This month over at Inkurable Stampers, we are honouring the men in our lives with a "Men" themed challenge!

Your challenge this month is to create a "Men" themed entry using at least one stamp.

This month, I created 3 ATC's as my examples:

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Creative Imaginations have announced a new innovation...Creative Imaginations Television (CITV). There are four videos available to watch now...and more to follow in the coming weeks including interviews and how to's. Sounds good! :)

Watch the video below showcasing the Creative Cafe concept that Sharmaine blogged about the other day...

To read the CI blog announcement for yourself, see here. To see more CITV...read on...

The highlight this month is the release of Making Memories latest invention, the Slice Machine which is set to take the Scrapbooking community by storm. Right now this machine is available for pre-order with the release date being sometime in early October.

For just $245 you not only get the Machine but a Starter Kit as well. This Kit includes basic shapes 1 design card, 6″ x 6″ glass cutting mat, 5 blades, blade replacement tool, repositional tacky adhesive and a power cord (Australian). All that is required is a $45 deposit payable to secure with balance ($200) prior to despatch. Free Shipping as order is over $70. Call us today to order your Slice Machine.

Another new invention from Making Memories and is in store now is the Storage Desktop Carousel.

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The Creative Cafe concept was introduced at CHA Summer 2007. The concept was dreamed up by Creative Imaginations’ two best selling artists, Danelle Johnson and Alison Wong. The concept involves an "art bar" of supplies in your LSS stocked with "bins" of co-ordinating items including "tags, buttons, felt,  ribbon, rub-ons, stickers, papers, cards, chipboard, stamps and dies." As well as shopping for co-ordinated supplies, customers can also sit at the "art bar" to work on their projects.

For those who haven't seen it, there's also a blog supporting the Creative Cafe concept called My Creative-Cafe.

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A friend gave me a gorgeous little journal when I was expecting my first child to record things I was grateful for.

Whenever I write in it regularly, it seems to help me focus on things that are really important and forget some of the trivia that can otherwise clutter my brain. You know the stuff – what do you mean we’ve run out of Vegemite? Which day is Show and Tell? What was that clunk? Is the dirty laundry pile going to break free and take over the house? 

Writing in my grateful journal helps me get my perspective back, and of course, it also provides me with lots of inspiration for my scrapbooking…

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Instead of doing my housework today (whoops!) I've been trawling the blogs of some of the overseas scrapbooking manufacturers and I found a few things of interest to share with everyone...

Fiskars - I spied this Fathers' Day card idea made with Cloud 9's Max's Backyard range by Lianne Gray over at the Fiskars blog...

Mmmmm love it! See more here.

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So you have read the title and thought...what???? Well some of you might be aware that I am heading to the West for a week of relaxation, rest and lots of scrapping!!

Yep thats right, no hubby, kids, housework, or any other everyday job that I do, just one glorious week to myself to do what I want to do...and that of course is “SCRAP”.

So where do you start when trying to pack a desk full of all your favorite scrapping supplies and endless boxes of bits and pieces that you use in your everyday scrapping into a shoulder tote and tool tote??

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Our Aussie Scrapbooking September Layout challenge is proudly sponsored by Everlasting Scrapbooks! Melanie is donating a fabulous Topline Creations prizepack to the value of $50 for the winner, including:

TLC Chatter Bookz - Adore
TLC Runway Kit Salt and Pepper Shapes
TLC Runway Monograms - Salt and Pepper
TLC Runway Ribbon - Salt and Pepper

All Topline Creations products can be viewed HERE

To enter the September comp, we want you to create a layout inspired by the colour scheme on the Everlasting website. Here's a closer look at their site header - but check the front page, because there are other colours too!

It doesn't have to be an exact copy, you can leave some colours out, or give more space to red, or just choose one or two. Use your imagination, and we can't wait to see what you come up with. Entries must be loaded to the September 2008 competition album in the gallery, and close midnight 30th September 2008.

Happy Scrapping!

When I see names up in lights I get excited but when I see that those names are from Australia, well lets just say my inner cheerleader does a backflip while shouting Woo Hoo, while waving our flag!!

So what am I internally woo hooing about this week??

The news that the Fancy Pants Design Team has been announced with Jolene Pienaar standing proud as our Aussie amongst the other talented scrappers named as joining the team. She joins fellow Aussie Michelle Filo. Jolene is also part of the Paper Trunk Team.

And if you missed it Jill Geraghty-Groves and Belinda Venables made the Design Team for American Crafts joining Mel Nunn who is staying on for another term.

I am pretty sure there are others out there, representing our country in the international scrapping industry, and with other new Design Teams being announced over the next few months I am looking forward to seeing other Australians having their names up in lights :)

Time to announce the winners of our Aug 08 Competitions!

The winner of our Layout Competition sponsored by Scrappy Days is Sarah with her entry "Home"...

Home by Sarah

The winner of our Product Competition (tags) sponsored by Everlasting Scrapbooks is Janet with her entry "Moments In Life"...

Moments In Life by Janet

The winner of our Sketch Competition sponsored by Makeesha Byl is Angie with her entry "Flower Girls"...

Flower Girls by Angie

Congratulations and well done ladies!

Please email your address details to jill@aussiescrapbooking.com.au, so that our generous sponsors can organise delivery of your yummy prizes.

Thanks to everyone who participated...and don't forget to get your entries in for our Sep 08 Competitions!