FEEL LIKE THE PROUD MOTHER

I have just come home from my scrapbooking class and I am so proud of my students. I leave smiling from ear to ear, as I love the layouts they create and I am just so proud of them.
The PP's that Bec gave me to work with were a challenge to me, as I really don't do brights that often. I am more the vintage , muted tones kinda person. So thanks Bec for challenging me!  I was happy to have the photo of my two boys and a friend scrapped ,all ready for a morning of Playgroup. The colours in the PP made me think of a jumper I knew my boys had with Orange and browns in it, so the search for the photo and then the layout began being created.

So cute

Thanks for calling by and wishing you a happy weekend
Love and Peace
Mary x

Scrapmatts GD Layout ~ Happy Days Simple Pleasures

Hello !

This layout I have used lots of Scrapmatts and Craftqueen goodness. 

I have used Pink Paislee PP , and I have also used Prima Pintery PP, which I have torn and added to the layout.

By today's standards my Mum may not have had a lot material wise growing up, but she loved her life in the country and was rich in the important things in life. She used to tell me how they would wash their clothes in the river, & she used to wag the Bush school to help her Dad who only had one arm ,in the paddocks. She was a good horse rider and used to ride her horse across the paddocks.

Home and Scrapped is a lovely friendly site, & one of the challenges this month is to use the letters of Royal Baby to make your layout, so I am entering this layout in the challenge. Pop over, join in the chat, challenges, share ideas and recipes, books to read,  just heaps of lovely sharing.
Also don't forget to join us at Orange Paperie & Color Me Scrappy http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au/
Love and Peace
Mary

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD CHALLENGE ~ IF ONLY WE COULD BE YOUNG FOREVER

Morning!
I was inspired by the lovely moodboard over at Scrap Around The World, so I thought I would join in the challenge while I was feeling inspired

I love the soft colours and all the prettiness. Besides the colours I have been inspired by the hearts, the birdhouse ( I have use a decorative frame, and the bunches of flowers I have sprinkled little beads and glitter over my page. I have also used crackle on my page to add to the shabby chic feeling.

Found a nice bit of old lace 

Nice Pink Paislee Hearts 

The Melissa Frances Frame is from Scrapfriends 

How gorgeous are the clear leaves, that I found in a tin of little treasures at my Mum's home

The thread around the outside of the layout is from a big old fashion reel of thread that was my Mothers

Because the PP is not of high quality it did buckle a fair bit, but actually don't mind as I sorted of pleated it I think it added to the shabby chicness :) 

I was a bridesmaid for my brothers wedding in this photo. Looks like I am taking my job very seriously. 

My title reflects how I feel looking back on old photo's. I hate getting old and it has happened in a blink of an eye I guess I have watched my parents age and health decline and see them lose their independence & dealt with their passing and seeing my brothers ageing. You just never think it is going to happen and it happens far to quickly! Anyway enough of that!
Thanks so much for calling by, Pop over to Scrap Around The World and I am sure you will be inspired to get those memories down.
Love and Peace
Mary x

SCRAPFRIENDS COLOUR CHALLENGE ~ MAYBE I OVER PINKED YOU & A DT CALL

Afternoon peoples

I have hooked the computer up seeing the floorboards are laid, so I have a couple of days reprieve until the sanding and lacquering takes place. So thought I would do a quick post.
I really loved the soft colours of the challenge at Scrapfriends at the moment

It made me think how when I had our daughter after two boys I really may have over pinked her. Her bedroom was all decked out in pink , well you know there are so many pretty things for little girls. 

I have added crackle medium to the flourish . Some plasterer's tape and gesso. Little pearls and lace from Craftqueen 

My three gorgeous kidlets all dressed up to go to my nieces wedding

 I also received my order from Scrapfriends this day which contained the Artisan Circles and some perfect pearls and glitter that screamed this challenge.
The flowers are from Craftqueen. I have used sections of the Cherry Blossom mask and coloured it with the Perfect Pearls

I have also gone around the edge of the layout with washi tape to frame the layout
Layers of lace and ribbon and tiny twine. More plasterer's tape over the doily

Chels could have been the flowergirl, she looked so beautiful. She even had little lace gloves 

I have added journalling on a tag slipped in the side and it says ~ We may have over pinked you. When you were born after your two brothers I couldn't believe I had a little girl.  So you had all the things a little girl could have. Ribbons, frills, bangles and curls. Your room was decked out in pink.
You had Barbie dolls & all the Barbie outfits ect, but you only really ever had one favourite doll and that was Patsy a Cabbage Patch doll. You were happiest being a tom boy. You loved tagging along with your brothers and their friends. You were however very pleased with your outfit to your cousin Ann Maree's wedding. You even had a pair of lacey gloves.

Thanks for looking, getting rather uncomfortable lying on the floor typing this. Renovations can be so inconvenient .
Love and Peace
Mary x 
PS would love to see some more entries in Orange Paperie and Color Me Scrappy challenges. Also wanted to let you know about a DT Call out for a new Challenge site 123 Get Scrappy! Pop over and check it out, a fabulous concept

I WILL TELL YOU WHY I LIKE CHALLENGE SITES ~CSI CHALLENGE # 80 ~ SUMMER TIME

Afternoon,
A  lovely rainy day here, perfect for scapbooking. Except I seem to be just pushing PP around. So I will take a break and share my layout for the challenge over at CSI

I had just been to Craftqueen and picked up some gorgeous rosette's and I love the colours as they remind me of olden days and romance and I wasn't sure what I was going to use them for , but I knew I liked them. Then I saw the challenge ..... perfect.

Now I will tell you why I love challenge sites. For some reason the photo in the challenge and the colours reminded me of a time when I was young.

The photo's are pretty ordinary, but it is a good memory of good times for me. The photo's would have stayed in a album, never scrapped and the story never told. And last night while I was scrapping the photo's, those memories came flooding back for me....... so that is why I love challenge sites. They make you think of and scrap things that you may think are not good enough photo's or you had forgotten about them.

I sure was enjoying life , young and carefree

The title is from a song, I just can't remember the name or group, but it is in my head ( to much good time back then perhaps, has affected the memory  :) 

Journalling says ~ Summer Time and the weather is fine and on a suggestion we would jump in the car and head off for a picnic, a game of French cricket, swimming & Fun. So young, carefree, enjoying Life. I loved those days . 

As I said the photo's aren't flash, but I enjoyed the challenge and loved reliving the memory. ( I certainly look chilled out in the pic, sitting there with my eyes closed , smiling. I must have been enjoying the sun). The two smaller photo's we are having a game of French Cricket.... good times

Love and Peace 

Mary x

SHARING BIRTHDAY WISHES WITH GMA ~ NEW CHALLENGE AT COLOUR ME SCRAPPY

Afternoon on this wet day, nice for being inside cosy and scrapping ~ shame I had to work!

The new challenge is up at ColorMeScrappy , being the 15th of the month. Here is the colour scheme and the twist to use woodgrain

So I did a layout of My Mum and my boys and my Grandson

I have used a Prima mask that I have coloured with Pan Pastels and the chippies are from Scrapmatts and the flowers, braid and tiny twine from Craftqueen

 The journalling says ~ Mum was worried about not being able to see Christopher ( Blossom or Bloss ) as she called him on his 30th Birthday. So Joseph, Christopher & Jedd ( her Great Grandson) took a Birthday Cake up to the Nursing Home. We sang Happy Birthday and had Cake with Mum.

Thanks so much for calling by, hope you can join us in the challenge and also join us at Orange Paperie

Love and Peace

Mary x

BEAUTIFUL MOMENTS ~ NO WORDS NEEDED ~ CHALLENGE FROSTED DESIGNS

Morning on this rather mild (so far) day here today. I came across the current challenge at Frosted Designs and I thought I would like to do it. The challenge to use washi, ribbon, twine and the twist you must use two of the above. I have managed to use all of the above.
Whilst looking for a photo to scrap I came across this photo of my Mum and my Grandson and I knew it needed to be scrapped. Sentimental for me , but that is why we scrap to preserve these precious moments.

Lots of Scrapmatts and Craftqueen goodness used on the layout. All the gorgeous chippies and words are scrapmatts and the little extra's like the lace , little mirrors Satin Seam binding and braids are Craftqueen.

I have used Perfect Pearls from Scrapfriends to colour the Scrapmatts Chevron Chippy, and I have coloured the circle chippy with Pan Pastels and added a bit of gold Kindy Glitz

The thread I have used around the outside of the layout is from a big old fashion spool of thread that was Mums

I have added lots of Washi and also some stamping  Our beautiful Jedd and my Mum

Thanks for popping by and don't forget only a couple more days for the current Color Me Scrappy challenge and also would love to see  you join us at Orange Paperie as well. Have a super fabulous weekend. We are trying to clean up a bit from renovations today ( and husband is already driving me mad!) and I have my Scrapbooking class today :) , so a busy day
Love and Peace
Mary x

PONT VECCHIO FLORENCE ~LAYOUT FOR MY CLASS

Evening one and all
I thought I would share with your my layout for my class this weekend

I have used the Kaiser base PP, I love them
So we will be doing some layering with washi and strips of pp and using the donut punch and creating a flower with punches

Strips of canvas dyed in coffee and punched strips and some gorgeous brads

Add some Plasterer's tape for texture ( lucky my husband works for a gyprocking firm)

Kaiser chippies

We only had a day in Florence as we caught the train from Tuscany for the day.

So probably would have been nice to have a few days and wander more. But I was very lucky as I went to the Accademia and saw Michaelangelo's David, now that was worth lining up for.

I also got to go to the Uffizi Gallery and along the way saw the Golden Doors , the Duomo, The Fountain of King Neptune. At the Uffizi I see one of my favourite paintings " The Birth of Venus"

Anyway enough day dreaming of Florence

I also want to share with you a page that I have done for a lady who wanted to put together for her boss a scrapbook as he is retiring, so I did a few pages for her

I have covered the photo as I do not personally know the person . But it is a grandfather nursing his baby Grandchild. So the trick was to keep it masculine for a male album, but also  suite a baby.  I was pleased with the result

The lady picked the pages up tonight and seemed happy with them.

Thanks for popping by and sorry for the long post , if you are still here , you have done well.

Don't forget the challenges at ColorMeScrappy , only a few days left for this one, so would love to see some more entries, I really love the sketch.

And Orange Paperie . Nearly the weekend :) it has been a long week

Love and Peace

Mary x

CHRISTMAS SILLY ~ CHALLENGE AT HOME AND SCRAPPED

Morning on this Frosty start to the day, about minus 3 here this morning brrrrrr. Bring on Summer !
Bec has a Challenge over at Home and Scrapped  to scrap Christmas in July, well it is certainly cold enough here at the moment, but here in Australia our Christmas is hot ( oh hot weather how I love thee)
If you have not been to the Home and Scrapped site you must! It is a lovely , friendly, supportive community.

Part of the challenge is to have either snowflakes, baubles or stars on the layout

The word Chippies are from scrapamatts, the braids are from Craftqueen 

I am quite partial to Reindeer's which is Kaiser. The Brads are Teresa Collins, love her brads

Have a wonderful day, if it is cold where you are try and stay warm , and if looking for a challenge take a peek at Orange Paperie's, Color Me Scrappy and Home and Scrapped  Challenges
Must get to work
Love and Peace
Mary x