Team Spirit

Kit: A new Day - Mel Hains
Wave templates: Delicious Scraps

This is life - Piazza Navona

Journaling: I spent an entire afternoon at a cafe in Piazza Navona, just relaxing under the fine mist, enjoying a glass of wine and watching the people go by...That’s life!

Kit: The Simple Life - Mel Hains

Template: The New Dawn - AE Designs

Scuba diving

Picture of my friends Nicky & Monique, when we (they) went diving in Sodwana in Aug 2010.

Kit: Mermaids - Mel Hains
Template: So Bubbly 02 - bySine

Gotta love starbucks

Journaling: After a day of missed flights, trains and busses, a starbucks coffee and muffin was the biggest treat!

Kit: Good morning! - Mel Hains
Template: Scrapstrip 2 - Scrapping with Liz

My journey

Journaling: Ah, the travel bug... It has bitten me and bitten me solidly! This picture was taken on my second trip to Europe, in June 2010. Admittedly, it was totally different from my first trip (in 2008) but just as exciting! I could just wander around in another country for ages, experiencing and observing their way of life. Although I've just finished paying off my poor credit card, I hope the next trip won't be in the too distant future!
Kit: Wanderlust - Mel Hains & Vicki Parker
Background template - Scrapping with Liz
Frame: Worn photo overlays - Something Blue Studios

Yazelle's third birthday

I just can't believe how quickly my niece, Yazelle, has grown up... Here's a page of her third birthday party... I made the page at a Speedscrap..

Journaling: You had the most fun at your third birthday party! Although the moment was too much when we sang Happy Birthday, you didn’t waste any time to show everyone on every photo that you are indeed turning three! You had a great time opening your presents and playing with them.

Kit: Shabby Cakeday - Mel Hains

Fonts: Journaling - Pea KatieH; Thrilled to be - EightFifteen

Courage

This might be the most difficult, yet most fulfilling, LO that I have ever scrapped.

Journaling: This is the first time that I scrap to get something off my chest. I think it might be therapeutic. My mom has survived three rounds of breast cancer, including a unilateral mastectomy. Yesterday she went for her six-monthly check-up, which includes complete bloodtests and organ- and bone scans. They found growths on her liver, and she is set to start aggressive chemotherapy again today, after being cancer-free for three years. This has come as a great shock to us, but I know that we will get the strength to get through this again.. I love you mom...

" In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.. The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus." Fil 4:6-7

Kit: 100% woman - Mel Hains
Wave template: September template challenge - Mamrotka
Gel text action - Atomic Cupcake
Wordart: October Wordart Challenge - Sunshine Studios
Font: HW Veneto

Stitched with love (Forever Love)

My ouers, toe ons in Brussels was, in April 2008.

~My parents, when we visited Brussels in April 2008.~

Quote: Our lives are like quilts - bits and pieces, joy and sorrow, stitched with love.

Credits:

Kit: Forever Love - Mel Hains

Template: My boy template - Mushy

Stitching: Bluish Dream - Lively; Mix of stitches - Pillow Girl

Fonts: quote - BlackJack; LOVE - Home Sweet Home; date - 1942 report

Dancing the night away

Credits:
Kit: Suede - Mel Hains

Font: the King and Queen

Bath Time!

Credits:

Kit: Bathtime!  - Mel Hains
Template: Template 102 (Classic Bundle 3) - Andrea Gold

Flowers Everywhere

Credits:

Kit: Bliss - Mel Hains
Template: Template 154 (Classic Bundle #4)- Andrea Gold

Doodle: From Foliage Swirls brush by Obsidian Dawn

Staple: Brass Bits - Christy Skaggs
Font: Pea XOXO from Karen

Obnoxious Manneken

Journaling: While visiting Brussels, we had the pleasure of experiencing a “dressing ceremony” for the (in)famous manneken. While the crowd had their eyes trained on the real manneken, this little guy was busily squirting water at unsuspecting people! And just look at his obnoxious caregiver...

Credits:

Kit: Golden Sunset - Mel Hains

Template: Template 168 - Andrea Gold

Font: Vaguely Repulsive

Crossing the road (Boys Only!)

08/04/2008

Journaling: How did the chicken cross the road? ...by using the underground walkway from the Champs-Elysees, of course! Only we didn’t know about that.. We stood there pondering how to get across the road to inspect the Arc de Triomphe a little closer. After a few minutes we already decided that everyone under the Arc were surely going to sleep there, because traffic wasn’t letting up. But then we found the walkway...luckily...

Credits:
Kit: Boys Only! - Mel Hains
Template: Template 124 (Classic Bundle 3) - Andrea Gold
Fonts: Title - Pea Ink and Post; Cross - 4YEOstamp; Journaling - MS Serif

Biggest free hanging Cuckoo Clock

Hier's 'n foto van 03/04/08, toe ons op 'n Reinvaart gegaan het. Ons het by 'n paar dorpies langs die rivier aangedoen, onder andere St Goar, waar die grootste vryhangede koekoek horlosie gesien kan word.

~Here's a photo of 03/04/08, when we went on a cruise on the Rhine. We visited a few towns next to the river, one of which was St Goar, where we saw the biggest free hanging cuckoo clock.~

Credits:
Template: For the Girls - Chrissy W
Kit: Bollywood Collab - Scrap That Idea Designers
* Orange paper, gem string - Vicki Parker (AWP)
* Background, frame, glitter swirls, stars - Mel Hains
* Watch face - Sara (Sweet Blossom Designs)
* Purple ribbon, yellow paper - Stacey’s Scraps

Other: Rough Litho action - Atomic Cupcake
Fonts: Biggest Free-hanging Clock - Hayward; Rest - Hobbes

Bollywood is the April 09 Collab from the Scrap That Idea Designers

Tight Squeeze (Oh My - Mel Hains)

Journaling:

01/04/2008 Today we started exploring the Rhine Valley. We went by coach from Assmanshausen to the Niederwald Monument. Then we took the CABLE CAR downhill to Rudesheim. The funniest part was that my dad ended up sitting on top of me, because he had to jump into the car at the last moment .. and the car actually only seats 2 people! The ride down was scary (as always) but it still was a beautiful view! We spent the rest of the day in Rudesheim, drinking beer, and looking around the town said to be one of the most visited places in Germany.

Credits:

Kit: Oh My - Mel Hains

Other: Tear Action - Atomic Cupcake

Fonts: Journaling - Birdhouse; CABLE CAR - Bleedin Cowboys

Oh my at Scrap That Idea

Am Freezing, Want Gelato (Moody Grunge)

Ek was so opgewonde oor die "walking tour". Nie eers die reën kon my entoesiasme demp nie! Om te dink ek was BINNE-IN die Colosseum! Ek kan nie die gevoel beskryf nie...

Vir hierdie bladsy het ek Mel Hains se kit "Moody Grunge" gebruik.

Journaling:

27/03/2008 Today I went on a walking tour in Rome. Too bad that it was raining..and I was therefore freezing.. The weather didn't lessen my appetite for GELATO and luckily I had my very big red umbrella handy! The tour visited the Colosseum (inside!), Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain and various other piazzas, plazas and places.

~ I was so excited about my walking tour! Not even the rain could dampen my spirit. To think I was INSIDE the Colosseum! I just can't describe the feeling..

I used Mel Hains' kit Moody Grunge for this page.~

Credits:

Kit: Moody Grunge - Mel Hains

Template: Template set 18 - Doreen Stoltz

Other: Text Cracked paint action - Atomic Cupcake

Fonts: Am Freezing Want - 1942 report; gelato - alpha from kit; Journaling - 39 smooth

When life gives you lemons - Mel Hains

Ek's seker julle weet nie, maar ek's die nuwe PERMANENTE guest CT vir die fantastiese talentvolle Mel Hains!! Ek werk met al die kits waarmee ek wil werk, wanneer ek wil.. Ja ek weet ek klink soos 'n bedorwe dogtertjie, maar ek is een! 

Hier's 'n bladsy met When Life Gives You Lemons(wat 'n fantastiese naam) slegs by iscrapbook beskikbaar.

Hierdie bladsy is deel van 'n reeks wat ek probeer maak - ek was presies 'n jaar terug op vakansie in Europa.  Nou wil ek elke dag 'n bladsy scrap van laasjaar se vakansie.  Hier is my eerste bier in Europa - in goeie ou Rome! En dit was 'n "blonde" ene.  Die foto's is in 'n pub naby Santa Maria Maggiori geneem, op 'n baie reënerige Maandagaand. Prima Birra beteken Eerste Bier in Italiaans (ek dink!!).

~ Bet you didn't know, but I'm a new PERMANENT guest CT for the wonderfully talented Mel Hains!! I get to work with all the kits I want to, when I want to... Yes, now I sound like a spoilt little girl. But I am! So deal with it LOL...

Here's a LO with her new kit When Life Gives You Lemons (what a fantastic name!) available only at iscrapbook. 

This LO is part of a series I'm trying - exactly a year ago I visit Europe for a month long holiday. I want to scrap one page per day for the next month... Here is my first beer in Europe, in good old Rome! And it was a "blonde" one. This was in a pub close to Santa Maria Maggiori, on a very rainy Monday evening. 
(Prima Birra means First Beer in Italian..I think!) ~

Credits:

Template: Template 388 - Andrea Gold
Kit: When life gives you lemons - Mel Hains
Font: Date - Pea Rachael; Prima Birra - Alpha from kit