CSI COLOUR CHALLENGE #84 ~ I FOUND PARADISE

Hi All,

I didn't know if I would have the time to get a layout done for this challenge. But the colours reminded me of Fiji, so I wanted to get another holiday pic done and where there is a will there is a way they say.....

The Challenge

some closies of my layout 

some texture as a symbol of the ocean

Some nautical Scrapmatt chippies

I was given the Bamboo Embossing folder from John  and thought it was perfect for an Island Layout, so thank you John

I cut around the shape and rubbed some gesso over it with my finger to make the pattern stand out.

The chevrons are also from Scrapmatts

My Journalling

and my layout. Another one for the album :)

Thanks for looking and don't forget we would love you to join us at ColorMeScrappy for a gorgeous colour palette this month and Orange Paperie  flowers and chipboard.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Mary x

New Challenge at ColorMeScrappy ~ Birthday Wishes

Hi all
The new challenge is up at ColorMeScrappy and it is a really lovely soft colour palette 
and the twist is to use fabric on your layout

Now the layout is not what I had envisaged that I was going to do. I had soft , romantic, etc 

However I came across these old photo's of my Children with my Parents and I just wanted to scrap them, so...... I did

I love the cheeky look on Christopher's face

The 72 is how old Dad was and the 92 is how old Dad lived to

I have use Croco Crackling on the letters as well as Kindy Glitz and dimensiceal Magic and I have use Dimensiceal Magic on the Simplicity dress pattern

I have journalled on a tag that slides in the side of the photo

and it says 

Celebrating Dad's 72 Birthday. No fancy restaurants, Harbour Cruises or trips for Dad ~ his Idea of a perfect Birthday ~ Dinner and cake at home with his Grandchildren. 

The reason I have added the word Simplicity to the layout , is because Dad enjoyed the simple things in life . Being at his home in a little country town that he lived in all his life, family and friends & he adored his grandchildren.

When Mum and Dad came into town to do their shopping , we would say lets have dinner out and Dad's idea of eating out was buying a meat pie or fish and chips and taking them up to my place to eat (not mine and Mum's idea of lunch out) 

Thank you for calling by . Hope you can join us in this months challenge

Love and Peace

Mary x

CSI # 83 ~ Memories Recorded

Morning!
I thought I would like to do the Case File over at CSI as I love doing travel pages and reliving the wonderful memories
The colours made me think of London and since I brought these PP's last Saturday that I was itching to use 

So in the evidence I have used labels , Grid Paper, Travel Accents, Teresa Collins Stamps, circles and tags.
My journalling is tucked inside the envelope & reads
"Our last stop of our Europe adventure was London. Three amazing days. I got to see where our son Christopher was living & he showed us around at a hectic pace, trying to fit in as much as we could. What I saw of London I loved ! The major sights, art galleries, we went to a show, the Camden Markets to name just a few ."

I have used one of our tickets for the underground which is great because it has the date on it

The badge is another of my goodies from Natalie

Thank you for popping by. I have the day off today, so I had better get out of my pj's and get something done !
Don't forget the challenges over at ColorMeScrappy & Orange Paperie
Love and Peace
Mary

OLD FRIENDS ARE THE BEST FRIENDS ~ CHALLENGE AT 123 CHALLENGE BLOGSPOT

Morning! I am a little bit happy as my girl is coming home today for a very short visit, but better than no visit hey, except I have a stupid headache :(
I thought I would like to enter the challenge at 123 Challenge Blogspot as it ticked all the boxes of what I love to scrap and when I saw the word Old was part of the criteria I knew exactly what I wanted to scrap about, hence my title Old Friends are the Best Friends. I have been missing my best friend since she moved to Brisbane and some days more than others. The other day I found myself getting teary wishing she was here.

The photo is old of course and not very good quality, but never the less it is a memory. I got to play with some of the beautiful goodies Natalie sent me , the Jute, and the tag in the side. The packet of Paris tags could not be more perfect for me, as anyone that knows me would know, Thank You Natalie.

The Road trip book was a envelope template from the fabscrap Paper range that I have used in the layout, but I cut it up to use as tags ect So my little book opens up to reveal my journalling 

We have shared a lot of times over the 30 odd years of friendship, Sad times, hard times, worrying times (those times came as we got older), but boy we have had some dam good times, and they are the ones I choose to remember, but best of all we have shared all those times together. Most of all we have laughed a lot together.
Thanks for popping by, don't forget to join us at ColorMeScrappy as well 

Love and Peace
Mary x

NEW MONTH , NEW CHALLENGE AT COLOR ME SCRAPPY & I WON A GIVEAWAY!

Evening! Well we are back home tonight after spending a few days with our second eldest son while our floorboards were being lacquered. Renovations are nearing the end thank heavens, just have to put the house all back together again and clean everything!
August is here already! and with a new month comes another fantastic challenge from ColorMeScrappy 
This is the colour scheme 

and the twist is to use the sketch

Pop over and check out the DT inspiring layouts
The colours reminded me of Fiji
Victor and the beautiful Eta ( who told us to just think of Estimated Time of Arrival, to remember her name) Don't think we would forget her name , it was one of the easy ones!

I have used Echo Park range of pp's "Beautiful Life" and the Fijian way of life certainly is beautiful. I have fussy cut the butterflies and the banner from the PP . The arrows are from Scrapmatts, which I have covered with washi tape. The PP and washi is from Craftqueen

The summer time chippies are from Scrapmatts and I have coloured them with Gelato's from Scrapfriends

I used the name of the paper range on my layout as well ,because as I said earlier it is such a Beautiful Life 

This is actually much more vibrant IRL , but at the time of taking the photo the weather wasn't the best.

I was so happy to receive an email from Natalie over at One Scrappy Doctor  to say I had won her giveaway. I received it in the mail the other day and I love everything in it and can't wait to use it. It is actually pictured at the top of my blog on the right . Thank you Natalie, you are very generous.Please pop over and check out One Scrappy Doctor blog. 

Thanks so much for calling by. Wishing you a wonderful weekend, I think mine is going to be rather busy
Love and Peace
Mary x

FEEL LIKE THE PROUD MOTHER

I have just come home from my scrapbooking class and I am so proud of my students. I leave smiling from ear to ear, as I love the layouts they create and I am just so proud of them.
The PP's that Bec gave me to work with were a challenge to me, as I really don't do brights that often. I am more the vintage , muted tones kinda person. So thanks Bec for challenging me!  I was happy to have the photo of my two boys and a friend scrapped ,all ready for a morning of Playgroup. The colours in the PP made me think of a jumper I knew my boys had with Orange and browns in it, so the search for the photo and then the layout began being created.

So cute

Thanks for calling by and wishing you a happy weekend
Love and Peace
Mary x

Scrapmatts GD Layout ~ Happy Days Simple Pleasures

Hello !

This layout I have used lots of Scrapmatts and Craftqueen goodness. 

I have used Pink Paislee PP , and I have also used Prima Pintery PP, which I have torn and added to the layout.

By today's standards my Mum may not have had a lot material wise growing up, but she loved her life in the country and was rich in the important things in life. She used to tell me how they would wash their clothes in the river, & she used to wag the Bush school to help her Dad who only had one arm ,in the paddocks. She was a good horse rider and used to ride her horse across the paddocks.

Home and Scrapped is a lovely friendly site, & one of the challenges this month is to use the letters of Royal Baby to make your layout, so I am entering this layout in the challenge. Pop over, join in the chat, challenges, share ideas and recipes, books to read,  just heaps of lovely sharing.
Also don't forget to join us at Orange Paperie & Color Me Scrappy http://color-me-scrappy.blogspot.com.au/
Love and Peace
Mary