SKISSEDILLA CHALLENGE ~ DREAM BIG

Evening, two posts in one day. 

I didn't intend to post this layout tonight , it was a just because layout I did this afternoon, as I love the photo of my Granddaugher, and then whilst leaving some blog love tonight I came across the sketch at  Skissedilla which I really liked from Ali's  blog and thought I might like to do it, THEN I looked at this layout and realized I could use it as it fits in with the sketch, even down to the flowers on the tag, freaky but a  bonus! Gotta love it when that happens and now I have found another great site to find inspiration from, so I am now a follower. So after all that rambling here is my layout

And the sketch

The gorgeous little flowers and beaded bow  and loopey lace are from Craftqueen ,  how divine are they , the bigger lace is from Marally Craft  and I am loving it at the moment as well 

Beautiful washi tape from Craftqueen, Date stamp from Scrapfriends  

Stars are from Scrapfriends as well 

Once again thanks for calling by 

Love and Peace 

Mary x

CSI # 64 ~ sneaking it in

Hello on this lovely Easter Weekend

I really liked the colours in Challenge #64 at CSI 

My theme is about Dreaming and then make it happen

The gorgeous little delicate flowers are from Craftqueen and the lace is from Marally Craft  which I then used Jenni Bowling Dauber paint in Lemon Drops to give some colour. I have used my new Bo Bunny stamp from Craftqeen and numerous other stamps  and done lots of stamping on this layout.

Gorgeous , delicate wooden buttons from Craftqueen, think I need to get myself some more of them :) Wooden flourish is Kaiser from Marally Craft. Chevron Washi Tape from Craftqueen

I thought the Eiffel Tower stamp was appropriate as I dream of going back to Paris .... sigh. I have used a stencil and pan pastels for the yellow and lime green

Thanks so much for popping in, would love to know you called. Thank you Lizzy  for the tip on linking, much better :) Wishing you all a wonderful Easter. Yesterday I had fish and chips in the park with my Eldest Son and his family, so thought I would share a couple of pics of my beautiful Grandchildren

Gosh they grow up sooooo fast

Love and Peace

Mary x

TIME FOR A BRIGHT, HAPPY LAYOUT ~ SCRAPFRIENDS CHALLENGE

Hello,
I took these cute pics of my husband and his Goddaughter the other weekend (it's obvious he adores her and she is so cute and lovable) I thought it required a bright, happy layout  and Scrapfriends  http://blog.scrapfriends.com.au/search/label/Colour%20Challengecolour challenge would be perfect.

A couple of days ago we also received paintings from Remi in the mail that I wanted to scrap , so I have included them in the layout. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it to start with and then decided to fold it and attach the photo's on the front with a little tab to open the painting out. (See Lizzy, I swear we are linked in the Cosmo somehow !) Different, but kinda along the same line.
So this is how it turned out

The masterpiece when you open the tab

I love this little heart stamp that I received  from http://billiebeveridge.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/challenge-number-15-for-scrap-africa.html

and of course the chevron stamp a fave as well, I added scrapes of yellow paint , because of the art work inside the fold out

The Chevron ribbon is from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ and the idea for the flags I have scrapped lifted from the talented Kim Ewins http://lifeisabalancingactx8.blogspot.com.au/

So that is about it for me tonight, nearly the end of the week, I am looking forward to the break, maybe do some scrapping for something different hey :)

Sunshine and Peace

Mary x

LIFE, PAPER, SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE

Hello  friends

Saw this on facebook and loved it, so thought I would share



Well the Lovely Lizzy Hill http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/ has inspired me to do this challenge. I love these colours and I have another vintage layout of my Mum done :)  The challenge is over at LifePaperScrapbook http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/



And this is my take,  its amazing how different a layout photographs at different times of the day etc, anyway I hope this is close to the true colours IRL
I have used the Kaiser 75c Range & the Pickled Pear Range , which I just love, lots of layering, a bit of stamping and misting 

Love the little Kaiser Latch, which I got from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/

Just a little flower popped in

The photo is of my Auntie Nanie, my Grandfather Pa and my Mum. I love this photo. I know my Mum was very close to her Dad and used to work in the paddocks with him , he used to say Mum was his other arm. 
Thank you for popping by and please let me know you called. Don't forget the challenges over at Orange Paperiehttp://orangepaperieandco.blogspot.com.au/ and colormescrappy http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au/ and Kylie has a challenge at the Boxx for us as well http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/
Hope you all have a wonderful week and Easter break
Love and Peace
Mary x
I am back! because I have just been over to Lizzy's blog and I saw where you can have a chance to win the new range from Sodilicious  http://sodaliciousshop.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/are-you-ready-for-journey.html and it is VERY Delicious !

I seriously love it 
You have until the end of March to be in the running for these super gorgeous goodies 

Pop over to their blog and check out the gorgeous new range
Ok
seriously bye for now
Mary x

WOMAN OF STYLE ~ CSI Challenge

Hello
I love the colour scheme over at CSI this week http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ and I also love vintage and old laces , so I wanted to join in on this one


The layout I have done is of my Mum and her Sister, my Aunty Nanie (who's real name was Philomena) 
I love the fashion of the olden days, so stylish and elegant and I love this photo of the two of them all dressed up, gloves, hats the whole kit and caboodle. I think they look fabulous

I have used old dressing making pattern here and there,that I have stamped on, one of Mum's old tape Measures that I cut , a belt buckle, and beautiful old lace ( from my wedding going away top, yep I cut it up ) . The Heading Vintage Style is stamped on a dried out teabag and modge podged on

I am pretty sure someone gifted me the buckle and I can't remember who, so thank you 

I have added my journalling on a tag , slipped in the side . It basically says how I love the fashion of the olden days and old laces.

The ATC I made a few years back at the Brisbane Expo in a Rachael Greig class and I thought it was perfect for the layout, I just had to change the dress colour as it was red before.

Beautiful old lace and I love satin seam binding as well

Another of my Mum's old photo's scrapped, I love scrapping old photo's. I think it is kind of therapeutic for me as well , keeping their memories alive
Thanks for popping by, Autumn is well and truly here, days are getting cooler
Love and Peace
Mary x

A Great way to use scraps and rub ons

Hello,
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend, they go way to fast!
Whilst browsing Pinterest ( Gosh can't some time pass by quickly looking on there) anyway I saw this little mini album and realized I had already made one very similar, and it is a great way to use up scraps of paper and rub ons. I originally got the idea when I brought a couple of Amy Tangerine little smash type books, and then thought I could make my own.
For the cover I used cardstock, cut it to the desired size and folded in half. Added stamps and rub ons to the outside cover

Then I just got left over Pattern Papers from my stash, cut some in circle shapes to add interest and also added stamped transparency , layered them all until I was happy with the effect and then got the sewing machine out and sewed them all together down the middle of the last layer.

I also made vellum pages, as I have heaps of vellum and never use it much

 Added a Doily

On the back page I have added a envelope that I have put the contact details of the friends we made and a lovely letter a young Fijian boy wrote to us and other memorabilia 

So there is my little book of wonderful friendships and memories. I was really happy with how it turned out and I plan to make some more to use up some more stash . 
If you are still with me after a rather photo heavy post thank you.
Please let me know you called by
Peace and Sunshine 
Mary x