ALL IN THE FAMILY ~ COLOR ME SCRAPPY NEW CHALLENGE

Hello

Another month has begun, gee the year is flying by, Or I'm just getting older a lot faster!
But with a new month brings a new challenge over at ColorMeScrappy and we would love you to join us and share your fabulous layouts with us

The colour scheme is one I like



And here is the sketch 



The GD's and the Design Team have been busy creating to inspire you, so Check out their amazing layouts.
I choose to use one big photo

Some stamping and I smudged Pan Pastels over it

My Brother In Law, Hubby, Eldest Son and Daughter

Went for a walk this morning and the autumn colours are just so beautiful here at the moment

Hope you are enjoying the season which ever part of the country you are in 
Love and Peace
Mary x

SCRAPFRIENDS COLOUR CHALLENGE ~ NAVUTU PICTURE PERFECT

Hello scrappy friends (meant in the nicest possible way)
I am sneaking this layout in with just a couple of days to go for the colour challenge at Scrapfriends , I am not sure I am entirely happy with it, but hey the good, the bad and the ugly right. I had fun playing with texture , mists and paint daubers though
Some texture 

Some fibre, satin seam binding and paint splotches and ripped paper

Some Amy Tangerine

Navutu is the most beautiful island , with the most beautiful people , I so miss it
Thank you for popping by, a couple of days left for this challenge and also don't forget we would love to see your layouts at Orange Paperie  and Color Me Scrappy  fabulous challenge to get your mojo flowing
Today at work the lovely Japanese girl I work with, her partner who is a chef made us all lunch. It was the first time I have eaten Japanese and it was Delish !


Thanks for popping by, please let me know you called
Love and Sunshine 
Mary x

U R A STAR ~ Sketches with a Twist

Hello 

This is a layout I have done for the challenge over at Sketches with a Twist  I really liked the sketch and the twist is to use Die Cuts on your layout



Cool sketch isn't it , and here is my take. My Granddaughter on her 11th Birthday, hard to believe that was four years ago, gee time flies. She loves hamming it up for the camera and is a real little actress

I have mounted the star on Canvas and Muslin

the time line goes to 11 for her 11th Birthday

The flowers and leaves are made from Die Cuts

I had a lot of fun with the background of this one.
Thank you for popping by, it has been a long week, so I am looking forward to the weekend and the lovely Jo from Mudgee is coming over to scrap and spend the weekend :)
Love and Peace
Mary

SPARKLE ~ MY CLASS LAYOUT

Hello ,

I have been down to the Anzac March this morning, always makes me teary to see the old diggers that fought so that we can have the freedom we enjoy in this beautiful Country.

I just wanted to share with you the layout my class will be doing this Saturday

The Satin Seam ribbon and gorgeous button is from Craftqueen. I always like to use the bottom strip cut from the bottom of the PP, so I have just criss crossed it over 

Martha Steward Punch for some edging ( I use this punch a lot)

A little banner with two cute little flowers I found in my stash

My DD and one of her gorgeous friend

I have used the Botanical Odyssey Range from Kaiser
Thank You for popping by , now to spend the afternoon Scrapping, whilst hubby watches football 
Love and Peace
Mary x

SCRAP YOUR STORY CHALLENGE ~ MY HERITAGE

Hello friends
The challenge over at Scrap Your Story  is to use stitching on your layout :). Well this is something I like to do :)
My layout is a picture of my Grandparents on my Dad's side wedding day

Being a Heritage page I like to use a dash of old lace and the cute little bead bow is from Craftqueen  as is the cherish stamp & the sweet little flower under the turn back

The lace in the bottom right corner that I have added some ink and pan pastel to is from Marally Craft and one of my favourites atm

I was really happy with how this turned out

I have stitched around each layer of Paper
I have journalled on a card and slid in the side with a ribbon  tag.

Thank You for popping by, please let me know you called
Love and Peace
Mary x

TRUE BLUE

Evening

I originally did this layout for the challenge over at Sketchabilities but I missed the deadline :( But they now have another fantastic sketch up :) So pop over and be inspired. Anyway this is the one I missed, a layout of my beautiful Grandson

The banner is from Heather Waldron , I have been busting to use it and I think it belongs here :)
I have used Chevron Washi tape from Craftqueen  and one of my favourite stamps from scrapfriends  Some punching and a badge . The badge is from A Piece of Cake Designs 

Lots of misting and paints . I have used the Donna Downey stencil from Craftqueen
Originally when I started the layout I had the idea it was going to have a lot of white space, but I was having so much fun I sort of kept going.

I tore pages from a story book and Modged Podged on. The top piece had the heading Cheeky Boy, I ended up stamping the chevron stamp over that as it just wasn't sitting right with me, as that is not Jedd. I know I am his Nanna, but he is a sweet boy, with a soft nature, so that heading had to go and the stamp did the trick :) The pics were taken on Australia Day in the Botanical Gardens in our home town.
Thanks for popping by, the weekend is nearly here :)

Have a wonderful one
Peace and love
Mary x

FROSTED DESIGNS CHALLENGE ~ TRAVEL

Hello,

Over at Frosted Designs http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.co.nz/ the Theme is Travel, well I love doing travel pages, always bring back such good memories and then I pine to go back again. Anyway I digest. The layout ended up turning into a double page,which I very rarely do, but I had a couple of the same papers and the two photo's go together.

Te awesome brass flower and leaf came from Paper Stories , The kaiser stamp is one of my favourites and the butterfly is washi tape from Craftqueen 

Layering and lace, Love this lace from Marally Craft & I have use the rock Kaiser Stamp , which I also got from Marally Craft.

and the Second Page

This was taken at a gorgeous little water village in France called Fontaine ~ de ~ Vaucluse  Provence . Here is a little info about the little town

The source of Fontaine de Vaucluse, in France The Sorgue comes from an immense underground network of waters, and has an average flow of 630 million m3 per year, the biggest in France and one of the biggest worldwide. The river is cool and peaceful in the summer, surging and impetuous in spring and fall. The Fontaine de Vaucluse, in France, a true whim of nature, continues to challenge researchers and curious minds, as it has since time immemorial. The waters which surge forth from the base of the cliff come from the rainwater and snow melt which infiltrate the ground as they run off Mont Ventoux, the Monts de Vaucluse and Lure Mountain - accounting for a catchment area of 1100 km. The only place this water comes out of the ground is at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, in France. These are some of my photos, The water runs  through the town and is so clear, cool and fresh Thanks for popping by  Peace and Love Mary