Timeless

This was the shadow box I was ask to make for a teacher that supplies at our school frequently. While I am no where near one who is boastful of her work, I have to honestly say that this photo (and the one of the shadow box below) do not do them justice. Pop up dots were used to create depth and dimension which is lost in the photographic translation as is the clarity and colour. Either way, it's a share and thanks for looking. *

Not shown is the frame that housed the photo. It is made from wood that had the rustic look of barnboard.

Blades of Glory

Blades of Glory, originally uploaded by Asillem (Mellisa).

We had a bonfire on Saturday night and I was mesmerized by the beauty of the flames. After taking some photos from my chair, I decided to hit the ground. I smoothed the grass from out in front of the camera and even picked a few blades - apparently, it wasn't enough because the flames of the fire peek through the blades of grass. It's not what I had envisioned entirely, but I am pleased with the look of it.

Cherish/Love

I made this very simple shadow for the teacher I spent the year working with. Truth be told, she is the best teacher that I have ever worked with. To have had her as a teacher myself would have been a blessing. She is a self proclaimed grouch who can pull incredible amounts of knowledge and confidence from any student blessed to be in her class. She is respectful, caring, loving, crabby, creative and funny. Kids dread going into her class only to realize that, while she is strict, she does it in a way that exudes acceptance and respect. Each child reaches beyond their expectations in some way, shape or form, at least once during the year and fills with pride because of their success. I have come to love and respect this teacher on many levels - as a teacher; as a colleague; as a mentor; as a woman.

*note - there are details on the photos that didnt show up well in the picture taking. Each photo has a rub on detail of some sort. Photos are on three different levels giving it some depth and dimension. While it truly is very simple, it looks much better IRL. I also put this together with relative speed so the attention to detail and overall layout of photos and embellishments is not my favourite. She, on the other hand, absoltely LOVED it so .... I guess that is all that matters. :)

Ya-Ya's Uncensored

What a great evening of friends and fun. We try to do this once a year and I always love the results. While we do have many wonderful shots, it is the unsensored, fun ones that I wanted to honour. The ones that always get left behind. A special shout out to Tanya's husband for taking photos along side my camera & tripod. Because of it, the silliness was captured ... and these photos don't even touch on the seriously silly ones.

I finished this mini album a while back and am just getting around to posting it. I painted it blue, applied a crackle medium then finished with the pink paint. The inside pages were raw chipboard spritzed with glimmer mist. I love that look BUT, the raw chipboard soaked it up so much that it took me an entire bottle to get good coverage of all the pages. 90% of the materials are from Noteworthy-Delanie. The rest are other Noteworthy lines as well as Doodlebug glitter. Thanks to the wonderful Maya Road for the album AND for their initials embossed on the back. I was able to glitter it, write above and below "Created by" and "Mellisa Ross," respectively. Gotta take the opportunity while you can! :)

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Happy Canada Day to my fellow Canadians.

** Get Well Soon **

A few days ago, my sweetest YaYa, Rachel, had some pretty major surgery done. I wanted to send this shout out back then but, as is true for every year, June is a crazy busy month for me. Somehow, this year is even more busy than before. That being said ...

FEEL BETTER SOON, MY FRIEND!!

LOVE, HUGS and HEALING VIBES TO YOU.

xoxoxoxox

I know I have been talking about a scrapping update and I promise, it is coming, it's just a matter of when. To date, I have done two mini albums and one shadow box with a second one to be done by Wednesday so that means, when I do post .... it's going to be a good one. Stay tuned!!

PS - Rach ... there is a picture floating around of you and I when we are at Mexi's. Do you have it? That's the one I would have loved to post.

Scrappin' Update

It is true. I really have been scrapping, I promise. I just didn't get to take photos before I had to pass my projects off to their new owners. One of them went to my Mom so I will be able to take photos of it at a later date. It was a quote frame like the one I did for myself and the other was a super quick, not very impressive,,12 page, 6x6 mini album. For now, all I can say is that I have witnesses from the Blackburn crop that can vouch I really did something creative! :) The project was for DH's best friend. His boss was changing jobs and he commissioned me to make a scrapbook for him to take with him. Luckily the boss is also a friend of ours so I may be able to get pictures of it someday too.

As for today, I have to do the other project I was commissioned to do which I will start when I get back from the auction with Tanya. It is a shadow box, for a teacher that supplies at my school, of her mother when she was younger. A gift for her 90th birthday. It will be of the vintage look and will hopefully turn out okay. It's one thing to be asked to create something for people ... it's a whole other thing when that person is a scrapbooker herself.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Little Visitor

Little Visitor, originally uploaded by Asillem (Mellisa).

Yet another photo from my outing with Marlene. She has the wonderful close up lenses that attach to the front of your lense. I think this was the 4x lens ... wish I had the macro on for it. I loved the lenses so much I had to run to Ebay and order my own. Now if I could just scratch this itch until they arrive! lol