Noel mignon kit/cards for mum's b'day

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a wonderful day. Dreary weather here, just took Nate out for a bit, went to Lifeline op shop and picked up this steering wheel (computer game) thingy, and he is here driving the car and honestly, we are going to have lots and lots of lessons before this boy drives his first real car..... but it was 50c and I got the lady to cut the computer cord off it there and then for me. I so have to do a layout about the best 50c toy we have found to date...

The above layout is one I created using motivation I found when I purchased an e-book from ella publishing, I haven't attempted a double page layout in ages, and definately never finished one with only 2 photos on it, so this was nice to try. Again I used the gorgeous Noel Mignon July kit goodies.

The cards you see above are 8 of approx 15 I am making for mum for her birthday, I just thought this is something that she may possibly like presented in a decorated box as she has everything else she could possibly want for. My friend Jess also mentioned she pre-stamps them when she does this too, which sounds like a great idea. I have so many great inspirational card makers that I visit, Jess, Deb, Liz,  & Amy - to just name 4 this time around. Thank you as visiting your blogs I have learn't so much.

A good blogging friend Lisa has asked if I would share with you all some embellishment flowers she has for sale at the moment, she does some gorgeous really great valued kits too. You can find her kits and other goodies for sale like the pic below right HERE.

I seem to be on a scrappy roll at the moment, and loving it, I really hope it keeps going, you know what the mojo is like, in today gone tomorrow, lol. Tomorrow is Friday again, where has this week gone, shopping tomorrow and my fav show "Trial & Retribution" tomorrow night ABC. Off to see what you have all been up to. Love Melxx

Noel Mignon - Challenge (no patterned paper)

Morning everyone, hope all is well at your places, it's crazy weather here at present, overcast, sunny, showering, sunny again, you know just enough to send you batty when you have washing to do and 2 poodles and a 3 yr old who love to be outside for a short while and then want to come back and lay on the lounge......

The layout "Sweetness it's in your eyes" is one I did for Noel Mignon challenge site this week, (no patterned paper) it was heaps of fun, her challenges I enjoy doing and well using the gorgeous kit with all the DeLovely goodies in it (sorry they are pink Nate) I love. If you are curious to see her August kit, have a look here, I cannot wait to get this one. 

I just love the Heidi Swapp black Glimmermist and once again I used my trusty liquid paper around the edge of the layout - just to frame it. I made the circles mask using a 12 x 12 already cut out chipboard piece, not sure where I bought it from.

Okay, so today is our lady's day, boy the week comes around super quick, and then I am going to come home and do some more scrapping, gee I wish you could come over for a coffee and scrap with me, as it is now, I will probably have Toy Story 2 which I borrowed from the video store on for the 20th time whilst I am scrapping here. Thankfully tomorrow is Wednesday Scrap day with Aunty Jan and I look forward to it. I think it is so nice to do what you love whilst chatting and of course as we will be downstairs, Lightning McQueen will be playing also.

Oh, I almost forgot, dear friend's Cathy and Sam gave me beautiful awards for my blog, thank you ladies, both of these lady's are awesome scrappers, but you probably already know that but you can click on their names to go straight to their blogs, the conditions were I had to tell you 5 things about myself: You may already know these things, but here goes:

1. I will be 43 next March (feel so much younger though)

2. Drive a 2006 Rav4 4wd - white in colour

3. Next goal is to be on a Manufacturer's DT

4. Used to be an Accountant during the day and aerobics instructor at night

5. Love coffee (about 3 - 4 cups per day)  and chocolate (especially together)

Thanks so much for the beautiful awards dear friends, but I would like to give all of you an award so if you want to share some things about yourself, I would enjoy reading.

Love to you all, have a fantastic day, somehow blogger seems to have changed again and can only upload 1 photo at a time, so will share another layout Thursday. Love Melxxx

My Minds Eye layout

Nate and Uncle Col


Good morning everyone, hope this Saturday finds you all healthy, happy and relaxed (yeah right) lol we are having a dvd morning here, watched New Moon Tanya........but after reading the book was just a little let down, I guess I had formed my own little movie in my head.  Nate is now watching Hot Wheels car thingy dvd, so I am trying to concentrate here on what I am doing.


The above layout is one I did using the gorgeous June Nook kit, I just added a Fancy pants word heading "everyday" and some Tessa Buys flowers (corrugated ones), I made the brown button myself using some of Nate's play dough and putting it in the oven.


I entered this layout in the My minds eye challenge and was actually really happy with how it turned out, but when I was reading this I must of only had one coffee as I forgot one of their criteria, put the word HOPE on the layout, but after I notified them they were gracious enough to still ask if they could put the entry into their gallery, which was nice.


Can you believe it is the end of the month already, wow I am just getting through my challenges for this month. We are going to Nate's school in 2012 fete tomorrow, the theme is Craft this year so looking forward to seeing the inspiration. Hard to believe my boy goes to school soon. This thought inspires me to scrap all the things he is up to right now, as before too long I won't see him during the day........Love to you all my friends, off to check out your days. Melxx

Scrap the Boys

Hi Dear friends, hope this has been a great week for you all, been very busy this end, last Saturday was the Handmade markets, caught up with Michelle Jamieson which was nice, (Scrapbooking Master 2009) she sells her brand of merchandise which is called Chelley Bean there. Then Saturday night was to Sizzler for Uncle Col's birthday, Sunday I did some scrapping, Monday to Amanda Taylor's for our scrap day, Tuesday had our lady's morning tea and then some appts, and after a scrap day with Aunty Jan today, I think it's MasterChef and then to bed with my new Scrapbooking Memories Mag.

The above layout is for the Scrap the Boys Challenge blog and this month they have supplied a sketch which is totally optional to use and the criteria is use stamping on your page, the star stamp I have used is a Studio Calico one, I stamped onto some brown Kraft and matching colours on this layout, lots of fun. Oh and I opted to use their sketch also.

This is the new look Nate with his super short haircut, we found a hairdresser that he really likes, his name is Ashe and the day after he got it cut he went in and gave him a freddo frog and gave him a hi - 5, so hallelujah....

That is it for me, have another layout almost finished so I will share this over the weekend. Love to you all and your dear family's. Mel and Natexx

Noel Mignon - Challenge, Nate's 3rd b'day

Hi everyone, hope you are all being crafty, happy and healthy. I know I sound like a broken record and know I am not the only one, but wow doesn't the time just fly, not sure where this week has gone, looked this morning and its been 5 days since I last blogged. To tell you a little about our week:

The layout above is for Noel Mignon Challenge, This "Party Sunny" Kit has been my favourite kit so far, gorgeous with lots of the DeLovely range by Cosmo Cricket, this is my very favourite range at the moment. The challenge was to create a layout indicating when you feel your independence started, mine was when I told Nate's dad I was pregnant and he left me and fled to another state, lol - I laugh now but you know I have stayed single since this day, and since this day I became very independant and love it, I know one day I may meet someone special but am super happy as "just the two of us" for now. I often say, where on earth would I find the time with a 3 year old, 2 poodles, scrapbooking, housework, mowing, gardenning, friends.....blogging...super busy as it is.

The layout below is a layout "just for me" I took so many photos of Nate for his 3rd birthday, and am still seeing some I want to scrap, again the papers were from Noel's kits. Tonight is soccer after the school holidays, I enrolled Nate into Prep school for 2012 and was 46/70 so glad I got in early. Had our lady's day on Tuesday, and Jan and I had Scrap Wednesday together, shopping today and took Jan to get some stitches out, (melanoma) she is fine. Uncle Col's b'day tomorrow, dinner and fete Sunday so that is the weekend gone and off to Amanda's for our fortnightly scrapfest on Monday.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Looking forward to seeing you all, I got a gorgeous blog award from Cathy Cafun (will do the questions next post) and received a beautiful RAK from Julie Lakose today, thank you this totally made my day. Sarah Lou, still no package and surprising as it is Julie lives in USA and the post is received fine and you are the next State and it hasn't turned up. Crazy hey.

Love to you all. Melxx

Screen to Scrap and Kraft it Up

Hi everyone, hope this post finds you all well and happy, the above layout is my entry for Screen to Scrap this month, taking some inspiration from "Sherlock Holmes" screen poster as I have not seen the movie, I used my very own Detective, following the criteria of Teal in the layout, something metal and a block title. In the days when taking photos of Nate suited him, (only a few short months ago) I managed to snap these photos of what he does when you ask to take his photo, he is a born model, smiles and tilts his head to one side and then the other, now I get a hand straight out and he says "NO mum" I mean I hear some mum's saying their kids don't like photos being taken but surely I thought I would get a few more years in before this happenned. Looks like I will be taking more candid, "I got you" photos from now on.






This is my entry for Kraft it Up this month, the criteria was to use 4-6 photos, and of course use Kraft cardstock. These are some pics of Nate servicing the mower, or should I say his mower as everything is "Mine" at present, he did have a big learning curve here as just after these photos were taken and I was thinking just how gorgeous "The Help" is around the house, I put the camera away and came back to see him putting grass that he had just cut using (not my faves thankfully) my scrapbooking scissors into the poor Victa's petrol tank, thankfully I caught him quickly and only a small amount was in the tank, he is certainly quicker than the eye, but I put it down to the imagination of a 3 year old. Will have to get better help. lol.



Good friend Wati Basuri sells these gorgeous flowers they sell for $3.50 SGD which is approx $2.75 AUD and can be purchased through paypal. I have just ordered some and cannot wait to receive them. Just click on HERE to see more gorgeous colours in these flowers.

This week looks busy again, follow up Speech Therapy appt today, Lady's morning tea tomorrow, bring on Scrap Wednesday lol as for apart from cutting out bits and pieces I probably won't get paper to page until then and let me know what you think but for the mum who has everything I decided to make her 15 or so birthday & anniversary cards & bought a nice box to put them in, I got this idea from Stacey Cohen.

Hopefully, I will have no more eco friendly fuel experiments in the lawn mower to report, until then dear friends, I will visit you all and see what you are all up to. Love Melxxx

Scrap the Boys

Hi everyone, hope you are all well, really cold and rainy here again, wow this is a horrible winter, but in saying that it is nice cuddling up with the gang of poodles and the small boy here at nights. Still doing my cutting out and I just went and got my favourite scissors sharpenned and they are back to brand new again. Do you have a favourite pair of scissors or is this weird?

The layout above is my "Scrap the Boys" entry for this month, I am so glad this great challenge site is back, the layout is not my usual style but I just had to find a way to document some of the crazy things that go on here in this house. I used numbers to dot point some of the funny/crazy occassions and some cute photos of Mr. Nate with the title "the one and only you". I am so thankful I am a scrapbooker. It is just like Aunty Jan says, "there is never a dull moment at your house" and this mum wouldn't change a thing, well I would like a break from the damn "Cars" movie that seems to be on whenever he takes time out to sit on the lounge.....If you would like to see the new "Scrap the Boys" challenge site, please CLICK HERE

Boy there are some sales on at the moment and some gorgeous stuff I really want, notice I didn't mention need, I think that would be fibbing....I placed an order Tuesday night with Tracy at My 2 angels and wow received it today and that is just awesome service to me and I cannot wait to get stuck into my goodies, I bought some Black Magic Glimmer mist and some Ranger Red Puffs embossing powder which are just dying to be opened and some awesome little charms that will add that finishing touch to my layouts - sooo cute and some papers, glues, pens and inks..... To check out her great site just click on the shop name above or CLICK HERE

The layout below is my first page I did with the Studio Calico June Kit, and my attempt at a simple, lots of negative space layout. Nate has Aunty Jan's glasses on in the photo here and this mum thinks he looks super cute.



The blog candy below is to celebrate Samantha Hauzer's new Blog "Purple pumpkin" she is just awesome at making these divine buttons,flowers and all sorts of gorgeous handmade embellishments..just click HERE or on the blog name above and put your name on the post to win these.



Lastly, I got the shock of my life when a great blogger friend Julie Lakrose used 2 of my layouts for her Scraplift Saturday, seriously humbling Julie but at the same time a great feeling to think someone would want to scraplift me, thanks Julie, I really love what you did, if you would like to see the 2 layouts she scraplifted just click HERE.

Okay, time to get the tea out here, made Lasagne, Nate's favourite, and Max and Stan love it too. Will be off to check your blogs later tonight and tomorrow. Look forward to catching up. Love Melxxxx

ARTastic, Studio Calico, Design Dollies

Hi everyone, bad blogger this week, been a busy week, hope you have all been well and keeping cool or warm depending of where you are in the world.

A few layouts to share this week, "Not the full deck" is my submission for the Design Team at ARTastic this month, the criteria being, you have to have a playing card, a feather and shades of brown, the pictures here are of Nate and I being silly with his bunny ears this last easter.

I got the gorgeous Studio Calico kit this week, so the layout "Operation" is from the kit with the exception of the silver camera which my good friend Amanda Taylor gave me. I based my layout on the inspiring works of Sasha Farina, (love love her work).

The layout "at the Beach" was one I did for the Dollies DT and haven't had a chance to show you yet. April 2010 Nate and I went on a camp and this is us at Currimundi Beach on the Sunshine Coast. I think this paper was from Pink Paislee, and the canvas material is prima printed canvas, it is divine.

Been a busy week this week, an older friend and I started a small older women's group, we meet every Tuesday at 10.30am and we had 7 attend this last week. The ladies are all over 65, and don't get out of the house very much, I take Dawn (83 years young) and she is gorgeous with lots of great story's of times past, we all have a coffee, laugh and chat and Nate enjoys playing with kids in the cool play area. I feel so enriched to have these older ladies in my life, and it makes their week to get out and chat.

Wednesday was scrap play day, got a layout completed for upcoming ARTastic DT and watched "Cars" the movie another 3 times, Nate leaves and goes and plays on his trampoline or bike and Jan and I are left to watch it, however, if he pops back in to see us and notices we have changed the channel to normal tv, B....so we just leave it on. I almost know the words off by heart.

Went for our walks on Thurs & Friday, and Saturday went to a small park (we walked) and their was a great children's fun day, Nate played with play dough, card and craftmaking & dress ups. We had a great day. I hope you are all very well, I have my scrap day with Amanda tomorrow so hopefully will have some layouts to share with you later in the week. Love to you all dear friends. Melxx