It's a new year!

Well it's 2009!

I've been busy entertaining my children for the holidays but now that they are quickly drawing to a close, I am in the planning stages of some new classes and reviving some old ones.

I have 4 new classes at MCC that are the result of a major revamp on one of my longer course from last year.

Design It! (Scrapbooking 201)
A 2 week course exploring the principles of design in scrapbooking.

Topics students will explore in this unit:

• Design It! - Design Principles
• Using Sketches
• Inspiration from life - how to draw your inspiration from the world around you
• A Project based on the MCC theme "LOVE"

The Balancing Act (Scrapbooking 202)
A 2 week course focusing on achieving balance in your scrapbooking layouts.

Topics students will explore in this unit:

• The Balancing Act - achieving balance in your pages
• Blank Space, BEWARE! - making blank spaces work for you
• It's the size that matters - photo size that is
• A Project based on the MCC theme "LOVE"

Position, Position, Position (Scrapbooking 203)
A 2 week course designed to give students new ideas for positioning their scrapbook elements.

Topics students will explore in this unit:

• Position, Position, Position - positioning your elements elegantly
• A touching display - how to successfully create layouts with photos that touch each other
• A little goes a long way - using embellishments to full advantage
• A Project based on the MCC theme "LOVE"

The K.I.S.S Principle (Scrapbooking 204)
A 2 week course exploring the K.I.S.S principle as it relates to scrapbooking.

Topics students will explore in this unit:

• K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Scrapper
• Making a statement! - using words to really say something
• Stylin' - developing your own scrapping style
• A Project based on the MCC theme "LOVE"

FREE Introduction - Scrapbooking 101

Start Date:1st of September

Registration Starts: NOW!

Click Here to Register

Course Length: 2 weeks

Cost: FREE

Skill Level: Beginner - Advanced

Pre-requisites: None

I am trying something new in September, I have teamed up with fellow MCC Instructor, Shirley Pando, to build on the FREE course I offered back in June. This time there will be heaps more resources on offer, more games and competitions and more prizes. All this means more FUN. The course will run for 2 weeks with new resources and activities added daily. Register now and get immediate access to the classroom where you will find the forum areas are already active. Start posting now and get a head start on the POST & WIN competition. Your name will go into a draw to win another FREE course. Details of this competition will be revealed in the classroom on September 1st.

False Alarm!

Looks like SNC and Chelle are now staying in business. Yay!

Goodbye SNC

Sadly, today marks the end of Scrap'n'Crazy. Due to some technical issues with web hosts shutting their doors and new hosts that couldn't deliver what they said they could, Chelle has had to make the hard decision to let the website go.

I think I speak for all the SNC girls when I say that this wonderful group will be sorely missed. Chelle has created a fantastic place of support, fun, comfort, joy, laughter, and most of all... great scrapping for us and life will just not be the same again. Thanks so much Chelle and I wish you well in all your future endeavours.

I want to post my latest DT creations here anyway... enjoy

Coming Soon

I am offering a new course in time for Christmas called 'Silly Season Scrapbooking'. I will be presenting lots and lots of projects, tips & tricks and challenges all designed to get you scrapping for Christmas.

Start Dates: 13th of October

Registration Starts: NOW!

Course Length: 6 weeks

Cost: $50.00

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Skill Level: Beginner - Advanced

Pre-requisites: Basic Scrapbooking Skills

MCC Classes

Folowing the success of my FREE Introduction Course - Scrapbooking 101, I am currently offering two comprehensive 4 week scrapbooking courses designed to teach the basics of scrapbooking and then move students into extension activities to take them beyond the basics and into self expression and individual style.

Just the Basics (Scrapbooking 201) Begins July 21st & September 1st

For more information: Click Here

To sign up (you must be logged in): Click Here

Beyond the Basics (Scrapbooking 301) Begins August 4th & October 13th

For more information: Click Here

To sign up (you must be logged in): Click Here

One word... and one word only

I found this game on Shirley's blog and thought I'd give it a go too. The rules are that I can only use one word to answer the questions. Tricky!!!

1. Where is your mobile phone? charging
2. Your significant other? dreamer
3. Your hair? unbrushed
4. Your mother? generous
5. Your father? me
6. Your favorite thing? internet
7. Your dream last night? forgettable

8. Your favorite drink? chocolate
9. Your dream/goal? happiness
10. The room you're in? lounge
11. Your hobby? scrappin'
12. Your fear? spiders
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
14. Where were you last night? bed
15. What you're not? patient
16. Muffins? chocolate
17. One of your wish list items? peace
18. Where you grew up? bush
19. The last thing you did? this
20. What are you wearing? pj's
21. Your TV? ABC
22. Your pets? none
23. Your computer? essential
24. Your life? chaos
25. Your mood? scattered
27. Your car? cute
28. Something you're not wearing? bra
29. Favourite store? any
30. Your summer? busy
31. Like someone? everyone
32. Your favorite color? pink
33. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
34. Last time you cried? movies
35. Who will do this? you!

FREE class at MCC

I have a FREE 2 week course starting at MCC next monday. Why not check it out and join me for some fun including helpful tutorials and presentations, challenges, games and competitions with some great prizes. All you have to do is create a user account with MCC, which is absolutely FREE.

Click here for access to the course

The course will begin on Monday the 16th of June and will run for 2 weeks.

Walk around the Rocks

Yesterday, I went on a walking tour of the Rocks area in Sydney. It was a Year 4 excursion with my daughter's school. I took my camera and got some good shots of the architecture in the area. I thought I would share some with you.

A photo of an old storehouse built by convicts. All those sandstone blocks were hand quarried and shaped by the convicts. Each convict had a differnt way of marking the blocks which was their signature and a way of checking that they did their daily quota of work.

This photo was taken at the site of the ruins of some of the first houses ever built at The Rocks.

The front of the first bank in NSW. Now a Westpac Bank.

This is the front of the Merchant's House which has been turned into an educational resource. The Step Back in Time Tours are based here.

This old door lead down to the underground kitchen of the Merchant's House.

I found this image of the building across the street relected in a window hard to resist.

This is a photo of a doorway on the front of a buiding that was actually a hidden laneway leading to another world of ruins of the first house built at The Rocks.