So Excited ! Whoo Hoo Happy Days

Hello Peoples


Well I am just a tad excited :) Jane asked me would I like to be on the DT at the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ Um Hell Yeah! I have only dreamt of being on the DT at the Boxx since I became a member. 
The Sketch for this month is up, so pop over and have a look
and join in with us. The Boxx is where the scrapping world opened up for me. I met the most awesome, gorgeous ladies and have gone on to meet some in real life and count them as my friends. I learnt to become a better scrapper, so much talent over there, and they are all so willing to help and advise. We are there for each other in good times and bad. It is a wonderful, supportive community. So check out the challenges and look forward to seeing you there.


The layout I have to share in this post is one that I did for a Challenge at Soul Scrappers                                             http://soul-scrappers.ning.com/  The criteria was to use words from the Willy Nelson Song "Blue Skies" I have a Willy Nelson LP (yes a vinly) I hadn't listened to it for ages and ages, so I dragged it out and  really enjoyed listening to it again. Old Willy singing Blue Skies and Georgia on my mind, it was great.
I chose a photo from Austria at King Ludwig's Fairy Tale Castle. The views are magical, and it is the most amazing place, I loved it there.

Thank you to Lizzy for the beautiful lace & blue handmade flower http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/ , Yellow PP is Authentique from the Boxx , MME PP & checked ribbon & flowers from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ .
Thanks for popping by. Don't forget to pop by STS  http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/ over the next few days as the new challenge will be posted shortly.
Hope your week's a good one
Hugs
Mary x

A Autumn Day in Cook Park

Hello lovely people


This layout is of my DS  (now 31!, gee's where did all those years go) . The layout is for a challenge over at the Boxx  http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ You had to use Autumn colours, something wooden (Thanks Miss Kim for the gorgeous flourish), bling  (I have used the paper clip) and fabric, ribbon ( I have used twine) and a verse. My quote says "Autumns the Mellow Time.
One thing I will say for where I live , is that Autumn is a beautiful time of the year (a bit chilly in the mornings and night though) It is such a pretty time with all the leaves changing colour, truly spectacular.

I am enjoying doing layouts of my children when they were little, and I guess that is what scrapbooking is all about preserving the memories.

Pop over to Lizzy's blog http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/ as she is having a give away. I love visiting Lizzy's blog, always lots of creative goodness to see, a clever and lovely lady.
Also don't forget to join in the challenge at SCRAP THAT SONG http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/ we would love to see your entries on a song from the year or decade you were born in. The DT have our layouts up for your to see,  we would love to see yours.


Hope you day is spectacular 
Hugs
Mary x

Stuck Sketches Layout

Hi Lovely people,

Today I faced one of my fears and went to the dentist, Yikes. Happy to say I survived, all though I nearly had a heart attack when I paid the bill and one appointment to go.

I did this layout for Stuck Sketches http://www.stucksketches.blogspot.com.au/ 

This is the Sketch

Here is my take on the Sketch ~ Piggy Tails

and a closie

Chelsea in her little tartan dress and red cardigan that her Grandma made, and how cute are her pig tails. The little chair was mine when I was a little girl.

Wishing you Sunshine and Smiles. Thanks for dropping by, I really appreciate your comments

Mary x

Love Weekends

Happy weekend everyone,


I wish weekends were 5 days and work 2 , now wouldn't that be awesome :)
A couple of shares of layouts for Scrap Sanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/ . The first is one I did as Guest Designer for the Month Of March , using the Prima Printery PP's which I believe Tiff has on special in the shop.
This is a layout of my Mum when she was young

The Transparency of the table and birdcage is from Miss Annette, The Twinchie is from Kerri http://myscrapnaddiction.wordpress.com/, thanks ladies. The flower I made with satin seam binding from Craftqueen & and the little flowers are from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ . Old French book paper and paper that was behind the photo when I took it out of the frame. Old vintage lace, from my wedding going away top actually. 
Some closies

Next is a layout for the March Sketch Challenge at Scrap Sanity . This is the Sketch 


 





And this is my take on the Sketch

I have used Kaisercraft PP "English Rose" Collection, Vintage flowers and vintage lace, muslin, and the gorgeous little Prima Birdhouse is from Scrap Sanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/
This is a layout of my DD at a wedding this month. I seem to have a thing for soft and girly atm or vintage.

Thank you for popping by. I really appreciate your comments.
Don't forget to pop over to Scrap That Song http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/  and join in the challenge of creating a layout from a song in the era you were born, we would love you to join in and share your layouts with us.
Wishing you all sunshine and smiles
Mary x

A couple of layouts to share

Hello lovelies,

I have a couple of layouts to share with you today. Firstly Leeann sent the DT girls at Scrap That Song  http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/ some gorgeous products from the ChipChopShop  http://www.etsy.com/shop/thechipchopshop to play with. Leeann is our sponsor this month. I love her bright, happy , whimsical, embellishments and doilies. With this in mind I wanted to scrap this photo's of Chelsea and her friends at her birthday in the Park , when she was a little girl. And the Words " Beautiful like a Rainbow" came to mind, as Leeann's products are just that, (and so is Chelsea).

And next the gorgeous Kim has set a challenge over at Challenge Heaven http://challengeheaven.ning.com/  The challenge is to scrap a layout in Pastel Colours , with a candle on the layout and Muslin (no problem for me with the Muslin, I love it!)

The photo was taken by my son https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Benno-Photography/162523923843973 and is of my GD. I was really happy with how this layout turned out. 

 Prima PP, hand dyed satin seam binding from Tattered Inspirations http://tatteredinspirations.blogspot.com.au/
Paper doiley from LilRedRocket http://lilredrocketbuttons.blogspot.com.au/
Pink Doily a gift from Fliss http://herhand.blogspot.com.au/, this girl does awesome layouts, just beautiful.
Flowers from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/,  Lamp post is a Kaiser Stamp from Craftqueen, that I stamped onto transparency, Lacey stamp is Making Memories from Craftqueen.
Embossed butterflies from the lovely Jo http://mycherrypiecreations.blogspot.com.au/
Can you spot the little candle embellishment on the layout?
Thank you for popping by, please let me know you called. Yes I am needy and love your blog love
Wishing you love and sunshine
Mary x

I Never want to forget this

Hello my friends
The weekend is nearly over boo :( , I have had a lovely day today. Starting with a early morning walk

One of the nice parts of living in the country, plenty of space and trees .


Followed by Brunch Yum

 Chilling with Mum at the nursing home

and scrapping

I did this for a challenge over at Home and Scrapped http://homeandscrapped.ning.com/ and we had to do a take on a magazine cover 


 I wanted to scap this memory of  how my GD melted my heart with her lovely words
The other night she asked me if I liked her new Profile Pic on Facebook with curly hair (which is the pic I have scrapped) and I said "You look beautiful no matter what"
Amelia said " So do you"
Me " That's debatable"
Meli "What's debatable mean?"
Me  " That's questionable"
Meli "Oh Please , just go and look in the mirror or get contacts or something
Me " I have glasses"
Meli " Well go and look in the mirror and you will see a beautiful Grandmother looking at You "
How Beautiful is that, sure did melt my heart 
I have slid the hidden journalling in the side of the photo. 


some closies

Thank You Annette http://annetteedmonds.blogspot.com.au/ for the ballet shoes, and Jo http://mycherrypiecreations.blogspot.com.au/  for the Love tile, Satin seam binding from Tattered Inspirations http://tatteredinspirations.blogspot.com.au/

Tuelle and braid from Craftqueen  http://www.craftqueen.com.au/, Button from ChipChopShop http://www.etsy.com/people/thechipchopshop

Hope you have had a lovely weekend


Hugs
Mary x

Very Excited :)

Hello lovely people,


I am very excited to be Guest DT Member at Scrap Sanity for the Month of March http://scrapsanity.com.au/
Tiff gave me some Prima Printery PP's and some embellies that were perfect for a Heritage layout. Straight away I thought of this photo of my Husbands Grandparent's, his Aunt and Uncle and His Mum. His Mum is the youngest child in the photo. So out of the frame it came and onto a page.

I love the old car in the background of the photo.
I stamped the tag with the Prima stamp that Tiff gave me and then smudged Pan Pastel over it . I made the bottle top embellishments  using The Prima Printery PP's & I love the clock and key from Scrap Sanity.
Pop over to the Scrap Sanity sight for Challenges and visit Tiff's online store.
A Closie

This is a sneak peek of another layout I have done for Scrap Sanity

 A couple of weeks ago Kim and myself went to Camden for a Prima class with Sherry Mendoza and it was lovely to Meet Tiff if person

Thank you Tiff for the opportunity to Be a Guest Designer for Scrap Sanity

Cheers

Mary x

A Day At Miss Annette's Scrap House

Yesterday was our fortnightly get together at Annette's for our Scrappy Saturday. We always enjoy our day together, lots of creating, LOTS of talking and a fair bit of eating :)

I was a little more organized yesterday , didn't take quite as much as I usually do, had my photo's picked and a idea of what I wanted to scrap. (I usually arrive with NO idea)

The first layout I wanted to do was of a photo I remembered I had of me and my Cousin Jenny. She is very ill at the moment, so I have been thinking of her a lot. We are cousins , but have always been good friends. I wanted it to be soft and girly and wanted to use the pretty PP.

I have had the PP so long I am not sure what brand it is. The little bird is from D-lish https://www.facebook.com/pages/D-lish-Scraps/388505156420

The bird cage is Kaisercraft,  The satin seam binding & hat pin are from Tattered Inspirations http://tatteredinspirations.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/neglectful-me.html 

The paper Doily is from LilRedRocket http://lilredrocketbuttons.blogspot.com.au/

Prima flowers, Little pink crochet flower from Annette, thanks gorgeous , Brad in the centre is Making Memories from Craftqueen. 

Journalling tag is Kaisercraft

White Crochet doily is from ChipChopShop http://www.etsy.com/shop/thechipchopshop

The gorgeous little blue flower with the charm is from My2Angels http://www.my2angels.net/
The soft Tulle is From Craftqueen

And some close ups 

Annette lent me this gorgeous Martha Stewart Punch, to make this edge.

I don't remember a lot of my childhood but when I saw this photo for some reason I remembered the dress I was wearing was lemon and I loved it. 

Next layout is a photo of my three brothers that I have always loved. We don't seem to get snow like this anymore .

and some close ups

The Autumn leaf from Janice ,

http://janicenicholls.blogspot.com.au/

Making Memories brad  & Satin Seam Binding from Craftqueen  http://www.craftqueen.com.au/

Bakers Twine from LilRedRocket

Little gate from Scrapware http://www.scrapware.com.au/BlogList.aspx which I have added Tarnished Brass Crackle paint from ScrapSanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/

I have also used Prima packaging and the check ribbon, braid and Making Memories brad are from Craftqueen

Old French book paper, October Afternoon Card. Little white Doily from the ChipChopShop, brad Making Memories. The little umbrella I cut out of Cosmo Cricket PP I think.Paper Doily from LilRedRocket.

It is still wet and cold here and the weekend is going way to fast! Hope you have enjoyed your weekend

Wishing you Sunshine where ever you may be

Hugs

Mary x

SCRAP THAT SONG NEW CHALLENGE

The challenge for this month over at Scrap That Song is to pick a song from the year you were born. Well being old :( I had know Idea what songs were even around at that time. So I googled songs for that year and picked the only one I even knew, and lucky I Kinda like it. It's one of those songs that gets stuck in your head and it has nice lyrics so that's Good. I think I even vaguely remember singing this to my children at times.

And here is my layout

This is my eldest Son Joseph playing in the back yard (isn't he cute ) Just click on photo to get a clearer picture.
and some closies

The buttons from My2Angels http://www.my2angels.net/ were perfect as they look like old coat buttons, the little key and lock are also from My2Angels. Twine is from Craftqueen.

Used a springy , wiry thingy and the gorgeous braid is from Craftqeen.
 Miss Kim  http://lifeisabalancingactx8.blogspot.com.au/  shared the idea of tearing canvas and colouring. I have used Pan Pastels to colour the little pieces of Canvas. Kim is one super talented lady, you should visit her blog, you won't be disappointed ~ Fabulous.
Would love to see what songs you come up with for the year you were born. PLEASE join us at Scrap That Song.
Hope you are staying warm and dry in your part of the country. Raining, raining, raining here and winter seems to have begun :(
Have a wonderful weekend. I am going to go and get ready now to spend the day with my scrapping buddies Miss Annette and Miss Kim :)
Hugs
Mary x

Summer Fun

Another layout for the CC at Scrap Sanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/ This was the get Messy Challenge. So I played with Gesso, glimmer mist and inks. I wanted this to be a bright , happy layout to go with the silly photo of My DD and myself on the beach at Nelsons Bay last year.

It was a very dark, bleak, foggy day here today, so the colours are much more vibrant IRL . Thank you Miss Annette http://annetteedmonds.blogspot.com.au/ for the blue lace and doileys . Flowers are from My2Angels http://www.my2angels.net/ Yellow tulle and blue binding from Craftqueen, I have used Crafters Template from My2Angels  with gesso and Jenni Bowling paint dauber in Soap Powder from Scrap Sanity . I have doodled around the edge .
When I read the criteria to be Messy this layout that I did awhile ago came to mind

Our Middle Child is a bit of a gypsy and in between living overseas and different towns he lands back home  and he is VERY Messy. This is is his room, probably on a good day, as you can actually see the floor. I told him its bad when his young  nephew says "Christopher you need to clean your room !". I am pleased to say he has moved out  and is sharing a house with a friend, until his next adventure. And I have now turned his old room into my reading/guest room.
Hope you are staying high and dry where ever you are.
Cheers
Mary x