Patrick Fahy's Steam Engine Hotel ~ Soul Scrappers

Hello ! 
While I should probably be making a food list and cleaning the house, all the prep for Christmas, I scrap. Yep thats what I do when I procastinate , anything but what I should probably be doing.
But I would like to share a layout that I have done for Soul Scrappers

Through the power of Social Media I have came across a few photo's of my heritage. It always inspires me to scrap them straight away and get the story told.  I guess vintage is also one of my favourite styles to scrap.
Outside this Hotel  my Great Great Grandfather got kicked in the head by a horse and died from the injury.
Not a nice story, but still part of my heritage. I hope by my documenting this , that one day years down the track my Great Grandchildren might come across this and so the story continues.

Thank you for calling by and I appreciate any comments.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Our Little Elf ~ Archiscraps Dec Challenge

Hello ! The count down is on and Christmas is nearly upon us . 
Today I would like to share my take on the challenge at Archiscraps which is anything Christmas.
We had our traditional Birthday dinner for our daughter and putting up of the tree and our beautiful Boo (well my eldest sons dog, but we all love her) loved being amongst all the excitement and chaos.

Boo just loves being with people & wants to be friends with everyone. She is a beautiful girl 

thanks for calling by and I wish for you all a peaceful, joyous Christmas and all good things for the New Year

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

MORE THAN WORDS ~ BELIEVE

Hello !
Today I wish to share a layout for the challenge over at More than words.
The criteria ~ to use the word Believe and stamping 
And this is my take

BELIEVE

Our Daughter with the first nativity scene we owned. A little plastic number we have had since the Children were little, and now we have a nice ceramic one, but I still like to put this little one out.

My stamping is very subtle but never the less is there . I stamped some tiny little stars to my layout. The stamp was gifted to my by my lovely Irish penfriend.
Thank You for calling by, I appreciate if you take the time to comment.
I hope the lead up to Christmas is not to crazy and hectic for you. I tend to try and avoid going down the street as much as I can .
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Challenge Yourself ~ Dec Challenge ~ A Christmas Miracle

Hello ! Gosh hard to believe how fast this year has flown by !
The last challenge for the year at Challenge yourself is....

THE CRAZY CHRISTMAS GROUP PHOTO

It is our tradition to have a family dinner and put the Christmas tree up on our Daughters birthday. As the children have grown up and have lives of their own the last few years it has been hard to have everyone home , but this years the stars aligned and a Christmas miracle occurred and we had everyone home ! One happy Mumma.

So it is a lot of craziness and noise, but I love having them all home together.

The cute little deer die was gifted to me by Lizzy Hill (she knows I have a thing for deers )

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

I would like to wish you all a very Happy, restful, peacefilled Christmas and all good things for the coming year.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

SCRAP THE BOYS ~ NAUGHTY OR NICE

Hello ! This morning I would like to share my layout for the challenge at Scrap the Boys which for December the theme is Christmas ~ naughty or nice

LOVE YOU DEERLY 

Our Grandson , Christmas day a few years ago

Really loved this paper and of course the deer certainly won me over.
Thanks so much for calling by and I really appreciate and comments .
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

kraft plus ~ Tell Your Secrets

Hello ! 
Tonight I am sharing a layout I created for the challenge at Kraft Plus , which is ....

Think Needles and Pins !

Tell Your Secrets 

I used stitching on my layout as well as staples to hold the old packaging and cardboard in place that I used to layer up for the photo.
This photo was in my Mums Photo album and I had no idea who is in the photo, hence the title "Tell Your Secrets"
So I have done a bit of investigating and from my Dad's Sister discovered the the man holding the dog is my Great Uncle (my Grandfathers brother on my Dad's side) . I have another photo obviously taken on the same day of a group of men and my aunt told me that my Grandfather is also in this photo with my Great Uncle. I am now keen to scrap that photo.
A Bit of a close up 

I love creating the wax seals these days, it is really addictive once you start.

Thank you for calling by and I really appreciate any love you leave.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Family ~ Artastic

Hello ! It's starting to look a lot like Christmas ! I've noticed that the houses are starting to be decorated and the trees are going up . We will be having a family dinner on my daughters birthday this week and putting the tree and decorations up as that is our tradition.
Being all things Christmas this month at Artastic I thought I would share a layout of this night 2014

My second eldest son and my Granddaughter and Grandson

I really love this Christmas Range from Couture creations as it is a little different to the norm.

Thank You for calling by and I really appreciate any comments .

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x