Getaway

The getaway was last weekend and it was great. It started Friday afternoon and ran through until Sunday afternoon. It was located at a fabulous conference centre on the Central Coast of NSW - Noonaweena. While they have 2 houses on the property to cater for different groups you would never know there were people in the other house. We do not share the house we are in with any one over the weekend which is great. There are plenty of places to escape to if you need time to yourself or some peace and quiet (the spa included). All rooms have their own ensuite so plenty of privacy as well :).

I loved meeting new people and seeing all the different ideas everyone had to share over the weekend. This time I found the weekend particularly inspiring as people scrapped layout pages and off the page projects. With permission, next week I will share some with you. Everyone joined in the workshops and aside from scrapping enjoyed the spa and generally relaxing in the gorgeous surroundings and peaceful atmosphere that Noonaweena has to offer.

There was certainly a lot of laughing over the weekend I look forward to sharing future getaways with the new friends I made this weekend and also others who would like to join us. Below are just 4 photos from the weekend. I have left out any of people just yet until I make sure everyone in them is happy for me to share them with all of you.

During one of the workshops on the weekend we talked about using magazines to find inspiration and layouts and how one layout can be used over and over again. Below are 3 pages I scrapped from the original layout. The first one directly uses the layout with all the spaces being the same as the original. In the second and third I combined some of the spaces to make larger areas for photos, paper or journalling. The first two pages started out as 8.5 x 11" pages and I mounted them on black cardstock to make it a 12 x 12" layout for my children's albums. The third I changed the dimensions of the original layout to make it a 12 x 12" page.

On the second two layouts I have used lasercuts for the titles. Over the weekend being with others and scrapping you inevitably learn new things. Sometimes, being the mother of 2 young children I can live with my head in the sand and this was one of those times. The girls shared 'Dimensional Magic' with me and I just love it. It has been around for some time now, but somehow I missed it. So... the lasercuts have been inked and then had Dimensional Magic put over the top to make them glossy and add an extra dimension. I am sure that I will be back next week with more layouts using it :) (Now that I have my own!!) and no - for the girls away with me I didn't make my husband stop on the way home (trailer and all) to get it, I went out on Monday.

Please stop by next week and I will share the mini album we made over the weekend.

Have a great week and if you would like to join me for the next getaway in July - email me or reserve your place through the website by ordering the getaway.

Happy Easter and I hope you all enjoy the Easter weekend.