Hannah has Hope

Meet Hannah, an inspiring friend of mine, who is about to spend the rest of the year in Cambodia. As I was scrapping with this month's Songbird Avenue kit, it inspired me to think of Hannah, and we on the creative team would love to let you know about her.

Why would a 24 year old, artist, chaplain and surf rat farewell the golden sands of Australia for the steaming jungles of Cambodia?

Because Hannah has hope.  She hopes young girls who have been sexually abused and exploited can be healed and empowered.  She hopes that one person really can make a difference.  She hopes that strangers around the world will help support her.

Armed with a camera, laptop, a passion for social justice and a reckless sense of adventure, Hannah invites you to come along for the ride…

Here are some ways you can help Hannah throughout 2010:

• Put your hands together and pray– click here for latest prayer requests.
• Become Hannah’s pen friend – or ‘e-friend’ to be more accurate.  Email her encouragement, brownie recipes, amusing jokes and pictures of the ocean.  Ask Hannah to put you on her mailing list and stay updated on her adventures.
• Party with Hannah and her friends – come to a fundraising event before Hannah leaves and to the fabulous festivities that are to come throughout the year. Here's the latest event!
• Buy some art– your friends will think you’re cool.  All proceeds from the sale of Hannah’s art will go towards her living expenses and supplies. Click here to see what’s on sale now.
• Make a donation– Hannah's paypal link is on her site.

I'm so in awe of what Hannah's doing and hope that you feel inspired to scrap a little about the amazing people in your life!

PS Love the kit? Check out Songbird Avenue!

Join Me For Some Sweet Talking!

We’re kicking off a month-long challenge at one of my favourite sites today … the Sweet Talk Journaling Challenge at Log Your Memory!

I hope you’ll come over and check it out today… there will be an entire month of scrapbooking challenges with a focus on “real life” journaling, plus the chance to earn points and prizes along the way! And if you’ve never visited before, you’re in for a treat! We have a wonderful group of friendly, helpful scrapbookers just waiting to say hello and show you around!

Get started by visiting the Log Your Memory Blog HERE and get ready to journal your way to becoming a Log Your Memory Sweet Talker!

(And tell them mshanhun sent you!)

Our Heart is with Haiti

Songbird Avenue and 56 of the most talented digi designers have come together to bring you a charity collaboration kit in support of Haiti's earthquake victims. The proceeds will go to Doctors without Dorders. Songbird Avenue has raised over $36,000 for various charities since opening in 2007.

Port Au Prince will be available for one month only, beginning on February 1st.

Scrapping Resolutions

Are you thinking about your scrapping aims for 2010?

My words for the year (yeah, I couldn’t get it down to 1) are simplify and complete. In my scrapping that means I’ll be aiming for simplicity in my pages, stash organisation and completed albums. Last year I printed this one – check it out!

Click here to view this photo book larger

I’m hoping to finish a few photobooks this year. One for my baby girl and one for 2009 in review. If you are planning to print off an album or two this year, why not join in the challenge at Scrapbookgraphics I hear there are surprises for completing a photobook! Let me know if you have any scrapping resolutions this year

If you like the idea of a year in review album there’s some free templates from Jessica Sprague here and some ideas at the Daily Digi

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ringing in the new year with a smile! | songbird avenue

I love the colours in the new charity kit from Songbird Avenue. It matches so well with our recent family photo portraits.

Here’s the blurb on the new kit!

ringing in the new year with a smile!

We hope everyone is having a lovely first few days of 2010! We’re so excited to debut our first kit of the new year with you! We’ve teamed up with Kari Hentzelt of Scrapbook-Bytes to bring you an oh-so-happy kit full of sparkle and lovely designs!

“Smile” is our January collaboration and all proceeds this month will benefit the Make a Child Smile Organization. Check out our sponsor page to get to know a little more about Kari.

Stop by the site to see the new kit and take a peek at our inspiration gallery for lots of lovely layouts for our creative team members. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

ringing in the new year with a smile! | songbird avenue

a gorgeous end to 2009 | songbird avenue

The December 2009 kit is in the shop and wow…it is stunning. You simply cannot miss out on this beauty!

I scrapped a shot from Christmas 2006 with this kit, but it is great for all sort pages, not just Christmas!

a gorgeous end to 2009 | songbird avenue

I’m on the Songbird Avenue creative team!

I’m honoured to be on the creative team for Songbird Avenue, scrapping to raise funds for Charity. If you want to read about me then see my profile. Here’s the announcement from the Songbird Avenue blog:

I’m so happy to get to introduce you to the lovely ladies who have been working so hard behind the scenes at Songbird Avenue! We have an amazingly talented creative team and we are so excited to have them here with us, sharing their inspiration with you. Be sure to check out their Quick Page pack in our store. Now let’s get right to it, shall we?

We’ve also updated our creative team page! Be sure to visit and check out everyone’s bios. They’re so much fun to read! You’ll be seeing a lot of these ladies as they show off our kits each month. And don’t forget to check out our inspiration gallery to see all of their amazing layouts!

We hope you have a lovely day

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