SHE MADE BROKEN LOOK BEAUTIFUL ~ KRAFTPLUS

Hello ! A wet day here today , a perfect day for some scrapping
I would like to share with you my layout for Kraft Plus
The challenge is

Circles I am cool with, I like to use circles , the animal print I was not so sure of
But then....
I recently got a Leanne Jago Painting for my daughter in law , as she loves Zebra's , 
so.....
There was my layout , and here is my take

She made broken look beautiful 

I have used a Black and white theme for the Zebra stripes.

The beads are from Craftqueen 

I love this verse and is perfect. Flair is from StudioFourteen40 ( love their flairs)

Added some sparkle to the page

Thanks so much for calling by, all comments are appreciated

Love , Peace and Happiness
Mary x

MID MONTH REVEAL AT ARTASTIC ~CREATE YOUR OWN BEAUTY, BE TRUE TO YOUR HEART

Hello , hello

It is mid month reveal time over at ARTastic, I hope you can find the time to join in on the challenge, which is.....

   We are working with this fun and quirky painting by Luka Va called "Bird King". 

CRITERIA is wood veneer and/or birds.

So thinking caps on and show us your twist 

Here is my take

Create your own beauty

This fellow was only to happy to create beauty and strut his stuff for us on the Isle of Skye Scotland and was the perfect subject for the challenge

The flower and swirls are from the trinket track. Chippies are from Imaginarium Designs, thank you again Lou.  The beads/gems and leaves are from my Mum's treasures

I also used a serviette I purchased overseas, as I loved the bright colours. The serviette is the circle and I have also added it in the corners

I added texture and lots of mists. I was really happy how this turned out, as I didn't really think I would end up scrapping this photo, and it is even more vibrant IRL. 

Thank you for calling by , I really appreciate your comments and I hope you can join with us at ARTastic this month.

Love , Peace and Happiness 

Mary x

Hello,

Just popping in to share my take on the Sketchy Boards Challenge for this month. I recommend you pop over and check out the gorgeous DT layouts.

This is the  prompt, first the sketch

and now the gorgeous colour palette

And this is my take

Special Memories along the way

This is a little church we saw in a tiny village as we went for a walk . IRL the colours are more vibrant and the photo doesn't pick up the gold shimmer.

Flair from StudioFourteen40 and the gorgeous flowers are from Wilma. Chippies I have painted gold was a gift from Lou

Whoops notice a stray bit of brown cotton on the layout , oh well , can't be bothered photographing it all again

Thank you for calling by, I appreciate your comments

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

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