Birthday Treat Baskets

These sweet baskets were made for my baby girl's first birthday last week.

I can't believe she is one already.

Time definately goes way too fast.

I found the template for these cute baskets in For keeps Creative Paper magazine way back in 2008 by Ruey Enanoria.

As soon as I saw them I thought they would be perfect as lolly baskets for everyone to take home, and so simple to make.

I love making gift bags and boxes for people so my daughter's birthday was the perfect excuse to make something special.

Both paper and sentiment are Stampin' Up. Finally using up all my left over SU paper.

I do love these ones though the colours are so fresh and vibrant.

Have a wonderful Monday.

It's raining here in Perth, WA so an indoor day today.

Maybe I will get some scrapbooking done, if my little ones let me.

Mel xxx

Sympathy Card

A dear friend of mine recently lost her Grandfather In Law so I made this card for the family.

I have used Basic Grey Green At Heart printed paper.

Such pretty paper, I love it.

I got the idea for the doilie from Jessica Theodore, DT member over at The Stamp Spot.

A fantastic way to use doilies. I have wondered how I would use them on my cards

and this is perfect.

The gorgeous flower is of course Prima and I used Kaisercraft rhinestones.

Thanks for looking.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mel xxx

Card Cased for Mum

My mum has not been well all week so I made this card to let her know I was thinking of her and to hopefully cheer her up a bit.

I cased the card from the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine

Vol 16 No 2.

The original card was called Lift Your Heart by Shannon Johnston.

I have changed the colours and sentiment, so just used the original layout.

Such a beautiful, simple card to make.

Thanks for looking and Happy Friday.

Mel xxx

Birthday Card for a Boy.

A quick card today. I made this for a friends little boy who turned two recently.

I used Crate paper's Zoom Collection.

This paper is so perfect for boy cards and layouts.

I love the colours and the distressed look it has.

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous Wednesday.

Mel xxx

Tonka Truck Fun: Challenge Heaven Ebony/Ivory Challenge

I am really happy with the way this LO came together.

The yellow and white really focus the eye on the truck.

The circles at the top were punched out of best Creation Inc paper.

I am loving there Transportation range.

Perfect for little boy pages and they have some sparkle on them too.

This was done for the Ebony/Ivory Challenge over at Challenge Heaven.

If you need some inspiration or want to give the challenges a go,

the June ones will be up tomorrow.

Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for looking.

Mel xxx

Adore Your Smile

I love this photo of Renee smiling. She has the sweetest smile.

She was sitting in her swing for this photo, which she just loves.

This layout was done for another one of the challenges over at Challenge Heaven.

And yes, it was quite a challenge. It called for 5 scalloped pieces of patterned paper, 4 sticker embellishments, 3 word title, 2 leaves and 1 button.

WOW. That's a lot to get on one page, but I am happy with the result.

I love this paper from Stampin Up. The colours are so bright and perfect for girl pages.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx

Challenge Heaven Colour Challenge

The colour challenge was to use Black, Grey and Orange.

I have had this photo lying around for ages and thought it would be perfect for this challenge.

I even got my cuttlebug out which has been collecting dust on my shelf

as I haven't used it in quite a while.

Thanks for looking

Mel xxx

Sibling Love: Challenge Heaven Sketch Challenge

I love the memory of this photo. Renee was crawling over Dillon and I quickly grabbed the camera and snapped some shots of the two of them.

Looks like their cuddling.

This is for the Sketch challenge over at Challenge Heaven.

I am enjoying the challenges there and it is helping me to get my head into scrapbooking.

The paper is Daisy D which I have had for ages. Great to finally be using my paper stash.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx

Gotta Love Mud: Challenge Heaven Quote Challenge

Above photo: close up of distressing done to the paper.

I had heaps of fun doing this.

I love this photo of Dillon.

He was playing with the hose one summer's day

and got it a bit too close to the ground and splosh...

dirt all over his face and body.

I created the layout for Challenge Heaven's May Challenges.

This one is for the quote challenge - Gotta Love.

I love how this page came together. Simple but effective.

Have a wonderful Friday.

Swimming lessons with the kids today.

Although it's getting too cold to be in bathers.

Thank goodness the water is heated.

Mel xxx

Finally Done.

I glossy accented the heart.

Close up photos of the rolled edging.

This layout has been a major work in progress. I originally started to do it for the April challenge over at Challenge Heaven, but because I have been away and been sick the last couple of weeks I have not gotten around to completing it.

Yesterday I finally sat down and finished it... Yeah!

This is my son Dillon who is now nearly four.

It was taken when he was about 3 months old and I love his big beautiful smile. So gorgeous.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx