IT'S A GOOD LIFE ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello from a snowy home town today. Certainly like Christmas in July here !
I would like to share my take on the challenge at Challenge Yourself, which is a colour and sketch challenge at the moment

So I have stuck pretty much to the sketch and I am not sure what is coming over me Lizzy, but this is another quite Cas layout for me 

It's a Good Life

This was taken at the beautiful town of Interlaken in Switzerland, where I had the pleasure of meeting and spending a few hours with Wilma.

A Heidi Swapp chippy and then I have used PL cards to layer under my photo

Thanks so much for calling by. I will leave you a photo of what we woke up to this morning, A Winter Wonderland

Don't forget to spread a little

Love , Peace and Happiness
Mary x

POSTCARDS FROM MALLAIG SCOTLAND ~ SCRAPKI-WYZWANIOWO

Hello on this wet , cold afternoon from where I live.
Today I would like to share a layout for the challenge at Scrapki-wyzwaniowo which is..... The Sea

So I thought I would like to scrap another photo from my recent European Holiday.

Postcards from Mallaig Scotland

This photo I took at a lovely little fishing village we stayed at in Scotland.

The Post Card is a PL card and the flair is from Studiofourteen40 Some thread , ink, mists, buttons and texture paste. 

I used the torn left over pieces of PP as well.
Thank you for calling by, I tried not to add to much to this layout , but ended up adding more than I had intended ie the texture paste, buttons and inks (just can't help myself ). Have a wonderful weekend and
Don't forget to spread a little

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

SISTERS

Morning ! Gosh the weeks fly by so fast. Today I would like to share my take on the new Summer Of Color 5
The colour palette is

You are Beautiful Sisters

This is my Mum and her sister probably in their Sunday Best

I did a lot of fussy cutting and added pretty little braid & thread that was my Mums and I LOVE the chippy Butterflies ( thank You Lou ) I coloured them with Perfect Pearls and Glitz

How gorgeous are those hats . The PP had the oval frame , so I thought I would make use of it and cut the centre out add my photo there.

I usually try and put a bird on layouts of my Mum as she loved birds. Once again trissed up the chippies. I also added some pink paint to my page. 

Thank you for calling by and don't forget to spread a little

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

DISCOVER, JUST GO, JOURNEY, TRAVEL, RUN AWAY, ESCAPE ~ PIXELS AND PAPER

Good afternoon ! Today I would like to share a layout for the challenge over at Pixels and Paper . When I saw the image it inspired me to get another of my Patmos photo's scrapped , from our trip in 2008.

The image

Discover, Just Go, Journey, Travel, Run Away, Escape

I loved our time on Patmos and even though I know Greece is having its problems at the moment , there I times I long to escape to there again. The simplicity , & the people, have me longing to go back. It must be a very worrying time for the people at the moment though :(

I have used a bottle top that I squished with my cuttlebug to place the sentiment in, a little Greek flag, Button, cotton, lace from a doily that I cut away. Georgia Heald pebble, Trinket Track Twirl. I also used a few different PL Cards to layer my photo on. Oh and I also used the little strips of off cuts from my Photo Mat to glue down the side as well, see next to the bottle cap and through the butterfly stamp

I have used a little Patmos gift bag tucked in the side of the photo

A little bit of stamping here and there and mists, paints and gesso , aqua crayons on the background. I was really not liking the layout when I started, but I am stubborn and just keep adding and fiddling until I am happy with how it looks to me.
The weekend comes and goes way to fast, but wishing you a a fabulous week and don't forget to share a little

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

AWESOME ~ CHALLENGE AT ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Hello ! Yes it is a truly Awesome challenge over at AFSC ;)
The challenge is to use Awesome in your heading or journalling. How easy is that, no excuses for not having a go 

Be happy for this moment

It was pretty Awesome that my brother organised a 5 week trip in Europe for me ! Yep I was blown away , things like that just don't happen to me. This photo was taken in Norway on the Flam Railway on our way to Flam . The train stopped so people could take a photo of the waterfall.

The gorgeous flair is from StudioFourteen40. They have just added some new products to their store ( I think I shall be doing some shopping ) I added embossing and glitter to add the feeling of snow ( and yes It got everywhere!)

I just received some stamps I ordered from My Two Sisters and had to have a play with them. They are a Finnabair set and I love them. I also am very impressed with the service from My Two Sisters

Hope you can join us in the AWESOME challenge over at AFSC

Spread some
Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

YOU SHINE BRIGHTER THAN A THOUSAND SUNS ~ SUMMER OF COLOR 4

Hello on a cold winters day here ( I am not a fan of winter )
But I have been getting some scrapping done. This layout is for the Summer of Color Challenge . The colour scheme this week is 

It just so happens I had just purchased some gold embossing powder ( although I was saying to some scrappy friends, I always seem to get glitter and embossing powder everywhere when I use it. The house looks like fairy land by the time I finish )
Anyway I digress. So my layout of my beautiful Grand daughter dancing 

You shine brighter than a thousand suns

I have used mists, paints, aqua crayons and also modge podged bits of serviette onto my layout and the gold embossing and some stamping. The serviette I purchased when we were overseas. Whilst my brother is buying cashmere jumpers, what am I buying , yep serviettes for scrapbooking.  

Thank you for calling by, I hope you are having a spectacular day.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

WALKING AWAY THE WINTER BLUES ~ ARTastic CHALLENGE

Hello ! two posts in one day , the start of a new month is busy , busy.
I am back to share a fabulous challenge at ARTastic. I really love this image and I am sure we will have lots of inspiring entries This month we hope to inspire you with this wonderful painting by Shirley Charlton (aka Shirlroma) called "Umbrellas, wet street".

CRITERIA is to use water (liquid) in some way on your page (ink spray, gelatos, paper crumple, watered down paint, make handmade flowers etc).  Just tell us how water was applied.

Pop over to Artastic and you can read a bit more about the artist of this beautiful work of art.

WALKING AWAY THE WINTER BLUES 

I really enjoyed doing this layout. Lots of fun with mists and stamps.

 I started with choosing mist colours that made me think of a cold ,wet, winter day and spraying them in a manner to make it feel cold and gloomy. I added splats with ink and a stamp for puddles  and rain splatting. I also added some leaf stamps for leaves on the ground. A crackle stamp for the pavement and  I used the sequins for rain.

I also used the washi tape for a pavement effect.

Lots of raindrops with sequins 

Thank you for calling by and please pop over and be inspired by the design team, they have rocked this challenge.
Just sitting here listening to the radio and the song Purple Rain is on, now that would have been a good title !

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x