CISter's Santa Scrapping Workshop

The Santa Scrapping Workshop kicks off tomorrow with lots of great workshops and Kaz's layout class on Sunday night! You can purchase access to all of this great stuff here, all instructions will be up until christmas to give you plenty of time to work though it. In addition to the class workshops include

- A Brag Book Mini Album
- Quick and Easy Christmas Solutions Workshop
- Pretty'ing up the presents
- 10 Amazing Christmas Cards Workshop
- Glass Coaster Workshop
- Wall Clock Workshop

Hope to see you there :)

Cybercrop Winners

Hiya...hope that you are having a great, relaxing weekend and getting a bit of time to scrap.

Just wanted to say a huge congratulations to all our cybercrop winners from last weekend.

• Challenge ONE winner - WendySmith with her gorgeous '1 thing I know' LO.
• Challenge TWO winner - Julie with her gorgeous LO 'Ghostly Hugs'
• Challenge THREE winner - Kells with her gorgeous LO 'A bit cute'
• Kiddies Challenge Winner (random) - Dane (Dee's son)
• Random Participation Winner - Linda
• Non-Scrapping Challenge Winner - PJ
• Bingo Winner - Kate
• Bingo Random Winner - Megan
• Hangman Winner - Dee and Wendy Smith
• Scavenger Hunt Winner - Kathryn aka Clueless
• Gallery Comments Winner - Dee

And the winners of our little blog comments comp are Nae and Linda! Nae can you PM Kaz with your Addy and Linda PM me and we'll send you a RAK each in the mail :D

Also gotta say a huge congratulations to the new CISter Stylish Sketch Blog DT

• Marni
• Nae
• Tam &
• Terri

Well done girls, can't wait to see what you come up with to inspire us each week!

I gotta let you in on a little secret, that Kaz has been up to something great for you all --- so keep your eyes on the forum for something new and inspiring with a bit of a challenge for you all!

Jolene has added some GORGEOUS new Fancy Pants to the store...YUM!

Til next time, Happy scrapping

Tatum xx

New new new!

Gotta love Thursdays as it is my catch up day here at home :)

I have been checking out the latest sketch and example LO's over at the sketch blog ... have you been there yet? It has just been updated with a gorgeous Sketch by our CISter Linda :)

I have spent the afternoon uploading new rubons to the store. They are just gorgeous and unbelievably well priced!!! Make sure you pop over to our new section and check them out as they are sure to sell like hot cakes!!

What is even better, follow this link ------------------> right here, if you like what you see and leave us a comment to tell us 'what' exactly it is, I'm giving away one for free :)

I'm off to fiddle with a monthly pack, catch you all later :)

xoxo Jolene

Midweek Update!

Hiya CISter's!

It was great to see so many of you over the weekend at the cybercrop, both new faces and old! Voting was hard because there were so many gorgeous layouts to choose from! Don't forget to vote for your favourite layouts, you have until midnight! You can check them all out in the gallery here!

Can't wait to see you all back at the next CIS Cybercrop will be the weekend 10th January 2008! A perfect chance for you to have a bit of me time after the silly season draws to a close!

Speaking of Christmas have you signed up for the CISters santa scrapping workshop yet? You can purchase access to the weekend of scrapping classes and workshops here. All the fun is happening on the weekend starting November 23rd and you will have access to all the info until Christmas eve to complete your gorgeous project!

At the moment in the store you can purchase kits for Marni's Brag Book Workshop here ...be quick there is only one left!...and all the paper and embellies you will need for Tatum's 10 Card Workshop...plus there are plenty of leftovers to make more!

One last reminder....how are you going with your Smokin' hot kits? Don't forget that you need to have your layouts using this gorgeous kit in the gallery by the end of tomorrow, 15th November, for your chance to win that gift voucher!

Happy Scrapping Girls!

Upcoming Cybercrop and a little Blog Launch Competition!

Hi Girls!

Just wanted to remind you all about this weekend's Colour my World Cybercrop over at Crafting in Style!

Hints for Challenge one are up and Kaz has the words up for Friday night Bingo madness! I heard that the sketch for this month is the same one that will be featured on Sketches Oz so you get a double chance to win there!

To celebrate the launch of the DT blog we are giving away a couple of RAK's...how do you get one you ask? Well, it is pretty easy, leave us a comment to say hi and we will pop all the commenters in the hat and randomly draw some winners, how easy is that! We'll give you until Monday lunchtime, same time you have to have you cybercrop entries in by!

Looking forward to catching up with you all on Friday night!

Have you checked out the new CISter's Computer Tricks yet?

Jolene some awesome lessons and challenges to help the CISter's out with learning how to use photoshop!

You can find a run down of this ongoing course here.

Jolene is putting up some great prizes for the ongoing challenge part and everyone who gets in and has a go is a winner.

The first two lessons are up for November. In the first one you will learn about printing oversize photos. The second lesson teaches you about altering photos to B&W. Instructions are for both Photoshop CS and Elements. If you are quick you can get in and work through these lessons to give you some great photos to work with for this weekends CIS Cybercrop!

'til next time, Happy Scrapping!

Welcome to CIS November Guest DT Member - Terri Holbrook

A big CISter Design Team welcome to Terri Holbrook who is joining us this month.

Jolene asked Terri to share a few things about herself with us --

-1.How would you describe yourself?

I would say I am a emotional person. By saying that I mean I lead with my heart rather then my head. I am a very loyal person to those close to me.

-2. How did you discover scrapbooking?

When I was getting wedding invitation quotes. I had seen scrapbooking around & loved how it made the photos look 'pretty' but I really wanted to do it for myself. Also my counsellor at the time suggested it as a means to deal with some stress issues.

-3. Why do you scrap?

For the creative outlet & to preserve my families history in a very aesthetically pleasing way.

-4. How would you describe your scrapping style?

Bitsa...bits of everything LOL Someone once described it as Punk Rocker/Grunge/Vintage all rolled together.

-5. How long have you been scrapping for?

2 years now...it only feels like yesterday I started this addiction oops means hobby.

-6. What is your favourite scrapping technique?

Inking/Sanding. I can not get enough of it.

-7. If you could only choose one brand of scrapping products, what would you choose?

If I could choose one brand of scrapping product it would have to be Basic Grey hands down. Their range is extensive & covers both boys & girls. The only things they lack are paints &/or inks...but with their pp you can do anything that you would with those anyway.

-8. Who do you look at for inspiration in the scrapping world?

My girlfriend Sarah Gladman definately. I am always in awe of her work. Other than that all the wonderful women I see on the forums..they are truely inspirational.

-9. Where do you get most of your inspiration from in order to scrap?

My kids! Without a doubt without them my scrapping would seem empty. Product is important in the process but without the subjects it would be pointless.

-10. If you aren’t busy scrapping, what else do you love to do that you find relaxes you? Reading!! I love books. Everyday I try to find 30 minutes to just sit & read. I enjoy music & movies just as much as scrapping. Usually I combine them together anyway lol.

Terri has set a fantastic challenge this month, which you can find here!

View Terri's CIS Gallery Here!

Look out for more of Terri's work at Crafting in Style this month, especially at the colour my world Cybercrop next weekend!