Our Sweet Baby Boy

I am finally scrapbooking my son's baby photos.

He is nearly four so I thought it was about time I got them done and put into an album for him.

This was done for the June Cyber Crop at Challenge Heaven.

My very first CC and it was great chatting with eveyone and then sitting down and creating some pages.

The theme was winter and for this page it was "What winter means to me". Both my children are winter babies so winter means New Life to me and is a precious time for us celebrating their births.

Thanks for looking and take care.

Mel xxx

Lucky's Jockey

I photographed this page a while ago but didn't get the chance to post it before my DH borrowed my laptop and took it away with him on his business trip.

So finally here it is.

This layout was inspired from the June challenges over at Challenge Heaven.

It was for a number challenge and you had to use two circles on the page so I decided to fit my photos and paper into one of the circles. Very happy with how it turned out.

I love this site. I have found it really helpful being new to scrapbooking. Gives me ideas and a place to start when I get stuck and not feeling very creative.

The photos that I scrapbooked onto the page are from a visit to a friends farm where Dillon got to ride 'Lucky' the cow. He loved it and had the best day.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend.

Mel xxx

Woohoo, laptop back in my hot little hands.

Yay, I have my laptop back. I really did feel lost without it. Silly really, but I have everything on it and using DH's computer just wasn't the same.

So back into the swing of things and blogging again.

I will have photo's up soon of some layouts I have been doing in the past couple of weeks.

Being a new month, there are new challenges over at Challenge Heaven.

Pop on past and check them out.

I have done 2 pages already but haven't had a chance to photograph them yet.

Hope to get them up by the end of the week.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx

Aggghhhh....No Laptop or Camera this Week.

Good Monday Morning to you all. I am without my camera and laptop at the moment as my DH has taken them away with him, to his work conference.

So unfortunately I am unable to post my current layouts at the moment as all my info is on my computer.

I will have plenty to share next week though, when he returns.

Have a great week.

Mel xxx

Theme Challenge

I love this photo of Dillon in the hospital.

I think he was only 2 days old here.

So precious.

This layout was inspired by the challenges over at Challenge Heaven.

Go over and take a peak at some of the monthly challenges.

Great way to get those creative juices flowing.

Thanks for looking.

Mel xxx

One Cool Dude - Colour Challenge

It's been a few weeks since I have had any time to sit down and enjoy my scrapbooking.

With my husband's 40th and my daughter's 1st birthdays within 2 weeks of each other, it has been a mad house around here. Well, for me anyway.

It was nice last week to take some time out for me and sit at my craft desk and create.

So here is one of my latest creations.

This was done using the colour challenge over at Challenge Heaven.

I love this photo of Dillon enjoying himself at a friend's farm.

He looks so comfortable on the quad bike, like he was born to ride one.

Probably doesn't help that his father rides a motorbike so he has been around bikes since he was born.

Thanks for looking and have a great week.

More pages to come soon.

Mel xxx

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