Patterned Papers

I have new patterned papers in store and love them.  They are simple and easy to use, with small repetitive patterns and strong colours.  So far I have scrapped three layouts with them and plan to scrap more over the weekend.  Below are the new papers and my 3 layouts (one I shared last week, sorry to post it again).  These patterned papers make up my monthly patterned paper pack that can be ordered as a subscription for 12 months and comes with matching Bazzill Cardstock. All subscriptions come with a complimentary 13th month (postage only).

These papers are double sided and the reverse side is just as great (so far I have used the reverse side more). As you can see I still have plenty of great colours to take advantage of in these papers. Hopefully next week I will have had some time to play more with them. Have a great week.

    

Inspired by a card

Last weekend I had two family members with birthdays. In my usual fashion I had presents and no cards, so rather than run to the shop I pulled out my papers and came up with the two cards below. 

 I was really happy with the colours and simplicity of the brighter card and later decided to use it as inspiration for a layout.

The other exciting thing this week is the new blog some Aussie Girls have put together.  Those of you who love simple scrapbooking will love this.  Check it out here.

This week they posted their first blog challenge.  Below is my interpretation.  Thanks for the inspiration girls.

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back soon with some more layouts.

New Patterned Papers

Well it certainly has been a long time since I have blogged.  Each week time seems to fly past and somehow before I know it we are almost at the end of March in 2011. Wow!!

Every month I pack up a patterned paper subscription and last month when the papers arrived from the wholesaler I was so excited and inspired to scrap.  Below are 2 layouts I have created with the papers from the pack and I plan to do some more, they are so beautiful and easy to use.

The patterned papers used in these layouts come from the Basic Grey Off Beat Range and are available through our website - view here.

Patterned paper monthly/bi monthly subscriptions are also available and come with matching Bazzill cardstock.  Subscribe now to receive March's box.

On both layouts I have made use of some RW laser cut chipboard alphas and in the first layout used the RW Raspberry Whirl 7 laser cut.  I painted all the laser cuts and then added "Glossy Accents" to give them a bit of a lift.  The alphas are great for lettering because you can paint or ink them in any colour you like to tie in with your layouts.  They are available in individual letters or as a set - view here.

Have a great week and I will be back soon.

Lee

A Weekend Away

This week has been spent unpacking from the getaway.  Below are some photos from the weekend and 1 layout I did while we were away.  It was a great time and if you couldn't join us this time make sure you book in early for the next one.


Dates for 2011 - February 11th - 13th
                        - August 12th - 14th
Cost - $300 
Early Bird Special - $290 if booked before the end of August 2010.

To book in email me at lee@rememberwhen.com.au or use the link on the home page of the website.

I never really know what to say when I blog after the getaway so below is what some of the girls said ...

"Loved it. Had a wonderful time and will definitely be back next time."


"Fantastic. I will be back. It was so great to finally get my pages done. It has been such a fun & relaxing weekend."


"This was a fantastic weekend. Will be back next time."


"Absolutely sensational. Gorgeous accommodation, plenty of delicious food, great workshops & heaps of fun all round."


"Love this weekend & will definitely be back next year!!  Food was amazing. It was wonderful spending time with friends scrapping till we drop!!"


"Had a really nice weekend and managed to complete many pages."

The night sky

Evening Scrapping

Daytime Scrapping

THE SPA!!

Workshops

Bazzill Ready and Waiting

And.. I thought I should pop in one layout from the weekend.  I will post some more next week.  This is my daughter at Easter, having her first Easter egg hunt.  Have a great week and I will be back into some regular blog posts now.

iPhone Bazzil Basics App

Yes...even scrapping can be easier thanks to the iPhone!! Hi, it's Diane here and Lee has asked me to call by and share my latest super cool scrapping discovery.

Just recently I was browsing the latest iPhone apps (still a kid at heart...love the free games lol) and low and behold I discovered Bazzil has an app. So being the iPhone/Bazzil fan that I am I bought it. And it really is great. The Bazzil app contains over 500 cardstock colours across all textures. For each colour it supplies details including name, texture, RGB & CMYK value.
So here's a run down of how it works. You can select from 6 options in the main menu.



Cardstock by Name is a list of Bazzill colours alphabetically. Here you can also create the perfect color palette with monochromatic, complementary, triadic, analogous and split-complementary colour combinations.

Cardstock by Colour is a list of Bazzill by colour families.



Cardstock by Family is a list of Bazzill grouped by texture family.

Colormatch a Photo is where you can match a photo to cardstock. This is where the fun really starts!!

Here you can create a palette by selecting the colours you want to use from your photo. Then you can get the names of the cardstock you need.

And there they are all ready to be ordered from Remember When. Now how cool is that!!! In this case I have used a photo already on my iPhone. I was also thinking, if you where scrapping with friends and didn't know what colours to use use then you could snap a shoot of the photo and drop into the colourmatch!!! Again, pretty cool :)


Saved Palates is where you save the palates you have created till you are ready to place your order!


Matchmaker (sorry no single hot men here) is where you can find the matching colours to thousands of popular pattern papers. Including our favourite, American Crafts Backyard.

And finally here is the page I created using my palette for the above photo. The only change I have made to the palette is the background, I have used Kraft.

So if you have and iPhone or are thinking of getting one this is a great app to look into. iPhone apps can be found in the iTunes store. iTunes is a free program you can download here. From here you will find the App store. The Bazzill app is $12.99.

What a great way to help you choose and order your Bazzill colours from Remember When.
If you have any questions pop me an email via Lee and she will pass it on.

Cheers and happy scrapping
Diane

Patterned Papers

I have recently uploaded some new patterned paper packs to the website. Below is last months patterned papers sent out to our monthly subscribers. These come matched with coordinating Bazzill cardstock. These papers are from the American Crafts Bookshelf range and are great. They suit both girls and boys, but I was most excited that they suit boys. In my hunt for patterned papers each month I am constantly on the lookout for papers suitable for those of us with boys. The patterned paper selection seems always to be dominated with girly colours and prints :) Something I enjoyed greatly when my little girl was born.

Emma receives our monthly subscription packs and sent me through three layouts recently that she scrapped using her packs. The first and third come from April's pack and the middle layout uses American Crafts Blue Skies range released in our February subscription pack. Emma has also used a heart lasercut from our RW lasercut range on this middle layout.

Thanks so much Emma for sharing these with me. I especially love the photos of your little boy in the third layout and the way you have tied your colours together with each layout, using patterned papers, fonts and Bazzill. Just for me Emma also used one of the ribbons from our ribbon club subscription in the first layout. It just happened to be a great colour match this month.

Have a great week and I will be back next week hopefully with some pages of my own and maybe some handwritten ones. I was reading Nicole's blog during the week and she has inspired me to grab some photos, put the computer aside and see what I come up with. I am (as many of us are) not a lover of my handwriting and this is going to be extremely challenging for me. So wish me luck and I will see how I go :)

Whisked Away

Thanks for stopping by again. Firstly my apologies for not posting last week, I will explain in a minute and it is the reason for the title today. First however, 2 weeks ago I posted a sketch challenge. Tracey sent through her interpretation, thanks Tracey and below is her layout. What a great memory to have. We have just booked to go to Seaworld so hopefully in a few weeks I will also be able to scrap the polar bears :) As promised Tracey I will send a little goodie pack your way, so keep your eye on the post.

Now for 'Whisked Away'

Last week my husband surprised me with a weekend away in the Hunter Valley. Not only is this one of my absolutely favourite places to go and chill out it is where we were engaged 10 years ago on Anzac Day. This is why the surprise. My fabulous husband organised for us to stay in the same guesthouse, in the same room as 10 years ago. We spent 3 nights there, relaxed, ate great food and wine tasted. Generally just enjoying the peace and quiet of the Hunter Valley. As a result I was packing and not blogging last Thursday night (I thought you wouldn't mind).

Below is a layout I scrapped recently about the Hunter Valley (before I knew of the surprise). The layout came from Cathy Zielske's design your life course and it is one of the few layouts I have scrapped that is not about my children :)

Enjoy your week and next week I hope to have found a little more time to scrap some new layouts and had a play with some new patterned papers we have in stock (look out for them in next weeks newsletter).