ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A VERY GOOD DADDY ~ CSI #S365-2

Afternoon,

I hope you are enjoying this long weekend in Australia, always good to have a couple of days off.
I enjoyed having my DD home for a couple of days .
When I saw the Case File at CSI  and the evidence and testimony, I knew straight away what photo and story I wanted to tell

My evidence ~ Book pages,Tearing, Crown, Stencils.
Testimony ~ I have started my journalling with Once Upon a Time 
My journalling which is on a pull out tag says ~ The most precious gift you can give your child is your time. The simple act of reading to them is their biggest delight. It's the little things that are big.
The Alice card is from the trinket track 

 As is the little bird and cog

This is my two boys and my husband, over 30 years ago now!

I have also used texture paste, water colours, stamps and gyprock tape, twine and bakers twine

Thank you for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend

Love and Peace

Mary x

ONE PHOTO MANY MEMORIES ~ CSI #91

Hi all,

Just wanting to share my layout for case file 91 over at CSI

My Evidence
Leaves, Teapot accent, Metal accents
Testimony ~ My journalling in the velum envelope tucked up the top says
One Photo , so many Memories. This photo evokes so many memories of home. The teapot ~ The jug was always boiled and a pot of tea on the table when anyone visited my Mum and Dads
The lamingtons ~ I remember putting the square blocks of sponge cake on a fork and dipping them into the chocolate and then rolling them into the coconut , sometimes we would make red jelly ones as well
The jar of Lemon butter (homemade) , the old sugar pot that we had forever. 
The jars of homemade pickles on the cupboard in the background ( the smell of the pickles cooking in the big pot would get into our clothes, I still remember the smell)
The familar cups and sauces brought out for a cuppa
The big bowl of cream ( no doubt there would have been the delicious Gem cakes Mum made that we would cut in half and put cream in the middle ,Yum! haven't had one for so long now.
It is amazing if you look into a photo the memories it holds

The old lace and thread are from Mum's. The metal charms and wooden doily & flourish (that I inked) are from Craftqueen

I Have added some metal mesh

The PP is Kaiser Magnolia Grove Collection

Thank you so much for looking. Pop over to CSI and be inspired by the amazing layouts over there. Don't forget to join us at CMS we have a fantastic sketch and colour palette for you to be inspired by.
Love and Peace 
Mary 

BUILDING BLOCKS WITH GRANDMA

Evening ! 
A new month brings a new challenge at CMS. Another fantastic colour palette and this month a awesome sketch

I love the palette and the sketch , but for some reason I struggled a bit with this one, mojo gone missing. However I am pleased that I have scrapped a lovely memory for my eldest son, building blocks with his Grandma at Dot Dots.
We were at my Aunty Dot's place and my children called her Dot Dot.

Love the font of the happy chippy from Scrapmatts 

I went with the whole building theme, with the ladder, ruler washi tape

I have used the Kaiser range "In the Attic"

Thank you for calling. Please Pop over to CMS and be inspired by the DT's fabulous layouts.
Love and Peace 
Mary x

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD ~ THE BLACK QUEEN

Morning! on this last day of the month! I am really sneaking this one in , in the nick of time
I received some photo's on the weekend of my GD dancing and then I came across the challenge at ScrapAroundTheWorld and thought this photo of my GD dancing as the Black Queen in a game of chess would be perfect. The head piece my GD is wearing reminded me of the photo in the Moodboard and the colour scheme was perfect also

I also was guided by the sketch as I had three photo's of this dance , so it was good to use them on one layout.

As I finished late last night and having to go to work this morning was struggling to get a good pic with the right light, so this is the best I got this morning

Some bakers twine and washi tape

Photos are by Winki Pop Sydney.
Thanks so much for popping by, best get to work
Love and Peace
Mary x

THE FABRIC OF LIFE

Hi all,
I wanted to share a just because layout with you . I love this photo of my Mum holding me, and my two brothers and a cousin outside our home . 
The photo must have been taken in the very early days of Mum and Dad building their home as there is no next door neighbour yet ( Dad sold the block and the same neighbours still are living there today) and originally we only had about 3 rooms , so looks like this is before the additions of more rooms ,and the yard is scrub! Mum ended up creating the most beautiful garden.
I have used the Needle and Thread Range Of PP's from Kaiser

The Vintage Stamp is from Craftqueen

How cool are my brothers in their stripy Tshirts :)

Thank you for taking the time to come by. Still a few days to enter the Challenges at Orange Paperie and CMS.
I will leave you with how our home ended up looking

Love and Peace
Mary x

CASE FILE #90 AT CSI ~ YOU ARE LOVED

Hi all,

The great thing about challenges is that it challenges us to do things we normally wouldn't have a go at. The colour palette is one I would not normally use and when I did I loved it !
Here is the challenge at CSI at them moment

My evidence ~ Hearts, Fabric, Something no longer trendy ( flower and heart brads)
Testimony ~ I have journalled on a tag and slid in the side of the photo ~
 Scruffy you have been the best little mate for 15 years now. You are the best dog in the whole wide world, as I tell you on a regular basis. Unique, Highly Strung and Oh so special. Love you little man
I had a lot of fun with Mists, salt, glitter, Pan Pastels and texture paste

The flourish and lovely blue and grey flowers are from Natalie, thank you I love them. The big white flower is from Kim  thanks Kim . I added a bit of mist and pan pastel to it's petals. The blue cobwebbing, braid and small flowers are from Craftqueen. White  thready material is an old doily I have cut up White lace from Marally Craft. Heart stamp is also from a RAK

The blue gem flower is from Susan McGuire ~ thank you Susan

The orange and blue flower brads I have had forever! It's great to use old stash~ then you can feel justified for buying it in the first place :)

Both me and Scruff were way much younger when this photo was taken. Scruff is now 15 years old, which is about 105 years old in dogs years I think. He is a trooper and battling on, but if love can keep you alive, I think that is what keeps him going.   ( not telling you how old I am )

I was thrilled to be featured at PaperPeople with this layout. Put a smile on my face for a Monday Morning

Thanks so much for calling by. Don't forget to take a look and join in with Orange Paperie and ColorMeScrappy challenges 
Love and Peace 
Mary x

STOP AND SMELL THE FLOWERS ~ PIXLES AND PAPER CHALLENGE

Hi all, hope you are all enjoying this lovely day .
I came across a challenge site via Lizzy's blog http://crumbsofcreativity.blogspot.com.au/  called Pixles and Paper and when I saw their current challenge , straight away it took me to a photo of my eldest son when he was little
this is the challenge

so it inspired me to dig the photo out and scrap it

I think Joe is about 18mths old here, he is now nearly 34!

The flair button is from StudioFourteen40 I am loving them.

Some vintage twine that was my Mums . Little yellow flowers from Scrapfriends as is the adorable picture tab, they are great value, the pack comes with different sayings, there is 24 pieces in a pack and I cut them in half , so I get double :)

I found this layout hard to start with , as the PP from BoBunny is so gorgeous on its own. I didn't want to ruin it. But I eventually got started.

and finished. I don't think the photo does the colours justice. But very happy to get this sweet memory scrapped . 

Frightening how quickly the years fly by, so remember...... Stop and Smell the flowers 

Love and Peace

Mary x