So, a bit has happened...

Hmmm, I'm really not so good at this blogging thing...  When I last wrote, I had finally started on my 'Explore' Shimelle class...  I didn't get any further than that (yet)...  Shimelle had another class coming up which I'd been reading other people's comments about - and they were all EXCITED!  

Learn Something New Everyday (LSNED) is a Shimelle class that runs each year, in September (when the kids in the Northern hemisphere go back to school)...  It's a chance for Shimelle fans to 'go back to school' too and start learning something new every day...

Well, I was hesitant, I loved the first Shimelle class I took - participated in the 'live' running via the forum, reading other people's blogs, etc...  But since then had signed up for 2 that I hadn't managed to join into 'live' and hadn't completed (luckily the class fees are really reasonable!!).  But, at the last minute, I decided to sign up for LSNED - and in the process 'dobbed' two girlfriends and my step-mum in for it as well...  I figured it'd promote a little bit of the camaraderie and sharing that we have when we scrap together (when I live in the same country as them) even though we're so far away these days...

So far - I have managed to jot myself a note each day on my learning - into my iphone notes app, so that I can remember what the day taught me.  Last weekend I sat and read about what everyone was up to in the forum - how they'd gone about deciding on what format of book, cards, etc to use and what their front covers looked like.  And then I got into making my own...  And I got my lessons in for the first few days...  Yesterday, really my first chance to scrap again - I got back into it, and before dinner had all of my lessons for the week into my book...  I'm really liking the class - I need to get some photos developed to go onto some of the pages (not every page has a photo though - only where they belong with the lesson) - but other than that - I'm keeping up, and liking my book and it's style and the class...

Here's what it looks like so far:

So, there's what it's looking like so far - apologies for my inability to line up the photos properly in blogger (but that might keep me here all day - and there's scrapping to do!).  I have made a 6" x 12" book from chipboard covers and kraft cardstock for the days - I have a Tim Holtz kraft relief pad that every second page is from - and then the alternate pages are plain cardstock.  In hindsight, I probably would have done each page from the Tim Holtz book, but never mind!  Something else learned!

The papers are all from the Bo Bonny 'Gabrielle' line as I had the whole pack and had hardly used any, I thought it'd be nice to have everything matching.  I am also using the book to take myself somewhat out of my comfort zone - for those of you who have been reading along - I can't bring myself to do single pages in my scrapbooks, each of them (except at the beginning and end of a book - where truthfully, there's mostly nothing!) are double pages.  I just like opening up the book and what I'm looking at is all matching...  With LSNED I've done different pages for each (but am helping my anal-retentiveness cope by having the same colour scheme throughout!).

So, that's all for now - I'll try to keep updating as the book is coming together...