SCRAP AFRICA ~ EMBRACE RIGHT NOW

Good Morning on this beautiful sun shiny day.
Today I would like to share my entry for the challenge at Scrap Africa  which is a sketch challenge

Here is my take on the sketch

Embrace Right Now

I was really happy with my Father's Day card I made this year, so instead of putting it in a drawer I decided to attach it to my layout of my Father's Day photo.

I embossed the flair ,clock and cogs, as well as rubbing some metallic and paints on the clock and cogs .

The "Right Now" I stamped onto some Cheesecloth tape and then placed onto a strip of dried tea bag & added old twine

The lovely Embrace word chippy is from Scrapmatts.
thanks for calling by and I hope you are enjoying what is left of the weekend

Love, Peace and happiness
Mary x

DON'T FORGET TO SMILE TODAY ~ KRAFT PLUS CHALLENGE

Good Morning ! 
Today I would like to share my entry for the Kraft + Challenge I really liked the sketch

This is my take on the sketch

Don't Forget to Smile Today

This photo was taken at Mallaig Scotland , a beautiful little fishing village. I spelt it wrong on my layout which I have now rectified.

The Hello chippy and the flair are from StudioFourteen40
Thank you for calling by

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

MAGICAL DESTINATION ~ PIXELS AND PAPER

Morning ! hope your day is a good one. Today I would like to share my layout for the Pixels and Paper Challenge
The Challenge 

I had a perfect photo for the challenge. 

Magical Destination

This photo was taken at the beautiful village of Interlaken Switzerland. The yellow flowers are from Wilma, so it seems fitting to use them on this layout as I spend a lovely afternoon with Wilma who lives across from this Park. 

Thank you Lizzy for the heart pin

Thank You for calling by
Love, Peace and Happiness 
Mary x

NOTE TO SELF ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello on a chilly afternoon , seems where I live has forgotten it is meant to be Spring !

Today I would like to share my layout for the challenge at Challenge Yourself .

and this is my take

Note to Self ~ Every hundred feet the world changes

Using some old Teresa Collins PP's . Thanks Lizzy for the little camera embellishment.

On the pull out tag I have written ~ We decided to take a drive into Monaco. I found it hard to be OK with all the wealth on display. I kept thinking all this wealth could feed a starving country. A few years on, on reflection I am glad we stopped to have a look , but I wouldn't want to spend long here. A look see was enough. I guess I don't feel comfortable amongst the rich and famous, it all seems so false to me.

Thank you for calling by. Have a great week and remember to spread a little
Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

SKETCHY BOARDS CHALLENGE ~ I WISH I FOUND YOU SOONER

Hello !
Today I would like to share a layout for the challenge at Sketchy Boards Challenge

The Sketch

and the image......

Any one that knows me , will know this is going to appeal to me, I mean how could Paris not appeal to someone ?

and this is my take

I wish I could turn back the clock, I'd find you sooner & love you longer

the photo of the Eiffel Tower was taken by my son when he was in Paris  (his photo's are much better than mine )

Some washi and stamping

I stamped a Eiffel Tower and it wasn't straight, so it was annoying the heck out of me. I mean if it was the leaning tower of Pisa that would be ok, but the Eiffel Tower does not lean !
Then I remembered I had the lovely sequin Eiffel Tower from a lovely Pen Pal ..... Perfect ! Problem solved

I took my friends advice and used mists on white ribbon to get the colour I wanted.

Thank You for calling by. I encourage you to check out the fabulous DT 's take on the challenge.

It was Father's Day in Australia yesterday. We had a family BBQ and had fun playing a board game for the afternoon (they are the best times )

My Hubby, Eldest Son and my two Grandchildren <3

and this is the card I made my Husband.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

LIFE DOCUMENTED ~ HOME AND SCRAPPED CHALLENGE

Hello , yay for the weekend :)
Today I would like to share a layout for Bec's Challenge over at Home and Scrapped. The challenge is to create a project with inspiration from this image....

My inspiration came from the hot air balloons

Life documented

Originally I was looking for a photo of my Dad to scrap and I came across this photo of my Uncle Sam. My Mum had a couple of photo's of him. Scrapping for me has to have a emotion attached to it. I didn't really know or remember Uncle Sam, only what Mum told me about him , which wasn't much. He was the brother of my two Aunts , Alice and Mary. They were spinsters and lived next door to each other. I remember them quite well. Alice was quite well built, cuddly I would say, was well traveled and had a softness and kindness about her, she was engaged once , but was jilted and never married. Auntie Mary was a little lady, focused and a no nonsense kind of person. I remember her as being quite grumpy. She was always busy . In her younger days she was a nursing sister who ran her own hospital, so explains her no nonsense , get stuff done personality.  Uncle Sam looks more like Alice going by the photo. Now to explain why I eventually decided to scrap this photo. It occurred to me that if I did not document that Sam existed , then eventually who would know , and how sad would that be, that your existence was never remembered, that you were forgotten.  Only probably a couple of old cousins would know of Sam. So then it became important for me to keep his memory alive, to know that he was here. As far as I know Sam never married either. Sorry long winded I know, but important for me to get down. Now for some close ups if you are still with me.

The gorgeous die cut hot air balloon is from Jo , thank you Jo.

The two vintage images are free printable  from Pinterest

Amongst old thread that was my Mum's I have entwined thin gold wire, it is a little hard to see. The Key I inked and used crackle paint on it.

Now I am going to be on a mission to find out more of the life of Sam.

Thank you for calling by

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

RE LIVING THE 70s ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE FOR SEPT

Hello , I hope this post finds everyone well and happy. The beginning of Spring in Australia, got to love that :)
Today I am sharing my DT layout for AFSC new  challenge which is ..... 

Scrap or art journal about beginnings - a new life, new school, new friend, new job, a marriage, a new pastime, a new lease on life, a new resolution - etc. 

I have chosen to scrap about a friendship that had its beginning 40 years ago and has stood the test of time. 

A good Friend knows all your stories

Pretty sure after 40 years of friendship this girl knows all my stories , good and bad.

The photo was taken at Camp Mojo this year and the theme was the 70's , which was fitting as we grew up in the 70's, such good times :)

The PL card is another from The Reject shop of all places.

I made my flowers from the same pp and added brads in the middle

Thanks for calling by, I hope you will join in with the challenge and share a new beginning with us. Don't forget to pop over and check out the gorgeous DT 's layouts.

Love, Peace and Happiness 

Mary