SCRUFFY'S LAST CHRISTMAS ~ ARTastic DEC CHALLENGE

Hello !
The 15th of the month brings the second reveal from the DT at ARTastic. The challenge this month to use gold on your layout  and the inspiration is a Artwork  "Merry Christmas "by  Alice Ju

I went with the Christmas theme

Scruffy's last Christmas

For my gold I have used Gold Angel Wings and gold rosettes and gold satin seam binding.
The PP are some from a magazine that I have torn and layered .
It has been 10 mths since Scruffy left us and I still miss and think of him nearly every day.
Thank you for calling by, I hope you join in with the challenge and pop over to the ARTastic blog for some inspiration from the DT and I am sure they would love you to visit their blogs and leave some love.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

HELLO WINTER ~ SHOW US YOUR STUFF CHALLENGE

Good Evening !

Tonight I would like to share a layout for the new challenge at Show Us Your Stuff
The challenge is a sketch , which is ....

this is my take on the sketch

Hello Winter

I do love Reindeer's so I snuck a couple in here. The Chippy Reindeer is from StudioFourteen40 and I added gold Kindy Glitz, the flair is also from StudioFourteen40.

I had just received a lovely parcel in the mail with the Reindeer Paper , snowflake ribbon and washi a gift from a lovely pen friend in Ireland, so that is how the inspiration began , as I wanted to use these items in a way that I can always enjoy them .

The red PL card and Gold "Hello Winter" frame are  a instagram win from Natalie Elphinstone

My handmade items are the snowflakes, besides the two big vellum ones which are Heidi Swapp. I punched my snowflakes out and then covered them with Kindy Glitz for sparkle.

The Photo I took  from the train window travelling on the Flam Railway in Norway. The trip is so pretty.
The higher we went the thicker the snow got, at stages you could just see the roof on some houses and it even started to snow which was really lovely. These little houses looked like toy houses I thought.
Thanks so much for calling by
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

HAPPY DAYS ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello ! 
Today I would like to share a layout for the current Challenge at Challenge Yourself. 
The challenge is.....

It made me realize that I don't have many photo's of all of us together. When the kids were little I was the one usually taking the photo's and now they are grown up our middle son is usually taking the photo's as he is a photographer, so he always gets the job and it is also harder and harder to have everyone home at the same time
But I did find this photo which is of poor quality , but I really like it as we are all together , and camping was something that we did that was a lot of fun when the children were growing up, so lots of good memories are evoked when I look at this photo.

Adventure

I have kept pretty much to the sketch and kept the layout clean and simple.
Thanks so much for calling by, I hope you join in with the Challenge at Challenge yourself , they are a lovely bunch of girls.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

MERRY AND BRIGHT ~ ARCHISCRAPS DEC CHALLENGE

Hello, 
I am back again with a layout for the current challenge at Archiscraps
The inspiration

and criteria to add bling

Merry and Bright

I think the layout  looks much better IRL, funny how some layouts just don't photograph as good. The pic is my daughter ,I am guessing she is about 3 (should put dates on the back of photo's)  Photo's weren't as good  quality back then, but there is still something about a old photo I love . The Reindeer is from Craftqueen. The Silver word believe doesn't show up in the photo  on the tag . I have added some clear Bling sequins for my bling. I have also used lots of goodies from my win over at Archiscraps last month. There is silver mesh under my photo and the feather , fluffy twine and silver twine are all from the win, unfortunately it doesn't photograph so well, but I loved all of it.
Thank you for calling by and I hope you get a chance to get your bling out and play along this month.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

WANDER LUST ~ KRAFT PLUS CHALLENGE

Hello !

Today I would like to share a layout for the new Kraft Plus challenge which is a travel theme, so of course it caught my attention 

Part of the challenge is to use maps on your layout

Wanderlust

This year we were lucky enough to have an unexpected overseas trip. The photo is a statue at the Houses of Parliament and I came across a map I had googled before we left on directions to our accommodation, so I used this as the base of my layout. The wanderlust embellishment also features a map as does the flair and green washi tape. I may have gone a little OTT with this layout. Added some random stamping on the Kraft as well.

Thank you for calling by

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME ~ DUSTY ATTIC CHALLENGE

Good Evening,
At last I can join in with a Dusty Attic Challenge as I acquired some Dusty Attic Chipboard :)
The Challenge

Some of you already know I had a lovely visit From Lizzy during the week, the girl knows I love Reindeer's and came bearing gifts of a beautiful Reindeer cushion, & that is what has inspired my layout.

There's no Place like Home

I cut the chippy in half to place in the opposite corners for balance and I have treated them with a bit of everything, Gesso, Gold silks paint and orange embossing powder.

Lizzy also gave me the gold doily and the PP. I have used a Reindeer Die Cut and painted it with the gold silks paint.

The verse I have used is from the Wizard of Oz ~ 
Close your eyes and tap your heels together three times and think to yourself there's no place like Home.

Thank you for calling by, I appreciate your comments

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

XMAS BELLES ~ SKETCHY BOARD CHALLENGE

Hello,

I have been very lucky and spent the last couple of days with a visit from Lizzy. I have to say I am missing her company today. Despite LOTS of chatting, a walk, devouring lemon tarts we managed quite a bit of scrapping. 
I did this one for Sketchy Boards Challenge 

and the colour inspiration

and here is my take

Xmas Belles

Of course there is never all the fonts you require , so one must improvise . I used a 8 for the S in Xmas (thanks to Lizzy suggesting this) and a Z in Belles for the s . The star is from Lizzy, Washi tape & vintage image  from Craftqueen. I really love the Couture Creations vintage Die Cut ephemera. I made the flower from some lace.

This is me and my two favourite girls, my Granddaughter and Daughter.

Thanks so much for calling by.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x