A Summer Holiday

I love scrapping old photo's, even though the photo's may not be the best quality the memories they bring back are priceless. At The Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ Jo has set a challenge to use 3 photo's, paint, stamping and twine or ribbon and a Journal tag. I think I have covered all the bases in my layout of my two cute boys when they were little & we were having  a holiday at Cronulla NSW with my brother. I think they are pretty cute, the photo's  would be over 25 years old. You can just click on the photo to make it larger.

I have used Echo Park PP & Journal tag, October Afternoon picture tag, clouds from Clouds and More, Washi tape from D-Lish Scraps.
Hope you all have a wonderful Australia Day tomorrow, even though the weather is not so great.
Hugs
Mary x

Ta da

She is finished :) I may keep this one for myself, because I love the quote and I think I need to read it everyday . I came across the quote in one of the Creative Jump Start Tutorials  http://nathaliesstudio.com/ and now I can not find from which Artist I saw the quote on, as I would like to give her credit. As soon as I find it I will let you know.

I had a dress a little like this when I was young and I used to love it , I didn't have the red boots though :)
Thanks for calling by


Hugs
Mary x

A Little Creating

Last night I sat down to create a layout , or so I thought ! I have been cleaning up my scrap room.... once again and sorting through scraps of pp ect. I picked up a scrap of PP and thought , that would like nice on a canvas, so...... I got a canvas and stuck it down and then one thing led to another....  No layout, but a canvas nearly finished. 
I have been doing Nathalie Kalbach  http://nathaliesstudio.com/ Creative Jump Start and it has been so inspiring. One message that keeps coming through is not to be afraid of mistakes and to just start, and see where the journey takes you. I am really happy with my canvas and I find I am enjoying creating canvas's . I think I like getting messy, playing with gesso and paint.
Anyway here is some sneak peeks and I'll post the finished canvas soon.

This is one I made for the gorgeous Kim, I also made one for Annette , but forgot to take a pic

And a couple of layouts that were in a previous post that I have saved to drafts as it was a bit of a deep rant.


My layout for over at Scrap That Song http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com/ Please pop over and join in on the challenge, we would love to see your layouts

And Just a Girl

Thanks for dropping by, hope everyone is having a good week


Cheers 
Mary x

Some Gardening, A Wet Dog and a Layout to Share

Yesterday we decided to attack our Jungle, (I just wish I took some before pics) Awhile ago I planted a Fish Bone Fern near our pond and it had just taken over. It looked beautiful, but you couldn't even see the pond anymore. So I pulled a heap out and replaced in other parts of the garden, and generally weeded, trimmed and more trimming and clipping. Our little dog Scruffy was loving the adventure of it all and generally sticking his nose into everything. While I was using the hose, which he loves to try and catch the water , he over balanced and ended up in the pond! I dragged out one very wet, dirty dog, so bath time for Scruff! He hurt himself as he was limping for the rest of the day.

The view from our sliding door

Behold a Pond!

The big leaf plant I put there ages ago, hubby said I would kill it, looks like its doing alright to me.

That is the Fish Bone Fern after we had pulled heaps out, it was Everywhere. It all looks much better now and adds more light for the other plants. A good job done!

This is my take on a Sketch Challenge over at the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/


this is the Sketch


And this is my take,

This is my Husband and his Sister and their Dad at their Grandfathers Property "Greenbank" at Crookwell NSW.
Thanks for dropping by , please let me know you called
Happy Sunday to you all, slow down Sunday!


Hugs
Mary x

Some Happy Scrappy News and a layout to share

The other day I received a email from Tiff over at Scrap Sanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/ to say I had been successful in my application for a Guest DT Spot for a month. To say I am happy and excited is a understatement, I had to read the email a few times just to make sure it was true. Pop over and check out the gallery and store and join in on the challenges. I am really looking forward to my time there. :)


This is a layout that Noels  http://wackynoels.blogspot.com/ set a challenge over at Scrapboxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ The Criteria ~ White,  Lime Green, Yellow and Purple , so this is my take on the challenge

Ribbon, Prima Flowers from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ I have used the Cherry Blossoms Template with Gesso and yellow paint.
A closie

Now a few pics to share from our Christmas get together with my sister in law and family. The pics are all taken by my Middle Son Christopher

Love this one, just a big softie

So they are just a few of many pics of a beautiful day, sorry I got a bit carried away, but I love so many of them and He took over a 100!
 Weekend coming up Yay :) & the new challenge is up for the month over at Scrap That Song,  http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com/ we would love to see your take on the challenge .
Happy Days
Mary x

A SCRAPPY DAY AND THE STORY OF THE FLOATING BOOK!

Happy Sunday peoples


Yesterday Annette, Kim and myself got together for our fortnightly get together to scrap. We hadn't been able to get together for a few weeks with Christmas ect. We had the BEST day, lots of laughter and we were on FIRE with creating. Annette decided we would get organised early for Christmas this year and start on our Christmas Cards. We each got about 7 cards made , plus we felt the need to start creating tags, so we each got several tags made. Like I said we were on fire !
Also last time we got together for coffee which was just before New Year I think , I relayed the story to them about how I was reading My Son's Christmas book in the bath ( I love to read in the bath, peace and relaxation). Well I had a bit of a mishap, the book fell in the bath! The whole book was floating in the Bath! This is how it now looks

A little worse for wear, and all out of shape. Never the less I dried it in the sun and brought my son a new book. I have finished reading this and can recommend it to read.
So after finishing telling them my tale of the floating book, we all bit farewell and Just picture Miss Annette http://annetteedmonds.blogspot.com/ and Kim http://www.lifeisabalancingactx8.blogspot.com/ walking off.... Annette with a wicked smile and little horns and a tail and Kim with a smile and a halo a little lopsided.
So..... Yesterday when I arrived at Annette's she said "Oh we have a present for you"

Yep a plastic book, not going to take me long to read though.
Yes I LOVE them both still :) They make me laugh :)
This is Annette and Kim and our Mess

We had stuff everywhere! I took 1/2 the house with me and Kim had all her stuff, funny thing Annette (who is a little bit parietal to Christmas product) kept throwing Christmas product at us and we all used that, so could have left all our stuff at home! Annette is one  very generous lady. So all in all a fan tab ulous day.


Wishing you all, friends as wonderful as these two lovely ladies
Hugs
Mary x

JUMP START JANUARY

Hello Gorgeous People and a Happy Saturday. Today I want to share with you a couple of pieces I really enjoyed doing, a bit of artistic freedom. I joined Nathalie Kalbach  Creative Jump Start  http://nathaliesstudio.com/ Every night we receive a inspiring tips from various super talented , generous ladies, that share their tips on getting your creativeness flowing. I find myself hanging out every night to receive the email to say the clip is posted.
I am LOVING it!  It never escapes me that these lovely people are so generous in sharing their ideas and artistic gifts with others, Thank You !
I was lucky enough to do a class with Nathalie when she was in Australia and I am a big Fan, such a lovely lady.
So this is what I have done so far and itching to play some more with paint, mists and paper.

A shipping tag dabbed in paints and mists , its fun to see how the colours all mix and will turn out together, then I just cut out a little girl and added. You can do a whole heap of these and have them ready for future projects.

Sticking down just scraps of pp. I had this journal sitting around that I had started as a Art Diary, so I am going to use it now for getting the creative juices flowing, and its fun!  These ideas were shared by Dina http://dinastamps.typepad.com/ Thank you so much for generously sharing.
This is how I started my Art Journal AGES ago, so now I am inspired to start playing again.

OK must run and get ready to pick Kim up as we are going to Miss Annette's today for some scrappy fun.
Wishing you all Sunshine and Smiles
Mary xxx