LIFE WAS SIMPLE AND PURE `~ CSI CHALLENGE #85

Hi all,

The colour palette at CSI http://csicolorstoriesinspiration.ning.com/ really appealed to me, as I had just purchased some embossing powders that I was itching to use and they were perfect for the challenge .

the chippies are from Scrapmatts, that I have embossed with the gorgeous colours in the Zing embossing powders

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Part of the evidence ~ metal and decorative brads or buttons. I have used the door knocker and little gold beads 

Little gold beads and teal webbing ribbon , twine and white circle braid from Craftqueen

For evidence I have used a stamp with numbers ,

Metal, decorative brads or buttons, string & embossing powders.

Testimony

A list of 5 important points about the topic

write your jounalling on a tag

This is a photo of both sets of my Grandparents with one of my brothers on his First Communion Day.

Thanks for calling by and don't forget the challenge at ColorMeScrappy, a lovely pastel palette & the challenge at Orange Paperie , Flowers and chipboard

Love and Peace 

Mary x

TIMELESS ~ CHALLENGE AT ORANGE PAPERIE ~ CHIPBOARD AND FLOWERS

Hi all 
Just posting my challenge for Orange Paperie. This month the challenge is to use Flowers and Chipboard

TIMELESS

the gorgeous rosettes and satin seam binding are from Craftqueen & the green flower with butterfly  charm is from My2angels http://www.my2angels.net/

Chippy is from Scrapmatts  and I have used Croco Crackling and perfect pearls to colour it. Washi tape is from Craft Queen, lace is from Marally Craft  . I have embossed the cherry blossom pattern and rubbed gesso over it with my finger.

I found this photo in my mothers album, I am not sure who it is, but on the back of the postcard it has written ~ From your sister May. I might have to do some investigating. I loved the photo regardless , so decided to scrap it.

I have also used the croco crackling on the Timeless chippy from Scrapmatts.

The gold beads are also from Craftqueen. They are great value as you get heaps on a sheet!
Thank you for calling by. Hope you can join the challenge at Orange Paperie, pop over to the blog and have a look at the lovely prize up for grabs this month , kindly sponsored by Craftqueen

Wishing you a wonderful week
Love and Peace
Mary x

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