We had quite a few weddings at the beginning of this year so I thought it about time I documented more of them! This one was my cousins wedding. Her Greek fiancé had only recently moved out from Greece after a long wait so it was an incredibly special day!

A little publication excitement!

Last months issue of Scrapbooking Memories included my first OTP project publication. I was super excited to see basically two pages with pics/instructions of my project. Definitely a 'whohoo' moment for me!

Here's some terrible iPhone shots of the mag the night I recieved it!

Scrap Around The World

I've been working on my Masters challenges the last few weeks so haven't done much other scrapping. I did manage the below layout for the August Scrap Around The World Challenge (check it out here: http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/august-2014-challenge-16-elegant.html?m=1 )

The moodboard:

At first I wasn't sure what to do with this moodboard but I adored the top left picture, with the beautiful long, flowing, turquoise dress so I decided to start with some watercolours to create a similar effect on my page. Next I added in some cork elements as inspired by the cork board on the top right. The middle picture on the bottom row reminded me that I had some blue feathers in my stash so I quickly added that in, plus some gold accents to suit the general moodboard theme. (Oh and a handcut flowing title, no cutting machine here!)

In the end, whilst it took me a minute to decide my direction with this challenge I ended up loving this moodboard as it was so incredibly versatile yet inspiring at the same time!

Until next time 

A Piece of Cake Designs Kit Layout

Recently APOCD had a sale on so I grabbed a couple of the Cupcake kits (I was too slow for the Main kits!), love them!

I've been pushed for time lately but wanted to whip up a quick layout just for fun and the cupcake kit was perfect for that! 20 minutes, a few extra bits from my stash and I was done. Simple but cheerful!

Until next time

~ Belle x

D-Lish Scraps 5th Birthday Challenge 4

I'm loving the rainbow craze lately but didn't go with the traditional rainbow look, just a bunch of colours throughout my layout! I was also inspired by the polka dots in the image on the right of the moodboard.

My take:

(Argh so difficult photographing as you can see!)

Until next time
~ Belle x

D-Lish Scraps 5th Birthday Challenges- Challenge No. 6

Haven't done any challenges in the last couple of months but when I saw a few people I follow had been attempting them I went accross to D-Lish Scraps 5th Birthday Challenges to have a little look. And thought I should have a go, what better way to get my mojo going (so I can finally attempt this years SM Masters challenges!) than with a quick challenge right?

Loved the Scrap Bingo challenge, I used the middle row, coincidentally the same one Ros used in her example. A few hearts to be found on my layout, a fabric flower and plenty of floral paper, a pretty plastic bow as well as a twine one, an altered wooden bird (painted magenta) and of course a doily. A very feminine page.

Shame the weather has been so shocking here in my part of Victoria recently, photographing layouts is proving exceptionally difficult. (Anyone have lighting that they use to combat this, I'd love some recs/suggestions?). So you'll have to excuse the recent badly photographed layouts I've just been taking quick shots with my iphone to upload.

I love this photo of my young cousins. I took a few shots of them, including this one, during my stepsisters wedding (between the ceremony at the reception) in the pretty gardens at the venue. They're such beautiful girls, inside and out.

Thanks for looking.

Until next time,
~ Belle x

Pretty Little Girl

I tend to not scrap my Instagram photos so much since they're not great quality but they are such a great snapshot of my day to day life. I love this one of our friends little girl from her 2nd birthday party, she was just sitting staring into space. So cute.

Until next time

~ Belle x

'Not my style'

Tonight I was inspired by Scrapbooking Memories Magazines call for 'Not my style' submissions this month and decided to have a go at a very messy mixed media style page. I have attempted some recently but this time I actually used paper I had used as a backdrop when painting some words so it was very messy! Paint, watercolours, stamps, doodling, gesso, mists, glitter, inks, you name it I threw it on this background!

All things considered I'm pretty happy with how it turned out but I think I'll go back to a slightly more simplistic style next time! 

Until next time 

~Belle x

A quick share

I've been busy with a few projects lately including magazine ones etc and have been super busy so haven't had a lot of time to scrap for no reason, hence no blogging. But I have one quick share and will hopefully have more soon!

Just because layout: Love U (Not So Little) Cousin

A just because layout from the weekend.

Until next time
~ Belle x