REMEMBERING TERESA ~ SCRAPKI-WYZWANIOWO & SKETCHABILITIES

Morning on this lovely long weekend Monday. Today I would like to share a layout I have done for the challenge over at Scrapki-wyzwaniowo .The challenge this month is to use Damask on your layout.
I was also inspired by the mauve 

I was also inspired by the current sketch at Sketchabilities for my layout. Love their sketches

This is my take 

Remember

Do you sometimes question why you do what you do ? I know I do . I think why am I doing this , spending hours doing layouts, collecting stash , because it's oh so pretty and lovely and I must have it. Who is going to want all these layouts where I am no longer here. And then there is the storage , layouts and albums taking over my cupboards.

When I completed this layout I felt happy. This is my mother in law. Sadly I never met Teresa as she died when she was very young.  So this is why I do this, that Future generations will always remember. I have been told about her and we have made sure she is not forgotten in our children's lives and so I do this for the future generations, so that Teresa will always be remembered.

Still must say thank you to Wilma for the gorgeous flowers. The Flair is from StudioFourteen40, I thought it went well with the flowers on Teresa's dress. I used a Damask stencil on my page and then lots of mists, aqua crayons and aqua pencils. Sequins and stamping. Some thread around my photo.

A Damask stamp. 

I also used lots of old Kaiser brads.

Thank you for popping by and now I go and start another layout , that I have ideas in my head for 

Hope you are enjoying your weekend

Love , Peace and Happiness 

Mary x

REMEMBER ~ LESSOLOGY LACE CHALLENGE

Hello !

Today I would like to share with you a layout for the challenge at Lessology ,which is to use lace ! Lace is right up my alley. I love vintage lace and heritage pages. Remember you can create anything you like as long as it has one upcycle product and you indicate what it is.
Unlike my last layout this one came together quickly.

Remember

This is my Mum and Dad. The photo is very old and of poor quality, but I love it as it shows them, young and carefree and being romantic. It might have been the era, but Mum and Dad never really showed affection in public or in front of me or my brothers, so this is nice to have.

The Flair is from StudioFourteen40, hot from my mail box.
Fittingly the old lace and Doily and thread were my Mums. Also I popped a little bit of Dotty Washi Tape in there , from a parcel from Lizzy, so I have quite a bit up upclycle goodies on my layout.

Thank you Wilma for the gorgeous flowers. Heart is from Charm Creations.

Old book pages

Thank you for calling by. I hope you get a chance to join in with Lessology as well.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

CHALLENGEYOURSELF ~ SKETCH CHALLENGE

Hello on this cold winter's morning. It is 11.30am here and the water in the birdbath is still frozen solid, so they will have to put their skates on today !
The sketch challenge at Challenge Yourself, I will have to say I found "Challenging" I find scrapping multiple photo's hard.  The layout has been on my desk for several days and I have thought about binning it. Last night I decided to sit down and just get it done, not sure if I am any happier with it, but it is done.
The sketch

and this is my take

I have used a gold button and some gold wire and gold paper clips , that era just makes me think of gold and grandeur .

I have coloured the gorgeous Imaginarium Designs feather . See I am in the photo, my brother took the photo and he is really not that into taking pictures 

Underneath my photo I have used Strips of music washitape

Some texture

I actually spilled the ink, but what the heck, I liked it. I have used some Prima packaging under my photo as well.
I knew this statue and garden was in Vienna , as my daughter had told me about it. Funnily it was not in the tourist pamphlets and whilst walking and searching for it, people really didn't seem to know it ! Anyway we found it eventually

Thank you for calling by

Love , Peace and Happiness
Mary x 

LIVE EVERY MOMENT ~JUNE CHALLENGE AT ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Hello to another new month , half the year gone already, is it just me or are they zooming by at a frantic pace ?
Anyway I digress ~ the new challenge at AFSC is to create a layout with a technique you have not used before or a tool you have not used before or both :)

Live every moment

I have made a start on the holiday photo's ( only a few thousand to go !!) This photo I took at Copenhagen.

So the techniques I used ~ 
The new technique and product for me is the aqua crayons, I purchased  whilst overseas.  I have gone around the edge of my canvas under the photo with a aqua crayon and used a water pen to move the colour around and to give the watercolour effect. 

I nearly always use twine/thread and satin seam binding on my layouts. I find it softens and also creates a nest for flairs etc. The gorgeous flair is from StudioFourteen40.

Thank you Jo for the diecut circles and clear house.

I also find gesso a great product for so many uses. Here I just rubbed gesso around the edge of my layout with my finger to create a frame for my layout.

Thank you for calling by. I hope you get a chance to join in the challenge at ARTastic this month.

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

SCRAP AFRICA ~ RETRO CHALLENGE

Hello all,

I thought I would like to join in at Scrap Africa with the retro challenge.  I often make retro tags for my Penfriends and add a recipe  or teabag on the back of them .

                                                 


                        












I always love the inspiration over at Scrap Africa. Still a couple of days left to join in if you would like to get your retro on.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

 

ONE PERFECT DAY ~ HOME AND SCRAPPED MOODBOARD CHALLENGE AND SKETCHABILITIES SKETCH

Hello !

Well we are back from our big trip and feeling like this.....

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Must be old age, we certainly recovered a lot quicker in 2008

We had a amazing trip, saw lots. It was a fierce pace for the 5 weeks.

So today I also finally got a new computer ( well a reconditioned one ) as my old one has gone to computer heaven. So I have a lot of blog catching up to do ! visiting and being inspired by all you creative people out there.

The other day this photo was given to my daughter in law of her and my sweet Grandson. I LOVE it and knew I had to scrap it.

I used the mood board at Home and Scrapped. Home and scrapped is a lovely, friendly community on Face book.

I used the silver and gold inspiration in the bottom right hand corner. Instead of feathers I used the trailing flowers.

One Perfect Day

I had the good fortune to meet Wilma when we were in Switzerland. I could see Wilma's house from our Motel ! So one afternoon I spent a lovely few hours with her. I would like to thank Wilma for the gorgeous flowers

Lots of little bits and pieces . Scrapmatts  "A perfect Day" Chippie. Little hearts are StudioFourteen40 and I have used a silver marker to colour them. Little square pearls from Craftqueen. Some music washi tape , some stamping .

I also would like to submit this to the sketch over at Sketchabilities. I love their sketches and the inspiration found there. So pop over and check out all the amazing layouts and inspiration.

The Sketch 

Thank you for taking the time to call by. 

Wishing you all a wonderful week, I go back to work tomorrow, so reality will really hit me.

I will leave you with a photo taken at Interlaken ~ Mount Niederhorn,  not far from where Wilma works

 

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

OUR LITTLE STAR ~ CHALLENGE AT ARTastic

Hello,

The new challenge over ARTastic is a beauty and I recommend you pop over and see what the DT has created to inspire you.
I have scheduled this post , so hopefully it has been good and posted when it should.

The Challenge  ~ Sara Beetson "The return of the Young Prince . Criteria  ~ Stars

What came to mind when I saw this gorgeous work was my Grand Daughter , she is a born entertainer and our star.
I found some photo's of her putting on a little concert for us.

Our Little Star

The Stars are Imaginarim Designs which I embossed and then I used the negative as a mask and added some stars with gesso.
Some Paint circles and the chippy crown on our sweet grand daughter is Prima
Amelia was rocking the stage 

Thank you for calling by and looking forward to seeing lots of entries
Love , Peace and Happiness
Mary x