Hi Everyone,
As you will have read we have been extremely busy over the past few days.
Today I have a couple of little bits and pieces to share with you as well as an exciting event coming up at Scrapbookit.

First of all I wanted to share with you the wishing well I made for Victoria for her 2nd Birthday.

I have used the Kaisercraft Mini Wishing Well and some of the papers from the Tigerlilly collection. I used the Viva Decor Precious Metal Colour to paint the wishing well. Viva Decor is so easy to use and it literally dries in seconds. It makes doing those off the page projects a lot quicker!

The little quote on the front says
"When stars are born, they possess a gift or two, 
One of those is, they have the power to make a wish come true.
We'll make a wish and do as dreamers do,
And all our wishes will come true"
which was taken from Disney Wishes. Quite appropriate for our little American!

Here is a look from the side...

I also have an engagement card to share today for my cousin who has just recently announced his engagement and whose party we attended on Saturday night.

Scrapbookit is having a Blog Hop on Saturday 13th October at 7pm. 
Basically you head to the Scrapbookit Blog at that time where the blog hop will begin. There you will receive directions on how to go about participating in our Blog Hop. There will be heaps of inspiration from the Design Team and of course the opportunity to win some prizes along the way.

You may have noticed that on the right hand side of my blog I have a new widget called "Linky Followers" I would love it if you could become a follower of my blog by clicking 'Follow Me' and then following the onscreen directions.

Well, that is all I have for the moment.
Happy Scrapping,

Just a quick post today! We have had an awesome weekend. Victoria's 2nd birthday - a Minnie Mouse party; an engagement party not to mention the AFL Grandfinal....woo hoo! My mighty Swans are the 2012 Premiers - I think I need a holiday to get over all the excitement. Can't wait to scrap some of the photos!
Happy Birthday Victoria!
Cheer cheer the red and the white!!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Mel x

Earlier this week my first post for the latest challenge at Scrapbookit went up on the Scrapbookit Blog.
I have used the Curiosity range by Authentique. I really enjoyed working with this range and loved all the tags and little bits and pieces that come along with the Authentique range.
I just love this photo of my little man. He was only just at the beginning of his schooling journey when the photo was taken and still very engaged and excited to be going to school - a different story now (sometimes)!
Have you been over to Scrapbookit lately? The DT really do an awesome job at inspiring us to create. Not to mention providing great challenges for us all.
Why don't you pop on over and check out the blog and while you are there enter in the challenge for your chance to win a voucher from Scrapbookit.
Have a great weekend.
Mel

Welcome to another week...and what an exciting week (well, for me anyway)....it is HOLIDAYS!!!!
It is so nice to know....sitting here on Sunday night that I don't have to get up and rush around to get to work in the morning.
Also this week is exciting because the Sydney Swans are in the 2012 AFL Grandfinal..we are all very excited here.

This week also finds me posting for Scrapbookit. Check out the sneak peek of my layout. Make sure you head on over to the blog to check what I have been up to.....why not enter your own entry to the challenge and whilst you are there do some shopping at the Scrapbookit online store! There is some wonderful inspiration from our DT and some great prizes up for grabs. Why not head over to the Scrapbookit Blog or the Scrapbookit Store to check out what is new at Scrapbookit. 
Have a great week everyone, GO SWANNIES!!!!

Welcome to a new week!
In the last week Spring has arrived according to the calendar BUT winter has forgotten that it is time for a holiday. Whilst we have had a few semi spring days it has been still cold and miserable. Oh well, I guess there is a light at the end of the tunnel and the warmer weather is heading our way.

We had a lovely weekend with my Uncle Malcolm. We actually spent the majority of the weekend finishing the memorial bookmarks for my Aunty. Sadly, she passed away in June and I had had a bit of trouble, emotionally, getting the memorial bookmarks completed. They are now done and ready to send out to those my Uncle wishes to thank.

Thought I would start this week with a share of a few cards that I have made recently.

The first was for my nephew Harry's 3rd birthday. I used the Jungle Bug collection from Kaisercraft. I have a 6x6 paper pad. A great way to buy paper for card making.

At Scrapbookit there are some great 6x6 paper pads for you to create with. Check them out via this link online or pop into the store for more to check out!

The second card I have to share with you is one I made for a good friend of mine. I used the Echo Park Victoria Gardens collection. This was an older kit that Jo from Scrapbookit had sent me for a previous challenge. Check out the gorgeous flower ~ available at Scrapbookit!

Well, that is all today.
Don't forget to pop over to the Scrapbookit Blog (by clicking there) and check out my latest post that is going up today.
Have a great week everyone!

Do you like this layout using Kaisercraft's Save the Date?
Why not pop over to Scrapbookit's online store by clicking this link store and grab yourself a complete kit with instructions??

A very big happy birthday to my hubby. I hope you have a wonderful day xxx

Just a quick post to say Happy Father's Day to all the father's out there.
A very special Happy Father's Day to my Dad, my stepdad and father in law and of course my hubby!
If you haven't made a card yet for those special men in your life you may like to have a go at one of these...

On the 2nd July I was very lucky to be able to attend the Kaisercraft Retailers Day in Geelong with Jo from Scrapbookit.
Besides all of the yummy food that we were provided with we got to shop in the factory.....we got to chat to all of the designers and we did a couple of layouts with Mel Kennedy using the new collection Sears and Son. We had a ball.
Here are the layouts that I created.

These are great papers for all of those males in our lives.
I hope that all of the males in my life.....Jason, Dad, John and Dennis have a wonderful Father's Day on Sunday.
Happy Father's Day!

I'm back.....as promised 
to share some more of the things that have been happening in my scrapbooking world...

Not so long ago I received an unexpected email from the editor of the Caravan and Motorhome On Tour Magazine. She asked me if I could be part of a craft feature in their magazine.
Initially, I was gobsmacked. I actually thought someone was playing a practical joke on me and were having me on. After showing Jason he convinced me that maybe I should take the email seriously and reply to it.....which I did!
No, it was no joke. I then provided the magazine with lots of images and information for them to put together the feature which featured caravaners and motorhome travellers that crafted whilst on the road.

This is the feature (sorry about the pic!)

I hear you asking.....how did they know to contact me????
I had submitted and had accepted me layout 'Loved' to CK. The editor of this magazine knew that I had created that layout in our caravan whilst on holiday....she passed my name on.
Funny how things happen!

Last month's challenge at Scrapbookit saw me creating with Kaisercraft's Check In collection.
I made several bits and pieces with this collection and I still have heaps left over.
I created this Bon Voyage card for the card challenge...

For the second part of the month I created some Tags....

I was very excited to be able to create some layouts from our Thailand trip using this collection. I love how they came up. The first layout is of one of our most favourite activities whilst in Thailand....Elephant Ride.

The second layout is of my very cheeky little man at the age of 4. His first overseas holiday (hopefully of many in his lifetime), which he took in his stride...these photos were of him entertaining us at Singapore Airport.

Well, I hope this inspires you to pull out some photos that are hidden away and scrap till your hearts content.
Until next time,