2023 Favourites + Farewell | Mandy Melville
Hello everyone!
Mandy here with my final post for 2023, and today I’ll be sharing a few of my favourite layouts that I created this year! I always find it hard to narrow down, but for this year I think these are the layouts that I most enjoyed creating! Looking back at these, I think what I love most about them (apart from the photos and memory keeping of course!) is that they include fun and different ways to feature patterned papers on my layouts. So, without further ado, here are my top 5 for 2023…
I created this one for the July monthly challenge, and what I love about it is the colour combination, as well as the grid design. Plus I created this just a week before I jetted off to Europe with my daughter, and so it brings back all those feelings of excitement as we counted down the days till our trip! This layout features the Happy Days collection.
Another layout featuring the Happy Days collection, but this time I chose a completely different colour combination . I love the way this layout just makes me feel happy! I had a lot fun creating the grid background and embellishing each square with cute embellishments!
I’m always a fan of pretty florals, and the Heart & Home collection certainly did not disappoint. This layout was amongst my favourites this year for the fussy cut floral clusters that it features, as well as the warm colour palette and the fun diagonal design!
I love love love the bright colours and that gorgeous rainbow on this layout featuring the Happy Days collection! This just goes to show what a versatile collection this is, with this being my third Happy Days layout to make it into my top 5! I had so much fun with the tone-on-tone embellishing and the end result is a bright and fun layout that makes me happy!
And the final layout that I’m sharing today might just be my favourite of them all! It was the first layout that I created with the Heart & Home collection and I absolutely love the colour palette, as well as the design! Plus it features a photo of my four favourite people!
Well, that’s a wrap from me for 2023, and sadly this is also a farewell from me. I’ve made the difficult decision to step down from the design team next year as life just continues to get busier and as a result I need to scale things back a little. I have absolutely loved being a part of this team (for the second time!) and I’m so very grateful to Zoe and Sue for inviting me to join. It has been a pleasure to share my layouts with you all, and I hope that I’ve inspired you along the way!
With that, I wish you all a wonderful and blessed Christmas and New Year!
Mandy x