Dad~ You Are One In A Melon

Hello and happy Wednesday.  Today my project for the blog is a page layout of my Dad.  I love this picture of him.  Since retirement and moving away from the city his veggie patch is his pride and joy.  This is his first ever home grown watermelon.

The LSHD file 

One in a Melon

This file from LSHD was perfect for this page.

 This is also a Christmas tradition in our family.   Dad chooses a watermelon for Christmas day.  The watermelon lies in our swimming pool on the day while we celebrate.  We have a “cold” Christmas lunch. After lunch those that feel like a swim jump in the pool, the watermelon comes out and Dad cuts it up for the family.

Thanks for stopping by

Michelle

Monday LSHD DT Post

Today I have chosen to do another layout for Little Scraps of Heaven Designs DT blog post.  

I got my inspiration from 

Scrap Africa  Sketch Challenge 18

and 

S.W.A.T. Drill#9 Cool Coulour

Scrap Africa's challenge was to do a layout according to their sketch.

The second challenge was from S.W.A.T and that was to use their choice of colour schemes

I ended up doing a back page for an album I am working on.  This is a special Album for my Aunt who will be turning 60.  The page is an ENVELOPE.  Many family members have sent messages for this occasion and hopefully use it to put in all her birthday cards from the day.

The envelope was cut in three pieces.  I ran the top of the envelope through the cuttlebug.

The paper flower was made by securing all the layers of the flower with a brad, then spritzing water on the paper and scrunching the petals.  I have added some stickles to the top of the flower but unfortunaty the light does not show it in this picture.

The flowers are mounted on paper doilies from LSHD.  I also attempted my first ribbon bow and added a button to the top.

For the arrows I put a small stripe of tombo glue on each arrow, let it become tacky and then added my twine on top.

The word "memories" was double matted and put onto some 3D foam squares to give the layout some dimension.

The inside of the envelope.

Patterns used for this page by Little Scraps of Heaven Design.

Doily

My Paper Garden Vol 2 flower 7

Elements collection element 1, element 9,

Thanks for looking and have a happy Monday ~ Michelle

Flower Challenge

Good morning!!  Time for a new challenge over at Little Scraps of Heaven Designs.  Flowers in Bloom!!!  Whoohooo!!  Create anything using lots of Little Scraps of Heaven Designs flowers.     For this challenge I chose to do a front cover for an album I must still get around to doing. LOL.  We were lucky enough to to go on a family vacation to Mauritius.

As you can clearly see I loved these flowers so much I have decided to used them as my "BRAND".  This will be the new cover photo for everything Scrapping Delight.

For these flowers I used 

My paper garden Vol 2  (flower 1)

and

Scalloped shaped patterns ( the circle)

For the full tutorial on how to make the flowers go to my documents

Anything Goes Challenge 1st April

This week is a real fun challenge.  ANYTHING GOES as long as you use a paper piecing from Little Scraps of Heaven. Be sure to visit the LSHD DT BLOG for full details.

For the challenge this week I chose to do a banner.  I was asked to do it for a friends birthday.  I really enjoyed doing this banner.  It was the first time I have attempted a banner.

I used Banner collection.

Snake from Little Boys

Dinosaur tracks

and

Dino Sign.
Elements Collection