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

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

Noel Mignon White space layout, soccer boy

Good morning to you all hope this post finds you happy and healthy, well it's Sunday morning here, rugged up and it's cold and overcast, and I am guessing you are sweltering over the other side of the world. Wow the cold has slowed this scrapper down heaps, I still sit and cut out at night time but the actual finding of the photos and glueing down is eluding me, after checking out your blogs I am sort of thinking whether it is stinking hot or freezing cold we are all feeling the effects of the weather in our lives. Thank you so much for the gorgeous comments you all leave me, I read them over again and they make me so happy to know I have so many gorgeous friends.

Nate was awesome at soccer on Friday night, but unfortunately two weeks holiday now as school is out for two weeks. I actually enjoy soccer as I feel so proud watching him on the field.

Uncle Col had a little windfall last week on lotto, he won $860 and because giving makes him so happy he gave Nate and I $100 to spend, the Handmade expo was on Saturday so I bought us all a little something with the money, Max and Stan got handknitted jumpers, Nate got a car from the "Cars" movie and well I bought a Studio Calico kit. After the markets where Jan and I purchase handmade cakes and farm fruit and veges we came home and to watch this little boy jump out of the car and run to Uncle Col is just so beautiful, money really is nothing, time is everything and Uncle Col dedicates his full attention to Nate when he comes for a visit, they roll on the grass, play tricks on Jan and I, throw balls to Max and Stan, garden, mow, it's just beautiful to see how this man who has never been able to have children of his own, loves my little man with all his heart.

I forgot to mention I was published for the first time in this month's Scrapbook Creations, in the Blue section. I got the biggest thrill showing Nate his picture in the mag, he must be so used to me reading the mags at first I think he didn't even notice. He rode a horse yesterday also at the markets and now says "I ride the horse mumma" how cute, I am so in love with my 3 year old.

The above Easter layout is a white space challenge on the Noel Mignon challenge blog, I love the challenges here.

Love to you all, you mean the world to me and your comments always touch my heart. Melissaxxxx

Kraft it up, Noel Mignon

Morning dear friends, wow a little chilly here this morning, and I am off for my fortnightly scrap day with Amanda Taylor, the photo above shows Amanda's boy Connor doing sound for Master Nate while he sings, he is so excited to be going and has been saying all night "I go to Con's now?". I just try to explain he has to sleep first...

The layout titled "Beautiful Grins" is my entry for KRAFT IT UP this month, the criteria is you have to use a Kraft background and utilise heaps of white space. The layout titled "While you were sleeping" is using a Noel Mignon technique where you use the default letters from their casings and mist. I just love this idea and am actually going to use this again today. When we come home from our day trips with Jan and Col, we always bet how long before Nate falls asleep, he is usually so quiet, which is just the opposite on the going to trip, he now yells 'DUCK' when we go underneath every bridge, which Uncle Col taught him to say, but this day he just crashed and it was my turn to have a little fun without him knowing.

Well I must be off, time to leave for Amanda's, heaps of traffic usually, and so many bridges to DUCK UNDER. Hope you all have a great day. Look forward to catching up with all of you soon. Love Melxx

Noel Mignon - Challenge

Good morning everyone, hope you are all well this morning, I have a layout to share with you I am submitting for the Noel Mignon Challenge this week, you had to use one sheet of patterned paper, I used a piece of Jenny Bowlin and I have to tell you this layout took nearly a week with each night a little more achieved. I cut all the frames out, then black zigged around the outside, then liquid paper and frame doodled, but I had heaps of fun. I used this opportunity to mention some of the funny things Nate says as he is getting a handle on our language, a lot of what he says he just misses the pronunciation of the first letter, but it is all in the learning process.

The other pic is of my little boy (oh I just cannot believe the rate he is growing) right before my eyes, he loves to climb, loves extreme sports, has so many scars already, oh wow what next...... he enjoys everything he does, until you here the "Mumma Mumma" and you have to rescue. I love it but at the same time recognise he has no fear factor, he tries everything then realises it might be a littler harder than he thought, wow, I wonder if I was like that once or have I always stood back as it looked just way out of my comfort zone?

I have some beautiful candy to share also, Amanda is giving away some beautiful lollipop flowers she makes, they are just gorgeous, all you have to do is pop to her blog, (just click on her name here....Amanda) and it will take you there, become a follower and leave a comment, super easy, no advertising on your blog for those that struggle with this part. The candy will be drawn on Monday by me at her place for our fortnightly scrapfest.

Hope you all have a wonderful day, we are off to Sizzler for my dad's 70th Birthday, I missed going on Sunday as I was sick, so mum, dad, Nate and I are off their today. Will check out what you have all been up to when I get back this arvo. Love Melxxx