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Be sure to pop over to the Scrapbookit Blog to check out my latest projects - a Journal Page and some cards! Here is a sneak peak of the Journal Page!

Here is a sneak peak for todays post over at Scrapbookit! Make sure you pop on by and check it out. Head to scrapbookitblog.blogspot.com Thanks for popping by! Melx

6 days and I am back posting here again! Whilst it won't be a long post...it is a post :) Just dropping by to let you know that the first of my April posts has gone live this morning over at  +Scrapbookit   We have a wonderful challenge happening for April which has been set by the gorgeous  +Tania Ridgwell   So why not pop over to check it out. You may even like to enter your project for the chance to be our June GDT member. Here is a sneak peak of my project. For more detail head over to Scrapbookit and check it out. Thanks for popping by! Melx

It is definitely very sad that it has been just under 2 years since I posted here on my own blog. It doesn't mean I haven't been creating ~ I have just been posting most of my work to the Scrapbookit Blog . Check it out there. Hopefully this post sees me back into more regular posts on here! The layout I am sharing with you today is my entry for the Kraft+ Challenge Blog. I decided over the weekend that I would check out a new challenge and give it a shot. Well, here goes.... The challenge brief is as follows: Here is my entry... And some close ups... Thanks for stopping by. Hope to keep the posts a little more regular in the future! Melx

Hello Everyone, This month at Sketches in Thyme we were able to choose our own sketch to work with. I decided to create my own. Here it is... I have used some photos of Brayden at 4 weeks and 4 days old. To complete this layout I used the Simple Stories 24/Seven collection. I just adore Simple Stories...their collections are always so easy to work with. I used a Kaisercraft Clear stamp and some Kaisercraft Bark ink to create the background. I revitalised my iTop tool to create the two brads featured on this page. I am really pleased with how this layout turned out. Make sure you pop over to Sketches in Thyme by clicking this link  to check out what the rest of the team have been creating! I have also been busy creating for Jo at Scrapbookit. There are some amazing challenge entries and the Design Team have been doing an amazing job. Make sure you head to the Scrapbookit Blog by clicking here  to see what everyone has been up to....

Head over to the Scrapbookit Blog  to see the second of my posts for April. Here are a few sneak peeks... Many thanks to Kayla Burns from Burning Memories Photography for allowing me to use the gorgeous photos she has captured in the above two layouts.

After a little break from Sketches in Thyme after a very busy term at work.. today sees the April sketch released over at the Sketches in Thyme blog. Here is the sketch... I have used a gorgeous photo of my niece, Aimee. She was a little younger than she is now. Here is my take on the sketch... For this layout I have used the Kaisercraft - Fine and Sunny collection. The background is the Chirp page. I have used a bird and birdhouse from another page and some foam tape to create some dimension around the tree. I have used some parts of other pages to create the cute little embellishments, some tags and a kite.  I have used the alpha stickers from the collection to create the title. In the top right hand corner I have used some washi tape in similar colours to the rainbow. To check out what the other team members have created, head over to the Sketches in Thyme blog . I did complete the sketch for March however, I failed to post it online prior ...