LONDON CALLING ~ 123 CHALLENGE BLOG

Hello fellow paper lovers. Today I would like to share a couple of layouts with you.
Last night I felt like doing a layout and had a challenge in mind. Whilst looking for suitable PP I came across some really old Kaiser Brown paper , which made me think of the challenge at 123 Challenge blog. The challenge is ~ Brown, Fun and Borders. So off I went on a  tangend.

London Calling

The travel flair is from Funky Flair Studio. I also found some containers that I had organised to be more organised :) that have lots of little bits and pieces and sentiments , so I delved into them and had a ball. Trouble with being organised and putting things away in containers I forget to use them. I need to have things on my desk. I added the "Fun Times " sentiment .

For my borders I found some old stick ons and rub ons and the green strip was  from the bottom of a piece of PP that was kicking around, so on it went to.
I love the Red Phone boxes, Red buses and cute little taxis in London, they just feel like "Fun".

Today I am also up at A2Z Scraplets blog 

Sparkle

The Sparkle wordlet seemed appropriate, because , well my Granddaughter just Sparkles :) and a very proud Poppy.
Another Funky Flair Studio Flair 

If you pop over to the blog there is a link to the wordlet.
Thank You for calling in , the weekend is nearly here :) 
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Soul Scrappers

Hello ! Well I have been feeling rather shabby today, but never mind , better days ahead.
Today I am sharing a couple of layouts for challenges at Soul Scrappers . They have a choice of challenges to choose from each month.
Firstly sharing a layout for the one word challenge , which this month is Heart.

My Heart My Boys

Well these three pretty much have my heart. The flair is from Funky Flairs Studio the sentiment says Together , which I thought was fitting, added the Word Perfect above, so it reads Perfect Together 
I know why I usually forget to prime my page with Gesso, I hate the way it makes it buckle :( Doesn't really matter once its in the page protector , but a pain to try and take a photo.

Next layout ~ I was sent a collection of goodies and I had to create a layout using them all, plus add a quote from 7 quotes sent . I really like how this makes you think of ways to make everything work together .

The first thing I was drawn to was the piece of lace and ornate trim, which made me think vintage. Then I wondered how I was going to make the orange foam foot embellishment fit in. I ended up tucking it in the side of the photo revealing just a pop of colour (which I actually like). I also ended up liking the blue sparkly strip and coloured buttons as well. I think the bits of colour ended up working ok. 
the key on the other side is a shiny purple  (which I didn't like ) but not to be defeated I turned it over and inked the back (much better).
I worked out that I am about 17 in this photo.

Thank You for calling by .
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Vienna ~ Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge

Hello ! 
Today I am sharing the challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge, which is to use Chipboard and something old from your stash.

VIENNA

The Vienna chipboard title is from A2Z Scraplets and I have simply painted it with Kaisercraft paint.

Apart from the flair from Funky Flairs Studio , everything else I have used is from old stash. 

The photo is of one of the beautiful churches in Vienna.

Archiscraps Challenge

The challenge this month at Archiscraps  is all about Mosaics

This made me think of a photo I took in Budapest in the Jewish Quarter 

Raoul Wellenberg Holocast Memoral Budapest . Near the foot of the stained glasss memorial is a black stone which Lists Roaul Wallenberg and other notable people who were not Jewish but saved the lives of Jewish People

I have a stencil that has a similar pattern to the stain glass mosaic,  and then I added mists

So if you are looking for a challenge this weekend we would love you to join us at Archiscraps and Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge. 

Love Peace and Kindess

Mary x

JUST US ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello again !
Today I would like to share a layout for the challenge at Challenge Yourself , which is

Well yesterday I went over to Spotlight and they actually had a pack of the new Wildflower Collection from Kaisercraft in the store, so I snapped it up, they didn't have many and it has been soooooooo long since they have had any new papers in the shop. A positive to this situation is that I have been using up all my old papers, but it was nice to create with a new range.
It inspired me to create this layout 

Just Us

I had just watched my Grand Daughter dancing in the Eisteddfod and we took the happy snap afterwards . Flair is from Funky Flairs Studio

Thank you for calling by

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

HAPPY TOGETHER ~ PIXELS AND PAPER

Morning ! I am still catching up
Today I would like to share a layout for the challenge at Pixels and Paper .
Criteria ~ Flowers
I like using flowers on my layouts, but for some reason I don't feel I have for ages, so thought I would like to do this challenge. It ended up not what I had envisaged I would do. I ended up fussy cutting my flowers !

Happy Together

The papers and sentiments are all from Amy Tangerine. The papers and sentiments seemed perfect for the photo.
Flair is from StudioFourteen40.  I made the bottle top flair.

I was quite happy with how this turned out and think it looks better IRL.

Megs Garden

With catching up I will also share my layout on the Blog at Megs Garden today and it still has to do with flowers :)

A stroll in the Garden

For details of products used pop over to Megs Blog. I would love you to pop over as I have some more tags I made on the post as well.

My Mum loved her garden and created a beautiful garden with limited water (she saved every drop ) So this range of papers and the sentiment A Stroll through the garden made me think of Mum and her garden that she loved so much.

I love the bee from Megs Store

Thank you for calling by, my girl is coming home tomorrow for a couple of days , so I am looking forward to that.

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

EASTER HAPPINESS IS CHOCOLATE OVERLOAD ~ A2Z SCRAPLETS

Hello !  I had better get my skates on and catch up on my blog posts !
I have another layout to share with you using the A2Z Scraplets chipboard. We would really love if you could visit and leave some blog love. If you would like the links to the chipboard and also how I altered them,  just pop over to the blog for details.

This is my eldest son enjoying his stash from the Easter Bunny. He's a bit cute :) The flair is from Funky Flairs Studio  The gorgeous bunny is a free printable from Pinterest.

I must be reminiscing , as now I would like to share a layout of my daughter when she was little.

  This one is for the Challenge at Sketchy Boards  . Here are the prompts

 This is what I came up with

I had the photos sitting on my desk for awhile and thought they would work with the sketch.

Old photo's are not such great quality, but I still love them.

Flair is once again from Funky Flairs Studio ( I do like using flairs ) I found the piece of red and white checked material in my craft cupboard whilst searching for something else. I decided to add it to my layout as it reminded me of a little dress and bonnet my Mum made Chelsea. I attached it with staples. 
I have managed to also use up some old PP's with both layouts.
It seemed every time we visited my Husbands relatives on the farm , there would be a new litter of puppies to tempt us. One year we weakened and took a Puppy home that we named Podge.
Thank you to those that call by, I do appreciate it and love to read your comments.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

STOP, SMILE, BREATHE, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ~ A2Z SCRAPLETS

Hello ! I am back in the land of blogging after a hicup for over two weeks with internet and home phone. But all fixed now phew!
So I have a bit of catching up to do !
Firstly I would like to share my DT layout for A2Z Chipboard challenge, which this month is a gorgeous moodboard

Isn' it lovely , you can choose whatever inspires you from the board and use the colours aqua and teal ( my fave colours)
This is what I created

It was pretty cool to stay in a town named Orange when we were travelling through France , as we happen to live in a town called Orange in Australia. This is the train station at Orange.
 I used the A 2 Z chipboard picket fence and gate set to create a scene. I wanted it to look like the entry to the train station. 
If you pop over to the A2Z blog post I have described how I treated the chipboard piece and there is a link that will direct you to where you can get the chipboard pieces. This set comes as a set of two , but I decided I only wanted to use the one piece on this layout.

I have also used die cuts , stamping and another piece of old PP. I am so pleased with myself getting my stash used instead of buying new product. 
Thank you for calling by and we would love you to join in the challenge , there is a pack of chipboard to be won as well. Just upload your layout to our facebook page , which you can find here

Seeing I have a bit to catch up on I would like to share a just because layout. Well I was actually prompted to create it by a FMS Photo a Day. The prompt was ~ Best invention. My thoughts were the improvement in Medicine and treatments, which then inturned reminded me of a photo of a Aunt of mine that ran two private maternity  hospitals back in the day. I have a old paper clipping that Mum had kept about this and I will tuck it in the layout for safe keeping.

I was happy to use old PP and embellishments that I have had in my stash for ages. I normally use the original photo's, as I think that is the whole point (unless I want to scrap a different size ). I have taken to scanning them first though , so I have a copy.
Aunt Mary never married and she certainly was a no nonsense person.
Thanks so much for calling by 
Love, Peace and Kindness 
Mary x