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APRIL'S CYBERCROP CHALLENGES

Hello and welcome to this month's cybercrop.
Of course with all the chocolate consumed over the past week because of the annual visit of a certain long eared fellow, we just had to to have an Easter themed cybercrop.
I hope you will HOP (yes....I said HOP) on over to The Lounge and join in the fun.

CHALLENGE ONE
Set by Creative Team member, Mel.
Mel's challenge is to use yellow on your layout, paint and a mini print
(smaller than a 6x4)
Here is Mel's example....

I love the "white space" in this layout.

 

CHALLENGE TWO
Set by Creative Team member, Storm
Storm designed the sketch for this month's CC

And here is Storm's gorgeous example....

 

CHALLENGE THREE
Set by Creative Team member, Crece
Crece's challenge is to create a layout that is not a traditional 12x12 square
(e.g. circle, oval, diamond...be creative)
The layout must also include at least one handmade embellishment
and a border punch of some type must be used.
Here is Crece's example....

What a classic photo Crece.
I remember attacking my Easter chocolate rabbit like this when I was little.

Thank you to our talented Creative Team members for setting such great challenges and for giving us such gorgeous examples.
I hope they have inspired you all to join in this month's cybercrop.

Wishing you all a happy, scrappy Saturday

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

MARCH CYBERCROP WINNERS

Our monthly cybercrop was run last weekend with the theme of
"All Things "Male"
so the girls had a great weekend finding photos of the men in their lives and then scrapping them.

Challenge One was set by CT member, Mel....
"use black on a layout, raw chipboard and to use a journalling tag"

Winning layout by Diana


Challenge Two was set by CT member, Crece.
Her challenge was to scrap a LO based on this fabulous sketch....

And here is the winning layout, created by Kathy ("winelover")

Challenge Three was set by CT member, Storm.
Storm asked the girls to scrap a LO based on this "recipe"
Use 1 cardstock base; 1 photo; 2 pattern papers; 3 different ribbons; 1 frame; and finish off with some staples.
Mix it all together and create an "All Things Male" layout

(the winner of this challenge was chosen by a "random draw")

The winning layout by Julie ("Tassiemum_3")

The bingo crown this month was won by the lovely Jodi ("goddessjodi")

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this month's cybercrop.
Next month's will be held over the weekend of April 13 - 16.
I hope you can join us then

Wishing you all a happy, scrappy day
~Shazz and the Team~
xo

MARCH CYBERCROP

Yes....it's that time again....!!!!
CYBERCROP WEEKEND ON THE LOUNGE....!!!!
This month's theme is "ALL THINGS MALE"

Three great challenges from our Creative Team girls and the competition for the Bingo Queen Crown is well underway again....LOL

CHALLENGE 1 - set by Mel
use black on a layout
use raw chipboard
use a journalling tag

And here is Mel's example.....

CHALLENGE 2 - set by Crece
Crece designed the sketch challenge this month
Great sketch Crece...!!!

And here is Crece's example....

CHALLENGE 3 - set by Storm
Grab a little bit of this and a little bit of that and "VIOLA....!!!!"....
The "recipe" for Storm's layout is.....
1 cardstock base; 1 photo; 2 patterned papers; 3 different ribbons; 1 frame; and finish off with some staples
Mix it all together and create an "All Things Male" layout....!!!

I hope that you will visit us over at The Lounge this month for the cybercrop.
Even if you don't get a chance to scrap you can leave some lovin' in the gallery for the girls.

Wishing you a happy, scrappy Saturday
~Shazz ad the Team~
xo

WHAT IS THIS LITTLE GUY WAITING FOR...???

I think he might be waiting for The Lounge's cybercrop to start this Friday, March 16.

Why not join him and visit us on The Lounge this weekend for our monthly cybercrop...???
Great challenges and our ALWAYS exciting, nail-biting, down-to-the-wire Bingo game.

The theme this month is...
"ALL THINGS MALE"
so grab those photos of your sons, grandsons, your hubbies and partners or maybe even your Dad or your Grandad and get ready to be challenged by the Creative Team.

We will have three great challenges set by Strom, Mel and Crece
(you can get some early-bird clues here)
and of course, Bingo - registration and words here
I should have your words by no later than 6.30 pm Friday (NSW Time)

The cybercrop will kick off at approximately 6 pm (NSW Time) and the first Bingo words will be uploaded at 7 pm.
I hope that you can join us

~Shazz and the Team~
xo

FEBRUARY'S CYBERCROP

February is the month of LOVE and it was no exception on The Lounge.
All our monthly challenges were based on LOVE and the Creative Team designed some gorgeous layouts based on LOVE.
And our cybercrop had the theme of RELATIONSHIPS - whether it be a relationship based on love or friendship or just being related.

The first challenge was set by CT member, Storm.

"Create a layout with at LEAST three hearts on it and you must have the word relationship somewhere on your layout"

Winning layout by Fran ("scrapcat")

 

Challenge 2 was set by CT member, Crece.
"Create a layout using a song title or lyrics as the title"

The winning LO was created by Gaye ("nanny_gaye")

The final challenge was a sketch challenge designed by CT member, Mel.
Here is Mel's sketch.....

And here is the winning layout created by Kath ("winelover")

Congratulations to everyone wo participated over the course of the weekend.
It was a fun weekend of inspiration, creating, friendship and lots of laughs....and of course our monthly Cybercrop Bingo game that went down to the last few words AGAIN....Kath ("winelover") emerged as the winner this month.
I can guarantee a close, nail-biting game every month with our CC Bingo.

March's cybercrop will be held, March 16 -19.
The theme will be "ALL THINGS MALE" so make sure you grab some photos of all the fellas in your life, be they big or little, young or old.
I look forward to seeing you join us then.
Clues will be up here next week.

Wishing you a happy scrappy Thursday
Shazz and the Team
~xo~

 

FEBRUARY ON "THE LOUNGE"

Hello everyone and welcome February on The Lounge.

Well what a month or so it has been......from the devastating floods in QLD and Victoria to the bushfires in WA and this week the destruction left behind in the wake of Cyclone Yasi and a heatwave in certain parts of the East Coast....Australia certainly is a land of extremes.
There have been so many appeals set up to help those that have been affected by these natural disasters.
I hope if you have been unaffected by these disasters you have been able to help out in some way through one of the appeals.
The Lounge is supporting the "HEART CARDS" appeal - and many of you have already contributed.
You can get more information and updates on the "Heart Cards" appeal here

We have a busy month ahead on The Lounge.
Hope you get the chance to pop by and say hello and maybe join in some of the fun.

This month's challenges are well underway.
And the Creative Team - Ann, Danie, Jody and Kym have done some simply gorgeous examples using a product pack provided by me.

This month's sketch was designed by CT member Kym

And here are the girls examples - both layouts and a card.

Danie

Jody

Kym

and finally the card Ann created based on Kym's sketch.....

Aren't they all simply gorgeous....???
You can see what our Lounge Ladies have come up with using Kym's sketch as inspiration here
All entries in the sketch challenge this month are in the running for $15.00 voucher from our newest sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts

This month's technique is stamping and embossing.
And here are the examples that our Creative Team have come up with.....

Jody

A very cute little card designed by Danie.
We will have a "how-to" up here on the blog in the next few days.

Kym

Ann

Another lot of stunning examples from our very talented Creative Team.
You can see what our Lounge Ladies did with their examples here
And again, our wonderful new sponsor, Chocollo Cards and Crafts, is providing a $15.00 voucher for this challenge so why not upload an entry to the gallery...???

This month's cybercrop will take place from Friday midday, February 11 to Monday midnight, February 14 and I feel that there may be some LOVE in the air this month....LOL
Keep and eye out here for some clues from the Creative Team in the days leading up to the CC - they are always such a tease with them.

I hope that you all have a fabulous weekend and that wherever you are in this beautiful country of ours that the weather is being good to you.

Have a happy, scrappy weekend
~shazz~
xo

NOVEMBER'S CYBERCROP CHALLENGES

Hi there.
Well the last cybercrop for the year is in full swing and the CT has posted three great challenges for us all.

CHALLENGE 1
set by Kym
Create ONE layout or TWO cards using Kym's sketch for inspiration.
And you must only use black, white and silver



And here are Kym's examples.....

Just gorgeous Kym.
You can upload your entries into the Scrap Lounge gallery here
before Monday midnight to be in the running for a great prize.
And don't forget to leave some lovin' in the gallery when you visit.

 

CHALLENGE TWO
Set by Jody
Jody's challenge is a recipe - of sorts - and the outcome is that there will be a CAKE on your layout somewhere!
YES.....an actual cake!
It could be in the photo or you can make your own embellishment.
Other criteria is:
MUST BE IN THE COLOURS OF RED GREEN AND WHITE ONLY!
1 cardstock
2 different alphas
3 flowers
4 patterned papers
embellishments to decorate!

I am SO in love with Jody's cute little owl :)
You can upload your entries into the Scrap Lounge gallery here
before Monday midnight to be in the running for a great prize.
And don't forget to leave some lovin' in the gallery when you visit.

CHALLENGE THREE
set by Lizzy

Lizzy has challenged us to create a LO using Serendipity Scrapping.
The other criteria are....
Serendiptiy Squares/shapes on your page;
Some Bling/glitter;
Buttons (more than one);
only the colours Blue, White and Silver.

And just WHAT exactly is Serendipity Scrapping I hear you ask....???
Here are some links that might help you out...
http://scrappystickyinkymess.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/serendipity-squares/
http://gomakesomething.com/ht/collage/serendipity-squares/
http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Techniques/Serendipity/35.php

Looks like fun hey....???
And a great way to use up those scraps you never know what to do with.

Here is Lizzy's example...

I love the way the arrow draws you to look more closely at the photo.
You can upload your entries into the Scrap Lounge gallery here
before Monday midnight to be in the running for a great prize.
And don't forget to leave some lovin' in the gallery when you visit.

And if you just feel like having a chat, please pop into the forum and there will be plenty to talk about over the weekend.

Thank you to our lovely CT members for these challenges.
This is the last CC for the year but we will be starting our monthly CCs again in January 2011.

Wishing you all a very happy, scrappy weekend
~shazz~
xo

 

NOVEMBER'S CYBERCROP

Hello everyone - it's been a while.

Hoping to keep the blog updated on a regular basis again....like everyone, life got busy for us all over at The Lounge but we are back and hoping to encourage you to visit us in the forum, upload to the gallery and join us throughout the month for challenges and the occasional comp.

So with that in mind, we would like to invite everyone to join in the very last CC for the year tomorrow night over on The Lounge forum.
The theme is "Celebrations" and our gorgeous CT - Jody, Kym and Lizzy - have come up with some amazing challenges to, well.....challenge us and get us all scrapping a LO or two or maybe even three.
The CC kicks off tomorrow night approx. 7.00 pm (QLD time) and you will have until Monday night at midnight to upload your layouts.

And............apparently there is to be a big announcement on Saturday night at 7.30 pm QLD time (8.30 EDST) so I hope you will join me in hopping onto The Lounge and seeing what it is all about.

See you there

~shazz~
xo

APRIL 2010 CYBERCROP

THE WAITING IS OVER...!!!

April's Cybercrop starts tonight at 7.30 pm over on The Lounge.
Make sure you check out all the great challenges here
And if you are more of a chatter than a scrapper you can have your say here

Happy scrapping.
Hope you can join us

~shazz~
xo

WAITING PATIENTLY FOR....

...this weekend's cybercrop.

For a heads up on what the challenges might be about you can visit The Lounge here and try to decipher the cryptic clues left by the CT.

Hoping you can join us this weekend for a weekend of challenges, chatting and frivolity.
The CC kicks off Friday night at 7.30 pm.
See you there

~shazz~
xo