One of my photos of the day. Today was incredible with no wind and sunshine and Wellington was definitely not living up to it’s reputation of the Windy Capital . The harbour was like glass and the reflections were amazing.
Patricia
Category: Photography
The End if an Era!
Hello everyone.
Well it looks as though Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand will be closing down on 10 June 2013. This is very sad as the business in New Zealand and Australia was doing well and the products are of very good quality. There is some hope in that there will be an announcement on June 11 regarding a new venture so all is not lost. However, I have made the decision not to continue as a CM Consultant. I have had significant health issues over the last year and it has been a struggle to maintain my commitment to my customers and to the company. I have enjoyed my time with CM and have met some wonderful people. I have also gained some great tools that will keep me going for some time yet.
But as one door shuts another one opens! I have been involved in setting up an Art and Craft Collective in the Hutt Valley and in conjunction with the Hutt City Council, we are in the process of setting up a shop in the Hutt CBD. This shop will be selling locally produced arts and crafts and be run by the collective. I am really excited about this new venture and I am very grateful to the Hutt City Council and their About Space Programme that has allowed us to set up this venture and keep our costs to a minimum. I will be selling my cards there (and look to doing some artwork with my photos) and there are going to be a wide variety of products for sale – a one stop shop for all your gift needs. So watch this space…
I hope you all have a safe and happy weekend.
Patricia
More scrapbook layouts
Hello there
It is sooo good getting my computer back! But there is still a lot to do with tidying up all my photos and trying to remember all my passwords to go back onto various websites. I think I will be busy over the next few weeks. I am so pleased that I had backed up onto an external hard drive, although I did lose a couple of digital kits but it is no big deal fortunately.
As I said yesterday I have been working on James’ album and he is now up to 9 months old and soon I will be doing his first birthday. I am still trying to make my resources stretch and have kept up with lots of photos per page and linking the album with accents such as the border maker twinkle chain and picket fence cartridges as well as the same colours throughout. It is not taking long to get through these photos and I should have his first year album completed very soon which will be good.
Here are a few of the layouts:
The materials I have used here are:
Creative Memories Card Stock – Cloud
Creative Memories Card Stock – Green Metallic
Creative Memories Card Stock – Brown Cardstock
Creative Memories Border Maker – Twinkle Chain and Picket Fence cartridges
Creative Memories Rugged stickers
Creative Memories Rugged Paper Ribbon
Creative Memories Rugged Photo Mats
Creative Memories Rugged Tags
Creative Memories Rugged Title stickers
Creative Memories Enchanted Epoxy stickers
Creative Memories Decorative Pack – sorry I have forgotten the name of this.
Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer
Creative Memories Personal Trimmer
Phew what a list, especially as it did not take very long to do and did not seem to use a lot of materials.
I have also been making a lot of cards so please take the time to check out my crafty creations.
Have a good day everyone and stay calm and keep scrapping.
Patricia
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Rainy daisy
My photo of the day for the people in Oklahoma who are facing yet more tornadoes. I think the people in Oklahoma are incredibly brave to deal with these forces of nature. I am not sure if I could do it. We get southerly storms here but they are nothing compared to the twisters.
My computer is now up and running again after being without for a week. I have had to get windows re installed and I am now faced with the mammoth task of transferring my photos back into Memory Manager. Fortunately I was able to activate the both my Memory Manager and StoryBook Creator before the cut off time midnight last night. I will now look at using Picasa to store my photos as well so if this problem happens again I won’t lose my photos and it will be a good back up for Memory Manager. There is now no Digital Centre from Creative Memories and I suppose that at some stage I may have to look at Photoshop or Lightbox in the future as well. However, people can still get their photobooks and other digital products printed until midnight 3rd June. There is to be a meeting on Tuesday in Australia so it will be interesting to see what the outcome will be for Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand. This is such as shame as the products (especially the albums and pages) are really good quality and I have done a lot of pages for my children’s albums. It has been so easy to use coordinated products that last a long time.
While I have had no computer for the last week I have been busy with doing cards and scrapbooking and when I get the photos sorted out then I will upload them on here. So watch this space…
I hope you all have a good weekend.
Patricia
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Sunkissed rose.jpg
A rose for all those involved in the Oklahoma tornadoes.
My thoughts go out to everyone that has been affected by this latest tragedy.
Patricia
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Stretching resources – a 12 photo scrapbook layout
Hi there
Thank you to all for all the support that I have received over the last few days since we received our sad news. I am unable to add much more at this stage except to say that we have some incredibly good deals going at the moment. These are up on my website at this point in time, so if you would like anything please feel free to contact me. I don’t know how long these deals will keep so you will need to get in quick. I would like to think that there will be some positive resolution to our current difficulties and that we will still be able to access the wonderful Creative Memories Products in the future. I have also been very heartened with all the support from the other consultants and the way we are all helping each other to get products to all our customers.
Following on my post the other day here is a layout that I did last year on my daughter’s photo album. This page has 12 photos in it and I have trimmed off all the excess that I didn’t need and the end result is quite pleasing. Plus I was able to use a lot of photos, which saved on pages and resources, and I got through a lot of photos in one hit! There is no embellishments on this page, except for me writing down the names of all the people that attended my daughter’s Christening so many years ago. This highlights the fact that we do not need to add all the embellishments to create an effective page. Memory keeping is about writing down our memories so our children and grandchildren can look back and understand what was going on. The embellishments are the decorative element and really should be secondary to what the photos are about. Less is more! And when times get tough we just have to get back to the basics to help our supplies stretch further.
So keep on scrapping your stash
Patricia
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Saving resources – The Many Faces of James’ Double Page Layout
Hello there
Because of what is happening with Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand I thought it was timely to look at how we can make our limited resources stretch a bit further. The great thing with the CM albums is that you don’t need a lot of papers and embellishments to make a great page. Personally I like to try to get as many photos on my pages as possible mainly to save on products, but it also helps reduce the weight and size of my albums. Some of the albums with lots of pages can get really heavy! Also using lots of photos can help to get an album completed more quickly as well. So there are lots of benefits to be had in being more creative with photos.
With this double page layout I have used 11 photos as well as a journalling paper. I had an eclectic mix of photos of James and they did not really fit in with any particular theme so decided to put them all together using my page planner (which unfortunately is no longer available) to help with sizing and placing. To keep with the overall theme of the album I have just placed a strip of cloud cardstock and white twinkle chain strip to tie the layout in with the rest of the album.
Another way to say on products is to use the page protectors on every second page so as to make them go further (thank you Grace Green for that piece of advice). The photos are still going to have some protection from the plastic sleeves.
Products used:
Creative Memories Cardstock – Cloud
Creative Memories Cardstock – White
Creative Memories Rugged Story Mats
Creative Memories Border Maker – Twinkle Chain Cartridge
Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer
Creative Memories Tape Runner
Creative Memories Precision Point Glue Pen
Creative Memories Black Journalling Pen
So keep calm and keep scrapping
Patricia
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Creative Memories update
Hi there
Just updating you on progress on Creative Memories Australia and New Zealand. There has been a very positive meeting today in Sydney with the appointment of different administrators and the formation of a Creditors Committee to help represent the interests of Creative Memories Consultants and their Very Special Customers. The indications coming out of this meeting are positive and here are some of the outcomes so far:
The following can be claimed for:
VIP – Annual Subscription – Unused Portion
Digital Vouchers – Claim the balance you were not able to use. Example: For a customer with $100 voucher – Use the $25 on an order and submit claim for other $75.
(Please contact me for further details)
Complete and UPLOAD STORYBOOKS you are working on!
Feel free to join us on a virtual crop every Friday night – click on this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/113744225467835/
This is great for new ideas, motivation and sharing.
Don’t forget we still have lots of products in the warehouse including tools, albums, paper packs, stickers, embellishments and accents and the consultants are all sharing their products so if there is anything you would particularly want please contact me and I can put the message out to the other consultants to see if they have it.
So keep positive, stay calm and keep scrapping.
Patricia
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Rugged family time
Welcome
Regardless of what is happening with Creative Memories I still have my son’s album to complete. This double page layout is special as it shows my husband and I spending some special time with James. James cried a lot as a baby and often my husband, Matthew was the only one who could settle him which helped me a lot, and gave me some time out. On the whole though he was a good baby and was so cute!
Products used:
Creative Memories Rugged Photo mats
Creative Memories Decorative papers (sorry I have forgotten the name of it)
Creative Memories Cardstock – Metallic green
Creative Memories Cardstock – Cloud
Creative Memories Custom Cutting System – circles
Creative Memories ABC Monograms Swirly – Black
Creative Memories Rugged Title Stickers
Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer – straight and deckle edge blades
Creative Memories Tape runner
Creative Memories Epoxy stickers – Enchanted
Happy scrapping
Patricia
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