ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS ~ OFF THE RAILS SCRAPBOOKING

Hello again ! 2 posts in one day!
I was suppose to be finishing off making my Christmas Cards last night , but Lizzy's page for the Challenge at Off The Rails Scrapbooking , had started the cogs in my head turning
So I started picking a few things up and putting here and there, and before you know it , I was absorbed in the layout. Layout one, Christmas Cards Nil

All I want for Christmas is You 

Flair is from Studiofourteen40, little deer was a gift from a lovely friend. Chipboard Christmas Bauble was from my lovely Penfriend in Dublin. Holly die cut I think is from Jo or Cheryl.

Our daughter had brought her partner a guitar for Christmas and I remember the stealth like operation to get it into the house without him knowing. It required handing it up over the balcony as I recall. He was thrilled to bits with it.
I still have not done my Christmas Shopping and I must admit I am starting to feel a little panicked.
So now I had better go and get back to those Christmas Cards.
Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

HOME ~ ARTASTIC CHALLENGE DEC

Hello lovely people, 
The second reveal is up at ARTastic for this months challenge , 
 This month we are working with Neighbourhood by Lisa Frances Judd.  

Criteria ~ Home ~ whatever it means to you
 and this is my take

Home is where the Heart is

I used Amy Tangerine Papers for the layout. Washi Tape from Craftqueen and flair from Funky Flair Studio.

I fussy cut the little houses from the PP

I hope you can join us in this lovely challenge. The DT girls have created some gorgeous layouts , so I encourage you to pop over to the blog and leave them some love.
Hope your week has been a good one.
Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x 

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS ~ A 2 Z SCRAPLETS

Good morning ! 
Today I would like to share with you my DT layout for A2Z Scraplets and also for the challenge at Scrap it with a Song.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

the A 2 Z Scraplets Stars in Tangle Frame is perfect to showcase my photo.
I embossed the frame in Christmas Colours and then added some gold gems here and there and also placed some of my sentiments around the frame.

I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out when I first started with the Papers etc, but I wanted to use what I have because they told the story . I ended up being really happy with how it turned out. The flair is from StudioFourteen40 and then I used PL cards, die cuts and washi (which I don't use enough, but seem to have a collection that breeds ) I was happy to use up some old PP as well.
The photo is my oldest son being Santa. Photo taken by his brother for the local paper a few years ago, I thought I need to scrap it.
Thank You for calling by. I hope you will pop over to the A2Z Scraplets Blog , we would love you to be a follower, the DT girls regularly post inspiration and videos on the process of how they created their creations . It would be really nice if you could leave them some love.
Also Pop over to Scrap it with a Song where the challenge is to choose between two songs and create a layout that you are inspired by that song.
Until next time, happy creating and remember
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

CHRISTMAS MEMORIES ~ PIXELS AND PAPER DEC CHALLENGE

Hello !
Today I would like to share my take on the challenge over at  Pixels and Paper , which is......

Christmas and or pets or you can combine both. I chose to combine both 

Christmas memories

This is my precious Scruffy Dec 2010 , we were putting up the Christmas Tree. Sadly this will be our Second Christmas that Scruffy is no longer with us, but he had a good life, knew much love and lived till the grand age of 17 years. He was always by my side and now will be forever resting in my heart, been thinking about him a lot lately and miss him.

I was happy to use up some old papers and brad

Thanks for calling by, hope you are having a lovely weekend. And remember to stay calm and breathe in this festive season. The main thing is to enjoy spending time together
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY DEC CHALLENGE ~ CHRISTMAS

Hello !
Tonight I would like to share with you the new challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge and it is a easy , peasy one..... Christmas ! 
So join us and get some of those Christmas Photos scrapped, if you are like me , you will have plenty from previous years to document and there is a gift voucher from Scrapbook. com to be won as well :)
I thought I would do a fun, silly layout

Merry Moments

The Santa onesies were a Christmas present from our eldest son and his family ,to our daughter and her partner, so they had to try them on , a bit of fun :)
The PP I have had for ages, so it was nice to use it and then I  just used a heap of die cuts and PL cards from the Reject Shop. the Flair is from StudioFourteen40
It was a fun layout to scrap and came together really easily. I really hope you can join us and get some Christmas photo's scraped to share with us. 
Nearly the weekend :)
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

BELIEVE IN THE SEASON ~ 123 CHALLENGE FOR DEC

Hello! 
Today I am sharing my layout for the challenge over at 123 Challenge
The challenge criteria is ~ Silver, layers and to use the word Believe.
This is my take 

Believe in the Season

I found this quite hard to photograph, as it comes out really blue !

also the silver doesn't show up. That is silver ribbon along the bottom and I piece of silver doily at the side of the photo, that looks gold :(I have added silver gems here and there and there is meshy silver ribbon under the flair . The flair is from Funky Flair Studio
 This is a tradition of ours, that the youngest puts the angel on the tree, this photo is 2013 and Jedd is STILL the youngest , this year was a bit of a struggle

All legs :) Think this will have to be the last year, we will see.
Thanks for calling by and I hope your week is being a good one
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

PERFECT DAY TRIP ~ A2Z SCRAPLETS DEC CHALLENGE

Hello ! 
There is a fab new challenge up at A2Z Scraplets, one that will probably have you thinking outside the square well there is actually lots of squares lol ) and we would love you to join us and you can also be in the running to win a pack of gorgeous A2Z Scraplets chipboard.
The challenge is to be inspired by the image below .....

this is my take on the challenge

I have use the Pipeworks chipboard piece to represent moving around , like a game board. The photo is of a little village in France and we were spending the day just driving around coming across little places to explore. 
The description tabs I have added represent the places you can land, like on a gameboard. Crazy I know, but hey that is what I came up with, lol.
I treated the chipboard by embossing and then rubbing metalic medium here and there and also dabbing Colour Blast "Bling" colour paste here and there, which is the lovely gold you can see, also available at A2Z Scraplets shop . I actually broke the chipboard in pieces , so I could place it where I wanted. This piece of chipboard I had left over from another layout , so it is quite a big piece.

The flair is from Funky Flair Studio and the ribbon at the bottom of my photo is from Craftqueen.
Thank you for calling by, I really appreciate comments and I hope you will visit A2Z Scraplets blog and leave the girls some love, they have been creating beautiful layouts for you.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x