Download project pages

To download the project pages presented by Melody and Christy at ScrapPink this month, click on the 'ME' image. Please note that the file is extremely large so make take some time to download.
We hope you have been inspired by these two creative ladies and that you finish your album and share it with those people special to you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made ScrapPink such a successful event. We hope you all enjoyed Christy and Melody's project and all those fabulous giveaways and prizes!

We'll be posting their project pages soon, but in the meantime, enjoy these photos!

Updated list of what to bring:

Christy and Melody have added a few extra things to the list.

You will need:

• Acrylic Block (if you have one or organize to share with a friend)
  Adhesives
  Circle punch if you have one (otherwise will have to cut small circles with scissors)
  Corner rounding punch
  Double-sided tape
  Inks -what ever colors you have.(but the best colors that would match the papers are brown, pink, red, cream, teal, green/olive)
  Liquid glue
  Paper trimmer or cutting knife & mat
  Reading glasses if you need them as some of the work is detail work
  Sandpaper or sanding block (you will receive a nail file in your kit and can use this if preferred)
  Scissors
  Sewing needle
  Small hole punch
  White opaque pen
  White thread/embroidery floss in white, brown, pink, red

Directions to Vodaworld

• Take the New Road off-ramp on the N1 highway


• Follow this road up to Lever Avenue


• Turn right into Lever Avenue


• Follow road up to Vodaworld Boulevard


• Turn right into Vodaworld Boulevard


• Proceed to Gate

Info for ticket holders

ScrapPink is just around the corner. If you haven't got your ticket yet, hurry to your nearest Computicket or book on-line. There are still a few tickets available.

For those of you who have booked, here is some important information:

Entry to ScrapPink

Computicket Tickets MUST be produced at the event in order to gain entry. No ticket - no entry.

Agenda
· 08:00-09:00 – Arrival (Tea, coffee & muffins on arrival)
· Dr. Carol-Ann Benn, well known JHB breast surgeon – Talk on breast health
· Melody Ross & Christy Tomlinson to start project
· Lunch
· Afternoon tea & coffee break
· Lucky draws to take place throughout the day
· Day ends at 17:00

Project
Complete 12 pages of a Scrapworks 8x12 Anthology album with selection of paper & embellishments from sponsors:
· Making Memories
· Cosmo Cricket
· GCD Studios
· Scrapworks
· Wilpro
· Worldwin paper
· Seven Gypsies
· Chatterbox
· And loads more

What to bring
To enjoy the day you will need the following basic goodies:
· Ruler
· Adhesives
· Brown chalk
· Journaling pen
· Double sided tape
· Cutter
· Corner punch
· All the goodies you just can not do without

Bring your wallet: Come and shop at the Scraptifity shop where you will be able to buy anything some of the latest products just launched at CHA in America.

PLUS raffle tickets will be sold with a HUGE hamper worth over R5000 up for grabs!!

Scrapbooking shops supporting the event

Visit these Scrapbooking shops to find out how they are supporting Canon ScrapPink:

Art & Craft Rhapsody - 124 Jacaranda Centre, 18th Avenue, Rietfontein, Pretoria
Beautiful Scrapbooks - 22 Bantjies Street, Rhinefield, Benoni
Chana's Crafts - Corner of Thomas and Edison street, Menlopark
Craft Therapy Workshop - Shop 22, Palm Plaza, Spoorwyk Street, Brits
Creative Obsession - Shop 13, Riverwalk Centre, Nelson Mandela Ave.
Jenny's Arts & Crafts -Montana Corner, Shop 4, C/o Zambezi & Dr Swanepoel streets
Jimnettes Arts & Crafts -Shop 26, Lynridge Mall, Lynwoodweg, Lynwoodrif
Maridadi Arts & Crafts - Shop 4, Boulevard, Centurion Mall, Centurion
Paper Tales - Shop 3, Crossroad Centre (Behind Medical Centre), Verdi Street, Melody, Hartbeespoort
Scrap&Stamp - c/o Escourt & Stanger streets, Ladies Lane, Centurion
Scrapachino’s - Shop 42 A Boskruin Village shopping centre, Hawken & Pres Fouche, Boskruin
Scrapbook Emporium - Shop 109 Level 1 Design Quarter, Cnr William Nicol & Leslie Ave east
Scrapbooking Cafe - 56 Killian Laan, Cindarella Boksburg
Sweet Scrappin's - C/o 24st lane & Pierneef Street, Valeria, Pretoria
The Scrapbook Trading Co - Cedar Square Shop U3.5 Corner Willow & Ceder Ave
The Scrapbook Company - Shop 9, Brooklyn Square, C/o Middle & Veale Streets
Your Scrapping Shop - 35 Sherwell Estate. Sherwell Ave. Gurdwood str. Boskruin

BCAM

October has arrived and it is international Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM). Support BCAM by purchasing your ScrapPink ticket and join us on 8th Nov. We promise it will be worth it and you'll be supporting the Breast Health Foundation and it's education programmes in rural areas.

HOPE has just returned from a fun filled trip in Cologne with Michelle Janse Van Vuuren, Canon SA's Marketing Manager. Looks like everyone enjoyed meeting HOPE on this Rhine River cruise.

Inspired

Here's some inspiration from the HOPE mini album Jowilna made a few months back. Here I used all my old scraps of paper and the finished album really looked "hand-made". In fact it almost resembled a bit of a patchwork which is what I loved about it. Not all the pages were the exact same size, it wasn't perfect, it wasn't straight and neat and tidy. That's why it was so much fun to make.

If you're a perfectionist, this may drive you crazy but I challenge you, to once in a while, hide your ruler, and just cut! It's liberating!

Ticket price reduced!

Yup, you read correctly. The ScrapPink ticket price has been reduced! We know that everyone is suffering from increased petrol prices, interest rates and general living expenses. So we're making it even more affordable for you to meet Christy and Melody and be part of what will be a truly memorable day. Hope to see you there!

Created by women for women

Check out Canon's newest POWERSHOT E1 camera.

Designed by women for women, the new 10 Megapixel PowerShot E1 meets the needs of every girl. Compact enough to slip in the smallest of handbags; it’s the perfect camera for taking top-quality pictures and fun movies with minimum effort. And with a palette of three luscious shades - White, Pink or Blue - to choose from, there’s a model to suit every wardrobe.

The PowerShot E1 uses clever Canon technologies designed to capture your friends’ smiling faces in extra-sharp, colourful detail – whether you’re on the beach or enjoying a night out. A range of 17 different shooting modes includes Easy Mode, which allows even complete beginners to take great photos with ease.

And if you’ve taken a shot that deserves framing, you’re in luck - with10 Megapixels’ worth of detail, you can turn pictures into fantastic poster-size prints.

Key features
Compact, stylish 10.0 Megapixel camera in three colours (White, Pink, Blue)
4x optical zoom with optical Image Stabilizer
2.5” LCD screen, plus real-image optical viewfinder
Great people shots with Face Detection plus anti-blur technology
Movie mode for spontaneous video clips

Ask your local Canon stockist about this funky new camera.

Melody & Christy meet HOPE

Melody & Chrsity with HOPE at CHA, Chicago, Aug 2008

ScrapPink at local scrapbook shops

If you are anything like our ScrapPink team, we can't wait for our big event to get here, so to help us bide our time, we decided to bring ScrapPink to you a little sooner through some local scrapbooking shops.

These shops will be offering ScrapPink classes with a special project which will also help us with our fundraising efforts.

If you think your local scrapbooking shop would like to support ScrapPink through these classes, let us know or ask them to contact us. Remember it's all for a great cause!

Attend a ScrapPink Class before the big event at:
Scraptifity(Fountainbleau)
20th Sept, 4th Oct, 11th Oct, 18th Oct, 25th Oct
Scrapachinos (Boskruin)
27th Sept
Scrapbook Trading (Fourways)
Dates coming soon
Sweet Scrappins (Pretoria)
Dates coming soon

Delightful project just for YOU!

Charlene has designed this delightful little box. Make it, change it, be inspired by it!
Send us an email if you'd like the notes for this project!Happy Scrapping!

Busy, busy, busy!

ScrapPink class hosted at Scraptifity

It's been hectically busy these past few weeks, so much so that we haven't even managed to post the photos from our first ScrapPink class at Scraptifity - better late than never though. So here is some feedback from the class and soon we will be able to start telling you about more ScrapPink classes being hosted at other scrapbooking shops between now and November! All very exciting!

L-R: {Jowilna & Tanya with HOPE}, {The ScrapPink class}, {HOPE checking out stuff!}

Thanks to Jowilna Nolte from Imagine Magazine who taught the class - and wow - what a project. I think I can safely say that every single person who attended, loved the class and the project PLUS 15% of the sales from the class have been donated to ScrapPink. We're raising funds for a great cause and every bit helps!


L-R: {ScrapPink friends, Lorraine & Charlene}, {Erika, Tanya & HOPE}; {ScrapPink project}

I was so happy to have breast cancer survivor, Erika, in the class. I gave her one huge BIG hug because she's been on a tough journey through chemo and everything else that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis. She and many other breast cancer survivors are the ones who have motivated me and inspired me to make ScrapPink happen. What amazing, amazing women you all are. Then there are those who have been through the journey, fought the battle and said goodbye to us.

Smiling because of Lella

I want to mention another dynamic, awesome woman, Lella Cullingworth, who after her breast cancer diagnosis, lived for many years. She made a real difference to many women's lives, wrote a book about her breast cancer journey, made people smile, made them cry and never complained about anything. Her strength and determination to make her life fulfilling and also help other patients was truly remarkable. Sadly Lella decided that her battle should come to an end. I won't ever forget Lella and my heart goes out to her hubby Brendan and their two boys. So Lella, ScrapPink is for you too, because you always made me smile.

{Lella Cullingworth}

HOPE makes some friends

HOPE joined us at the Your Family Creative Craft Show last weekend and together with our ScrapPink team, would like to say.....THANK YOU.... to everyone who supported us at our stand. HOPE got to make friends with a whole bunch of photogenic kids, like the two girls with their bunnies and some Scrap-a-holics! We raised R10,500 for PinkLink, our beneficiary, through our hamper raffle tickets. Raffle tickets are still up for grabs at only R20 per ticket. It contains a Canon Powershot camera and Selphy portable printer plus loads of scrapbooking products. It's a growing hamper. We'll add to the hamper every month and then give it away to some lucky winner on Saturday 8th November. Hamper raffle tickets can still be bought at Scraptifity.
We had the Canon Say Cheese guys taking photos of those people who visited our stand, printed in 55 seconds and then put into a cute paper frame! What fun!
Here's HOPE with ScrapPink Founder, Tanya Bennetts and new friends, bunnies and all! Plus here's HOPE with one of our loyal supporters and scrapbooking friends!

Special class in aid of ScrapPink

Imagine Project @ Scraptifity

For those of you wanting to do the gorgeous project on our ScrapPink blog! BOOK NOW it is happening on Saturday 12 July @ 14h00.

Cost for project kit : R250
Plus a percentage of sales at Scraptifity on Saturday 12 July will be donated to ScrapPink.

Scrapbookers support Breast Cancer Awareness .... Join us for a wonderful class presented by Jowilna Nolte
Phone 011 793 3300 to book your space

Creative Art and Craft Expo

Visit us at the ScrapPink stand at this year's Creative Art & Craft Expo, 4-6 July 2008, Emperor's Palace, Johannesburg.
This a very affordable expo with entry to the expo only R30!
We've got a fantastic hamper to raffle - for the expo ONLY. So come and say hi and buy a raffle ticket or two. You could win a Canon Selphy ES1 compact photo printer and scrapbooking products worth over R3000!!! All proceeds from the raffle go to ScrapPink's fundraising efforts for PinkLink.

What's the Canon Selphy ES1 printer?

This handy little photo printer sits vertically, like a small toaster or transistor radio and takes up very little space on a desk.

The ink is conveniently integrated in one Easy Photo Pack cartridge (the paper and ink come in the pack!) Print in colour and black & white. Print up to 50 colour photos without changing the cartridge.

It's easy to use -simply connect your digital camera or camcorder via the built-in retractable USB cable or insert your camera's memory card into one of the card slots available. Wireless Printing Print photos from compatible mobile phones using wireless IrDA or the optional Bluetooth adaptor.

The dedicated Creative Print button makes it easy to personalise photos with speech bubbles and incorporate your favourite shots into albums, calendars and Multi Layout prints.

Thanks to Canon and Scraptifity for sponsoring the Hamper! See you at the Creative Arts & Crafts expo!

Christy's style

So, as you know Christy is coming to ScrapPink - she has even told the world she's coming on her blog! So we're posting a couple of her layouts so you can get a feel for her style. What do you think?

Isn't it simple, clean and fresh? I love her handwriting.

Speaking of handwriting, I came across my Heidi Swapp "love your handwriting" book and realised I was only halfway through the exercises. If you haven't seen the book, Heidi gives tips on how to improve your handwriting. I want to "love" my handwriting, but for some reason I "hate" it. Are you like me?? I think I'll post some tips from the book to inspire anyone out there who is in need of "loving" their handwriting too.

HANDWRITING TIP # 1: use your own handwriting (good place to start!)

Many of us have more than one style of handwriting - probably cursive and print, hurried and slow, depending on what we are writing. If you're like me (Tanya), you scribble down your shopping list in a hurry, but take care and time in writing in a birthday card. Look at the difference in style and then play with those styles. Find a notebook to practice in. Write slow. Write fast. Write messy. Write neat. Write BIG. Write small. Just write! We are all so used to email that we never get to write much these days. So here's my challenge JUST WRITE whenever you can this week. Practice your styles in a notebook, write a letter, journal and enjoy it. I promise to share my practicing with you!

Canon printer in a bucket

Sharing precious moments is fun and easy with Canon's exciting new SELPHY compact photo printer.

Make printing photos at home fun and simple in 3 easy steps: connect your camera or memory card, select the photo you want and print!

Bring the photo lab into your scrapbooking room or take it with you to your scrapbooking classes. With no need for a computer, SELPHY produces quick, convenient, lab quality, 6 x 4 photos directly from compatible digital still cameras, memory cards and some mobile phones.

More about this printer coming soon!

Hope mini album from Imagine

Welcome to Imagine magazine, our supporting Media Partner to Threads & Crafts magazine. Imagine is published by Studio J and what a delicious scrapbooking mag it is! It's got a coffee table book feel to it and the photography is wonderful.

Editor in Chief, Jowilna Nolte has designed a special little project just for our ScrapPink blog visitors, it's in the spirit of ScrapPink, bringing hope, meaning and warmth to our lives - and ofcourse it's a pink project, but you can really use this project with your own favourite colour combo's.

Thanks Imagine and Studio J for your support to ScrapPink!

This is a perfect mini-album to use all those leftovers after you have created a double page layout. This is exactly what I have done. And because I love using left-overs and utilising every piece of stunning paper I have, I created this album pieced together with all the pink pieces of paper and embellishments I could find in my stash. Create a base for your album and punch some holes in the side lining them up with the base of your album. Add the pages together, then add a Plexiglass front cover and bind the album together with book rings. Decorate the cover using cardstock letters and embellishments. Finish off the album inside by adding meaningful quotes, This is the perfect album to complete for a friend in need of support, someone recovering from breast cancer or a just because album showing your appreciation. Find inspiration in everything you do and create a album of hope for someone in need. Have fun! Jowilna

It's official - USA scrapbook designers

Yup, it's all official and we couldn't wait to tell you that.....

Christy Tomlinson

&

Melody Ross

are coming to share their meaningful moments and creativity with YOU at ScrapPink!

Christy Tomlinson

Christy Tomlinson has always had a love for design and art specially with fabric, textures, papers and colors. When she was introduced into scrapbooking almost 12 years ago, she immediately took to it because it combined her passion for art with preserving memories of her growing family. Christy has worked as the marketing and educational director for Chatterbox, as an Contributing Editor for Better Homes and Gardens, Scrapbooks Etc. Magazine and also as a designer for Making Memories. She has traveled and taught at many events throughout the US, Canada and Brazil, including Creating Keepsakes CKU events and BHG's educational events. Last year, Christy along with the help of her husband, Ben, started an online monthly kit club, Scarlet Lime, that specializes in putting together unique patterns, colors, textures and more to create one of a kind scrapbooking kits. Scarlet Lime also creates exclusive stamps, papers and embellishments each month that are included in their monthly kits. Christy's enjoys spending downtime with her 6 children and hubby, Ben. She also has a love for reading, camping with her family and photography.
Websites: personal blog www.christytomlinson.typepad.com
Scarletlime website: www.scarletlime.com

Melody Ross
Art has been a part of Melody's life since she was a girl. She became involved in art and business organization sin high school. Shortly after graduating, Melody started selling original painted pieces and artwork to boutiques.
Melody started Chatterbox from her home in 1997, which grew to a multi-million dollar company within a year. Melody is an extremely talented design, artist, and photography. Her designs are well-known around the world as timeless and beautiful. Melody is also the author of various idea and technique books.
Melody and Chatterbox have been featured in many magazines and books including, Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's World Entrepreneur, Woman's Day, Martha Stewart Living, and Prentice Hall textile Design Book.
Website: personal blog www.melodyross.typepad.com

HOPE in Paris

Bonjour! (hello!)

HOPE has just returned from a quick visit to Paris where she managed to spend a warm and beautiful Sunday afternoon in the Jardin des Tuileries. this is Paris's most central garden. It connects the Louvre (the museum which houses the famous "Mona Lisa' painting, with the Place de la Concorde.

Jardin des Tuileries

Jardin des Tuileries is one of those parks where you can grab a chair for free and sit wherever you like. It also features several fountains, two large basins, numerous sculptures and two museums, the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume and the Musée de l'Orangerie, which displays Claude Monet's large water lily paintings . Those two buildings are the only remains of the original Palais de Tuileries.

You can see the Eiffel Tower from the Park and walk from the Louvre, down the Ave Champs Elysee (famous for it's shops!) right down to the Arc de Triomphe.

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower at night

The Louvre

On the Champs-Elysées with Arc de Triomphe in background

Unfortunately HOPE didn't have time to go shopping on the Champs-Elysees but she did manage to have lunch in the Park and enjoy all the sights!

5 Minutes to Life

As you know, PinkLink is ScrapPink's beneficiary for 2008. We're proud to be associated with this breast cancer education and advocacy organisation.

Breast cancer kills more women globally than any other cancer. Breast cancer is colour blind. Traditionally this disease was thought to primarily affect older women but is fast becoming an epidemic amongst younger women.

The solution lies in early detection and treatment.
Visit the Pink Link 5 Minutes for Life webpage where you will be empowered to better understand your potential risk for breast cancer. It will guide you as to which risk factors exist for breast cancer and how to do self examination. The 5Min For Life Breast Risk test is private and absolutely free. Take it now...

HOPE visits Italy

Our little pink "Sperare" (that means Hope in Italian) enjoyed the sights of Rome and sparked many conversation's with Italians and other tourists about ScrapPink. She learned some beautiful Italian phrases which she believes are relevant for you scrapbookers and particularly breast cancer patients and survivors.

Come sei bella - How beautiful you are.

Siate felici - Be happy

Sia forte - Be strong

Here she is at some of the world's most ancient sites.

Trevi Fountain
Rome
(Image: Canon Ixus 70)

The Trevi Fountain is the largest — standing 25.9 meters high and 19.8 meters wide — and most ambitious of the Baroque fountains of Rome. The fountain at the juncture of three roads marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome

Colosseum
Rome

(Image: Canon 400D)

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. Construction started between 70 and 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus

Pompeii
near Naples

(Image: Canon Ixus 70)

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman in the Italian region of Campania.
It was destroyed and completely buried, during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days on 24 August 79 AD.
The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under many meters of ash and pumice, and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is one of the most popular tourist attractions of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Watch this space for photos of HOPE's next adventure!