DON'T DREAM YOUR LIFE ~ LIVE YOUR DREAM ~

Hello 

The new challenge for May at AFSC is flowers. 
 ( embellishments, paper, a time you gave or received them or both !)

Now I am a girl who likes flowers

Don't Dream your Life, Live your Dream

So I made a little garden of flowers for my angel. I have also been itching to use the gorgeous butterfly from ImaginariumDesigns, which I have used for wings and embossed. Also I have been waiting for the right layout to use the beautiful pebble from Georgia Heald. 

I nestled the pebble ( I love it ) in some old lace and of course I have a satin bind ribbon, another favourite of mine to add to layouts.

Every Princess needs a crown which is a prima chippy. The rich gold Braid is from my Mum's treasures. The photo is of my daughter trying on some of my Mum's old vintage clothes.

Thank you for calling by and I hope you pop over to AFSC check out the DT's inspiration and leave them some love and join us in this challenge.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

REMEMBERING IRELAND ~ ARTASTIC CHALLENGE ~ SWIRLS

Hello !

Today I am crossing my fingers that this schedule post has posted , and when I want it to !
The challenge to use swirls and  be inspired by this lovely image by 

                                           Roy de Maistre

My take

The colours made me think of this photo of Beautiful Ireland and the grass blowing in the foreground made me think of the swirls.

The Getaway chippy is a HeidiSwap as is the documented stamp from memory. Behind the photo I have placed a tag using the Bokeh Effect that Lizzy showed me how to do , thanks Lizzy . I have also used the effect on several areas of my page background.

Some stamping as well

Textured swirls . The little plane chippy is  Kaisercraft. The Chevrons I think May be Imaginarium Designs.

Hope you can join us this month with your take on the challenge. I recommend popping over and being inspired by the lovely DT

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

TIMELESS ~ SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE

Hello !

I didn't think I  would get time to join in any challenges this month, but a rainy Good Friday and this one came together quite quickly.
The challenge over at Scrap Africa is this lovely sketch

and my take

Timeless

I found this photo in my Mum's photo album , unfortunately I have no idea who they are. There is a letter written on the back , but the photo had been cut down and I can't make any sense of it. The photo fitted the chippy frame perfectly and I have had the paper from a mag for ages , so it all worked perfectly. I love the fashion of this time, the woman always looked so elegant.

I decided to keep most of the chippy raw apart from brushing some gesso over the vine chippy and using embossing powder on the butterflies. The fencing wire chippy is by 2Crafty I also decided to do the layout in the A4 size.

I am loving the gorgeous butterflies from Imaginarium Designs, which I carefully peel the layers to give dimension.

The timeless word chippy is from Scrapmatts, I love these .

Thank you for calling by and I hope you get a chance to join in the challenge and I would recommend popping over and checking out the DT layouts, they are always inspiring.

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPING CHALLENGE - SOMETHING OLD

Hello !

The new challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge is ..... Something old. So you could use a photo of something old or use products or papers you have had awhile or combine the two!
I have combined the two. I have had the patter paper for ages and the photo is of my daughter in her smocked Christening dress and Silk jacket , bonnet and boottees her Grandma made for her over 30 years ago.

I have used a PL card to adhere my photo to and the ribbon acts as a tag to open back to reveal journalling.  The gorgeous Iffel Tower was a lovely gift from Helen, thank you Helen I LOVE it. Chippy title was a gift from Lou :) Thanks Lou.

I hope you can join us this month to document something precious to you,

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x