May Mother's Day Divalicous Kit

Here it is, the May Divalicous Kit, created by Diva Mel. And as a bonus this month, your kit will include FREE instructions to make all the proejcts Mel has created with this gorgeous kit.

Her work is just stunning, I'm sure you will agree, and as there are only a limited number of these beautiful kits, you'd better be quick. Find them here in the shop and check out your shopping cart quickly so you dont miss out. They are only $24.99 each, fabulous value.

Yummy Goodness in the Shop Now

You will find all the new stuff HERE.

Here's some sneeks to whet your appetite ... pardon the pun (check out the new Teresa Collins ranges hehehe).

Gorgeous rubons from Paper Inklings ...


And the beautiful new Crate Paper ranges - Lilian and Orbit - both with unique die cut papers and embellishments.

And coming very soon is the May Divalicious Kit. Mel has created some STUNNING samples and instructions to comlete all her projects will be included with the kit as a bonus.

Have a look here for sneeks ... with Mother's Day only weeks away, this is one kit you do not want to miss.

Happy scrapping everyone :)

Announcing another winner ...

Another drum roll please ... the winner of our FORUM POINTS COMPETITION is ...

MANDY

followed closely by ...

Karen

Linda

Natalie

The points tally was very close and the positions constantly changed throughout the competition.

Well done girls, and well done EVERYONE - the forum was just pumping and the gallery bursting with gorgeous creations and inspiration.

I truly hope this continues - Divas is such a wonderful community.

Have you seen the latest goodies in the shop??? You must check it all out here.

These "boy" and "girl" CREDIT CRUNCHER kits are a MUST for your stash - $24.99 each INCLUDING postage, that's a recession buster in anyone's language LOL.

There's also cute new goodies from My Little Shoebox and Kaisercraft, including their fabulous clear stamps. Keep your eyes peeled for more new products arriving shortly.

PS. Thankfully, the forum problem now seems to be fixed - apologies for the inconvenience over the Easter weekend. Make sure you pop in and chat with us.

Forum is down

Just wanted to apologise that the forum is down at the moment and my web guys are currently looking into.

Ooops ... CONGRATULATIONS NATALIE!!!

It appears I have neglected to post some very exciting news here ... my apologies ... so without further ado, the big news is ... NATALIE RAYNOR is our Queen of the Crop and Guest Design Team Member for April and May.

Natalie's work through out our Crazy Cropping week was just gorgeous and her overall participation as well earned her this reward. Well done Natalie and a big welcome to the Divas Team.

Natalie has already been hard at work setting the April Colour Challenge and creating samples ... check out out here.

There's lots of new yummy goodies arriving in the shop. Check it all out here.

Credit Cruncher Kits - $24.99 each INCLUDING postage.

My Little Shoebox ...

Maya Road ...

Stay tuned for another VERY exciting announcement coming here SOON ...

Sale Time @ Divas

SALE SALE SALE

Continuing the Celebrations for Scrapbook Divas 3rd Birthday we're having a huge sale.

Dont miss it ... 25% off (excluding new stuff, kits, bazzill) and the Christmas Shoppe has 50% off !!!

Be quick ... find it all here ... http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/index.php

Our Crazy Cropping Week has been a huge success - Queen Of the Crop will be announced soon.

The Forum Points Competition is continuing - you can still register and join in for your chance to win some GREAT prizes.

Find it all here ... http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/forum/

3rd BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.

Well who can believe that Divas is 3 and the new website is now 12 months old. We have lots of new and exciting competition and prizes happening this month.

Its our 3rd Birthday and to celebrate that we will be having a new competition, a week long Crazy Cropping, New Divalicious Kit and of course a Birthday Sale.

THE NEW MARCH DIVALICIOUS KIT is now in store with a RRP of $40.00 there is a great saving of $10.00 for this month.


Diva Rach is busy whipping up some samples using this fantastic Back to School Kit.
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Introducing Crazy Cropping.

COMMENCING ON MONDAY 9TH MARCH AND FINISHING AT MIDNIGHT MONDAY 16TH MARCH 2009

5 challenges, one per day from Monday - Friday.

FRIDAY NIGHT CHAT, GAMES AND SHOPPING.

$10 DIVA DOLLARS for each challenge winner.

Queen of the crop prize awarded to most outstanding participant (must have chatted, commented in gallery, participated in all 5 challenges competently).
The winner will be our Guest Designer for
April and May and receive DT Pack.

for all the details and registration check it out in the forum.
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THE DIVAS 3RD BIRTHDAY FORUM POINTS COMPETITION.

Commencing on the 9th March we will be conducting a NEW FORUM POINTS COMPETITITON with the following prizes

1st Prize Cuttlebug with some dies value $140.00


2nd Prize a Bella Pack valued at $100



3rd prize another pack containing products from Kazazz and from Divas valued at $70.00

4th prize store voucher to the value of $40.00

*Firstly everyone needs to register to be able to participate.
*Registrations will close on 8th March 2009.
*For Further information regarding the points you can check it all out in the forum.

This is the new collection of My Minds Eye papers that are now in store and can be found here along with some very cute embellishments.

Valentine's Weekend Challenge 2

Hi again girls, here's your second challenge for the weekend. 3 criteria ...

• Single photo
• Journalling ... about why you love the subject of the photo - the photo can be of anything you like, a person/people, a place, an object etc ... and I'd like to see a decent amount of journalling (can be in point form, or a block of text, journalling strips, hidden etc)
• Distressing and/or paint

Happy scrapping ladies and dont forget to have your entries uploaded to the Divas Gallery by midnight on Wednesday 18th February to be in the running for a RAK.

It's a weekend of LOVE

For those of us who aren't being whisked away for a romantic weekend by our significant other, here's something to keep the "love" alive ... a few scrapping challenges.

I will be posting 2 challenges this Valentine's weekend which are due to be uploaded to the Divas Gallery no later than midnight on Wednesday 18th February.

Michelle will have a little goodie bag for one lucky, random winner. You must complete both challenges to be in the draw.

Happy scrapping ...

CHALLENGE ONE

Create a layout/card/OTP/ATC using the monochromatic colour scheme of RED.


Easy peasy :) Look forward to seeing your creations.

Go here to chat with us on the Divas forum.

Go here to checking out our gallery and upload your entries.

pinch and a punch!!

Its the first of the month, and that means new challenge time!!!

We have started a whole new set of challenges, 5 in total.

All challenges begin on the first of the month and are due on the 28th.

Winners will be announced in the newsletter and here (as well as the forum) on the first of each month.

Introducing:

Scraplift the Master - a new challenge by Diva Mel, showcasing a layout design for you to copy.

Creative Cards Challenge - another challenge by the talented Mel, showing you some card making techniques and samples to use as inspiration to create your own.

Colour challenge - this will be brought to you each month by our current Guest Design Team Member, and will be just that, a challenge to use a set of colours on your layout.

A Year In Review - another new challenge, by myself (Rach), which is a sketch and sample for you to use to help create your yearly journal pages.

Challenge Tuesday Twists - a bit of a sketch/blind challenge - this challenge will be given in several parts throughout the month, building onto top of a basic sketch and colour criteria.

Lots of prizes up for grabs, so why not enter all of them!!!

And if thats not enough to keep you going, there is also another challenge - a book of me, run by one of our forum members, MillyMolly. A great way to record things about yourself for your family to look back on in years to come.

Follow the links to check out the criteria for this month. And remember, this year at Divas, we are concentrating on simplifying our scrapbooking and getting layouts done and into albums.

Love, love, love

Love is in the air at Divas - Have you checked out the shop? It is filled with 'LOVE'

All projects made using, new Teresa Collins and Little Yellow Bicycle range. Check out the free online classroom blog for instructions for the heart pouch. It is filled with chocolates ready for someone special

CHALLENGE # 3

Happy Australia Day everyone!!!!!!! What are we all getting up to today.

The 3rd Challenge for the weekend is

"WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AUSSIE".

The only criteria for this challenge is there needs to be some journalling and you need to use the colours RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

CHALLENGE # 2

Well I have to be out early in the morning so I am posting this tonight LOL

CHALLENGE NUMBER 2 FOR THE AUSTRALIA DAY WEEKEND IS A LETTER CHALLENGE. AND THE LETTER IS OF COURSE A.

So you can start by using products and topics that start with the letter A. The categories that could be used are products, techniques/tools, topics, words, embellishments.


Products – Autumn Leaves, AMERICAN CRAFTS
Techniques, tools – acrylic stamps, aging
Topic – Autumn, Anniversary, AUSTRALIA DAY
Words – AUSTRALIA, always, arrive, accomplish
Embellishments – acetate, acrylic, arrows, anchors
Colours – aqua, Avocado, apricot
Use this list as a jump start. Combine them, use one category or all of them

CHALLENGE NO: 1

Ok for the first Australia Day Weekend Challenge the theme is "GREAT AUSSIE SONGS". Here are some examples to get you thinking.

Great Southern Land
I come from a land down under
I Love a sunburnt country
Redback on the toilet seat

I want you to incorporate a GREAT AUSSIE SONG into your layout

I want to see some of the GREAT AUSSIE SONG in your journalling on the layout

I want to see some Green and Gold

AUSTRALIA DAY LONG WEEKEND

Welcome to 2009 and I thought I would start using the blog more so to kick off the long weekend I will be posting an Australian themed challenge each day of the weekend commencing tomorrow for you all to have a go at.

Everyone that enters will go in the draw to win some Tim Holtz Alpha Grungeboard valued at $34.95 for 26 sheets of alphas.

All challenges need to be posted in the gallery in the Scrapping Themes gallery http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=65
by midnight Sunday 1st February 2009 and there must be at least 4 entries for the prize to be given.

Divalicious November Kit

This fantastic kit designed by Diva Rachael is now in store for $35.00. you can also purchase a coordinating cardstock kit to go with it.

http://scrapbookdivas.com.au/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=759

Here are also a couple of the layouts done by Rachael Merrick.

PRODUCT OF THE WEEK TILL THURSDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2008 IS 15% OFF KAISERCRAFT PRODUCTS.

Online Auction for Girls Night In

SCRAPBOOK DIVAS AND THE “GIRLS NIGHT IN” PRESENT THE DIVAS ONLINE CHARITY AUCTION TO BE HELD FROM SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER TO SUNDAY 26TH OCTOBER. ALL MONIES RAISED FROM THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE “GIRLS NIGHT IN” AND THE FIGHT FOR WOMENS CANCER.


DESIGNERS - Rachael Merrick, Melleny Ams, Marion Werron, Jen Hall, Charmane Koch and Nicole Pomeroy. All these great girls are well published and have given their time for this event and I would like to sincerely thank them.

CONCEPT— Bid on your favourite designer and if you are the winning bidder your designer will be completing a layout just for you.

WHERE— www.ebay.com.au

Further details with the link to the items on ebay will be forthcoming the night before the auction begins and will be posted in the Scrapbook Divas forum.

So come along and donate some much needed funds to raise awareness of all women’s cancer.

Mel's Online Class

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