Join me for Layout a Day

Do you want to get more scrapbook layouts done this year?

YES? Of course you do! Why not join me (over 300 other scrapbookers) in February's Layout A Day.

 

Layout a Day is a month long event that will leave you with a stack of completed layouts, tonnes of inspiration and even some new scrappy friends! I've been invited by Lain to provide some help for digital scrapbookers in the class - so even if you are new to digi you'll be able to participate!

Join me for LOAD!

Are you looking for something to help you get into your scrapbooking for 2012?

Here’s what you’ll get:

• 2829 daily prompts on the topic of Past Perfect: Looking Back to Look Forward -
• 28 29 daily videos
• Private message board
• Private gallery
• Interviews with cool scrappy folk (guest stars announced soon!)
• PRIZES -Inspiration, fun, and companionship galore!

All this for only $30! Sounds good, doesn’t it? Here’s what others have said about Layout a Day:

“Sometimes my inspiration chamber is empty. I struggle to put together a layout, any layout and cannot manage it. With LOAD, I get inspiration, a fired up group of supporters and no chance to sit around and contemplate. It is a great way to push myself to focus and enjoy scrapping again.” – Jana “The community is so supportive… I’ve ‘scrap-accomplished’ more in LOAD & YSM than in any of the other online classes attended. Perhaps I’m getting more savvy or, more likely, our fearless leader keeps it simple and real.” – Rita

If you want to join me - I've got a special deal just for you!

Sign up to LOAD and receive my Photo Fixes for Real People photo editing workshop as a BONUS gift (valued at $20). That's right - you get more than double the value for your purchase! Get your photos looking great with just a few quick edits. All you need to do is click here to sign up to LOAD, then forward your receipt to me and I'll email you Photo Fixes for Real People!

Hoping to see you in February! Melissa

PPS Don't forget to Register now!

Take 12

I just wanted to share my layout from January!

Credits: The kit is the exclusive member kit you get on joining the Digi Files and the template is part of the Take 12 Template Pack from Ella Publishing

What is Take Twelve?

The goal of the 2012 Take Twelve Project is to take 12 photos on the 12th day of each month for a full 12 months—and scrapbook them! You can join in the fun any month of the year, but we hope you'll join in starting January 12. Get the scoop at ellapublishing.com/taketwelve.

Learn more about the history of the Take Twelve project and see Ella’s FAQ section.

Melissa

PS Have you got the free Ella Sampler ebook yet?

Mozzies attack

On the 28th of November 2010, I started writing this post…

On the 21st of Januray 2011, I wish I had followed my own advice.

I was innocently waving goodbye to Phill’s brother at about 9pm last night, just 5 mosquito bites made me violently ill. Was the busy week, pregnancy and tiredness as factor? Perhaps?

Over the years I’ve found the insect repellents to make me itchy, ineffective and I come up with hives anyway. Then I found Bayer’s roll on repellent! Then they discontinued it!

Aerogard Odourless pump pack is my weapon on choice now. I can wear it happily for several hours.

Tips and tricks

• Don’t go outside after 4pm without bug spray on! (Especially near water, damp gardens or on humid nights)
• Do allow yourself to be ‘rude’ and stay inside rather than wave goodbye (reminder to myself – I often forget this! No one really minds if you say goodbye at the door)
• Do drink lots of water
• Do take it slowly
• Don’t let people convince you the mozzies aren’t all that bad!

I am thankful for my husband, mum and the locum Doctor who cared for me. I am thankful I didn’t end up in hospital.

Take 12 Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Melinda T who commented over at Digital Scrapbooking HQ (I did a random drawing between this post and the one over there!)

What is Take Twelve?

The goal of the 2012 Take Twelve Project is to take 12 photos on the 12th day of each month for a full 12 months—and scrapbook them! You can join in the fun any month of the year, but we hope you'll join in starting January 12. Get the scoop at ellapublishing.com/taketwelve.

Melinda’s Prize: Take Twelve Guided Inspiration Kit

This Take Twelve Guided Inspiration Kit is packed with photo-taking ideas, beautiful photo examples, useful checklists, bonus project ideas, alternate approaches, and more to inspire the photos you take—making it easier than ever to preserve important slices of your life in pictures.

And on top of all that, you'll also get a full toolkit to help you complete 12 unique and inspiring scrapbook pages, featuring 12 photos each! Those tools include expertly designed sketches, layout ideas, journaling lists you can instantly print and use, and page titles and mini-calendar accents to boot.

Learn more about the history of the Take Twelve project and see Ella’s FAQ section.

Melissa

PS Have you got the free Ella Sampler ebook yet?

Want to learn about digital scrapbooking?

Calling all digital scrapbooking newcomers!

• Do you want to get started digital scrapbooking?
• Are you upgrading to Photoshop Elements 10 and want to learn the most efficient way to get a page created?
• Wanting to participate in LOAD using digital layouts without spending your whole time fighting software?
• Do you open up Photoshop Elements unsure where to start?

I’ll give you the essentials you need today – in under 20 minutes!

To read more and see 4 short video tutorials to help demystify Photoshop Elements 10 head over to Layout a Day and find out about the only 4 tools you'll need to get started.

Ella Publishing Giveaway and BIG NEWS

I’m beyond excited to share the news that I’m an Ella Friend!

Ella Publishing is an ebook publisher for the scrapbooking industry, and has absolutely gorgeous ebooks! If you haven't yet check out any of their books - why not head over and pick up their Free Super Sampler?

I’m joining Elizabeth Dillow (Ella Friends Ringleader)…

And 11 other talented ladies (that’s me – top right!)

This year you can expect to see lots of awesome Ella inspiration over here on the blog – starting with today’s giveaway!

Take 12 Giveaway!

How do I win?

I’ve got one awesome Take 12 Inspiration Pack to give away – just leave a comment by 8pm EST on the 11th of January to be in the running! I’ll do a random drawing and contact you later that night (morning my time!) with your access to the Pack.

What is Take Twelve?

The goal of the 2012 Take Twelve Project is to take 12 photos on the 12th day of each month for a full 12 months—and scrapbook them! You can join in the fun any month of the year, but we hope you'll join in starting January 12. Get the scoop at ellapublishing.com/taketwelve.

Your Prize: Take Twelve Guided Inspiration Kit

This Take Twelve Guided Inspiration Kit is packed with photo-taking ideas, beautiful photo examples, useful checklists, bonus project ideas, alternate approaches, and more to inspire the photos you take—making it easier than ever to preserve important slices of your life in pictures.

And on top of all that, you'll also get a full toolkit to help you complete 12 unique and inspiring scrapbook pages, featuring 12 photos each! Those tools include expertly designed sketches, layout ideas, journaling lists you can instantly print and use, and page titles and mini-calendar accents to boot.

Learn more about the history of the Take Twelve project and see Ella’s FAQ section.

Good luck!

Melissa

PS Don’t forget to leave your comment to win!

On the twelfth day of Christmas

Well it’s the 13th day of Christmas I guess and the tree is down…

Emily and Daddy went to Carbatec and Bunnings

We got our new Robomaid up and running (Oh the pain of waiting 12hrs while it charged before trying it!)

Emily didn’t seem too upset about the tree being down, as we had pre-warned her for a few days. She really enjoyed helping put the decorations in their boxes.

You are never too late! Memory Logbook 2012

Think it's too late to start recording your memories for 2012?
Never! Last year I didn't get to start my logbook till late January and I still love 2011's Logbook and all the stories I recorded!
 
In an aim to simplify my life in 2010, I decided to combine my scrapping ideas, monthly round-up, diary and journal into one and so the Memory Logbook got put on my wishlist for Christmas 2009. My husband bought the printable version for me and it sits on my desk. After 18 months later, I’m using the new half-year printed version, and still loving it! I’m planning events on the notes pages, smashing bits and pieces of receipts, business cards –writing my monthly summaries for a quick and simple overview of our year, events and snippets of life for future journalling and being inspired by the weekly challenges. I created a whole scrapbook album in 5 weeks using my Memory Logbook to prompt the journalling and help me find photos.

For 2011, I printed my own copy from the downloadable version and created my own cover and dividers.

I'm a big fan of the Memory Logbook having used is for the last two years, and this year I'm on the design team!The 2012 edition is more streamlined than ever and I've already started recording my memories in there!

Here’s my video review of the Logbook and Challenge Book

See the Memory Logbook and Challenge Book in the flesh!

Want to learn more?

Here’s some more information from Log Your Memory

:

2012 Memory Logbook  Our one-of-a-kind journal, idea keeper, sketchbook and planner created especially for memory keepers!Useful for jotting down memories, thoughts & ideas as they occur in one easy-to-find place. Handy for later reference when scrapbooking or as your primary source of documentation, with room to jot down a daily gratitude or goal list, your food or fitness log, sketch layout ideas, attach photos, journal about your day, track your schedule, or just about anything else you wish to remember, track or log.
Use the 2012 Memory Logbook alone or as the perfect companion to our Real Life Scrapbooking Weekly Challenges books!

Real Life Scrapbooking Weekly Challenges: Time Capsule 

Capture your everyday real life through a complete year of memory keeping inspiration based on the theme: Time Capsule.

Through our 52 Weekly Challenges, each beginning with a list of possible inspiration objects from your everyday life and supported with a list of questions to help you think about potential related stories, you will develop the habit of looking around you to find the inspiration for your memory keeping.Get added inspiration from the 52 never-before-published sample scrapbook layouts created by our awesome 2012 Memory Logbook Design Team, including both paper and digital scrapbook pages by designers hailing from 10 different countries!Get even MORE inspiration from weekly blog posts from those same designers throughout 2012, including behind-the-scenes looks at how they created their sample layouts and additional ideas to help you tackle each challenge yourself!
Check out Kindle edition: Real Life Scrapbooking Weekly Challenges

Familiar with prior Memory Logbooks?

Take note of the changes for 2012…

• The Memory Logbook and Weekly Challenges are now two separate items… Use the 2012 Memory Logbook as your journal/calendar and our Real Life Weekly Scrapbooking Challenges with our new Time Capsule theme to get the inspiration you’re used to finding each week.
• Purchase of each of the above books entitles you to special access on our website with extra resources to help you make the most of your book(s). This includes an email feed for Weekly Challenges book owners which will replace our current Memory Minder service.
• In addition to our downloadable and coil-bound editions, we are now offering the Memory Logbook in a loose-leaf, unbound version for those of you who want the convenience of binding, rearranging or otherwise customizing your logbook without the hassle of printing it yourself.
• All editions of the Weekly Challenges book are in FULL COLOR!!
• The print version of the Memory Logbook now includes monthly tabbed dividers with small pockets for holding memorabilia, questionnaires and other loose items.
• All editions of the 2012 Memory Logbook are full-year, and the calendar pages contain no holiday listings to better accommodate our international friends.

Want to start right now?

Did you know you can instantly download a PDF copy of the 2012 Memory Logbook today? You can print it out yourself and get started today!

Need a little more incentive?

For every purchase of the Memory Logbook you buy I'll give you a free workshop from my selection at Digital Scrapbooking HQ.

Just email me a copy of your receipt to melissa @ mshanhun.com

I hope you enjoy using it as much as I have!
Melissa

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Boot Camp Perfect: Scrap Happy Blog Hop

Welcome to the Scrapworthy Lives Scrap Happy Blog Hop.I've been loving reading Stephanie's blog about the Scrap Happy project over at Scrapworthy lives, so I was thrilled when I found out she's got a blog hop going. You have probably found me from Kiss and Tell Scrapbooking.

This month the theme is:

Boot Camp Perfect

This month we are looking at all the of the Happiness Project ideas and implement a few of them during the month. Here’s some things that have stood out to me from this series in 2011:

PS Want more Scrap Happy goodness?

• Buy Some Happiness: Indulge in a Modest Splurge. My Cameo arrived yesterday! Scrap Happy Blog hop: Buy some happiness #New52

• Contemplate the Heavens.  Keeping the big picture in mind helps me stay positive!Scrap happy blog hop: Contemplate the heavens
• Pay Attention This is part of my One Little Word this year – Focus. Pay Attention: Scrap Happy Blog Hop
• Pursue a Passion I’m doing this over at Digital Scrapbooking HQ and the December Daily podcast so many opportunities have come my way because of it!
• Keep a Contented Heart. Oh this is such a big one – I already have so my and just need to Keep a Contented Heart.

I think my aim to focus on whatever I’m doing will take me a long way towards happiness – being present in the moment.

What have you learned through the Happiness Project? Or about happiness in General in 2011?

Head over to Scraps & Sass for the next stop in our journey.

In case you get lost, here are the rest of the blogs:

• Kiss & Tell Scrapbooking
• Melissa’s Blog
• Scraps & Sass
• Scrapworthy Lives Slice of Life
• Take a Picture and Remember This
• This Kalil Life
• Your Memory Connection
  

Here’s to a happy 2012!

Melissa

Enjoy this post? You may also enjoy Lisa Day’s Journey to Happiness What Matters Most class at Big Picture.

What matters most in your life? Have you really taken the time to think about the answer to that question?

“We will be working towards celebrating and creating a life
dedicated to focusing on what matters most to you!”
- Lisa Day

In Lisa Day’s latest workshop, you’ll spend four weeks setting up creative action plans to make sustainable changes that will help you focus on and stay true to what matters most. In class you will create two layouts and two mini albums which can be used as a guide to creating and celebrating a life – never losing sight of what matters most.

Do you want to make some changes in your life so that you can experience greater happiness and really focus on the things that truly matter to you? The journey to happiness is an on-going process, but with a clear focus, you can enjoy that journey every step of the way. Only $19 for the class!

 

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One Little Word: Wrapping up 2011 and my new word #OLW Blog Hop

Welcome to to my stop on the One Little Word blog hop for January. If you’ve come from Tere’s blog, welcome! The full list of blogs is at the end of this post.

 

I’ve got quite a few pages to update you all since my last One Little Word post.

 

I mixed October and December’s posts in together to break up the text and photos and fit in my smaller format album.

 

I have a little video of my finished album here:

My One Little Word 2011 Album

 

Here's the slideshow of my One Little Word album in process over the year:

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

 

Did you know we have a OLW flickr group? Join us here

 

What about 2012?

My word for 2012 will be Focus.

I’m easily distracted (Phill would say that’s an understatement) and with another addition to the family on the way in May, I feel like this an aspect of my life to work on.

More posts about my One Little Word adventure:

• One Little Word September Blog Hop
• One Little Word August Blog Hop
• One Little Word July Blog Hop
• One Little Word June OLW Blog Hop
• One Little Word April Self Portrait
• One Little Word–My album so far
• One Little Word 2011–Grow
• One Little Word 2011

About the Class

Ali Edwards sends out monthly emails with a prompt for the month and you just complete it as you are inspired to throughout the month. Did you know that the One Little Word class is open?

Want more OLW inspiration?

Check out Nicki’s Blog

Here’s the rest of the stops in the One Little Word blog hop:

• Margie  http://xnomads.typepad.com
• Cheri http://cheriandrews.blogspot.com
• Veronica   http://www.veronicanorris.typepad.com
• Kara  http://iwannabemewhenigrowup.blogspot.com/
• Rebekah http://istampscrapcraft.blogspot.com/
• Sharyn  http://www.LaVieEnChic.com
• Jill    http://jillconyers.com
• Lynn   http://www.crafty-creativity.blogspot.com
• Monica http://scrapinspired.com/
• Lisa http://backtoallen.com/writers_blog
• Cynthia H  http://paperpapereverywhere.blogspot.com
• Lee http://thelinarstudio.typepad.com/embracelife/
• Abbey http://athomewiththerichardsfamily.blogspot.com/
• Monica B http://www.questtoperfectimperfection.blogspot.com
• Nikki  http://www.inkyart.com.au
• Tere http://terecontodomicorazon.blogspot.com/
• Melissa S http://blog.mshanhun.com – you are here
• Nicky  http://seejanebake.blogspot.com
• Stephanie  http://www.scrapworthylives.com/
• Jenn L  http://www.studiojenn.blogspot.com
• Cindy http://seriousplay.typepad.com
• Amanda http://scrappnbee.blogspot.com
• Sam http://learncreatedo.wordpress.com/
• Jan http://mysimplelittlelife.typepad.com
• Jamie http://jmpgirl.blogspot.com
• Karen http://breathenowsmile.blogspot.com/

Thanks again to Margie for organising this hop!

Happy hopping!

Melissa

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