Life was meant for a Great Adventure ~ Challenge Yourself and Memories ~ Soul Scrappers

Hello , been awhile since I have blogged , but today I have a couple of travel pages to share ( I think I have itchy feet again )
Firstly the Challenge over at Scrap Challenge yourself is to do a layout of your favourite holiday 

I love all holidays as I think they all have something special to remember . But I chose our trip in 2008 as it was our first European Holiday . We went away for nearly 9 weeks with my Best friend and her hubby and visited several countries, so many amazing memories were made and treasured.

A few close ups. I tried to re create the scene with all the greenery, leaves and water .

And now another travel layout for a TTT  over at Soul Scrappers

I chose ~ One Word Title, diecuts and postage stamps

Memories

My Husband and son in Rome . This was special as our son was living overseas at the time and we got to spend 4 days in Rome with him after not seeing him for nearly two years.

and a bit of a close up

thank you for calling by and I really appreciate and comments

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

Stirling Castle Scotland ~ White with One

Hello ! The good thing about the beginning of a new month is the inspiration to create layouts from the prompts on challenge sites.
I was inspired to scrap one of my travel photos from the prompt at White with One , which this month is Royal Blue

Only problem is in the light of day one of the mists looks more teal :( 

Never the less it inspired me to get another travel page completed so I am happy about that.
Thank You for calling by and have a lovely weekend and I hope you find some creative time for yourself.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SCRAP GIRLS FEB CHALLENGE

Hello !

Today I would like to share my take on the challenge at Scrap The Girls , which is .....

I find scrapping in brights difficult , but loved the quote, so thought I would give it a go.

When I read the quote two people came to my mind..... My Mother and my daughter. I originally created the layout with a photo of my Mum and then discovered I had already scrapped the same photo (does anyone else do that ?) , So I changed the photo for a photo of my daughter.

 . My daughter is and my Mother was both Strong, capable women, both stubborn and don't put up with any nonsense. 

and a couple of close ups

I have been playing with magicals for the first time, they are wonderful to use and I can see myself ordering some more colours. I added some stamping amongst the magicals and texture.

Thank you for calling by

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

Baby It's Cold Outside ~ ARTastic Challenge

Hello ! 
Popping in this afternoon to share my take on the challenge over at ARTastic. The theme being nature 

Trees by Grace Crossington Smith to inspire you

Baby It's Cold Outside

I took this photo as I arrived at work one morning July 2015.

No matter the season the views are always stunning

Thank you for calling by and I hope you have a lovely weekend 
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

A Dogs Purpose ~ Challenge Yourself

Hello , Hello 

The new challenge over at Challenge yourself is .....

I pondered on this for awhile and  whilst on my morning walk it hit me ~ "A Dogs Purpose " . My son posted the photo of Boo looking very pleased with her morning efforts of getting wet and dirty and I just loved the cheeky look on her face .
Boo certainly brings a lot of joy to our family , we all can't help but love her , even when she can be a little bit naughty and have selective hearing lol.  

  I have used old packaging and old PP's behind my photo and layered them. The Hello is a PL card.

and to cover the criteria of being in the photo I have added a little photo when Boo came for a visit ( thankfully nice and clean )
Thank You for calling by and wishing you a wonderful week.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Sharing some layouts for Soul Scrappers

Hello !
Today I would like to share some layouts that I created for challenges over at Soul Scrappers. I like to join in their challenges , they are a lovely bunch of girls and if you are looking for some inspiration to create , there is several challenge each month to get the cogs turning.

My Daughter , My Blessing

This one is for a Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Our Granddaughter turned 21 last weekend. I think it's fair to say she got a surprise with our gift of a Harbour Bridge Climb

This was a sketch challenge

Our daughter on the beach at Mollymook 

and this was for the same sketch challenge ( I did like the sketch lol )
I've probably overloaded you with enough for today, but thanks for popping by 

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Archiscraps Challenge Feb ~ Hues of Blue

Hello Feb already ! If this year goes as fast as last year I'm going to be 100 before I know it !
Anyway I love a new month for the fact I am inspired by new challenges to create.
I was inspired by Archiscraps challenge , which is  to use Ombre . 
I chose to use Blue hues .It was good to use these papers (always good to use stash ) and create a layout of my Beautiful Aunt (one of my mothers sisters) She was always kind to me and I spent many a holiday at her home.
Her name was Dorothy and I called her Aunty Dot, when my children were little they called her Dot Dot.

With her  two eldest children , she had 7 children , which included twins .

Thank you for calling by
have a wonderful month
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x