tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87088020575154958002023-11-16T23:57:31.708+08:00mel's creationsMelissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-25123638806755215982012-07-17T11:00:00.000+08:002012-07-17T11:00:06.105+08:00Birthday Gift Set.<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello again. Two posts in one week. Shock Horror!! Pretty full on when I didn't have any posts for a month.<br />
I'm back today with a sweet box and card I made for a friends 30th birthday.<br />
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Top of the box.<br />
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Birthday Card.<br />
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Close up. Lots of fussy cutting!!<br />
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The box is a Splitcoaststampers tutorial found <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/santasdrawers/">here</a>. The image is from <a href="http://thegreetingfarm.com/rubber-stamps/view-all-sets.html?p=2">TGF stamps</a> Rain Snow Shine set, coloured to match the papers. I've used My Mind's Eye 'Miss Caroline'. My favourite range at the moment.<br />
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Thanks for looking and any lovely comments.<br />
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Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-7088648633877365902012-07-16T15:46:00.000+08:002012-07-16T15:46:25.822+08:00Wedding Card To Share.<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello dear friends. Here's a wedding card I made back in May. </div>
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I've used beautiful Christina Re paper. I love the softness of this card with the cream and gold. I used blue paper as it is the brides favourite colour. The sentiment is Stampin Up "God's Blessings" stamp set. I don't use it that often but it is a set I will never give up as I love the words.</div>
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Happy Friday dear friends. A quick post today as I'm very busy preparing for my little girls birthday. She is turning 3 tomorrow, how quickly the time goes. We have family coming over for afternoon tea to help celebrate with us. So I'm busy making yummy goodies and of course the birthday cake, which has to be a Dora one. Thank goodness for Edible icing pictures!!<br />
Anyway, here's a baby onesie card and pram I made for a friend who is ready to have her third child in a few short weeks.<br />
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Here's the links if you want to give them a go: <a href="http://mayas-hobbyblogg.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/dt-inkywings-barnevogn-tut-baby-pram.html">Pram</a> and <a href="http://www.stampthat.com/blog/tutorial-for-the-baby-onesie/">Onesie</a>.<br />
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Take care and have a wonderful weekend.<br />
Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-71426749743820661312012-06-01T10:52:00.000+08:002012-06-01T10:54:03.016+08:00Bird is the Word: Smile<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you have some great plans for the weekend. We've had a busy couple of weeks, so we will be chilling out with the kids this weekend. Maybe watch a dvd or two, depending on the weather. If the sun comes out we may venture out to the park.<br />
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Here's a layout I have done for <a href="http://birdisthewordchallenge.blogspot.com.au/">Bird is the Word</a> 'Smile' challenge. I'm catching up scrapbooking photos of the kids. This is Renee at 13 months. I must admit it's nice having both a girl and boy. You get to do some really pretty, girly pages and some bright, funky little boy pages. Very blessed.<br />
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Close ups: the words at the top of the doily which I have not photographed are Loveable & Hugable. (see main photo)<br />
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Close-up of title. I typed up the words on the computer then printed them onto white cardstock, and chalked them to soften the stark of the white paper.<br />
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Fussy cut the paper and placed photo under. I didn't want to cover the beautiful paper. All the butterflies are hand cut from the same paper range.<br />
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Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-58695247378942202412012-05-31T06:30:00.000+08:002012-05-31T06:30:01.058+08:00You Will Always Be Adored.<div style="text-align: center;">
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!!<br />
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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!!<br />
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I love these photos of Renee. She's only 8 months old. They are such sweet photos of her. (Awwww...heart melting!!)<br />
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Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-67860897043372094082012-05-30T07:30:00.000+08:002012-05-30T07:30:01.782+08:00Cards For The Men Folk!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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.</div>
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Hi all, just a quick post sharing some birthday cards I've made recently. All using Anya images from <a href="http://thegreetingfarm.com/">TGF</a>.</div>
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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.<br />
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Here's a layout I have done for <a href="http://birdisthewordchallenge.blogspot.com.au/">Bird is the Word</a> Look/See Challenge.<br />
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 - <i>Listen to your soul and See the possibilities</i>. There's a close up of the title further down. Anyway, here's my layout.<br />
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I'm going to have a go at their next challenge word 'Smile' over the weekend too.<br />
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Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-22806835829078097232012-05-18T07:30:00.000+08:002012-05-18T07:30:01.197+08:00Crate Paper 'Farmhouse' Cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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.</div>
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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 <a href="http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/store/">Mystical Scrapbooks</a> 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.</div>
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Hello lovelies, back today with a layout I did for <a href="http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/store/">Mystical Scrapbooks</a> 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.</div>
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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.</div>
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To all the wonderful mums out there, I hope you are having a fabulous day with your loved ones.</div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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Hello lovely people. Here's a layout I have done for <a href="http://www.mysticalscrapbooks.com.au/store/">Mystical Scrapbooks</a> Cyber Crop last weekend.</div>
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I had fun with this one. Lots of fussy cutting to create a farm scene using Kaisercraft Cock-a-doodle-doo papers.</div>
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Good morning and welcome to another week. This year is flying by way too fast. Here's a layout I did on the weekend (very rare for me to have time on a weekend for scrapbooking). I have had these photos for about a year sitting in my photo box just waiting for me to scrapbook them. I love the playfulness of these photos. Dillon sticking his tongue out and monkeying around. So I wanted to make the page quite playful and bright. I also never put 5 photos on a page but wanted to keep them all together. I had lots of fun playing with red paint and used banners as my background. Here is the end result.</div>
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Hello beautiful people, hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. I'm back with a layout I started about a month ago using up some papers from my stash. Just trying to use them all up. These are MME 'So Sophie'. I love these photos. It looks like we are out in the bush but in fact, we are in Kings Park at the new Nature Scape playground. The kids love it there. They get to play in the water as well as learn about and appreciate their natural surroundings.</div>
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Good evening. Here with another card. This time I was inspired by the sketch over at <a href="http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com.au/">Card Patterns</a>. </div>
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I made this card for my 12 year old niece to let her know how special and beautiful she is. I loved this sketch. So versatile. I even got out my old <a href="http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/">Stampin Up</a> markers that never see the light of day anymore and spritzed the white background to break up the starkness.</div>
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A quick share today with a card I created for <a href="http://www.anyoneforanya.blogspot.com.au/">Anyone for Anya. </a> It was a photo inspiration challenge.</div>
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I have coloured in TGF Wildsprout Daisy. She's so cute. I haven't coloured in a while so it was really nice to sit and enjoy using my Copics again. Hope you are well and enjoying your Sunday.</div>
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Hi there, it's been a long, long time...but I am back!! Since we last met, we've had Christmas, New Years and enjoyed a lovely holiday in Busselton, WA. My eldest has started fulltime school (yay, I'm just a little excited about that!!) and in this last week my husband has resigned from his current job to start his own business. It's definately a year of change and new ventures...both scary and exciting!!!</div>
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I hope you will enjoy the journey with me as I blog about life more this year and also my creative happenings.</div>
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Here's a layout I did for <a href="http://www.annascraftcupboard.com.au/store">Anna's Craft Cupboard</a> March Sketch. These are old photo's of our now five and a half year old using the off-cuts of wood daddy didn't need to build a car track and generally being a boy.</div>
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Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-28954145033860049272011-11-09T15:46:00.003+08:002011-11-09T16:08:30.475+08:00Twisted Sketches Cards # 84<div style="text-align: center;">Hello friends, sharing a card with you today. I have been lacking inspiration and motivation lately so I had a look around for some sketch ideas and came across <a href="http://www.twistedsketches.org/2011/11/twisted-cards-84.html">Twisted Sketches</a>. I have played along with them before, great when your lacking mojo and I love that they always have a twist. This weeks is Buttons. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made this card for my nephews 16th b'day. I went with a slightly grunge type feel to the card to make it suitable for a teenage boy. This is so different to my usual style but it was fun to create.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JDjW5QzXLaf2AipbKx9vlJP0LqY4MELuLBPv5YPDmUkHhuBgXpds2t8AyaiZwiq5qNJEqXBoWJa2cL2beGWZsQFt4nzZK1FwNrp6p8dwswxwxSwtoicqnnJySdFm1CyEYO_qST_xuobm/s1600/P1130702.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_JDjW5QzXLaf2AipbKx9vlJP0LqY4MELuLBPv5YPDmUkHhuBgXpds2t8AyaiZwiq5qNJEqXBoWJa2cL2beGWZsQFt4nzZK1FwNrp6p8dwswxwxSwtoicqnnJySdFm1CyEYO_qST_xuobm/s320/P1130702.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672900463819260450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had my Kaiser paint out to paint the chipboard guitar so used the paint brush to go around the edges too, and added white gel pen to create a border. I have used Echo Park 'Happy Day' papers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for looking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-86416926229149116992011-10-26T16:10:00.006+08:002011-10-26T17:18:05.873+08:00Get Picky Sketch #13 and Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">I'm here with a sketch challenge I did for <a href="http://getpicky.blogspot.com/">Get Picky</a>. I don't often get time for these but I like supporting this challenge site and they are celebrating their first birthday with a blog hop. Both past and present designers have shared their beautiful creations to help celebrate <a href="http://getpicky.blogspot.com/">Get Picky's</a> first year and you still have 2 days to participate. So here's the sketch. Love this one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbU4jbvu3TheguUe4aLY2YshYW49usQtrxJrkPurvd762iGisg9L_bDSghGI8tjNDykINfrkuNiQzxC9_n4jfOvfAwG0azOUAqsmjFE3RA7VB7oToB7pYATmYPqq00I7QErNF2kr6Ox1c/s400/get+picky+October+sketch+%252313.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's my take on it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zqpaAEnCk8v99mr5vJBd6KGHV3iSPwZo9HJ_jPIVcsJusoAhU8esKzXwKz1d0HiofZ8YNuPx5J2FqABxAryLJOSwPOU47B-JvWQaGxE64Rx9vnfAPSADkF5Bki0WQbiLeJmIBGwnIJ0b/s1600/P1130687.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zqpaAEnCk8v99mr5vJBd6KGHV3iSPwZo9HJ_jPIVcsJusoAhU8esKzXwKz1d0HiofZ8YNuPx5J2FqABxAryLJOSwPOU47B-JvWQaGxE64Rx9vnfAPSADkF5Bki0WQbiLeJmIBGwnIJ0b/s320/P1130687.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667711637779045954" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">A close up</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XlA8Y6xnvsq3IdGSn1S-4YWqESUzmRWBpJ85sWBmGq6BVtIfbkkG3i3FGCl7M25KHNGT1Qz7YNktVq8A1A4Pdq_-LR4ocjNIkFNzlKqyGc3_oD7Oz76CPyVQvoHRzWadMJj8rDAQshF9/s1600/P1130682.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XlA8Y6xnvsq3IdGSn1S-4YWqESUzmRWBpJ85sWBmGq6BVtIfbkkG3i3FGCl7M25KHNGT1Qz7YNktVq8A1A4Pdq_-LR4ocjNIkFNzlKqyGc3_oD7Oz76CPyVQvoHRzWadMJj8rDAQshF9/s320/P1130682.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667710806949500786" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had lots of fun with this one and got to scrap these photos of my son slip sliding down a waterslide when he was 2 and a half. He's now 5, so I am a little behind with my scrapbooking. I used the gorgeous Echo Park 'Splash' papers and stickers. Love the brightness of them. So fun and perfect for summer pics. I didn't want to journal on this page but used the sticker words to tell the story of the moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for looking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span><br /></div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-65840876786134771172011-10-10T08:00:00.000+08:002011-10-10T08:00:04.909+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday dear friends! I have seriously been thinking about Christmas...scary I know!! BUT it's not that far away and I always make my cards and have to seriously start thinking about making them. I sit back and wonder where this year has gone. It's like someone snapped their fingers and we have gone from January to October. It's crazy how quickly the year goes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Okay enough babbling I hear you say and get on with the post.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a lovely feminine card I created for my SIL. Something a bit different from my usual style I think.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUESm-QeJyOXa3JIlsu25QeeyL4iqOAnyRd-YcFw2R-5bfkQ_c2f1Nta7gbqd3-23JhfMlGY8mGHKp0rBRU4L4uuXRUdfhMtA24nSII7Li_q4S2XlGGIsLQeMrH0alOE1Syms-Df5SppzM/s1600/P1130559.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUESm-QeJyOXa3JIlsu25QeeyL4iqOAnyRd-YcFw2R-5bfkQ_c2f1Nta7gbqd3-23JhfMlGY8mGHKp0rBRU4L4uuXRUdfhMtA24nSII7Li_q4S2XlGGIsLQeMrH0alOE1Syms-Df5SppzM/s320/P1130559.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657325148895729186" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I have used Crate Paper 'Farmhouse' collection. Again using the 6x6 pad and chipboard. I find myself purchasing these more and more as they are so great for cardmaking. The only time I buy 12x12 sheets now is when I need them for my layouts. Otherwise I find I buy heaps of paper in loads of different patterns and never use it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you all have a wonderful week.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-84334695189333193332011-10-07T08:00:00.000+08:002011-10-07T08:00:01.523+08:00Male Birthday Card<div style="text-align: center;">Yay, It's Friday I hear you all say!! Nearly weekend time again, time to relax a little and chill, catch up with friends or go to the park. Oh I adore weekends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here'a a card I made for my Dad's birthday. This time going against the traditional sailing theme I often do on his cards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYquiW3qmUey_IFO3bBQCQBsCX2cuTbjZ6Ape0R3C2aEBJYsHKRy0CalN73FqoW0lbkmPUYDhej9D36WIIZpZCZ9IvEgRThqN_4NmZ990zoeacQjwGwiCdDBqj2jBHMc8Q3QMlelCj6kUP/s1600/P1130553.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYquiW3qmUey_IFO3bBQCQBsCX2cuTbjZ6Ape0R3C2aEBJYsHKRy0CalN73FqoW0lbkmPUYDhej9D36WIIZpZCZ9IvEgRThqN_4NmZ990zoeacQjwGwiCdDBqj2jBHMc8Q3QMlelCj6kUP/s320/P1130553.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657321880706731138" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have made this one using the new 'Happy Days' range by Echo Park. It has a good variety of papers suitable for both male and female cards. I specifically bought it for my card making so only bought the 6x6 paper pad and element sticker sheet but I am really happy with the versatility of the range.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sure you will see more cards from me using these papers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take care and have a fab weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-37576267948379075882011-10-06T09:02:00.000+08:002011-10-06T09:02:00.126+08:00Honk Honk!! Little Boy's Card.<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Thursday. It's getting close to the weekend. By now we will be enjoying the hot, warmth of the sun in Parabadoo...where you say!!. In the Pilbara, red dirt country of WA, an hour from the beautiful Karajini National Park.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We are so long overdue for a family holiday so I have been longing for this trip.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I will share photos when we get back at the end of next week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But for now here is a bright, cheerful card I made for a friends little boy who turned one recently.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQY_hFO-xs5tpGycUdqkefGll7HSDliLALRkwB9yA0cFHsmBkxKuYxXOaj1OZeV81ZBMOzy-Q8k5RSPRBrUVFYH8RLnsPwN0WL8mDn6xAAKisnMNwGHJwo9QYfDvHL2kkDs8oqLoDTLeB/s1600/P1130480.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQY_hFO-xs5tpGycUdqkefGll7HSDliLALRkwB9yA0cFHsmBkxKuYxXOaj1OZeV81ZBMOzy-Q8k5RSPRBrUVFYH8RLnsPwN0WL8mDn6xAAKisnMNwGHJwo9QYfDvHL2kkDs8oqLoDTLeB/s320/P1130480.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657318105205226274" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This one uses Echo Park 'Little Boy' papers and Sticker sheet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for looking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-87203194305622941182011-10-05T08:00:00.000+08:002011-10-05T08:00:03.433+08:00<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday friends!! Hope you are all well and enjoying life.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I have a couple of cards to share. Both using October Afternoon 'Seaside' papers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have had these in my stash for quite a while and never used them. I never had the right photos to use them on a LO but thought I should not waste them so here they are on cards. They worked perfectly for my Dad's father's day card.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakBPYvpb0zdMj1OtvKvwHwrAAan4BP1dk_MXxtVFLzb2nrfPrWKZTGUkkaf44NrM0r3dZGFms0loFE54THNLmiA_XrlLOGQhAeZHidcbSdLTfitUaIiGvcHFczgM46WuiaUIMst9paHYP/s1600/P1130439.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakBPYvpb0zdMj1OtvKvwHwrAAan4BP1dk_MXxtVFLzb2nrfPrWKZTGUkkaf44NrM0r3dZGFms0loFE54THNLmiA_XrlLOGQhAeZHidcbSdLTfitUaIiGvcHFczgM46WuiaUIMst9paHYP/s320/P1130439.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657312826541648482" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1u6PfFbm8i2AS6Lk41QNVLukMShrbU7OF7ThlQARrCvzI_DKC8zP97xS9KECdgSPvQYwyK_jZAypnYGPwtu5UDvgUXW1UcFeAkCKpZ0S2co054DT_lgIfVcjEVoSeN1XOKQrK9A-rnUQg/s320/P1130472.JPG" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I loved the banner paper so used them on both cards. I fussy cut them out and stuck them on and then rolled them up slightly to give a 3D effect.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The stamped image on the first card is another TGF image called 'Blush Bonnie' and on the Father's Day card above I used the yacht and waves from the Sticker Shape sheet to create a mini scene. My dad loves sailing so I try to incorporate this in his cards as much as I can. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks heaps for looking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Love</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708802057515495800.post-44539670678105826462011-10-03T08:00:00.000+08:002011-10-03T08:00:01.657+08:00Teacher Graduation Card<div style="text-align: center;">Hello wonderful bloggers!! I hope you are all having a great start to the week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I made this special card for my dear friend who recently graduated from University with her teaching degree. It has taken her 9 years part time to complete, so it is an amazing accomplishment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqOjkfwBHfC5MeS12ObYfuSqHLN_-DCiu6drV-UYVyqYGW21VxvQ7lI2_r4jdaqDXwMpAdZCFXBUVs1mYNR7lfUZ5J6tInmWmzAQiwCc6kKqFJjUXOecSbidZmYrVWVm1LqWf057kJL5L/s1600/P1130461.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqOjkfwBHfC5MeS12ObYfuSqHLN_-DCiu6drV-UYVyqYGW21VxvQ7lI2_r4jdaqDXwMpAdZCFXBUVs1mYNR7lfUZ5J6tInmWmzAQiwCc6kKqFJjUXOecSbidZmYrVWVm1LqWf057kJL5L/s320/P1130461.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5657308879388612946" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I created this card using Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe papers and chipboard specifically using the children playing and hopscotch as my friend is working in Early Childhood with Kindy and Pre-primary students. There are a few Kaiser Pearls too, to bring in some more blue, her favourite colour. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for looking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mel xxx</div>Melissa Hortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13053031282734443091noreply@blogger.com1