ARCHISCRAPS CHALLENGE ~PRAGUE 2015

Gosh nearly another month about to start , half the year nearly gone already !
A new challenge has been posted at Archiscraps and we would love for you to join us. 
The inspiration this month

and the criteria is to add something reflective to your layout.
I was inspired by the shape of the building

My reflective items are the "Today" flair from StudioFourteen40 and the gold sequin shapes.
The photo is of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. It is the biggest Jewish Cemetery in Europe & one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in Prague. As space was scarce, bodies were buried on top of each other, with graves layered up to 10 deep. There are 12,000 tombstones in the cemetery.

Some close ups

Thank you for calling by , I will leave you with some lovely Autumn colour from my walk this morning.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SHE WAS LIKE THE MOON ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS

Today I would like to share a layout for a challenge over at Soul Scrappers. The challenge is a TTT and the criteria

I used the middle line going down
which is ~ Sequins, Lots on your page and use a paint brush

I have used lots of little sequins and beads from a old Vegemite jar my Mum had filled with these treasures
I have lots on my page ( I always do usually , I never know when to stop ) 
and I used a paint brush to brush clear gesso all over my page to start and then white gesso here and there and I also used a paint brush to add some water colour.

She was like the moon ~ part of her was always hidden away

I have also used inks , texture paste, stamping and washi 
tape. The hydrangea petals are real as are the leaves  ( not sure how they are going to hold up, so we will see)
I think I am about 16 in this photo.
Some close ups

Thank you for calling by. 

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia,
Less We Forget, We will remember them

I took this photo when we visited Villers ~ Bretonneux in 2008

My beautiful Grandchildren at today's March

 A proud Nana Mary 

Thank you for calling by and hopefully one day our World will know Peace 

Love, Peace and Kindness 
Mary x

THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello !
Tonight I would like to share my layout for the challenge at Challenge Yourself , where the criteria this month is

I have created a layout with a photo celebrating my Sister in laws 60th Birthday. We had the best weekend ,my niece couldn't have organised a better weekend for her Mum.

This one's for the girls

It doesn't show up on the photo, but on the diamond embellishment it says "It's your day to shine" which I thought was perfect.

Thank You for calling by, I really appreciate you taking the time to visit and I really appreciate your comments.

Have a wonderful weekend

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

TOGETHER'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE ~ STUCK SKETCHES

Hello!
Tonight would like to share my layout for the challenge over at Stuck Sketches , where the lovely Lizzy Crust is the Guest Designer for the month  and has a beautiful layout featured 

The sketch

and this is my entry.

Together's a wonderful place to be

 I was going through some old photo's & I found this little gem of my two sons when they were little. I think they are pretty darn cute :)
Pop over to Stuck Sketches and  join in the challenge , I am sure  all the lovely layouts will inspire you.

Home and Scrapped

 I will also share  a layout of my daughter when she was a little dot ,that I have created for the floral challenge at Home and Scrapped (which is a lovely community of scrappers on Facebook) 

I would give you the stars

The gorgeous flowers were a gift from Lizzy and I loved the packaging and decided to use it under my photo  . Lots of water paints , mists and stencils for the background.

Thanks so much for calling by, please let me know you were here.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

MEGS GARDEN ROSE QUARTZ RANGE ~ SPRING

Good afternoon on this stormy Autumn afternoon. I would like to share with you my DT work creating with the gorgeous Rose Quartz range at Megs Garden.
It is so soft and Pretty and to bring a little Spring to your day.

I decided to use a photo I took of Cherry blossoms , as I thought the Paper was perfect to showcase . I then fussy cut the lady and verse from the 4 x 12 " inch strip that comes with the paper range.

then I added the beautiful velvet flower and leaf and some little rosebuds  along with the dusty pink lace , green organza ribbon and some pink thread

I also punched some butterflies from the left over strip to have flying amongst the blossoms and added the piece of white lace under my photo and to finish punched randomly around the edge and inked with a dusty pink ink pad.
All the products can be found at Megs shop, besides the pink thread which is from my stash.

Thank You for calling by
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE ~ ARTASTIC CHALLENGE

Hello ! 
half way through the month already ! which means the second reveal  is up from the DT over at ARTastic.
This month the criteria is to use Typography on your work
and here is the inspiration by Josh Miels
We will remember them.

I found a photo in one of my Mum's photo albums and with the help of a cousin and Aunt found out the mans name and that his Father and my Dad's Grandmother were Brother and Sister. So I thought I would like to do a layout to honour him and so that my Children and Their children will know who he is , so that he will not be forgotten.

We will remember them

I have used some little bits of pieces that I thought went with the photo. Thank you Helen for the little cross. I also fussy cut the flowers to represent red poppies.

I hope you can join us this month and that you pop over and be inspired by the DT and leave them some love.
Have a wonderful weekend
Happy Creating 
Love, Peace and Kindness 
Mary x

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING ANY ROAD CAN TAKE YOU THERE ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS

Good Evening,

Tonight I would like to share with you my layout for the Quote Challenge I have set at Soul Scrappers, which is to use a quote from Alice In Wonderland
I have scrapped a photo taken on our journey through Ireland in 2008 .

If you don't know where you are going

any road can take you there

On my layout I have used some embellishments sent to me by my lovely Pen Pal in Ireland, which are the butterfly, flower, buttons, cloud and jewel trinket . I have also used some Alice In Wonderland related bits and pieces .
I would love you to join us over at Soul Scrappers, where there are loads of challenges to get the creative juices flowing.
Thank you for calling by, I love to know that you have been here.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

HOW LONG IS FOREVER ~ KAISERCRAFT SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello on this beautiful Autumn day in Australia. 
Today I thought I would like to join in with the Kaisercraft Sketch Challenge. I had visions of pretty and flowers, but ended up with something completely different. The Sketch

and my take

Alice : "How long is forever ?" 

The White Rabbit : "Sometimes just a second"

I had a bit of a mixture in my stash, but I quite often mix ranges anyway. Looking amongst my photo's I decided to scrap this one.

The photo is of my Husband and his Sister and little brother. It was taken not long after their Mum had passed away & their Dad had taken them on a bit of a trip to get away for a little while. Here they are at the 3 sisters at Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. I think you can see the sadness on their faces.

So you can see why my layout didn't end up pretty and flowers, but I guess stories of our life are not always happy ones. The drips of mists is to signify tears/sadness.

On a brighter note we went for a lovely walk this morning , the trees are starting to look magnificent 

Golden soldiers .

Wishing you a wonderful weekend , what is left of it. 

Please let me know you called by

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

MEMORY ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS CHALLENGE

Hello !
Today I would like to share my layout for the challenge at Soul Scrappers 
The inspiration is this movie poster 

and added criteria which you can choose to use some or all of , each giving added points
Blue cardstock background, One photo, One word gold title ,clock embellishments
Here is my take

Memory

When my daughter showed me the photo of her partner I knew I had to scrap it, it's so darn cute !
He is the little boy without the hat and they had just been airlifted from flood waters (hence the airmailstamp) The photo of the two exhausted boys was in the local newspaper. I love the old world feel to the photo.

I hope you can join us over at Soul Scrappers where there are lots of awesome challenges to inspire you to create.
Please let me know you called by
Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

IF THERE EVER COMES A DAY ~ PIXELS AND PAPER CHALLENGE

Good afternoon and welcome to my blog. Today I would like to share my layout for the challenge at Pixels and Paper. The theme this month is vintage and anyone that knows me, knows that I am partial to all things vintage :)
So here is my take on the challenge 

If there ever comes a day

My mother in law Teresa, whom sadly I never got to know.  I have mentioned here before that Teresa died very young, so it is important for me to scrap these photo's of Teresa  for her children  and Grandchildren , to keep her memory alive.
Basically this day I had just been over to Spotlight and purchased the papers at 50 cents each and I brought the Kaiser circle die ,  came home and put them straight to use. I thought the pattern on Teresa's dress went well with the Papers.
Thank you for calling by, please let me know you were here.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

DANCE ~ MEGS GARDEN

Hello !
Today I am up over at Megs Garden's Blog sharing with you my layout created with the new Rose Quartz Range. I have to tell you it is a stunning range to work with and the embellishments in my kit ..... Divine !
Here is what I created

Dance

The range is so soft and pretty and the Paper Lace doily is fabulous, so many options on how to create with it. I cut two corners from it and added to the top and bottom of my layout

and how gorgeous is this vintage organza flower ! I just love it

Even the Love You sentiment is from the Cut and Create in the Rose Quartz Range.
If you pop over to Meg's Blog you can find the links to the products and Megs shop, plus see what the DT have been creating with this scrumptious range.
Credit for photo of my Grand Daughter dancing goes to Winki Pop Media

Thank you for calling by, please let my know you were here.

Love , Peace and Kindness 
Mary x

FEELING LUCKY ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Good morning on this beautiful Sunday.
Today I would like to share with you the new challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy challenge and I hope you will like to join us and create a project with the word Lucky as your title or in your journalling. 

One Moment in Time

I have used the word lucky in my journalling. I feel so Lucky to have travelled and seen amazing places.
I also feel lucky that on this layout I have used lots of lovely embellishments I have received from lovely ladies. 
The dies were sent to me from a lady in the USA that I am on a DT with. The sequin lock and key is from my Pen Pal in Portland Oregan, the silver mesh around my photo is from my Pen friend in Dublin as is the Washi tape, so I am one Lucky girl :)
Thank you for calling by, wishing you a beautiful day filled with all that you love
Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SO PRECIOUS ~ ARCHISCRAPS NEW CHALLENGE ~ SPOTS

Hello ! Gosh April already and I can't believe it is almost 12 mths since we were overseas (feet are getting a little itchy again)
The new challenge at Archiscraps this month is to use spots on your layout

My spots are a little more subtle than this image :) but hey bright is good also

So Precious

The Photo is my husbands parents, not sure if the bub is my husband or his sister, I will have to ask her 

And a bit of a close up so that you can see my flair from StudioFourteen40 is a lovely pink spotty flair

I hope you can join in with us this month , there is a great prize to be had , which is 

I know I would love to win this.

Wishing everyone a wonderful month and would love you to pop over and check out the DT and Guest Desighner's layouts at Archiscraps and leave them some love.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x