Sketches 4 all, Crate Challenge Layout, Christmas Photos, Page Maps2

Hello everyone, hope you are enjoying your weekends, wet again here, we had 2 dry days though which was nice to get some washing dry....Well we had our busy week here, we went to see Frosty and Nate had a great time, and Thursday I stayed home and did the layout above which was for the colour challenge on the Crate Blog. I treasure it when Nate comes up and kisses me and says " I wuv you muumm" so I just wanted to document these great shots I took using my other hand.....

This is the great photo I got when we went to our local shopping centre for their photo shoots with Santa. It was great. They said it was such a success they will do it over 2 days next year. I was on a waiting list until the Friday before this shot was taken so feel lucky I made the cut....
Stanley is on the left and Maxi (his dad) is the greyer 14 yr old hog.

Bought myself this book as an early Christmas present a few weeks back and just love it, the layout for the Crate blog challenge is from this book, I have completed 2 layouts so far using it, it takes me out of my usual style and I am enjoying using it.

At Sketches 4 all this month, there is so many fantastic prizes up for grabs, you just have to come and join in, I have just won the ECHO PARK BOY papers and am stoked as I just love them. The above layout is for Fia's sketch challenge, and again the prize is just amazing, and I also have a great rak up for grabs to the winner of the "Scrap your traditional colours for Christmas" challenge. All you have to do is create a Christmas layout using the colours you love for Christmas, I am a red green and gold girl but there are some amazing colour schemes in the GALLERY.  Just press HERE to check out this sensational challenge blog.

Love to you all, I hope you and your family's are well, thank you for being my extended family, you all mean the world to me. Love Melxx

Sketches 4 all Rak challenge, Handmade by Suzanne

Hi everyone, hope you all had a fabulous weekend, we did, started off with a fantastic day Friday, Saturday we had a Christmas Party for local Charity I volunteer for and Sunday I took the 2 dogs and a small boy to have their photo taken with Santa, our local shopping centre put on a day we could bring our animals to sit with Santa too, the boys (all 3 of them) were fantastic.

The above layout is for my challenge for Sketches 4 all for their 1st birthday celebrations,

The challenge is: Make a Christmas layout using what you call the traditional colours for Christmas. I am a red green white girl, what are your traditional colours,  once you create your layout just post it in the Sketches 4 all gallery HERE and you could win this Rak from me.

Please post the tag: MELCHRISTMAS

This is the winning RAK

The layout below is one I created for the "Handmade by Suzanne" sketch challenge this month, I used the gorgeous Sass Lass papers and my favourite flourishes at present "Flourish with a Bling" just love there awesome gloss finishes. I hope you like the layout: The gorgeous border punch blue paper side and bottom was courtesy of Cathy Cafun....

And you know I cannot leave you without a pic of Nate:

Santa couldn't make the Christmas party for the Charity but Mrs Claus was on hand to distribute the pressies, Nate and I had a wonderful time.

Love to each and all of you. Melxx

Sketches for all, Jillibean Soup

Good morning dear friends, cloudy thank goodness today, it was sooo hot yesterday, little cooler expected today?? Hope you and your family's are all well.

The above layout is my DT layout for Sketches for all and I just had to use this pic of Nate in the bath and me feeding him strawberries, Aunty Jan was taking the posed photo, this is not something I do on a regular basis but it was a fun example to show Nate later on that his mum really does spoil him. The layout's title appropriately reads "Feeding the monster in the bath".

Now this is the sketch that we used to create our layouts, now if you would like to have a go, I would love to see your interpretation. There is a fantastic prize too. I used the gorgeous Jillibean Soup Monster Stew papers, I am just loving the bright colours in them, if you would like to enter the sketch challenge just go HERE and I look forward to seeing what you come up with. Sketches for all is a great site with approx 13 challenges going on at the moment, lots of prizes, and the challenges are STAMPING, TAGS, ALTERED ITEMS, and heaps more.

How cute is this photo of my boy doing the vacuming (big bird he calls it) this is a photo this mother just could not resist, boy using Dyson - no pants - PRICELESS.  (a future 21st photo album shot to show his friends) A mum has to do what a mum has to do. By the way, he vacumes every day, he just loves it, so I am guessing that by age of 6ish when he is old enough to manouver it properly he won't want to do it anymore????? 

Off to the old lady's group this morning, I always look forward to their jovial antics, I so look forward to seeing them smile. Hope you all have a fantastic day, love to you and your families. Melxx

Sketches for all, Purple Pumpkin, Spiderman

Hi everyone, hope you have all had a wonderful week. I know it has gone super quick. Well the mojo is still low, not much scrapping here, and the little bit I did just didn't look right to me and is on the scrap heap. But visiting all your blogs is sure to boost me. I know this is something we all go through from time to time so I am confident Mr. Mojo will return after his little holiday....

The above layout is for a challenge I set as Guest Designer at SKETCHES FOR ALL and the challenge is to use a movie as your title. I had this gorgeous Jillibean Soup papers (Monster Mash) so just had to use the title of one of Nates favourite movies - Monsters Inc.

If your looking for some challenges either for prizes or to boost your mojo I suggest popping into this great site HERE, really friendly girls, lots and lots of amazing challenges, and Michelle Hodges, for those who know her, is super talented, and she has an amazing competition HERE at the site.

Also it is reveal night for PURPLE PUMPKIN tonight, ooh, I have seen her new buttons and they are just divine, I can do super financial damage ladies without even leaving my living room........looking forward to this Sam.

I took Nate and Aunty Jan to a Community party recently and got the chance to meet Spiderman, this was the first time Nate has had his face painted and he just loved it, kept on looking at himself in the mirror, and just turning his head in all different directions, I can now understand why you need 2 bathrooms in a house, and I think the boys these days are just as particular as the girls from some of my friends comments....

Look forward to catching up dear friends. Need a big Mojo boost, so off to see what you have all been up to now. Love to you and your families. Love Melxx and of course "My little Spiderman"

Sketches for all, The Nook Mini Album

Hi everyone, Well if you have noticed I have been absent a little from blogland of late, well I am back and looking forward to getting back to normality. Nook Uni was actually very full on, here was the mini album I made for the Final's challenge #1.

So this took me almost every scrappable hour this week, their was also 2 layouts, 5 cards and a 24hr = 24 projects day too, but unfortunately I just could not compete as I had to go shopping with mum to Orion for a dress for my sister's wedding.

I am again today missing the finals as I am taking Nate to the Pictures for his very first time to see "Cats and Dogs" so I cannot wait.

I am guest Designer this month at SKETCHES FOR ALL so I will be back in a day or two to tell you all about it.

Love to you all. Melxx