Love always

I completed this 12 x 12 for the Sketchy Thursday August GDT sketch - I loved the sketch - I did add a little ;) you had to have a handmade embellishment( the little material and doily flower) and also the colour yellow on your LO - something that lately I have no issue being able to use :)

The lovely and most talented Janine Kaye took these pics of my boys and I :D

Thansk for dropping by, Melxx

Ps Dont forget the WTG giveaway - Layouts are duw today :)Good Luck

inspired:)

I have been playing along at scrapfreaks summer freakout - and they had a bonus challenge where you had to use the daily inspiration forum section to inspire you to create - I love that through the net we can be inspired by so many other ideas - it's great.... For the one above I was inspired to use left over alphas - love how it turned out and it's something each of us has a problem with one too many left over z's and not enough vowels ;)

the one above was inspired by the Maya road DT using a die cut stencil from left over tags and glimmer mist to create a background and journaling area all in one - so easy and very effective form of masking :)

This one was done using a tutorial from AC by Liz Kratchner on how to make flowers - she used the Dear Lizzy fabric papers - I just used some material but it still looks super sweet...

Hope fully this has inspired some of you also- thanks for popping by
Melxxx

Big Boy Bed

I did this LO for the Sketchy Thursday current sketch challenge (www.sketchythursdays.blogspot.com/), It's still hard to believe Corey is in a big bed as he could still easily fit in his cot....but little bubba's turn into little boys and he so loves his big boy room...even if he likes to wake with the sparrows....

I love the Cosmo Cricket DeLovely Range - initially I thought I wouldn't get much use from it but it is so versatile - I have done boy LO's,Girly ones and cards :D

thanks for popping by

Melxxx

sketchy yumminess

I did this for a challenge at scrapfreak - this is using the January sketch and I have twisted it up a little but love the result - I made these sweet kebabs with the boys they were such a huge hit as you can see by the smiles :D

It was so simple just some fruit and marshmallows and the boys even popped them

on the kebab sticks and swished them in the choc themselves -

they had a ball.

thanks for dropping by

Melxxx

Looking for some sun?

Think I found it not only from my gorgeous boys but in the Yellow in this LO :D after a few chilly days this has warmed me up - I completed this LO for the July GDT comp at Scrapfreak (www.scrapfreak.com) the criteria is use YELLOW as your main colour.

I made the sun using a yellow doily, fabric , a sweet vintage doily and by turning a ribbon into a rosette and sewing the butterfly on - pretty cute I think...

I love being a mother and love my boys is bucket loads but no one could ever prepare me for motherhood or the emotions you experience as a parent - it is all so worth it as the smiles, hugs and love you get back is priceless and definitely warms my "winter" days with sunshine :D

Thanks for popping by Melxxx

Who's that girl challenge Giveaway

Want to win fab kit just like the one above(this one is already sold out) but you can get your hands on the next one just by completing one of the challenge's over at Who's that Girl.

Jess is giving away a kit, Scrapfreak! Entering is super easy! All you have to do is create a NEW layout using any of the 12 Who's That Girl challenges that are up on the site and link it back to the WTG blog - the link is on my side bar :)

Good luck girls, would love to see an Aussie sister take out the prize ;)

Rules: Your layout must be created new for this challenge and is due by July 14th. Please be sure to link back up to the blog when ever you post the layout on your own blog or on scrapbook sites. Multiple entries are welcomed! Be sure comment here and leave a link to your page to be entered in the drawing.

Cheers Melxxx

Imperfect

This is my first LO for Who's That Girl(WTG), the challenge set for this one was to scrap something imperfect about yourself - gee where to start....I chose the fact that sometimes life gets on top of me and I lose patience, I also know through discovering this and other little bits and pieces that it's ok to not be perfect...still something I am working on...

I love how versatile PP is and that making embies from it by adding bling saves cash :D and adds a little unique touch to your LO.

I love adding layers of different things on my LO's - chipboard, transparencies,doilies, ribbon...you name it I will use it lol I have used a paper doily on this LO just above the title and spritzed it with some maya mist to add a little more detail.

So head on over to Who's That Girl and check out the other girls work - some great LO's and honest journaling :) the link is on my side bar....so how about scrapping your imperfection/s???

thanks for popping by Melxx