially at 'Let's Get Shabby' when she was very busy herself! 
You are a GEM Julie!

LET'S GET SHABBY
Its a gorgeous colour inspiration picture with a couple of criteria
(So go check it out)
Here's my interpretation
(of little Paige)

We are also welcoming
THREE
amazingly talented
new Design Team Members!!

Go see who they are!


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LESSology

While my computer was down,
Challenge #2 was revealed

THE TRINKET BOX

I love these little note card boxes by Prima. After using all the little cards from inside, these boxes seem just too good to throw away!

So I decided to 'dress' one up!
This one is from the gorgeous Moulin Rouge range.

It's become a 'keeper' for my pink yoyo's

Click here to see how it was altered

And check out the prize HERE (where you also submit your little box)
The prize is from
Market Street Stamps


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123 CHALLENGE - Blog Hop Train HERE!!!!



If you have arrived here it’s because you have jumped on the

 123 Challenge Blog-Train!!!

First of all, Charmane has asked us to answer a couple of questions to let you all know a bit MORE about us Creative Team Members. So here we go…

A bit about me:

I’m waving from gorgeous green (though very cold) Tasmania where I live in a big old house with a big veranda that looks out over the sea with my camera-shy dh and two of my three daughters (one has just moved to the UK with her dream job) who all feature a lot in my work along with our cat, birds and garden wildlife!  I have a busy work life that often gets in the way of my scrapping!

My style is mostly as shabby chic - but I'll do something different every now and then. Most of all I love TEXTURE - fabrics and laces - layering and distressing, inking and PAINT! I don’t always start out with a plan – just a creative process that somehow takes form somewhere in the middle and crossing fingers it finally arrives at an end result (big smile) And goodness knows why, but…… it works!

I'm on the Design Team for Scrap Therapy - a fabulous online Store!

I was there in 2008-2009  and now again since April this year.

We have so many great challenges there and a fabulous shop.

Scrap Therapy also hosts retreats and mini-retreats in Cairns.

I own 'Let's Get Shabby' Challenge blog which has a wonderful Shabby Challenge once a month!

We have an international team of very talented scrappers - its been running since June 2009

Of course (big grin) I'm on the Creative Team for 123 Challenge (since July 2008!!)) and its acutally the very first challenge I ever did online! I can remember the nerves as I was finding my way clicking the mouse on my computer hoping I'd followed the rules and that my LO was 'okay'!! LOL!

And back when talented Lou (who is also on the dt with123) had Scrap Jacked - I've been on the team there too - and still am even though its passed hands to the lovely Bec who owns it now! So overall, I've been on the dt since February 2010, but scrapping there for such a LONG time before that! After my positive experience with my very first LO go at playing 123 Challenge,  Scrapjacked was my very 2nd ever go entering a LO!  They were my two favourites!

With a love for Altered projects, I'm on the team for LESSology too.  It's new and fun!

Global Scrappers is a fairly new site of challenges with a group of us international friends who get together for some challenges and chatting. I come up with a Shabby Challenge once a month there. 

If you like apps for your iphone, ipod or ipad,  I've been on the creative team for 3 of the releases for Sketches2Scrapbook for Anam Stubbington.  That started when I was on her DT for her Twisted Sketches Challenge Blog.

Other than that pretty much what I do or have done is on my right hand bar.  There's tutorials too.

At the moment, I'm just trying to get some kits together to go away to scrappy camp in a couple of weeks!

Its here in Tasmania and there's no shop attached, just a group of scrappers that get together for some fun scrapping, much laughing and too much talking and eating!   

No matter how organised I think I am - I ALWAYS leave something at home! (rolling eyes)

So there’s a little about ME, now its time for the 123 Challenge details!

We have LOTS of prizes to giveaway – you will see as you check out everyone’s blogs what we have in store!

Here's my little giveway RAK

For your chance to win,

 leave a comment and collect the words from each blog.

 Once you have finished,

email the list of words to challenge_123@hotmail.com

 along with your name by midnight Wednesday 21st September.

And, here is the full list just in case you get lost...

Charmane Koch
Angela Churchill
 Nicolee Cable
Louise Nelson
Kerry Murray
 Giovanna Scott
 and me:

Mandy Dodd

Don't forget to write down your word, before you go –

 Lets Get Shabby

Because we have so many fabulous prizes, Charmane thought it would be a good idea to also visit the stores that are donating as well - so please go back to the

123 Challenge blog

(and follow the instructions ;)

Yes, that's right there is MORE!!!

Remember you have til Wednesday 21st to get in your answers!!!

Last night away...

Going home tomorrow, so there will be the big pack up, and in the car to head home. 

Though while away, I've managed to scrap a couple of projects...

This one is a Step by Step for Scrap Therapy

using Tim Holtz Rock Candy Crackle on the butterflies and Pearl Mists 

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My Shabby Challenge is up over at

GLOBAL SCRAPPERS

and its about layering

xx

 

A BIG CATCH UP!

Finally school holidays here in Tasmania!

The girls and I are away visiting family for this next week (dh couldnt come as he had to work so is at home looking after cat and birds)

And after having the past week in Melbourne working and getting home, had only time to unpack my suitcase, wash and dry clothes, and then repack to trip off again, but at least this time its to relax.

Anyway, while being away, so many of my scrappy projects that I had prepared a few weeks ago (did mammoth effort to make deadlines!!!) have been revealed - so here they are:

(LOL - this could be long!!)

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SCRAP THERAPY

PROJECTS

for September

The 'Man of the Month' (manufacturer featured at ST) is

 Tim Holtz 

I've done a Step by Step with this little Folded Tag

Here's the Room Inspiration Challenge

There's three SCRAP STUDIES to choose from for September!

SCRAP STUDY 1

Hannah (10) and her art with her art teacher looking on

SCRAP STUDY 2

Hannah bored minding the luggage while we fetched the car

SCRAP STUDY 3

Paige at the studio

Catching up on Scrap Therapy's August Projects where

'Prima' was the 'Man of the Month'

ABC's Album

This is a great little challenge where twice a month a random letter of the alphabet is picked for a page on everyday life (or anything you like really)

I'm doing mine in 12x6" form

These two are for August... (easy enough to catch up if you want to join in!) Next on is due on our Friday night reveals  (10th sept)

"A"
where I love to be every Wednesday morning

"W"

Our gate that closes off the veranda a the top of the stairs

If you like to follow some directions to get some LO's done...try

Scrap Ahead

Hannah

This is another STEP BY STEP with Prima Iron-Ons I've done
Little Paige as 'Mary Poppins'!

Hannah

The LO  for August's

 Blind Scrap

Paige

(I hold on the 4th Wedneday of each month. You can find the details of September's HERE)

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August Challenges for

GLOBAL SCRAPPERS

(have to register to get in)

Paige

Me in my Dad's Army hat

Me again at 10yrs - in my hot pink 'hot pants'

My mum made one each for my two sisters and I...

all the same with an embroidered butterfly on the front!

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SEPTEMBER SCRAPPED JACK

Check out all the DT girl's fabulous LO's and see which one/s you'd like to jack!

Paige and Hannah (4 & 6yrs) outside Luna Park in Melbourne

SEPTEMBER'S 123

Colour: White

Word: On

Technique: White space

I took these photos of the bird, flowers, butterfly at the Brisbane Botanical Gardens in April , then cut them down to create a scene.

Also checkout

LESSology

as the very first challenge has gone up!

AND

Go visit

Let's Get Shabby

to check out the DT call

and Challenge #27

Phew.... if you've managed to get to the bottom and not clicked off - wow!

Thanks heaps!

xx