Wednesday, February 4, 2015

BE YOURSELF BE HAPPY ~ SCRAP AFRICA SKETCH CHALLENGE

Good afternoon

There is a lovely sketch over at Scrap Africa and amazing inspiration by the DT. 
Here is the gorgeous sketch



and here is my take


Be yourself be Happy


I had scraps left over from the same range, so I fuzzy cut the flowers from it and combined with traditional flowers. "Love You"  flair is from StudioFourteen40 Little teeny , weeny flowers are from my Mum's stash.



A few days later I decided to add some butterflies ( yep I never know when to stop) So this is the revised layout 





So I made a little window and filled my heart with Sequins and such. I think little punched out hearts would also be nice to fill the heart with.  The little wood veneer heart is from StudioFourteen40 , just adds that little perfect something. The little bird is a stampin up punch that I got from Cheryl and I think I will be using it a lot.






The photo's are of my Husband and myself with our Grand Daughter at her year 10 formal ( growing up so fast ) Photo's taken by our son Christopher
As I had the negative of the heart I cut out and left over PP and we are going to dinner tonight for our GD's Birthday, I decided to make her a card using the sketch as inspiration.




Thank you for calling by. And remember Be yourself , be Happy

Love, Peace and Sunshine
Mary x

11 comments:

Lizzy Hill said...

Oh, man! I ADORE the little card & your LO is a STUNNER. It's my very very favourite! LOOOVE that big heart....& the bird is sooo cute! I recognise it from the card you sent me. I'm still trying to work out how that was made, btw!!!

Lizzyc said...

Oh Mary I am bearly keeping up with your wonderful posts, I hope I am not missing any.. you are creating so beautifully.. this is my new fav as well as the card.. love the mix of fussy cut flower and dimensional ones.. lovely photos too.. and beautiful card..

Jo said...

Another wonderful page Mary! The vellum heart looks fabulous with all the little flowers. Very clever to make a card out of the leftovers. Thanks for playing at Scrap Africa xx

Heather McMahon said...

Oh the heart window is so clever! And how lucky areyou that your granddaughter is still happy to be photographed with the 'grandies'! Treasure it while you can!

Janice Nicholls said...

Mary there are so many gorgeous pieces on this layout..... Love the cut out heart and how you created a little window and filled it with sequins, the butterflies are beautiful as is your fussy cut cluster. and the sweet little bird. Beautiful and special photos.
Your Card is just as beautiful...Clever use of the left over piece.
Thanks for sharing and always inspiring me....Love your work!
Enjoy your day! x

Arantzazu said...

Adorable!!!
Is really sweet and cute page!!!
Thanks for playing with us at Scrap Africa!
Xoxo

Nolene Burnett said...

Gorgeous layout. I love the vellum heart and beautiful photos. Thank you for playing at Scrap Africa.

Denise van Deventer said...

Beautiful layout and love that shaker box heart, filled with sequins...and the butterflies are perfect! A soft and gorgeous page! ;-) Thanks so much for playing along with us at Scrap Africa! ;-)

Helen Wallace said...

Ah Mary, your take on the challenge is superb. I love the vellum heart with the sequins. Gorgeous butterflies and very pretty paper. Divine ��

Erica said...

Oh wow, I love that you created a heart shaker within your layout - so creative. Absolutely lovely! Thank you so much for sharing and playing along with us at Scrap Africa!

Sandra said...

Simply gorgeous and I love the card too.