ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE ~ THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE , HAVE TO BE FELT WITH THE HEART

Hello !

Well the 15th of the month rolls around so fast and I have some catching up to do. 
Firstly Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge has a new sketch for inspiration. I hope you will pop over and see the DT awesome layouts and leave them some love.
Now the sketch

and this is what I did with it

This is my baby on her 1st birthday ( she is turning 30 now !) I think she looks like a little old fashion doll in this photo.

Gorgeous flair from StudioFourteen40 "Always" range and wooden floral button from Craftqueen. Floral round button made by Moi :)

Another SudioFourteen40 flair, again from the "Always" range,   that says ~Hello I love you. They seriously are so gorgeous and versatile.
Thanks so much for calling by, I hope you can find time to join in with us.
Tomorrow I will be back with another reveal for a DT and some exciting news for me at least.

Love and Peace
Mary x

ENJOY LIFE ~ LOVE THE LITTLE STUFF ~ PIXELS AND PAPER CHALLENGE

Good afternoon to you ,

Today I am here to share a layout for Pixels and Paper. When I saw the prompt it took me straight to a photo of my middle son , fishing at his Grandads whilst we were on holidays. 
The Prompt

and this is my take

Enjoy Life ~ love the little stuff

You can see why my mind went straight to this photo. I always liked this photo, so it is nice to scrap it.

I have adhered a Scrapmatts word chippy to a StudioFourteen40 file tab. Bull Rush chippies are from Scrapmatts , which I have coloured. Gorgeous StudioFourteen40 Flair from "The Hamptons" range.

Chevron Chippies from Scrapmatts and I have rubbed gesso over them. 

The cork banner is a gift from my friend Jo, and the little coloured star fish thingys are from a win at Scrappy Canary. Torn up bits of doily and some sequins and soft thread paper to make a little water scene.

I have used a second StudioFourteen40 Flair  and the little bird chippies and metal triangle brads are gifts from my friend Lizzy . I think I am going great to get two flairs on a layout, Lizzy got 7 ! Check her amazing layout out, I love it.

Thank you for calling by. It is a sad house here today, as we farewelled a dear friend. The world lost a gentle soul , a gentle giant, a true gentleman.  So live life to the full, and never miss the opportunity to show and tell the people you love how much.

Love and Peace

Mary x

NEW BEGINNINGS ~ SCRAP AFRICA SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello !

Today I would like to share with you my take on the Sketch Challenge at Scrap Africa . The DT are full of inspiration, I encourage you to pop over check their beautiful work out and join in on the challenge.
The lovely Sketch

and this is my take

NEW BEGINNINGS

I came across this photo and thought it needed to be scrapped.

My brother , just out of school was about to embark on a life changing journey . That is my Grandmother Ma in the front (my Mum's Mum) My Brother , Mum ,Dad and Me . I can still remember that dress and hat Mum had on. The dress was all lace and a blue/mauve sort of colour.

The word chippy is from Scrapmatts. The flourish chippies are 2Crafty, which I have gessoed. Flowers are from Craftqueen. I have used mists and a stencil and lots of stamping.

Thank you for calling by

Love and Peace

Mary x

BE BRAVE BE TRUE ~ ART JOURNAL BOOK

Helloooooo

It's Monday and I have the day off work :) Got to love that :)
So I thought I would share a book journal I played with over the weekend. 
I was inspired by Marta . Marta is such an inspiration and an amazing talent. If you are looking for inspiration pop over to Marta's blog. Marta has video tutorials, so you can see her creating her beautiful pieces of art. Very inspiring.

I had a old book I brought at a stall, so I am going to use this to create in. 

BE BRAVE BE TRUE

Thank you for calling by. Hope your week is spectacular

Love and Peace
Mary x

VINTAGE LOVE ~ SUGAR CREEK HOLLOW CHALLENGE

Morning!
I have had most of this week off work, so I have been busy making things and writing letters for #snailmailrevival. I am really enjoying making nice things and writing letters to Pen Pals . Postage is a killer unfortunately and I am still trying to work out the best way to send as much as I can without it costing the earth. 
Anyway one of my Pen Pals has been making an album of her Grandparents wedding, so I made a tag I thought she might like. 
And seeing the Challenge at Sugar Creek Hollow is to make a vintage or shabby chic tag I thought I would enter it in the challenge.

Satin seam binding and rosettes are from Craftqueen
The gorgeous Love chippy is from Scrapmatts
The gold braid up the top is from my Mum's treasures.
The lace you see around the photo , which I use a lot for my props is actually an old vintage dress that probably belonged to an old aunt of mine at some stage. I am soooo glad Mum kept them . I  used to wear this dress and also some beautiful tops with exquisite lace when I was young! I loved them, but they are  to delicate to wear now, but I can't part with them.
Hope your day is a good one . I intend to go for a walk today

Love and Peace
Mary x

FREE YOURSELF ~ OFF THE RAILS SCAPBOOKING

Hello visitors,

Today I would like to share my layout for the Off the Rails Scrapbooking  current challenge.
The colour palette really appealed to me

Isn't it a gorgeous mood board?
This is my take on the challenge

The keys are to signify setting free. Gold sparkly Washi is from StudioFourteen40. I have cut out some gold butterflies from PP.
I am making an effort to use stash, so I dragged out the ribbon basket and added some gold and blue ribbon

Raided my Mum's old button tin and added a couple of gold buttons. The Rosette is actually a gold button. Painted the chippy gold. Stamping and rub ons.

I found the cool clip in the button tin , Finding little treasures :)
I added the little bits of ribbon onto the layout that I had trimmed from the ribbons.  Of course my layout is not complete without a beautiful StudioFourteen40 Flair, this one is from my fave range "Dali"

Thank you for calling by, I love to read your feedback.
Love and Peace 
Mary x

MISS YOU ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Happy first day of Spring for those of us here in Oz :) I am looking forward to warmer weather and to start walking again.
The start of a new month means a new challenge over at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge , and the challenge is......

Scrap some memories of your parents, guardians, whoever raised you. Suggestion: How did they meet?
What did they do that you remember the most? Good or bad memories, whatever you wish to scrap or art journal about

This is my take on the challenge

Miss You

This is my Mum and Dad, all dressed up to go to a wedding. 

My parents met at school when they were only young in the village they grew up in , Borenore. My parents and their parents before them lived at Borenore their whole life. My three brothers and I were also raised at Borenore until we got married and moved into town. Two of my brothers moved further afield to different cities and at times other countries.
Dad was a wool classer in his younger days. Mum could grown anything and was a good cook and I believe and excellent horse rider.
Dad a smoker from about 12 years of age , I remember car trips with his hat on the side , smoking his Benson and Hedges and me getting car sick ( I am sure the cigarette smoke didn't help). As we got older Dad stopped smoking while driving and also didn't smoke in the house. He gave up smoking several times, the last in his nineties. Mum Hated it and it wasn't worth Dad smoking around her. 
Dad was a quite man, but when he spoke you took notice. 
Mum was tiny , but feisty. If you upset Mum you knew! She was very clever though and like I said, cooked , had a beautiful garden with very little water at times. We always had to save the washing up water and bath water for the garden. Mum was a lovely sewer and knitter. She made some beautiful clothes for my children. I have kept the special things she made to hand down to my children for their children. She preserved fruit and made amazing apple, blackberry pies and beautiful Pavlova's . My poor husband thought like Mother , like daughter, boy was he in for a shock ! I don't particularly like to cook.
I have lost both my parents in the last five years, Mum less than two years ago. They both lived till in their nineties and I miss them.

Gorgeous Flair is from StudioFourteen40's new "Always" range . It truly is a special range of flairs and I would encourage you to check them out.
I have used lots of misting , masks , texture paste rub ons  and stamping to create the background.

I always try and include a bird on the layout for Mum as she loved birds.
Thank you for calling by . I hope you can join us over at AFSC , we are an easy going lot, that just want to inspire you to get those memories down.
Love and Peace
Mary x