The Scrappery NSD Vlog Hop

Hello!  Yes I'm back again so soon!  Today I'm sharing a layout that I made in response to being tagged by Kayla Renee who is one of the co-owners and on the Design Team of The Scrappery Kit Club in Australia.  I was also tagged by the lovely Suse Fish from Faith Hope Washi.

The challenge was to incorporate the following:

• Mint & Gold
• A stencil
• Paint
• Stars

And to make a process video or layout share and upload to YouTube, tagging four other YouTubers.  Of course I was super keen to play along.

The word mint always reminds me of mint chocolate chip ice-cream from my childhood!

(Photo courtesy of Pinterest)

I wasn't quite sure what mint was, so I googled "mint colour palette" and found the following:

So then I went through my scrap bag and pulled suitable green papers, and then I went through my embellishments and pulled mint and gold.  I created my background with white acrylic paint mixed with a metallic mint gelato, and once it was dry I used a star stencil and molding paste.  I decided to go with a corner design and layered up my paper scraps.

The photo is of Brielle as a newborn baby and Sam and Azaria lovingly touching her head.  I absolutely adore those Grace Taylor bows!

Of course I'm still to add my date.  I made the star epoxy embellishments with my Epiphany Crafts punch and the other side of the gold doily.

 My title and journaling was inspired by the song Anchor by Hillsong, and you can watch it  below.

That journalling card with the clouds and feather is from Dear Lizzy.

You can watch my process video below or on YouTube here.  You'll also find out who I tag!!!

Thanks for looking!  That wraps up my International Scrapbooking Day (weekend) of crafting!

Adore (Mei Li Paperie)

For my Kaisercraft Design Team Application please click here.

Hello!  Well its Saturday afternoon and I've just had two of my favourite things - coffee and sushi!  When I was pregnant I missed sushi so much, and I completely lost my taste for coffee.  With feeding Brielle every three hours around the clock, one coffee a day is very helpful, and I could very easily eat sushi everyday! 

This week I decided to play along with the May Colour Challenge over at Mei Li Paperie.  Colour challenges are so much fun as they make you go through your stash, and use up scraps.  My layout is the first layout I've made of all three of my kids, and is a photo I took when Brielle was 5 days old, and the day I got home from hospital.  I love that Sam and Azaria are fascinated by all things baby, including Brielle sleeping in the bassinet.  

I used all sorts of bits and pieces on this one, including some Echo Park Everyday Eclectic, which I admit I love so much I've hoarded it!  Other items include Basic Grey, Pebbles, and Crate Paper.

And here is the awesome colour inspiration palette:

I had a lot of fun playing along with this challenge, and will definitely play again.

And now on family news, can you believe that Brielle is one month already! Here are some photos:

Sam and Azaria love her so much!

Thanks for reading and looking.

Melissa x

My Baby Shower (Color Me Scrappy)

Hello, yes this is my second post for today, although here in New Zealand it is 11.05pm!  My blog has been a bit quiet this week due to the end of our broad band being used up by my son downloading a game, but its actually been a blessing as I've been getting some creative time in around feeding my newborn.

I recently discovered a challenge blog called Color Me Scrappy, which is predominantly colour inspiration challenges with an added fun twist!  I decided to play along with one of their recent challenges as I adored the colour scheme.

Here is my layout, which is about the surprise baby shower that my dear friend Wendy threw for me.  The photo is of me cutting into the beautiful and delicious cake she made, and this was 9 days before Brielle was born.  

The twist with this challenge was that in addition to the colour scheme, we had a word challenge with the word NEW, with an item for each letter.  My items are:

• N - Notebook edge (on the journaling card)
• E - Ephemera
• W - Washi Tape

I mixed a range of older collections and bits and pieces from my stash on this layout. 

Some close ups:

Lots of yummy layers:

And here is the delicious colour scheme:

And for the first time ever I'm linking up with The Memory Nest Crafty Creations No. 17.  Leslie of The Memory Nest is lovely, and I've been meaning to join in on her challenges for some time now!

Thanks for looking, I had a blast creating this layout!

Melissa x