Precious Family Time Together

This is a kit that I changed around a bit and added some items to.. Original layout design by Petal.
Photos were taken at our Holiday in 2010 when we went to Jeffreys Bay for 10 days.  Was one of the best holidays I have ever had.. 
The paper in this kit was mostly precut but the patterns didn't match my photos so I changed it a bit.

Pattern papers:

- Fab Scraps

- My Minds Eye

Cutouts by RM Designs

Rubons by Scrapbook King

Close up of left and right pages:

Close up of elements used:

Hugs, Mich

The Scrapbook Lounge - Jan Card Sketch

I belong to a Yahoo Chat Group called The Scrapbook Lounge.. There is a card sketch posted.. I have made a quick card using my scraps from my Special memories layout:

Sketch used:

My card :

Card inside:

Hugs, Mich

Let's Scrap Sketch: 12-28-11

I never got a chance to use this Let's Scrap sketch last year, but finally found the perfect photos for this..

Sketch 12-28-11

My layout I created:

Journalling reads:

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive."

- Gilda Radner

Andre  &   Lola

Amazing how one little doggy could have crept into Andres heart so quickly.

He loves dogs and has a special affection for German Shepherds‘ and living on the farm he has had many of those.

  However, when Sharon adopted “Lola”, a mix between who knows what.. LOL.. She just crawled straight into his heart the day she jumped onto his lap and that has become her special spot every since.

Every day this has become their routine.  Andre sits outside and has his morning coffee and Lola sits on his lap and gets lots of love and affection.  What a special bond they have.

Close ups of left and right pages:

Close ups of elements used:

Hugs, Mich

Family

My final layout that I got to create at the Megacrop last year.  This one was 90% completed and all I had to do was add photos and a few flowers.  

Original layout created by Mel van der Merwe.  Love this page and I found these photos I took of our family when we went to a wedding in December last year.  Our first Australian wedding...  was a fun event.  The photos just seemed to work very well with the page.  

Glad I am finally finished all the layouts I half done.. phew.. now to tackle the rest of my scrapbox of unfinished projects.

Full layout:

Close ups of left and right:

Loved all the "tags" and stitching we done on this layout.. great effect.. thanks Mel..

There were no scraps left of this page, so no card this time.. LOL

Hugs, Mich

Lets Scrap Sketch: 1-11-12

This weeks Sketch Challenge has been posted at the Let's Scrap Site.  I used the right side of the sketch which I rotated at 90 degrees for my left page of this layout.

This layout was created at the Mega Crop I went to last year.  Original layout designed by Sarah Truscott.. but I amended the entire layout and only kept the booklet on the top right of page that she created.  

Journalling:  During our visit to Melbourne in May, Neville’s work were kind enough to accommodate us for 2 nights at The Crown Plaza Hotel.  We drove through to the  City early and booked into the most exclusive and amazing Hotel ever.   We had the perfect view of the Yarra River as it gently flowed by and in the mornings, you were awakened by the calls of the Morning Rowers as they practiced their strokes up and down the River.

Next door to the Hotel was  a cute little Restaurant / Pub that we visited often, especially when we finished touring the city and had time to sit down and reflect on our day.  It also had the most amazing views of the River and we sat and drank bottles of wine whilst watching the River Cruise Boats go up and down.  What an awesome first impression of the City.

Papers used:  

• Graphic 45
• Echo Park Times and Seasons ranges

Close ups of left and right pages:

Close ups of all elements used on layout:

Right hand page has a booklet created with different sized papers to include more photos.

Also managed to squeeze a card out of the scraps of this layout..  part of my New Years Resolution..(to make cards out of scraps)

Inside of card:

Hugs, Mich

WANTED: Melbourne Gaol

I am still busy completing all my "unfinished" projects for the January LOAD projects at Let's Scrap.  This was another layout done at the Megacrop in 2011 that has been lying in my box for about a year. This double layout was originally designed by Ritea de Kock.  I changed it around slightly to include all my photos and made a booklet on right page to include extra pics.


These photos were taken at the Melbourne Gaol.  When the Old Melbourne Gaol as built in the mid-1800s, it dominated the Melbourne skyline as a symbol of authority. Inside the Gaol, dangerous criminals were held alongside petty offenders, the homeless and the mentally ill.  Between 1842 and its closure in 1929 the gaol was the scene of 133 hangings including Australia's most infamous citizen, the bushranger Ned Kelly.

We visited the Gaol in May 2011 and were really surprised at the feeling of "death" that surrounds the building.  The old Hangmans Noose still hangs where they used to hang the prisoners.. very eerie ... The cells were minute and the walls were cold hard stone.. Really not a place I will ever visit again.. was an experience NOT to be repeated.. they have a ghost tour here and I can really believe that there are ghosts here as I swear I could feel them watching us.

Close ups of layout:

Hugs, Mich

Kidds Beach

The little seaside village of Kidds Beach, just 30 kilometres from East London, lies on the rocky shore of the Indian Ocean, its beach an uninterrupted landscape of white sand and sea, and little else to interfere with its sheer beauty. Named after Charles Kidd, a former mayor of King William’s Town, Kidds Beach is all about the beach, lack of commercialisation and slowing down to a dawdle. The waves and tidal pool are renowned amongst surfers and children alike, and the surrounding hills are covered with a variety of indigenous flora and a considerable number of birds. 

We were lucky enough to have time to stop over one Saturday to visit this lovely beach.  We walked for hours and even made friends with a little hermit crab.. 

This layout was created at The Scrapping Studio's Megacrop in 2011..  We created 5 double layouts in one day

Design by Audrey Matthysen.  Finally got around to finishing it off.  Added photos and some extra elements to finish off the layout.

Close up of left and right pages and elements on layout:

Left box contains a shaker box in bottom corner.

The top right is a flap that opens up for more photos underneath

More close up shots:

Hugs, Mich