You Will Always Be Adored.

Happy Thursday! Woohoo!! It's getting closer to the weekend and for us WA'ers, we will be enjoying a long weekend. So looking forward to it. One bonus of my hubby working for himself now, is he actually gets all the public holidays...I'm very excited about that!!

Anyway here's a layout I have been working on. Started this one a while ago and never got to finish it. It's been sitting in my 'Still need to complete' drawer which I went through the other day. Part of my TO DO list is to get all unfinished layouts completed and put in their appropriate album. Another job that needs doing!!

I love these photos of Renee. She's only 8 months old. They are such sweet photos of her. (Awwww...heart melting!!)





Close ups









Products used: My Minds Eye Lime Twist 'Happy Go Lucky' Papers and 'Perfect' Accessories Sheet; Crate Paper 'Emma's Shoppe" Chipboard Stickers; Doileys; Gauze; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch; Scallop Punch; Kaisercraft Flower; Thickers and Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type.


Thanks for looking and take care.
Mel xxx

Cards For The Men Folk!!

Happy Wednesday everyone. Hope your week is going well. I have two male birthday cards to share and one for the 'little man' in your life. The first card uses Authentique  'Loyal' range and the last two are both Echo Park papers. 'Happy Days' and  'Little Boy' consecutively.

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your week.

I'll be back tomorrow with a scrapbook page to share.

Mel xxx

Some Cards To Share.

Hi all, just a quick post sharing some birthday cards I've made recently. All using Anya images from TGF.

Tomorrow I'll have some male birthday cards to share with you all.

Have a fabulous day.

Take care,

Mel xxx

Bird Is The Word - Look/See

Happy weekend to you all. I hope you are enjoying yourselves and finding some time to relax. We have a beautiful sunny day here in Perth, so we are going to take the kids out to the park near the river this afternoon and enjoy this lovely weather while it's here.

Here's a layout I have done  for Bird is the Word Look/See Challenge.
This is the first time I have done one of their challenges and it is great to get those creative juices flowing and thinking outside the box, which is what this challenge did for me. You have to have the word 'Look' or 'See' on your layout somewhere and here I have used it in my title - Listen to your soul and See the possibilities. There's a close up of the title further down. Anyway, here's my layout.

Products used: MME Lime Twist papers and Follow Your Heart 'Be Amazing' 6x6 paper pad; Twine; Felt Thickers; Carolee's Creations Tiny Whoopsy Teal Alphas.


Thanks for taking a look and have a wonderful weekend.
I'm going to have a go at their next challenge word 'Smile' over the weekend too.
Enjoy and take care,
Mel xxx

Crate Paper 'Farmhouse' Cards

Hello, a quick share today with a couple of cards I made for some friends birthdays back in April. Both cards I have used Crate Paper 'Farmhouse' 6x6 paper pad and chipboard stickers.

Thanks for looking and I love reading your beautiful comments.

Enjoy the weekend.

Mel xxx

Love My Boy

Hello friends, here's another layout I have completed of my little boy when he was only 10 months old...such a cutie!! I did this page up using the 4321 challenge at the Mystical Scrapbooks May Cyber Crop. Loved this challenge...4pp; 3 flowers; 2 leaves and a piece of chipboard. I've left it quite simple as these My Minds Eye papers are so beautiful and have enough detail on them. These have to be my favourite papers at the moment. I just LOVE them.

 Had to use this rooster chipboard

 Hand cut flowers from the PP

Products used: MME Miss Caroline 'Dilly Dally' papers and Label Stickers; Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms, White and Black Paint; Chipboard; Scallop Punch and The Crafter's Workshop 'Mini Chicken Wire' Template.

Again, thanks for taking a look.

Have a wonderful day.

Mel xxx

Dirt & Mess = Boy

Hello lovelies, back today with a layout I did for Mystical Scrapbooks  May Cyber crop. I had loads of fun with this page using lots of paint on the chipboard letters and around the edges and on the pp. I'm loving playing with paint at the moment. When you look at Dillon's face you can see why I wanted to grunge up the layout a little. Priceless memories of this day.

As usual, some close-ups for you.

Products used: My Minds Eye 'Lime Twist' papers; chipboard alphas; Kaisercraft Rhinestones and Black Paint; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Journaling Tickets and Fancy Pants Designs 'About A Boy' Ribbon.

As you can see from the date I am still catching up on scrapbooking my older photos. After only completing three layouts last year I am happy to say my scrapbooking progress is going well and I may actually hit my goal of scrapping all my old photos of the kids and get on to some new ones.

Ha ha, only time will tell, but so far it's going great!!

Thanks for looking and any lovely comments you may leave.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Mel xxx

Happy Mother's Day

 To all the wonderful mums out there, I hope you are having a fabulous day with your loved ones.

Here's the card I made for my mum. I'll see her tonight with the rest of the family. Being the eldest of five, family get togethers are always huge and loads of fun.

For this card I used the lovely Cosmo Cricket 'Tea for Two' collection. Perfect for a mum who loves her tea, and Lipton at that.

Have a fabulous day.

Mel xxx

You Make Me Smile.

Hello lovely people. Here's a layout I have done for Mystical Scrapbooks Cyber Crop last weekend.

I had fun with this one. Lots of fussy cutting to create a farm scene using Kaisercraft Cock-a-doodle-doo papers.

Close-ups for the finer details.

Products used: Kaisercraft Cock-a-doodle-doo papers; Wow chipboard- Circle trees and leaf ribbon.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx