The March tutorial on Backgrounds will be posted this weekend! If you’d like to get a headstart, read my article on page 74-75 of your new Spring 2011 issue of Canadian Scrapbooker, or you can download a .pdf version here. But please don’t submit your photos yet!
Stay tuned…
will be delayed a few days!
We are in the middle of a server change and to avoid any trouble with lost posts or images, I will be posting the tutorial later this week. Don’t worry – we’ll allow extra time for the delay! But if you want to get a headstart, the tutorial will be on symmetry and patterns – and I’ll allow all photos that were taken between today (Jan 10th, 2010) and the deadline!
Thanks for your patience!
Cheers,
Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Moms out there – wishing you a happy and peaceful day!
Sorry for the slight hiatus in posting, everyone! I have been busy working on preparing my Hands On! photography workshop that I taught at ScrapFest this past weekend – I finally had a chance to meet my very talented and lovely Canadian Scrapbooker teammates, Connie Nichol and Cathie Allan!
Photo by Holly Attfield
Of course, in the process, I neglected to update with some incredible submissions that we have been receiving for our March/April assignment! There’s still time for you to send me yours – wouldn’t you love to take home one of our two prizes for which we are drawing?!?!?
I am working on a post and will have new submissions uploaded by Thursday – thanks for your patience!
And to my ScrapFest workshop participants, thanks so much for an incredible experience! You were a great group! I hope you will submit some of your photos, showing off your newfound knowledge! 
I’d also love to see any photos you may have taken of our class as I didn’t get a chance to snap any!
We will open the book. Its’ pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its’ first chapter is New Year’s Day.
~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce ~
May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through!
~ Author Unknown
Well, things never seem to go as planned around here… My plans tonight to post about a new contest I will be running got waylaid – I had to take my daughter into emerg tonight! After 4.5 hours, 3 ventolin treatments, some prednisolone and a chest x-ray, we’re home – tired but breathing much easier!
So since the contest news will have to wait until later this week, along with the December tutorial and assignment, I just wanted to tell you about this new phenomenon that’s catching on! Since it’s similar to November’s assignment, I thought I’d share!
Apparently, there is a new trend out there called Camera Tossing – it basically uses any camera with the ability to set a long exposure; a couple of light sources, such as two or more candles or lights, and (in my opinion) the dexterity to catch!
Here’s a tutorial from Wired Magazine: Snap A Camera-Toss Picture It also includes a video with more detail. Thanks to my hubby for pointing me to this via Twitter! You can also visit the official Camera Toss blog for lots of examples, or view these on Flickr.
The end results look amazing… but I’d be afraid of dropping my camera! Please share your photos with us if you try it (at your own risk!!)
Happy tossing! 
‘Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
~William Shakespeare
Sue has been behind a camera for more than 25 years, working professionally as a photographer for the last ten years. While she began the hobby of scrapbooking in 2000, as a complement to her photographer career, it soon grew into a rival passion! Sue loves to enlarge one of her favourite photos and make it the focal point of her page, using her supplies to bring the focus onto her photography. She has, in recent years, turned more to scrapbooking "moments" rather than "events", choosing to leave her children more insight into her point of view of their lives.
Sue has been married to her best friend, Gary, for over 10 years and has two children, Connor and Aili. She considers herself very fortunate to be so lucky to work not only for herself, but also to be involved with Canadian Scrapbooker - both of which combine her passion for scrapbooking and writing!
CONTACT SUE: sue@canadianscrapbooker.ca
