Home for a visit.

We are back in Australia on our yearly home leave trip. I've been catching up with lots of people which has been great but tiring. I got to meet Kerryn and Trudi on Friday which was awesome. They are both so sweet and it was so nice to meet them since I have known them online for such a long time. I got to see a couple of layout in real life too. They always look different than in pictures. Both Kerryna nd Trudi do amazing work. Time to lift my game a bit I think.

I had my hight school reunion on Saturday night which was incredibly strange but a lot of fun. It was great to see my good friend Leisa and her beautiful new baby. I also got to see lots of old friends which was really nice.

Lots of people have been saying that they keep an eye on my blog. I didn't know if people were still visiting since i've been so busy and therefore slack, but it seems they are, so please leave me a comment, so I know you were here and I promise to update more often.

I have pictures, but haven't taken them off the camera yet, so I will share those soon.

Free Class

I have just opened up a brand new FREE class at http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/ (look in the papercraft section)

There's no catch, it's completely free. It's an introduction to a full course that I am runnng in May.
It's using a template from The Crafter's Workshop.
The class is available right now and will be for about a month, so I hope to see you there.

Here's the ad for the full class.


We are off to Australia on Friday for about a month. I hoep to see as many people as I can while we are home. I have so much to do before we go though, so I better get back to it.

General update

We booked our flights for our trip home. I'm looking forward to eating a lot. We can't wait for meat pies, lamb sandwiches, silverside, sausages, ice break (that's for Michael) chocolate of course, and I'm sure plenty of other things too. I have my good friend Nic's weddinig while we are there, as well as my high school reunion. No idea what I will wear to either yet. I'm looking forward to seeing my friends Tania and Leisa from school. Kyan is counting the sleeps til he gets to see all his grandparents, and I'm sure they are equally as anxious, especially since 3 out of 4 of them have not met Cameron yet. The boys are both good, althoguh Cameron is having a bit of a whinge fest at the moment. I wonder if he is having a growth spurt.




I headed out to take a few photos today. It's definitely getting towards Spring. I found lots of flowers to take photos of. I'll upload them to my photography blog over the next few days once I have had a chance to edit them.

I have been busy trying to get lots of jobs done now beofre we go away. I've put a couple of new classes up at MCC.They are both projects and I have special offers on both of them at the moment. One you can do for just $10 and the other one you can get for FREE (conditions apply) Check out the site for the details.

Kyan has been doing more and more artwork lately. I'm trying to do some with him plus he does some at playgroup and at the Y, so I am putting together an art journal for him. Each time he brings something home, I photograph it and am putting together an album. It wont be scrapped. Just photos with a label. I've been doing some for a friend as well, and hope to do some more around the place.

Challenges

Two new challenges went up around the place this week. The new Out From Behind the Camera challenge is up at www.iamascrapaholic.com. The challenge is to scrap your best physical quality. Here's my sketch and my layout.




The new Dt challenges are also up at www.2croppincousinz.com I did Kerryn's challenge this month. It was to use only black, white and green. Here's my sample.


The challenges are open for submissions on both sites.

MCC Classes
I also thought I would list my upcoming classes and dates for www.mycreativeclassroom.com This is a plan, and is subject to change.

March 24th Page Plans for Cardmaking - 2 weeks- Enrolment open NOW
April 7th Baby Shoes Keepsake project -1 week
April 14th Tempting Template Techniques. (This is the Crafters Workshop one) - 3 wks
April 21st Scrap Storage project -1 week
May 12th Flower Frenzy - 10 ways to make 3D flowers. - 3 weeks
May 19th Creative Photography ideas for Scrapbooking - 2 weeks
May 26th One Sketch, many ways -2/3 weeks
June 2nd Countdown Calendar (re-run) -1 week.

If you are interested in possibly taking any of these classes email me at aliciabarry@mycreativeclassroom.com and let me know which ones, and I will send you a reminder when enrolment opens.

New class

Just a quick post to let you all know that I have opened up a new class at www.mycreativeclassroom.com It is using my sketches for card making. Don't forget that Aussie's can play too, since you complete the class in your own time.

Here are some projects I have done for www.iamascrapaholic.com




Cameron is doing well. He smiles whnever he sees us, and even if we ask him to a lot of the time. He is starting to giggle a little bit.He's not sleeping right through the night, but he does go straight back to sleep after his feed. Kyan started Playgroup last week, so that he can hang out with some kids his own age. He seems to like it so far, especially since they have Thomas toys there.

Michael is currently on his way to Cape Canaveral. He had to go to Florida for work, and it turned out that they happen to be launching a space shuttle tonight, so he is very excited. It's something he has always wanted to see. He's taken all the camera gear, so hopefully he will have something to show for it when he comes back.

2CC March kit.

The new DT have started at www.2croppincousinz.com and they ahve done a great job with the kit this month. Here are my offerings. The layouts are part of an 8x8 mini album all about Michael, which I made just by tying some page protectors together. The 3D elements are all on the outside of the plastic protectors.

We have made some changes to the forum, with a new kit area. If you haven't been over to the site for a while, come and check it out. There are a stack of new sketches there too.









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Come join my class

My countdown calendar class at [url]www.mycreativeclassroom.com[/url] will be closing soon with the class starting on Monday. You don't need a particular kit for this one.

For those who haven't checked out the format of MCC, the classes are online, but are not like most where you have to be online at a particular time. Sections will be revealed one at a time and you simply jump online and complete each part when it suits you. Gotta love the kind of flexibility.

The calendar is built on chipboard pieces for strength and you have the option to add ribbon to the top to hang it on a wall. Here's a pic:


Go here to see the info:http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/ then look down the left side for Organisation and you can get to the description from there. I think that you might have to register for the site to be able to see it, but it's free and there is no obligation.

If you happen to be a member of any of my DT forums, check out a post on the board for a special deal.

CHA layouts

Not only was Laura lucky enough to go to CHA last week, AND win a bunch of very cool Making Memories prizes, but she took the time to take a picture of my layouts at The Crafters Workshop booth in case I wanted to see. Here's my little piece of fame for the year. Thanks Laura:)

Challenges and Design Teams.

Pam Sandy, one of my fellow instructors at My Creative Classroom is running a sketch challenge on her site featuring one of my Page Plans. Check out the details here.

I'd like to congratulate the new 2008 design team at 2 Croppin Cousinz. The new team is:

Marcie Morgan -Head designer

Jessica Chastain

Renee Clark

Celeste Brodnik

Kerryn Fry

Amanda Laboy

plus I have been asked to stay on as Senior designer which I am very happy about.
Thanks to Renee, Donna and Kelly for a great year.

Photography blog

I have started doing some online photography classes in an attempt to learn to use our camera properly. I have also started doing a couple of photography challenges over at 2peas, so I have set up another blog just for my photos. Feel free to check it out, but please remember that as far as photography and photo editing are concerned, I am very much a beginner, so please be nice:)

Have a look here: http://barryfreezeframe.blogspot.com/