Family (Use Your Words)

Hello again!  Our challenge word over at Use Your Words is FAMILY.  I decided to scrap some more photos of my kids playing with their cousins.  Its great to scrap multiple photos so that I can place them in each of the kids albums, and my family album.  I used Crate Paper's Fourteen collection.

I can't wait to see how this fortnights word inspires you.
Be blessed
Melissa x

Fall Card (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hi everyone, due to still feeling unwell I'm late with my blog posts this week.  Over at Lets Get Sketchy we had a 5th Monday in September, so our challenge this week was a Fall (Autumn) or Halloween card.  As our family is not into Halloween here, I decided to make a card inspired by Autumn.

I used Autumn inspired colours to make this good luck card.  I used leftovers from a Paper Bakery Kit.

I can't wait to see what cards you make!

Melissa x

Cake Art (Lets Get Sketchy)

Hello!  Well its time for Team A to reveal our second layout for September over at Lets Get Sketchy, which means we're halfway through the month!  I've been feeling really under the weather lately, which is why I haven't been blogging much.  Hopefully things are on the upside now and I'll be feeling a lot better.

This weeks sketch was designed by the awesomely talented Jenessa Franco:

I decided to make a page that would go next to my Week 1 reveal, which was the butterfly cake that I made for my friend's daughter.  Its always satisfying to get an event scrapped and done!

I used the same Studio Calico kit as my previous layout, I just love all the colours, patterns and fun embellishments in it!  I also used India Ink and a paint brush to get my big ink splatters, a technique taught by the amazingly artsy and talented Wilna Furstenberg.

Here are some close ups:

I can't wait to see your take on the sketch, make sure you link up, and also head over to the blog to see how the rest of Team A interpreted the sketch.

Be blessed

Melissa x

Sweet Tooth Satisfaction (Use Your Words)

Its time for our second reveal for September over at Use Your Words Challenge Blog!  For this reveal our word was SWEET, and when I think of this word, aside from thinking of my kids (most of the time), I think of baking.  This word was the perfect opportunity to get these baking photos scrapped.

Because I had 4 photos I knew I wanted to do some kind of grid design.  I was inspired by Maggie Holmes on this one, as she is very good at doing a loose grid design that still enables layering papers.  I started by machine stitching borders for the photos on each of the papers I chose, then I embellished them and layered them.  I used an older Studio Calico kit that I've been hoarding, and the only addition from my stash were the pink washi tape and the Basic Grey acetate letters, which I love!

Some close-ups:

Thanks for looking.  Make sure you head over to the blog to check out how the rest of the DT were inspired, and I can't wait to see what you make and link up!

Be blessed

Melissa x

Yummy! (Scrapstuffz 'Inspired by' Challenges)

Hello!  Well its my turn to reveal my layout over on the Scrapstuffz blog.  This month our inspiration piece was this cute mason jar photo.

And here is my layout:

I was inspired by the jars, and used one of the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan jars for my journaling.  I layered up some of my favourite Crate Paper papers, and used the strawberry card from an October Afternoon Miscellany pack.  Here are some close ups:

Head on over to the blog for the full details on how I was 

Girls (Artfull Crafts)

Hello, and welcome to my first official project post for Artfull Crafts!  I'm so excited to be on this Design Team, and this month I get to play with Kaisercraft's Tea Party Collection.  For the love of all things pink and girly, I had to scrap a selfie photo of my daughter Azaria and I.  Make sure you head over to the Arfull Crafts blog to see my post.

Here is my layout:

And some close ups:

You can check out and purchase the collection here.

Be blessed
Melissa x

Waiting (Crate Paper)

I decided to enter the Crate Paper August Creative Weekly Challenge which had the challenge of navy blue and sequins.  I am loving that sequins are so trendy in the crafting world right now, and it seems that they are trendy in fashion too!

My layout is about my kids waiting for a special Christmas surprise to arrive on 22 December 2012. It was Grannie and Poppa (my parents), who planned a special trip, and we told Sam and Azaria that we were going to the airport to pick up a special present. The photo shows them waiting in the airport terminal, watching the plane arrive.  Here is my layout:

It was a very special moment, therefore the Maggie Holmes handwritten moment paper was perfect.  I'm so glad I'd been keeping (hoarding) it!  I added a frame, some ephemera, and painted the border with watered down ink.  I was inspired by an image I found on Pinterest of some chevron sequins.  I decided to use this inspiration to make the journaling tag.  Here are some close ups:

Thanks for looking

Melissa x