ColourStorieInspiration Challenge #45

Afternoon on this rainy day.
A quick post today to sneak in the challenge over at CSI http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ before we leave to go to Parkes for my BrotherInLaws birthday.

The colour scheme & requirements


And this is my take 

Not the best day for taking photo's with the rain. This is my eldest son Joseph and my Daughter In Law and my gorgeous Grandchildren. They were just about to go and look at the Christmas lights.

All the sweet chippies are from Scrapmatts http://scrapmatts.ning.com/

Touches of lace from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/

Thanks so much for popping by. I will leave you with today's Photoaday . View from my window today. I am very fortunate that the view from all the windows where I work are like a little slice of Tuscany :)

Love and Sunshine

Mary x

Peaches and Cream and some Scrapmatts Goodies

Evening,

I love the scrapmatts chippies and when I go to the Brisbane Craft Fair I stock up.
This is a layout of my DD when she was home a couple of weeks ago. She showed great patience when I said " I have to take a photo of you in that peach coloured top down near the Peach coloured Rose" :)

 I have used the scrapmatts Dress Form and used Perfect Pearls on the top and added a peach coloured ribbon. The Key is also Scrapmatts http://scrapmatts.ning.com/ and the tuelle peach rose is from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/  Brads are MME. The lace, washi tape and Satin Seam Binding are from Craftqueen
http://www.craftqueen.com.au/

I finished with some splotches of white paint.
Thanks so much for visiting, please let me know you called by
Love and Sunshine
Mary x

My very Clever class and Happy Day

As some of my lovely friends already know I have started teaching a scrapbooking class at Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/  and Saturday was my first day :) I had a lovely group of ladies and I really enjoyed the day and hopefully they did to. I am already looking forward to our next class. I hope to create a relaxing, fun environment where we can socialise and learn and share together

Here are my clever students, this is Bec with her gorgeous layout

Katrina with her sweet layout of her beautiful little baby Matilda

Sharon busy at work 

and Shaz's Layout, she just has to add her photo of course

And Jan's layout

I was so thrilled with what they had all created and I loved the fact that they were all different... My class Rocks :)

And here they all are being busy little beavers 

I will keep you up to date with our adventure. 
I also had a lovely little mini holiday with my daughter the week before. We went to the Musical Legally blonde, and it was wonderful. Had the MOST scrumptious Italian Meal, Yum! & created lots of lovely  memories to Remember

Sculptures by the sea

Went to NSW Art Gallery and saw Atget's  Photography Exhibition of Old Paris

Had a Picnic at Mrs Macqaurie's Chair

Checked out Saint Mary's Cathedral

Enjoyed the views

Did a lot of walking

and she was probably glad to put me on the bus and have a rest 

Hope you all have a fabulous week

Sunshine and love
Mary x

Scrap That Song New Challenge ~ what song evokes a memory for you ?

Hello gorgeous people
The challenge this month over at Scrap That Song  http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/ is to scrap about a song that takes you back to a place, time or a memory of someone or a event. 
I have chosen a Eagles song ( showing my age). In my carefree days I remember driving along the Eagles blaring on the cassette and we would be singing along (very badly) at the top of our voices. The Eagles is also my husband's favourite band, so the pic is of us at a friends fancy dress party ( I went as a gyprocker) and in the Amy Tangerine pocket behind the photo I have added a Eagles ticket to one of their concerts we went to and the lyrics to " Take it to the Limits"

I have used lots of Scrapfriends  goodness http://scrapfriends.com.au/ The PP is Sodalicious , I have used my Chevron stamp , which I love,  A Pink Paislee border. The Brads are MMI .

The clock is from the Kaisercraft Pickle Pear 6inch pad. Love the Sodalicious words Remember this time , as it is perfect for the old photo.

A bit of Chevron tape

Love, love, love the Chevron stamp 
Pop over to Scrapthatsong and share your memories with us
Sunshine and Peace
Mary x

New Challenge at Orange Paperie

Hello on this Melbourne Cup Day, I hope some of you were lucky. For the first time in years I didn't take a trifecta, I didn't even know what horses were racing. I am holding out for tonight's Oz Lotto draw :)

Miss Kim has set this months challenge over at Orange Paperie, and it is to build on to this base

and this is my take on it

I have added gesso and a smudge of Pan Pastel to the  cool chippy frame, added a transparency flourish, a little bird and muslin

Messy stitching and texture 

I really enjoyed playing with texture paste and mist. Thank you Annette for the template I used for the textured circles. I have used 7 Gypsies PP "Terrassa " and the oval chippy frame is 2crafty from Craftqueen as is the satin seam binding ribbon  http://www.craftqueen.com.au/, When I saw this frame I knew just the photo I wanted to put in it, as I used to have this photo in a oval frame on the wall. The gorgeous teal flowers are from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/

the netty material is from an old doily. I have used Pantina Glimmer Mist which is my absolute favourite colour to use. I think a girl layout has turned out pretty good for a pattern paper I would normally use for vintage/masculine layout.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to pop over to Orange Paperie to see what the other girls have come up with to inspire you, they have rocked it

Sunshine and Peace

Mary x

Scrapfriends New Sketch Challenge is up

Morning everyone,

I love scrapfriends http://blog.scrapfriends.com.au/ sketches and the new one is up now for this month and I am very honoured to be one of the Guest Designers this month. I love how they lean to a arty style of layout.

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This is my take of my Hubby and Me on our Wedding Day

The lace on the bottom is actually from my going away top.

Love the buttons from scrapfriends

The banner is canvas that I have spritzed with glimmer mist and smudged with pan pastels

some cute little flowers and the metal love sign was a gift from a friend. I have also used Amy Tangerine Envelope

A sweet little balloon

Pop over to scrapfriends and check out the DT layouts, so much inspiration

I am going on a road trip today a little mini holiday with my DD :)

Wishing you all Sunshine and Smiles

Mary x

A scrappy Day, meeting new people , eating and a couple of layouts

Hello my lovely bloggy friends,
Yesterday was our fortnightly scrap get together at Annette's and Julene travelled up from Sydney to scrap with us. I lost count of how many layouts Julene got done ( she power scraps!) Annette, Kim and myself managed to get one layout done and I started another which I have just finished off today. We had a beautiful lunch and dinner ( Thanks Annette) and topped it off with Kim's delish Pav (Thanks Kim), lots of talking was done of course.

I did this layout of my eldest son Joe and beautiful little Grandson Jedd for the challenge over at csicolorinspirations http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ , just scraped it in by the skin of my teeth (that's a crazy saying if you stop and think about it) 

Love the chevron stamp from scrapfriends http://scrapfriends.com.au/ The white meshy stuff is from a old doily, the little banner is Pink Paislee also from scrapfriends. The little bird is Prima. Journal card is Amy Tangerine.

This is the second layout Me, Joe and Jedd on Jedd's Christening day. Both photo's were actually taken on the same day.

The lovely Kim showed me a technique she uses for texture, (see the butterfly), Pop over to Kim's blog and check out her amazing backgrounds using the technique. http://lifeisabalancingactx8.blogspot.com.au/
Washi tape and wooden button are from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/

This gorgeous little bubba, has grown into a sweet nearly 11 year old boy, gee's where did that time go ?
Weekends nearly over :( Wishing you all a sunny , happy , week , and all good things
Mary x