Remember ~ Archiscraps April Challenge

Hello and Happy Easter !
Everyone knows I do like vintage so the challenge at Archiscraps appealed to me as the criteria is to use lace this month.

This is the prompt 
and this is my take on the challenge

This is my Great Grandmother on my Mothers side.

my neice moved back to Australia after many years living in the States and She gave me two HUGE boxes of scrapping supplies , the lovely gold leaf lace (which I just love ) and the cream lace were amongst the goodies . Actually just about everything besides the Pattern Paper  and satin seam binding were in the stash she gifted me.
I feel like I haven't done a vintage layout or used flowers for so long, so I really enjoyed creating the layout.
Thank You for calling by and I really appreciate any comments to brighten my day.
Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Making Easter Hats~ Challenge Yourself

Hello and Happy Easter to all .
I have been scrapping, but I don't seem to be blogging much these days. But I created this layout for the challenge at Challenge Yourself  which is a Tic Tac Toe

I have used the line across the centre ~ Buttons, Photo of You and Washi Tape
This is a rather bright layout for me , but Happy Easter Photos require Bright I think

I was thinking the other day how much I enjoyed going to Jedd's Easter Hat Parades at school and how I miss that. Time flies by so quickly , he is now 16 ! So I thought I should document those precious moments.

Thank you for calling by and I hope you enjoy time with your families over Easter. We have a tradition of Fish and Chips on Good Friday and I have the family for Lunch on Easter Sunday.

I will leave you with some photo's of our Good Friday

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

My Grandies are bigger than their Nana's now ! 

Oh the Places you will Go ..... Scrap the boys

Hello ! Tonight I am sharing my entry in the Scrap the Boys Card Challenge 
This is the sketch

and this is my take

I have made the card for my Grandson and I have printed out the whole Dr Seuss "Oh the Places you will go " to place inside the card. I also have used a PL card with a film strip edge to layer the image of the stamped boy , as my Grandson is very interested in films, so I want him to know he can be anything he likes if he sets his mind to it. You never know he could be the next Steven Spielberg one day.

Thank you for calling by 

Love, Peace and Kindness 
Mary x

Hello Love

Hello ! it's been awhile since I have shared , so tonight I thought I would share a layout that I created for a challenge at Soul Scrappers.

Hello Love

  
I treated myself to the Coco Vanilla "More than Words" Range as it has been awhile since I splurged on product and anyone that knows me , knows that I have a weakness for Reindeers :) 

I added a photo of the bouquet in the little frame at the side and I love the flairs that come with the range.

Hard to believe my daughters wedding was 5 months ago already.

I Just realized I haven't shared this layout either , another done with the " More than Words " Range

Key to my Heart

Have a wonderful weekend and I hope you find time to do the things you love.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

A Good Friend knows all your best stories ~ Artastic

Hello ! Today I would like to share my take on the challenge at Artastic this month , which is .... Girls only and this is the prompt

and this is my take

These two have been best friends since meeting at Dancing when they were about 3. The dancing lessons didn't last long but their friendship did.

I think the quote sums it up.

I have used papers and fussy cut images from Megs Gardens  for my layout . The photo is taken on my daughters wedding day when we were getting ready.

Thank you for calling by , I really appreciate any comments.

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Capture Life, Capture Smiles, Capture Love ~ Let's Get Sketchy

Hello ! Today I would like to share my take on the sketch over at Let's Get Sketchy
This is the sketch

and this is my take

I think I am going to be working on my daughters Wedding album for awhile.

Some close ups

Thanks so much for calling by, I really do appreciate any comments.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

She will never outgrow your heart ~ Challenge yourself

Hello on this very hot day in Oz . Today I would like to share my take on the challenge over at Challenge Yourself , which is a colour challenge

and this is my take

I am getting some of my daughters wedding photo's documented , so many still to do.

I have used Pattern Paper from the "In the Watercolour Garden range" From Megs Garden

The flair is a Pretty Little Studio flair and the Sheer Pink Organza ribbon is from Megs Garden. At the side of the photo I have used a little piece of serviette with a pattern of roses.

Lots of hearts with a Stencil and texture paste, punched out hearts with vellum and also glitter paper and pattern paper and some stamped hearts.

Sitting in my craft room today with the fan going , as it is too hot to do much else.Hope you have a lovely weekend
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x