we welcome to the team…

Hi everyone, I am sooooo excited to be here.  My name is Debbie Lawrence and I have been married to my wonderful husband Ashley for almost twenty years.  We have two sometimes wonderful children - Megan and Blake, who are of course my main scrapping inspiration.  We live in beautiful Bayside Brissie, the best place in the world. 
I was introduced to scrapping in 2004 when my daughter started preschool.  I don't really have a style, I tend to just go with the flow, though I find I just cannot do white space.  My pages tend to look unfinished unless I have filled them with lots of different patterned papers and lots of little embellishments.  And I also rarely use cardstock, but I do love a bit of Kraft.  However I would say my style involves clean lines, and I also love a good sketch.   I have a great scrap space in our office, so I can scrap whenever I get the bug and leave everything out until I am finished.
The main reason I scrap is for the "me" time.  I love the process of constructing a layout, the shopping, the wonderful friendships I have formed and the pages I create.  I love that I am leaving such lovely memories for my children to look back on. 
You will find me at http://debbielawrence.blogspot.com/
Kellie met Debbie at the Brisbane Expo recently and thought she would be a perfect fit for our team…so I am thrilled that on contacting Debbie she has agreed to inspire us with her beautiful work… if you are curious about what sort of layout she has install for us pop over to her BLOG

back to inspire

Cheers everyone. I am Wendy Smith, and I live in Tasmania with my husband Duncan, my 2 boys Charlie(5y) and Angus (4y), our 2 dogs Barkley and Max, and our cat Jazz. I have been scrapping since 2004, and just love this craft as it enables me to release creative energy, as well as preserve precious memories for years to come. I have always been a crafty kind a girl, and since finding scrapping I cant picture myself doing anything else.

I would describe the kind of scrapbooking I do as masculine, bright, layered, and clustered. I love using everyday photos as these are the moments and events that I like to capture and remember. I love trying out new techniques and products, and get very excited when the postie van arrives…LOL

I am thrilled to have Wends back on the team…You may or may not know that this girl has a special place in my life as Wendy and I are sisters and I just had to have her on my team (or she would have whinged… no really…lol) I love her boy pages they are super bright and fabulously embellished check what she has up her sleeve for us in the coming months pop over to her blog for some fabulous inspiration… MY HEAD SPACE

joining the team…

Kim Arnold… I am married to my wonderful husband Gary and we have one son, Benson. We live in the northern beaches of Wollongong in Australia – I think one of the most beautiful places on earth. I discovered scrapbooking when I was pregnant with Benson and haven’t looked back since.

Scrapbooking to me is a wonderful combination of storytelling, beautiful photos and creativity. I am fortunate that both my husband and I have a keen interest in photography so there is never a shortage of photos to scrap. I think the story that accompanies the photos is so important and I love to use handwritten journaling to record these stories. I also love to use layers on my layouts, whether that is with paper, inks, transparencies or embellishments, I think that layers add so much interest to a layout.

As a way to record my stories for when I have time to scrapbook them, I started blogging. I love this means of sharing stories and ideas with family and friends as well as keeping memories to inspire future layouts. My blog is www.kimarnold.typepad.com.

I am a 2009 Scrapbooking Memories Master and currently serve on design teams for American Crafts, Jillibean Soup, GCD Studios, Inspired Blueprints and Storyboard Kits. I am so excited about participating in Scrap the Boys!

I am really happy that Kim has agreed to share her inspiring work with us on Scrap the Boys as I love her clean approach to scrapbooking. If you are interested in the type of work she will be sharing with us over the coming months be sure to check out her BLOG…

inspiring you soon …

Hello Hello :) My name is Louise Nelson and I reside in Adelaide, South Australia.
I’ve been scrapbooking for nearly 5 years now, and I get more passionate about this arty craft every year!! LOL. I started out as 12 x 12 scrapper, using mainly white Bazzill, but now I'm more 'into' scrapping in either 8.5 x 11 or A4, and I’m loven my Kraft cardstock. My style STS, has changed and evolved somewhat, and you could probably call it freestyle to some extent, and maybe a little 'arty'. I must confess, I do something scrap related almost every day; oh and I am a seriously avid blog lurker, and keen 'challenge/sketch' scrapper.
I would like to welcome Louise to the team as she has been one of my favourite scrappers for some time now… I wish I was able to do what she does with paper and stash… If you would like to check out her work in anticipation of what she has is stall for us in the coming months her blog is here…. AN UNINTERRUPTED VIEW
I will be introducing more of our inspiring team over the coming days so pop back or follow us so you don’t miss a thing….we are also on facebook.

No Girls Allowed

No seriously...how does this blog work? So as you can tell there have been a few changes to scrap the boys ...we are now a challenge blog offering prizes donated by our generous sponsors every month. All you need to do to enter is send us a layout that you have created using the month’s criteria specifically and exclusively for the blog challenge.

The challenges are going to be boy orientated and may stretch your preconceptions of what is "done" on a boy layout some months. The only stipulation we have is that the layout has to be about "boys". It is acceptable for you to appear in the photo with your boys as they wouldn't be here if it weren't for their mothers...isnt that right...and we love to scrap us and our boys!!!

Once you have created the layout you upload it to your blog or online gallery and leave a link here back to using the link widget. Then simply leave us a comment on the challenge thread and we will pop over and check out your amazing work.

At this stage ...all prizes are generously donated by Australian online stores and therefore eligable entires are only accepted from within Australia....but please feel free to play along for fun if you are internationally based (we are hoping to have international prizes soon)...just be sure to pop your country next to your name on the link... ie. Susan Longman - AUS.

Every month there will be 2 challenges... one each fortnight... challenges will be loaded on the 1st and 15th of the month. All challenges will be due at the end of the month to be eligable for the prizes...

We will also be offering "Boy" swaps every month (these are strictly for Australian participants in order accommodate postage) ...swaps will open for sign up on the 5th of every month and be due by the end of the month...more details will be available monthly on the post.

December Entries and Winners

Quiet month on scrap the boys with only 4 entries...so I am posting the winners and entries all in 1 post this month...here are the winners and the entries I recieved:)

Kellie Lusted - Our cheeky angel Congratulations Kellie you have won a $20 store voucher from Annas Craft Cupboard

Cookie Aguilar - angel Congratulations Cookie you have won a $20 store voucher from 3 Angels Scrapping

Melinda Thompson - angels?? hmm...

Brigitte van der Linden - Rudolph and the Angel This has been my loast post on the Scrap the Boys challenge blog for a while. I would like to thank everyone who has supported the blog both with challenge entries and sponsorship...happy scrappiness everyone :)

WINNERS!

Better late than never I say...congratulations to the November Winners...

1st prize - $20 store Voucher from 3 Angels Scrapping goes to Deborah Michell2nd prize - $20 store Voucher from Annas Craft Cupboard goes to Melinda Thompson 3rd prize - Boy Kit from What Is Old Is New Kits goes to Mazlina Md Yusoff
4th prize - $20 store voucher from Scrap a While goes to Vikki Benoit

What is up for grabs this month?

1st prize - $20 store Voucher from 3 Angels Scrapping
2nd prize - $20 store Voucher from Annas Craft Cupboard

December (and last) Challenge

This month will be our last month on Scrap the Boys...due to personal commitments I am no longer able to continue the upkeep of the blog. I would like to thank my team/s for all their hard work over the last year...it has been a pleasure working with such talented ladies.

Also thanks to all the stores that have sponsored over the time the blog has been running without their support I would not have been able to offer such fabulous prizes every month.

This months challenge is Christmas related...

Is your Boy an Angel or a Grinch?
Here are the beautiful layouts from the CT ...

Anna - my Angel

Aphra - bedtime angels

Hannah - angels or grinches

Hayley - Where is my Christmas Angel ?

Kerryn - Christmas Angel

Linda - from Grinch to Angel?

Monique - lil* Angel

Nadhrah - My Raya

Pia - Christmas Angel

Wendela - Angels

Wendy - Angel Eyes

last of the entries

Melinda Thompson - Bed Buddies
Anette P. Nielsen - Pure Boy

Tere Azua - hey dog ! Laurel Seabrook - A man's best friend

Hanneke Nauta - Puppy Love

Brigitte van der Linden - Snips and snails and puppy dogs tails

Vikki Benoit - mud, muck & stuff Julie Pearce -Little Boys Amanda Reddicliffe - Snips and Snails

Lisa Kamphuis - Play

gorgeous entries

Mazlina Md Yusoff - Cute Cubs

Lisa Hidy - doggone Cute

Deborah Michell - It's a boys world

Tonia Rhodes - snips and snails

Orange pack winner!

The Winner of the pack is

MELINDA


CONGRATULATIONS
please email me your address!

Keep you eyes on the POSTIE!!!...and a chance to WIN

Here is the end result of ther ORANGE swap...thanks for taking part Girls!

If you like what you see and would like to be in with a chance to win a SPARE pack (due to one person pulling out), leave a comment here. I will be drawing out a random name next Friday 2oth November.