Celebrate

Today I have a new layout to share from the Manor House Creations blog, using lots of their gorgeous flowers. I especially love the patterned lotus flower. The picture was taken at Easter last year. I can't believe how little Amelie looks only a year ago. 

I love how the combination of the pastel coloured blossoms sets the theme of the layout without me having to drown the layout in Easter eggs and bunnies.

Cheers
Alicia

A cover layout.

I am very excited to have the cover layout on Australian Scrapbook Ideas magazine this month. It is a pic of me with my babies when we were in Mexico. For Kyan it is his first time being on the cover. Not really sure any of them get that it is a big deal though. Maybe I need to show it to them on the Newsagent shelf.

Pretty and pink

I'm so glad I have a girl to make pretty pages about. Amelie looks so pretty in her ballerina clothes and I really love how this one came together. It is over on the ManorHouse Creations blog today along with some other great pink pages from DT member Nancy Winter.

Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Some sharing from Down Under Direct.

These are some projects that I have made for Down Under Direct which are the wholesalers for Spellbinders in Australia. I also got my prize pack from the Spellbinders Craft to win competition, so I have been having fun playing with the new bezels. I can see I am going to get a bit hooked on them. Keep an eye on the Down Under blog for some projects I have done using them.

I made this little mail box from an old lolly box that I found at Christmas. 

 Using some of the new dies that were released at CHA earlier this year. So much detail.

 I found this photo tucked away of me and Cammy as a teeny, tiny  baby.

More soon.

Lovely ladybugs

A sweet little friend of mine had her very first birthday just a few weeks ago and her Mum and I had the best time putting together a ladybug themed party for her, complete with a ladybug cake, ladybug skirts, ladybug banner and some part hats. I made this extra special one for the birthday girl to wear using pretty white flowers from ManorHouse Creations.  You can see it on the blog here. The party was a great success, and although the birthday girl wont remember it, she'll have some lovely photos to look back at one day.

While I am posting here are a couple of cards I made for the blog also.

Sunshine on a rainy day

Well it is yet another cloudy, rainy day here in sunny Queensland so I have just shared a sunny layout over on the ManorHouse Creations blog.

This photo was taken last year while we were in Mexico. I'm really pleased with how this one came out, which of course has everything to do with the perfect ManorHouse flowers. I'm a little sad that I have almost used up all my Powder Puff flowers. I am such a big fan of polka dots at the moment. I have saved one to make into a hair clip though :)

 MHC supplies used:

Powder puff: melon, Imagine: Oatmeal, Idyllic: Oatmeal, Gliter roses: Caramel, Springtime: White, Capri: Aqua.

Some new shares

I have some new things to show you that have been on the Manor House Creations this week.

The first one is a pretty pink one of Amelie.

MHC supplies used:

Ruffles: brown and pink, Rue: watermelon, Whimsy: pink, Glitter mini roses: pink, Powder puff: citrus mix

And a rare photo of Penny the Puppy sitting still.

    

MHC supplies:

Gelato: lemon, Imagine: light blue, Idyllic: light blue, Rue: white, Apple: blossoms, mini glitter roses:gold, Lotus: divine beauty.

And finally here is a card that was also up last week.

Holy Cow, a month gone by.

The last month has just evaporated. In that time, we have had the boys down to Tasmania, huge storms, Cameron starting prep, Amelie moving to a new daycare, Kyan starting year 3, me heading back to work for the year. It is an insane time of year.

Meanwhile, I have still been creating. This month is all about Valentines Day. I have a card up on the Manor House Creations blog at the moment along with lots of other lovely cards from the rest of the team.

Here's mine:

Love those ruffle flowers. They are so soft and pretty.

I'll have more up on the blog really soon, and I also have some Down Under Direct projects to share soon.

Designer Spotlight

This month at ManorHouse Creations, we are each being spotlighted for a day. Today it's all about me! We had free reign this month. I hardly ever scrap boy pages with flowers, and I am worried that Cammy and Kyan are feeling left out with all the pages I do about Amelie, so I thought I would do a special layout for Cammy this month for his 5th birthday. The big brown flower worked really well with the rustic Fabscraps paper for a boy theme.
The photo of the three kids is from formal night on the Disney cruise.