UNCLE SAM LOOKING MIGHT DANDY ~ MEGS GARDEN NEW RANGE OF PAPERS

Good afternoon ,on this sunny day.

Recently I received a box of goodies from Megs Garden . Oh my, anyone that knows me, knows that I am a bit partial to Vintage. The new range Vintage Journal , you can imagine pleases me to no end and I just wanted to sit down and create with it straight away. 
This is what I created

Uncle Same looking mighty dandy

How perfect is this paper ! This is my Grandmother's brother Sam.

also the image from the Cut and Create in the range is so similar to the way my uncle is standing, so I cut it out and added to my layout.

 so many awesome images for cards, off the page or layouts.

I used Marta's technique of using dried tea leaves for texture. I just mixed texture paste and gesso stirred in the tea leaves and swiped over some old packaging and then inked around the edge for my photo mat. I then added the squibble die and placed my photo on the top. Gives great dimension and texture

The cogs and  pen nib are from my stash , I have embossed them . A lovely copper coloured organza ribbon from Megs Shop adds a lovely softness. I have also added some stamping and thread.
I hope you pop over and check out the gorgeous new ranges , they are all so beautiful . Also I would love you to pop over to the blog and leave some love, the girls on the DT create amazing projects.
The weekend goes way to fast ! bye for now
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

LIFE'S JOURNEY ~ A 2 Z SCRAPLETS CHALLENGE

Good Evening, 

Tonight I would like to share my take on the tic tac toe Challenge at A 2 Z Scraplets set by the lovely Kylie Symons

Here is the Tic Tac Toe Challenge

and here is my take

LIFE'S JOURNEY

The photo is of my Dad with my three when they were little.

I have used pattern paper, A 2 Z chippy , stamping. I also added staples and the colour green.

I thought the A 2 Z Life's Journey Chipboard was perfect for my layout. If you click on the link , it will take you to A 2 Z  Scraplets products. I firstly painted it with gesso and then  inked it with a green stamp, but found that it blended into my layout too much, so I decided to go over it with a black Perlen Pen ( this also gives a nice shine) 

To go with the Journey theme I have added different modes of transport on my layout.

I also ripped my top paper at a angle , added a pattern piece of paper underneath and this bottom paper shows through and looks a bit like a jet stream for the plane :)

Thank You for calling by. I hope you can find some creative time over the weekend and join us at A 2 Z Scraplets with your take on the Tic Tac Toe 

Love , Peace and Kindness

Mary x

FLOATING ON A PALETTE OF WATERCOLOURS IN BLUE ~ MEGS GARDEN

Hello lovely people, 
Today I am up on Megs Garden Blog with my DT layout using the gorgeous WaterColours in Blue Range. Such a gorgeous range to create with.

To me the papers I chose look like a lovely lake of blue for the photo of the swan taken in Zurich to float upon.

I will show you some close ups and if you pop over to Megs Blog , you will be able to see the process and products I used from Megs Shop.

Thank You for calling by, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment. Don't forget to pop over to Megs Blog and see all the lovely projects the DT have created.

MID MONTH REVEAL AT ARTASTIC ~ WHIMSICAL

Hello ! Well the 15th of the month has certainly passed, so I am running late, but the mid month reveal is up at ARTastic and if you are feeling a little whimsical we would love you to join us with your take on the challenge, which is ......

We hope toinspire you with this delightful woodcut by Thea Proctor called the Swing. It is printed in black ink, and hand -coloured on cream rice paper and is hanging in the Art Gallery of NSW.

Criteria ~ to use black pen work on your layout 

A little secret... I forgot the criteria .... shhhhh

This is my take

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The image felt really whimsical to me, like Alice in Wonderland or The Wizard of Oz.

I have had the Wizard of Oz pattern paper for ages and the photo's of my Grand Daughter in the joker outfit for some time as well. So time to do a layout and combine them together.

Some close ups 

Thank you Lizzy for the little doilies .

Thank you for calling by and please pop over to the blog and be inspired by the gorgeous layouts by the DT

Love , Peace and Kindness

Mary x

ACTUALLY THE BEST LIFE YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN HER WAS A LIFETIME OF ADVENTURE ~ ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Good Evening!
Just popping in to share a layout that I did for the quote challenge that I set at Soul Scrappers. The challenge is to use a quote inspired by travel. You have until the  11th Sept to join in with us on this particular challenge.
Here is my take

The photo was taken In Edinburgh last year. I can't believe I have kept this layout quite simple , I am a person that usually just likes to keep on adding and adding and adding !
I added the blossoms , as I wanted the feeling of the blossoms falling from the blossom tree in the corner of the photo.

Thank you for calling by and I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I had a lovely morning catching up with the lovely Bec for scones , jam and cream this morning .
Would love to see you join in at Soul Scrappers , they are a lovely bunch of girls.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

JUST STROLLING WITH MY BROTHER ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF CHALLENGE

Good Afternoon,

Today I would like to share with you a layout for the current challenge at Challenge Yourself 

Now I have a photo of myself walking into the art gallery in the rain with a umbrella, I printed it out, but my heart wanted to scrap a photo of my brother and I strolling in the garden at Schonbrunn Castle Vienna last year. So that is what I did, it just has more meaning to me.

It is so hard to get a good photo sometimes, as in getting the true colours grrrr.

I have used a lot of StudioFourteen40 embellishments ~ the flairs, wordstrips and the little arrow head chippies , which I embossed .

This flair literally turned up in the mail today and I thought the colours were perfect for the layout.

Added some stamping to my layout as well.

I coloured the stamped feathers with gelato's. Added another StudioFourteenFlair . It is hard to see in the photo's but I have ripped papers from my art journal that I use the excess mists and paints on when I am scrapping and layered under my photo.

A nice big old button from my Mum's button tin

Thank you for calling by , hope your week is being a good one.

Love, Peace and Kindness 

Mary x

PRAGUE ~ WATERCOLOUR IN BLUES ~ MEGS GARDEN

Hello!

Well I can now share one of my DT layouts for Megs Garden as it went on Megs Blog back in July and I hadn't realized.
I loved creating with this new range ~ Water Colour in Blues, it is right up my alley , so many options with this range. For this layout I decided to do a travel layout.

This is a quaint little shop front near Prague Castle.

All the products I have used can be found at Megs Shop. I love the velvet flowers .The only product that is not from Megs Garden shop is the bird stamp that was a gift from a fellow scrapper in the States.

With the 4 x12 strip that comes with the 12 x 12 papers , I punched out all the little flowers for my garden. I cut The flower images from the Cut and Create sheet that comes in the range to complete my garden.

The PP I used with the extra 4 x 12 strip ( such a great idea)

The cut and create sheet ~ such gorgeous images 

I fussy cut the butterfly from the cut and create sheet also

Thank You for calling by . For a list and link to the products I have used and if you would like to leave some love :) pop over to the blog .
I hope I have inspired you to create with this beautiful range from Meg's Shop
Love, Peace and Kindness 
Mary x

THIS KISS ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS

Hello !
I hope you are enjoying your weekend, they go way to fast ! I would like to share with you my layout for a challenge at Soul Scrappers. The challenge is to use words from the Faith Hill song "This Kiss "
I chose the words ~

You can kiss me in the moonlight
on the rooftop
Under the sky

I came across this photo the other day and thought it would be perfect. That is what I love about challenges, I probably would not have scrapped it otherwise.

We were in France in 2008 and hubby was being silly and decided to give or try to give me a kiss .
I have added some pink and green water colour for shading and some stamping. Love these die cuts from the reject shop and the washi I had sitting on my desk that I had used to hold a layout down to photograph and decided the colours would be fine to pop on the layout as well ( I hate to waste anything )
The Postcard is from my Irish Pen Pal that I cut to add either side of my layout.
Thank you for calling by and enjoy the rest of your weekend and have a wonderful week ahead

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

MEETING A NEW COUSIN ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS

Good afternoon !

Today I would like to share a layout for a current challenge at Soul Scrappers. 
The challenge is to do a layout with one of these words in the layout

   1. Precious 
  2. Part

  3. Personality

 4. Play, Playful, Playing                     

 5. Photographic 

6. Past

I have used the word Play on my layout of my two boys when they were little meeting a new cousin.

They are a bit cute, but I am bias :)

I have stacks of ribbon in my stash, so I decided to use some as the base for my photo. Vertically I have used washi tape, because I never use it enough either.

I picked up the red in the boys tops and used a red gelato added some water to smudge on the outer area.

the flair is from StudioFourteen40.

Thank you for calling by and I encourage you to join us at Soul Scrappers, each month there is a heap of challenges to choose from.

Until next time happy creating

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

VIENNA ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Hello !
Popping in to share the new challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge , which this month is to use a souvenir from a place or event on your page. I don't know about you , but I keep all the little bits and pieces from places I have visited or events, so it is nice to use them on a page.

I used our entry tickets into Schonbrunn Castle in Vienna and made a pocket with it for some notes . I just attached the tickets with a couple of pieces of washi on either side. The fabric button I made ages ago by stamping a crown on calico, so it was good to use it as well.

The Garden Love flair is another product I have had forever and goes perfectly with the photo of the Gardens at the Castle.
The full layout.

I hope you can join us this month at AFSC and get some of those souvenirs on your page. Please pop over to the AFSC blog to see the fabulous take by the DT and it would be nice if you left some love.
Thank you for calling by, please let me know you were here. Wishing you a wonderful day.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

IT'S ALL ABOUT BUTTERFLIES ~ ARCHISCRAPS CHALLENGE

Good Evening,

Well it's August just like that ! Dare I say it will be Christmas before we know it  
A new month means a new challenge is up at Archiscraps and this month it is all about Butterflies. I am sure butterflies is something everyone can relate to and we love to add to our layouts.

This is my take on the challenge

Once again I have used a photo from my son's recent trip to Thailand where these two little ones stole his heart. This is Jipor and Som helping to cart some dirt away . This is what he wrote about this photo  ~
No matter how many times we told them to be careful, or to "put some shoes on!" The kids always wanted to help on the build. They loved it and would not take no for an answer 😊 here's Jipor and Som carting away some dirt.

A packet of die cuts I purchased from the reject shop were perfect for the layout

These two really left a mark on my sons heart and I know he wants to go back to do more work at the school . Jipor he said was always singing and dancing and loved the camera whilst Som was more serious, but took care of the other children. I think the personalities show in the photo.

Thank you for calling by and I hope you can join us at Archiscraps this month .

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x