SWEET MOMENTS ~ SCRAPPY CANARY CYBER CROP

Hello, I am back with the colour challenge for the Cyber Crop at Scrappy Canary this weekend. If you would like to join in , you have a week to complete the challenges.

The colour palette is .....

It reminded me of Fiji, but I have made a few books with my Fiji photo's so decided to go with a photo from our time on Patmos Island Greece with some very beautiful people.

The saying the Best things in life are Free and are not things is so true. I so enjoyed these moments of just relaxing and talking and being with these lovely people so much. Treasured memories for sure.

I have "doubled flaired" with StudioFourteen40 gorgeous flairs 
The Good Stuff stamp is a gift from Lizzy

Thank you for calling by.
Love and Peace
Mary x

SWEET

Hello !
Today I would like to share two layouts . Firstly my layout for my lovely class that I teach.

Sweet

This is my husband and  my sister in law. I think we all know who the sweet one is ;)

He tells me he didn't want to get his photo taken, I think it shows. But how cute is my Sister in law 

Also this weekend I am participating in the Scrappy Canary Cyber Crop

The first challenge is a sketch

I thought this would be perfect for a 8 x 11 1/2 layout. I have a couple of albums to fill, but hardly scrap in this size

My children were fortunate to enjoy holidays at the Farm at Crookwell with their country cousins. They got to enjoy such things as riding horses, rides on the tractor and farm bikes. Baby lambs, rabbits, lots of dogs ( always seemed to be another batch of puppies) watching the shearing and just running around in the paddocks.

I have used the StudioFourteen40 flair from Boys will be Boys range  and StudioFourteen40 Vellum File tab

Thank you for calling by. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend

Love and Peace

Mary x

MY HAPPY GIRL ~ SKETCHY BOARD CHALLENGE

Good Afternoon . It is lovely to have the day off work today, but gee the day goes fast. 
I would like to share a layout I have done for the challenge at Sketchy Board Challenge.
It is a really lovely colour palette. So soft and pretty 

and then the sketch

and this is my take 

My Happy Girl

The gorgeous flair is StudioFourteen40  from the "Every Day Range"

Satin Seam binding and flowers from Craftqueen

I have used the Kaiser doily stencil from Marally Craft and I painted and dripped blue water colour paint and gelato over in places. I have added stamping, sequins, washi and thread.

Isn't she a cutie. I realized whilst looking through my DD's baby album to pick some photo's what a happy little baby she was. In nearly all her photo's she has a big smile, as a Mum that makes me very happy.

Thanks so much for calling by. 

Love and Peace

Mary x

FAMILY IS A LINK TO OUR PAST AND A BRIDGE TO OUR FUTURE ~ VINTAGE CHALLENGE AT SCRAP IT WITH ATTITUDE

Hi everyone,
Today I would like to share with you my layout for the challenge at Scrap It with Attitude. This month the theme is Vintage...... Well I do love vintage just a bit, so thought I would like to join in
Here is my layout

This is a photo of my husband and his little brother , who were born on the same day 9 years apart. A pretty special birthday present that day.
Thank You Lizzy for the stars. I have used lots of my Mums old thread and some old buttons from her button tin. A Manor House Die cut under the photo from Craftqueen, as is the washi tape. I Used scraps of pp under the photo and gesso as well. Texture paste and masque and the little pearls, that was a accident as they fell out of the bottle on the page and I kinda liked them there, so on they went.

Thank you for calling by, I do appreciate it .

Love and Peace
Mary

LET'S GO WHERE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ~ SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE

Hello !
Today I would like to share a layout for Scrap Africa. This is based on their sketch challenge at the moment. 
The Sketch

 and this is my take

This is my hubby at the fountain of Neptune in Florence

I have embossed the feather chippies which are from Craftqueen as is the gorgeous button and gold bead. Brown lace was a win from Pixels and Papers and gold braids from my Mum's treasures

Little gold latch from Marally Craft. The layout came together quite quickly as I used the Kaiser "Now Boarding" collection along with the Collectables. I had this picture in mind as I thought the colours went really well with it.

Thank you for calling by, hope your week is a good one & you get time to join in at Scrap Africa, they are a lovely bunch of girls.

Love and Peace
Mary x

BROKEN ~ BUT LEARNING TO BE STRONG ~ ORANGE PAPERIE CHALLENGE FOR JULY

Evening on another cold weekend. 
The new Challenge is up at Orange Paperie and John has challenged us to do a double layout ~ Yikes !  That is why it is called a challenge but right ? Pop over and check out the other DT members layouts they are gorgeous and all so different.
I must admit I was finding it really hard to start and was going to use a old double of  mine from yonks ago. The joy had gone out of scrapbooking for me and I was sitting looking at the paper paralyzed . Anyway last night I did a page that was therapy for me and it actually turned into a double layout as I went along.
Still being quite a personal layout I wasn't sure I should post it or just file it away and still go with the old layout from awhile ago.
Anyway I have decided to post it, it is just part of my journey I am sharing. I guess it is hard to admit we are not as strong as we would like to be.

Broken but learning to be strong

Some of my Mum's old thread. Little bead from Craftqueen

Vine ribbon from Craftqueen. Flowers from Marally Craft

Believe flair from StudioFourteen40 Dali range.  Chevron chippies and wings from Scrapmatts

The light bulb is from The Trinket Track and signifies that I had a light bulb moment & realized that People treat you the way they do because they can. But now I am only going to have people in my life that treat me right and with respect, and make decisions that are right for me. 
 Life is to short to waste time , energy and cause yourself heartache and stress when it is not necessary .  
The circle chippy is a 2crafty one from Craftqueen.
Hope you can join in with a double layout over at Orange Paperie and don't forget to visit the blogs of the other DT members .
Love and Peace
Mary x

WINNER ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCAPPY CHALLENGE

Good Morning, on another brisk winters day.
A new month means a new challenge at AFSC the challenge is ......

Have you ever been recognized for something? Scholarship? Award? Employee of the quarter? Fifth place winner??? Published? Scrap or art journal about it. 

Hence my title

Winner

Now I did have to go back into the archives for this one, although I did win a squash comp once also :)

I have used a StudioFourteen40 flair, Love them. Lots of washi and some cool big clear buttons from a win over at Pixels and Papers.

As my journalling says my Aunt is presenting me with the winners trophy of the Annual Borenore Tournament in honour of my Uncle.  Mum is on the left and was the runner up. It must have been my lucky day to beat my Mum as she was a fierce tennis player.

The good thing about scrapping photo's as they bring back soooo many memories. I probably wouldn't have scrapped this photo if it wasn't for the challenge, so thank you for the challenge AFSC and bringing back good memories.

We lived just up the road from the Tennis courts in the village I grew up and Sunday was the day the community got together to play tennis and socialize. Of course the afternoon teas were a big part of the day , with lots of lovely country cooking. My aunt in the photo used to bring a sponge cake filled with cream and passion fruit icing , everyone use to bestow praise upon her on how good it was. Funny thing no one knew except those very close to her, she actually purchased  a plain sponge cake filled it with cream and iced it. We that knew used to get a big smile out of it.

It reminded me of the Working Bees at the Tennis courts as well and How we used to practise hitting the ball up against the Railway line shed door and run up and down the railway ramp.

Anyway if you are still with me thank you for calling by and I hope you join us in the challenge.

Love and Peace

Mary