Montana's First 12 Months Album is finished..........

Well sort of!! Just 2 photos to add and some more thickers for the 'months' titles.

But otherwise it is!!

My girlfriend Karen was over on the weekend and she was working on her daughters album which got me motivated to finish Montana's. I also got stuck into doing my son's and now all I need to do is add the photos and type up the little write ups for each page.

This is the cover which I am thinking of covering with a sealer, but don't know how it will go over a photo.

Does anyone have any experience with that??

This is the first page in. It has her Birth Story in the little pocket on the left that I made and on the other page is an explanation of why we named her what we did. (I am yet to write the story of how she got Montana.) But her middle name Charmaine is my mum's name and Frances is her dad's Grandmother who passed not long before we married and loved me to bits for her favourite Grandson. And funnily enough, Montana is so like her, with her little traits and personality.

This page is Montana's birth details such as date, time, weight, length.

I've written little things on the left, of things that she did that month. Such as her milestones or her firsts.

And on the opposite pages are photos of her at the corresponding age.

The whole album is done with Cosmo Cricket's Girl Friday collection which I loooooove. As well as American Craft Thickers and Tim Holtz Distress Inks. A few of my punches were used also like Fiskars Sunburst and Apron Lace and Martha Stewarts Doily Lace.

This is where I have to add 2 photos.

This page is of when she turned 1 and her cake. The opposite page is a little pocket I have put in her ultra sound photos, her name card from hospital and I will put in a letter from me to her.

The Colour Room......................

Here is a layout for the Colour Room which was from a colour bar which was taken from a room!

I really struggled with this one. I can't use purple/mauve real well. I just find it hard and this one was no exception, but with some help from Karen, I pulled this one together...........................

These are a Few of My Favourite Things....Cities

And the next prompt for These are a few of my Favourite things is Fave Cities. Mine so far is New Orleans although my heart is in Brisbane.....................................

XOXO Girls.............................

Here's a layout I did for XOXO Girls where I scrap lifted Daddy's Girl by Dana Tatar.

Their sponser this month is Snobby Walrus.

The Colour Room & Kraft It Up..........................

Well I've found another new site and the welcoming page is just soooooo pretty!!

The Color Room.

It uses colour palettes for their challenges and their first palette has an optional sketch with the colours pulled from a photo of a girls bedroom for inspiration. Just gorgeous.

So here is my interpretation.................................

And this one is for Kraft It Up using a monochromatic theme and I went with cream colours.............................
That one was a little hard to photograph because of the overcast and cold weather we are having at the moment.

Till next time.............

Happy Creating!!

Bec

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Candy Shoppe Designs.......................

I stumbled across this blog and thought it was a great challenge. Candy Shoppe Designs.

But when I went looking for a funny photo, I couldn't find one. I guess I've just deleted them.

But I did find this one of my cat which I think is funny.

We had not long got the fish and she had never seen them before.

She looks like she is in the fish tank, but she is actually sitting behind it.

I've been scrapping up a storm the past few days.

I'll be back with my entry for Kraft It Up!!

October Afternoon Fans.......................

Scrap Therapy has just got in all the ranges of October Afternoon!!

OMG!

I have so many favourites in this brand.

Cherry Hill!! Thrift Shop!! Weathervane!!!

So many yummies!!!!

If you want some, head to Scrap Therapy for all the Yummy October Afternoon before it's all gone!

Method Playground........................

And another layout done this weekend.

This one is for Method Playground and the criteria is to create your own flower embellishment/s.

I used hessian, paper (in the centre of the bottom flower) and a crochet lace.

Scrap The Girls April............................

Here is my entry for the Scrap The Girls Challenge this month.

5 buttons, 4 patterned papers, 3 flowers, 2 photos and 1 alpha.......................................

I've already started my Easter photos. I did another Easter one with multiple photos using the WIOIN 'Year In Review' March layout. I really liked the layout so used it for the multiple photos of Easter.

I will upload it once I take a pic of it.

These are a Few of My Favourite Things....TV Show

This month at These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things is your fave TV show.

Yes, mine is Medium. Love it. And isn't she just gorgeous!!

Here's my layout...................................

Playing Catch Up........................

This is my money box for a challenge at Scrap Therapy set by Helen.

I've used Cosmo Cricket's Fleuriste range. Gorgeous papers!! Prima flowers and Prima Alphas Stickers.

The April Challenges are up and here is a sample for one of mine. Go check them out as there are some fun ones......................
This one was for a surprise challenge I set over at Scrap Therapy for the March theme "Everything Green". I went down the recycle path and set a challenge for everyone to get out one of their first ever layouts and recreate it to their style now!

Wow! What a challenge it was and what great results everyone had.

This layout was my after, but go over to the thread and you can see my before. What a difference.
This is my February & March Year In Review for WIOIN Sketch Blog...............................

I'll be busy scrapping non stop this afternoon so I will be back soon with some more layouts!!

Happy creating!!!

B

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Bit late, but Happy Easter!!!

Don't you hate when you've blog hopped that much that you run out download usage and your speed is soooooooo slow!!!!

Well thats what I (and hubby) did last month. Terrible isn't it!

So I've had no speed to upload anything to my blog! But it all came back this morning so here is a few catch up posts!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

We had a fantastic day and weekend. The family came over Sunday morning for the Easter Hunt, which mind you, I have never done with my own kids!

My parents never did that for us. We just woke up with all our eggs on the ends of our beds.

So I started a new tradition for us with the Easter Hunt.

Here is a little chicken that my SIL made using a cupcake. Isn't it just the cutest!!!

This is where we ate our lunch. Such a gorgeous day........................

These are little carrot gift boxes I saw on the Cosmo Cricket blog filled with Choc Sultanas and Peanuts or Jelly beans in Montana's.

This was when she found all the 'wows' and sat down for a feast!! She didn't know what they were and just unwrapped them and put them back in her basket.
So Happy belated Easter everyone!!!!