Monday, January 30, 2017

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello to those that visit. For those of us in Australia, I hope you have not melted away ! I have made myself come into my little heat box (scrap room ) tonight. 
I have been sharing my pedestal fan with hubby in the family room ( I took pity on him) . He has gone to bed now, so I can drag it back in to my scrap room. 
Tonight I am sharing a layout for the Challenge at Challenge yourself , which is....



Now I have lots of photos that I could use that makes me think ~ what a wonderful World.....  Lots of nature and overseas shots, Trouble is I am taking the photo's , but not in them ! I did think of cutting myself out of a photo and sticking it in the shot :) 
In the end I chose a photo of  a time we were spending 10 days on the island of Patmos. Sorry to subject you to a photo of me in my pj's early in the morning (not the best sight ). But when I look at the photo I know it was a time I was very happy and relaxed and  I know I was thinking " What a wonderful world " everyday. The photo has to have the feeling and emotion for me 
I thought I had finished the layout and then today I came across the little anchor in Kmart , along with a whole bunch of cute embellishments. I thought it would be perfect to add.



To mat my photo I have used some old alpha's up.



The Flair is from Funky Flairs Studio. Added some waves with texture paste and some stamping. I wanted to add some red flowers, as a lot of the houses have red geraniums, as did our little piece of paradise .
Oh and I printed two photo's , trying to print a better image (didn't work ) , so I cut one down and placed it on top of the other photo ( no use wasting that ink )


We are so blessed to have beautiful Greek friends that offered us the use of their home and we got so well looked after by all their relatives. They are memories I hold dear and I so hope to go back and see them all again one day.
Thank You for calling by , I do appreciate that you take the time to do so and love to receive your comments.
Until next time, stay cool !
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x


10 comments:

Sharon Fritchman said...

Absolutely gorgeous layout, Mary! And such a beautiful photo of you, too. I love what you did with our wonderful world challenge! I am so happy that you joined us at Challenge YOurself this month! Thank you, Mary!!!

Rachel said...

What a gorgeous layout and your photo is gorgeous! Thank you for playing along with us at Challenge YOUrself.

Lizzy Hill said...

Beautiful...& so evocative of Greece! Really like the blue waves bg & that flair fits so well. Pjs? Really? I wouldn't have known if you hadn't said!!!!

Jo said...

Great to see a photo of you Mary :) and wonderful memories. I don't think I would have been able to leave...I don't know how you dragged yourself away. Lovin' the anchor btw xx

Lizzyc said...

Oh that sounds idealic, especially in this heat... man it is so hot up this way and relentless... hoping for a break soon.. some rain would be wonderful... but anyway your layout looks lovely the back ground looks fabulous and a great photo, and i would not know you were in your jarmies if you hadnt said anything!!! take care of your selves down there too...

Unknown said...

Love the alpha mat behind the photo! Beautiful layout - so creative! Sorry to hear about your heat wave - it is SNOWING here in New Jersey, USA today - wanna trade places?? :-) Thanks for playing along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!! ~ DT Sherri

Carmen Crosseti Cohen-Henriquez said...

Wow! This is beautiful! Love the background and the great embellishments! YOUR photo makes me want to be there! Thanks for playing along with us at Challenge YOUrself!

Sch said...

Hola!!! me encanta su foto, se nota que estaba disfrutando sus vacaciones, el fondo de su página, el color y los adornos son fabulosos. Un beso y gracias por participar con nosotras en Challenge YOUrself.
Ce.-

ÅsaJ said...

Such a beautiful page! Love it! Thank you for joining us at Challenge YOUrself! Hugs Åsa

Janice Nicholls said...

Hi Mary, I'm abit like you, the one always taking the photos rarely in them...this year I have decided to take a family photo on the 1st of each month...that's only 12 photos but I will be in them. I read something the other day cannot remember it all but it said don't worry what you are wearing, don't worry what your hair looks like etc etc just get in the photo, cos one day that is all the kids will have to look at...hmmmm not to self...must get in more photos and not worry what my hair looks like. I thought of this when you said you were in your pj's for this photo....who would have known...and what wonderful memories you have from it. It look beautiful Mary. Great way to matt your photo, loving all the little details. Thanks for sharing. xx