LIFE, PAPER, SCRAPBOOK CHALLENGE

Hello  friends

Saw this on facebook and loved it, so thought I would share



Well the Lovely Lizzy Hill http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/ has inspired me to do this challenge. I love these colours and I have another vintage layout of my Mum done :)  The challenge is over at LifePaperScrapbook http://www.lifepaperscrapbook.com/



And this is my take,  its amazing how different a layout photographs at different times of the day etc, anyway I hope this is close to the true colours IRL
I have used the Kaiser 75c Range & the Pickled Pear Range , which I just love, lots of layering, a bit of stamping and misting 

Love the little Kaiser Latch, which I got from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/

Just a little flower popped in

The photo is of my Auntie Nanie, my Grandfather Pa and my Mum. I love this photo. I know my Mum was very close to her Dad and used to work in the paddocks with him , he used to say Mum was his other arm. 
Thank you for popping by and please let me know you called. Don't forget the challenges over at Orange Paperiehttp://orangepaperieandco.blogspot.com.au/ and colormescrappy http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au/ and Kylie has a challenge at the Boxx for us as well http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/
Hope you all have a wonderful week and Easter break
Love and Peace
Mary x
I am back! because I have just been over to Lizzy's blog and I saw where you can have a chance to win the new range from Sodilicious  http://sodaliciousshop.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/are-you-ready-for-journey.html and it is VERY Delicious !

I seriously love it 
You have until the end of March to be in the running for these super gorgeous goodies 

Pop over to their blog and check out the gorgeous new range
Ok
seriously bye for now
Mary x

WOMAN OF STYLE ~ CSI Challenge

Hello
I love the colour scheme over at CSI this week http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ and I also love vintage and old laces , so I wanted to join in on this one


The layout I have done is of my Mum and her Sister, my Aunty Nanie (who's real name was Philomena) 
I love the fashion of the olden days, so stylish and elegant and I love this photo of the two of them all dressed up, gloves, hats the whole kit and caboodle. I think they look fabulous

I have used old dressing making pattern here and there,that I have stamped on, one of Mum's old tape Measures that I cut , a belt buckle, and beautiful old lace ( from my wedding going away top, yep I cut it up ) . The Heading Vintage Style is stamped on a dried out teabag and modge podged on

I am pretty sure someone gifted me the buckle and I can't remember who, so thank you 

I have added my journalling on a tag , slipped in the side . It basically says how I love the fashion of the olden days and old laces.

The ATC I made a few years back at the Brisbane Expo in a Rachael Greig class and I thought it was perfect for the layout, I just had to change the dress colour as it was red before.

Beautiful old lace and I love satin seam binding as well

Another of my Mum's old photo's scrapped, I love scrapping old photo's. I think it is kind of therapeutic for me as well , keeping their memories alive
Thanks for popping by, Autumn is well and truly here, days are getting cooler
Love and Peace
Mary x

A Great way to use scraps and rub ons

Hello,
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend, they go way to fast!
Whilst browsing Pinterest ( Gosh can't some time pass by quickly looking on there) anyway I saw this little mini album and realized I had already made one very similar, and it is a great way to use up scraps of paper and rub ons. I originally got the idea when I brought a couple of Amy Tangerine little smash type books, and then thought I could make my own.
For the cover I used cardstock, cut it to the desired size and folded in half. Added stamps and rub ons to the outside cover

Then I just got left over Pattern Papers from my stash, cut some in circle shapes to add interest and also added stamped transparency , layered them all until I was happy with the effect and then got the sewing machine out and sewed them all together down the middle of the last layer.

I also made vellum pages, as I have heaps of vellum and never use it much

 Added a Doily

On the back page I have added a envelope that I have put the contact details of the friends we made and a lovely letter a young Fijian boy wrote to us and other memorabilia 

So there is my little book of wonderful friendships and memories. I was really happy with how it turned out and I plan to make some more to use up some more stash . 
If you are still with me after a rather photo heavy post thank you.
Please let me know you called by
Peace and Sunshine 
Mary x

New challenge at colormescrappy :) ~ We Just Connect

Helloooooo

The new colour palette is up at color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au ,  I sure would love to see your layouts over there :) 
Here is the palette



and the twist is to use tags or and stitching. I decided to use both

This is a photo of my best friend and as the title says we Just connect. The tag was given to me by the lovely Wendy  http://wendymac123.blogspot.com.au/ and was perfect for my layout, thank you Wendy

and the chippy vine was from Billie http://billiebeveridge.blogspot.com.au/

Thanks for popping by, also check out the challenge at Orange Paperie http://orangepaperieandco.blogspot.com.au/ , it's a cool challenge to use hexagons and stamping.
And more good news the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ where many of us started our online scrapping journey and made many a friendship is firing up again and Kylie has set a challenge to scap a layout of something you made. So no excuses for not scrapping this weekend, plenty of challenges out there to get your teeth into. 
Have a super, duper, fabulous weekend
Love and Sunshine
Mary x

95 Years ~ Home and Scrapped Challenge

Hello

Karen set a challenge over at Home and scrapped http://homeandscrapped.ning.com/ there was quite a bit of criteria, so I hope I have it all covered. The Challenge is to scrap a photo with your Mum

This was Mum's 95th birthday, two months before Mum passed away.

Had to use the verse, make a pin and have a bird, butterflies,washi tape. I have covered the tag in washi

use dress pattern

Thanks for popping by, don't forget the challenge over at colormescrappy http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au/ and Orange Paperie
would love to see your layouts there.
Hope you are enjoying the sunshine, it is a beautiful day here today
Peace and Love
Mary x

Dream ~ CSI Challenge

Two Posts in One day !

But I have to sneak this one in for the CSI Challenge http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ the challenge is as follows 




For the rest of the requirements visit CSI's blog

This is my take on the challenge

I was really happy with how this turned out, and it looks better IRL, if I do say so myself

Love and Peace

Mary x