ORANGE PAPERIE ~ LOVE

Hello !
Well it is the month of love being February and so the challenge over at Orange Paperie this month is to scrap about Love and the criteria is to use hearts and journalling.
Our guest Designer for the month is Lizzy Crust. I have asked Lizzy some questions that she kindly answered to get to know a little more about her. Lizzy does beautiful work and is the queen of layering and fussy cutting. Visit Lizzy's blog to be inspired by her gorgeous layouts and also visit Orange Paperie to see the other DT members layouts along with Lizzy's.
My take 

Satin Seam binding, sweet little flowers, vine ribbon, circle braid and pearl flowers from Craftqueen. Prima Love word is also from Craftqueen. I have rubbed gesso over it and coloured it soft pink. The Flair is from Studiofourteen40

I was inspired by the colours in the challenge over at Scrap it with attitude  when I came across Janice's  gorgeous layout.

Recently I joined in on a vintage tag swap and this is what I created.

As always thank you for calling by. Love to see you join us at Orange Paperie.
May I just say it was lovely to wake up to the sound of rain this morning.

Love and Peace 

PAUSE AND TAKE IN THE BEAUTY ~ SCRAP AFRICA SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello,


Yesterday I just wanted to play with gesso , mists and stamps , so I decided to do  The sketch challenge for 
Scrap Africa which is .....

and this is the result 

Pause and take in the Beauty

I seem to have a weakness for stamps and feel I don't use them enough, so I had a play and enjoyed this process this layout took . Thank you Cheryl for the gorgeous lady stamp , I love her.

when I arrived home my order from StudioFourteen40 was waiting for me and I used one of the flairs from the new Dali range straight away. I think it is my favourite range so far.

The photo was taken in gardens at Avignon France. I had stopped just to sit and take it all in, aware we may not be this way again. I often did this while we were overseas, trying to soak it all into my memory, In awe of all the beauty we were seeing, not wanting to leave it.
Pop over to Scrap Africa and you will be blown away by the amazing talent of the DT over there. The layouts are so, so beautiful.

Thanks so much for calling by I appreciate your feed back
Love and Peace
Mary x

CSI S365 -4 ~ AMOUR

Hello,
still hot here, but will try not to talk about the weather .
I had so much fun today doing this layout for CSI for the S365 ~4. I had fun using lots of different mediums

I was really inspired by the textures and colours of the dress.
Evidence ~ Flowers,
 Jewels ~ ( My Mum's treasures),
 Metal ~ the heart
 Fabric ~ some muslin and cut up doily
 Decorative Border ~ I have stamped around the edge with a Kaiser stamp
Texture paper ~ I have modge Podge Dried tea bag paper under my Photo as a photo mat
Stamps ~ A few different Kaiser stamps
Vellum ~ I have made a vellum pocket for my journalling and note from my husband
The brown Grid Paper behind the pocket is Prima Packaging 
So keeping with Creative Jump Start 2014 there are lots of household goods and the swirls were also inspired by Creative Jump Start 2014. I acquired some Mica flakes Lizzy  so I added them to the flourish and circle texture paste patterns.
Testimony ~ I have journalled about our wedding. 

Our wedding was such a fun wedding, we had the reception in my Uncle and Aunts packing shed at "WhyWorry" Borenore. The shed had a big clean up and was decorated with flowers hydrangea's etc to make it look pretty. Mum and my aunts did all the catering ( I have no idea how they managed that, but I guess they all pitched in and helped)
Dad organised the music ( I was stressing a little over this fact) but it turned out fantastic and everyone danced and danced. People today still say it was the best wedding they have been to.
Now 35 years later, on  special occasions you leave little love notes for me to find which is so sweet. 

And finally

Thanks so much for popping by and taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it.
Today is my GD 16th Birthday . Not sure where the time gets to, but boy it goes quick

Love and Peace
Mary x

COLORMESCAPPY ~ 2 CUTE FOR WORDS

Hello ,
This post might be short and sweet, it is soooo hot I don't think I can stand to stay in the office to long. Shoot me now for not letting  my husband get reverse cycle air conditioning when he wanted to last year !
ColorMeScrappy's new challenge is up 
The colour palette

and the sketch

How cool is that, (did someone say cool?) oh I wish 

Keeping with Creative Jump Start 2014  theme of using household items ,I found the two papers under the cork on the layout behind my parents wedding photo when I took it out of the frame, and I thought the texture was pretty cool ( did someone say cool ) and the ribbon and braid are from my Mum's treasure tin

How super cute is my grandson, adorable I reckon.

I have cut the arrows out of corrugated card
Thanks Lizzy for those stars, just love them:)

Thank you for popping by, please join us in the challenge. Must go before I melt
Love and Peace
Mary x

ONCE UPON A SKETCH ~ HAPPINESS

Hello, 

Tonight I would like to share a layout for Once Upon A Sketch. The gorgeous Lizzy is on the DT over there now, so thought I would like to support her and give this a go.

The sketch and to scrap a Lesson Learnt

Love the sketch, but I am not sure I am happy with my layout.

I actually pulled it all apart as I did my journalling on the layout and didn't like it. So I flipped it over and did the layout on the reverse side of the PP , minus the journalling on the page. Still not sure if I like it, but there you go.

My Journalling that is now on the back reads ~The Beautiful People of Navutu may not have many material possessions, but they are the happiest people I have met. The children don't have television, I phones, I pods, computers or video games, but they play, laugh, smile and have big smiles and bright eyes. Their eyes are not dull and lifeless from endless hours of looking at a screen. I can't help think who has the better life.

The happiness chippy is Prima , I have gessoed , painted with liquid pearls, water paint, acrylic paint, you name it I used it! The stamp is also prima. Chevron washi tape, they are all from Craftqueen

The flourish is 2Crafty I believe, also from Craftqueen. I have gessoed, and then used croco crackling and then painted with Shimmerz. Oh yeah used the Shimmerz on the happiness chippy as well, see told you I used everything on it.

I have used stitching and also stamped around the edge with a Kaiser stamp and rubbed gesso over it.

Thanks for popping by. Don't forget there is still a couple of days to join in at Orange Paperie and Colormescrappy

If you are in the heat stay cool and if you are in the cold stay warm people

Love and Peace

Mary x

PURPLE PUMPKIN SKETCH CHALLENGE ~ BEAR LOVES HER BOYS

Hello on this Australia Day Long Weekend 

Today I am playing along with Purple Pumpkin's Sketch Challenge. I had to join in as it is my friend Lizzy's first sketch challenge. The sketch......

I was guided by the sketch, but it also took a little journey of its own as well :)

This is my Beautiful Sister In Law with her two Grandson's that she just  loves to bits. They call her Bear (so cute I reckon)

I had stamped a feather onto the layout, but I didn't like it so covered with some gesso and added the rosettes, beads and satin seam binding instead , which are all from Craftqueen. The Remember photo tab is Pink Paislee from Scrapfriends, Old clear button that I have smudged with gesso and apricot paint and laces are from my Mum's treasure tin.
Thank You Lizzy for the little wooden stars, I love them.
I have used a clock Mask and smudged with water paint and Pan Pastel. The Flair is from StudioFourteen40 ,they have the most gorgeous flairs.
I have also been participating in CreativeJumpStart2014 and the focus is on using household items. I have used Plasterer's tape and a big old button a piece of old doily that I have ripped and placed under the button along with some old lace for the household items.
Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate the time you take to leave feedback.
Don't forget the challenges at Orange Paperie and ColorMeScrappy

Love and Peace
Mary x

SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD. ~ WE LOVE LOVE & LESSOLOGY ~ YOU HOLD THE KEY TO MY HEART

Good Evening , tonight I wanted to share my layout for Scrap Around The World. The beautiful Mood Board for inspiration
So Pretty

and my take
                                  WE LOVE LOVE

The inspiration in the moodboard for me was the pattern in the teacups, the ocean , the theme of love from the flowers and the setting with lanterns and the colour blue .

I have used mists, water colour and Gelato  on the background.

I am also entering this over at Lessology  for challenge #32, where the criteria is " You hold the Key to my Heart". Thanks Lizzy for letting me know about this challenge . Lizzy is my challenge Queen.  The recycled/household elements are the little beads that I have adhered to the strips of canvas that I have gessoed over. The beads are very old , they were my Mum's, also the pieces of White doily that I have ripped and the Lace in the top corner I cut from an old top. The theme for JumpStart2014 is to use household items this year, which is great as it makes you think outside the square.
 This layout started out as something completely different and at one stage I was thinking of binning it. But I  stuck with it. Once I added the lace  , I started to like it and then I completely changed the picture and theme. The title is something my nieces always say and I think it is sweet. It makes my heart happy to see my DD so happy, it is all a Mum can ask for .
Thank you for popping by , enjoy your weekend.
Love and Peace
Mary x