ONE LAST BIRTHDAY ~

Evening 
The photo's were taken on my Mum's 95th Birthday , which sadly was her last. Two months nearly to the day after this day Mum passed away. We tried to make her birthday special with balloons, cake and flowers and a afternoon tea at the nursing home. Hopefully Mum enjoyed her special day.

I have used the Marigold Range of Papers from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/and the layout is based on one of the sketches at scrapfriends http://blog.scrapfriends.com.au/ , so if you need inspiration visit scrapfriends blog for some inspiring sketches.

Photo a day today is entrance, so this is my Entrances to work

First Entrance

2nd Entrance 

I was super lucky to receive a give away by Billie , http://billiebeveridge.blogspot.com.au/ go over to her blog now and check out her gorgeous work, and thank you Billie, sooooooo generous

And...... I have some more happy news to share shortly ;)

Have a wonderful week filled with 
Peace & Sunshine
Mary x

CASOLE D ' ELSA TUSCANY ~

The little village of Casole d ' Elsa that we came upon in  Tuscany was one of my favourites. The little paved narrow winding streets and all the geraniums in pots , it was just breathe taking and around every corner was another visual delight

'The papers are ..... yes you guessed it the 75c range from Kaiser and yep I love them, as if you can't tell. I have used the Kaiser rock stamp to stamp lightly on one side and across the bottom and used the kaiser button words. I have used a quite simple clean line layout as I wanted the photo to shine. The chippy is from kaiser as well

 Yes it was a truly beautiful village

A close up of the rock stamp

Thanks for calling please let me know you were here and have a wonderful weekend
Love and Peace
Mary x

FEB CHALLENGE AT ORANGE PAPERIE ~ 34 YEARS TOGETHER

The new challenge is up at Orange Paperie http://orangepaperieandco.blogspot.com.au/ so come on guys pop over , have a look and join us this month with Kim's Sketch . Here is my take on the sketch, oh and the PP is...... 75c Range

I made my heart out of canvas that I soaked in coffee and then added a layer of material and then a layer of lace and stitched all together and added some little pearl buttons from Craftqueen , the love embellishment I have had forever and 
the little  butterfly charm is from my 2 angels http://www.my2angels.net/ the heart pin is from Typo and the other is from Karen Shady, http://karenshady.blogspot.com.au/ thanks Karen.

The little black flower beads are from Craftqueen, I Modge Podged the Paris tissue paper on, ( Paris is the city of Love right ) and it is the month of love

Some Kaisercraft words  & black lace and Canvas matting the photo. Thanks so much for popping by, please say Hi
Sunshine and Peace
Mary x

JUST A LITTLE FLOWER GIRL WITH SORE FEET ~ You guessed it More 75c

Evening yes MORE 75c Range, but it is such a oh so lovely range don't you think?
This layout is of when I was my Big Brothers flower girl

The gorgeous lace flowers are from Lizzy Hill, thank you Lizzy http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/ and the pearl centres are from Craftqueen.

Love the bottle of Cottees fizzy drink on the table (shows how old I am!)

and my memories of the day, thankfully it improved and all was well by the time of the wedding
Love and Sunshine
Mary x

CUTE AS ~ AND YEP MORE 75c RANGE

Can you tell I am loving the 75c Range yet ? But not as much as I love this little boy 

Scrapping this photo of when my grandson Jedd was a little fellow makes me go all mushy, such a cutey.

I am quite loving the Kaiser round chippy as well, great for photo's with a lot of background you don't particularly want or need. The alpha's I have painted with gesso and then sparkly modge podge and then covered with thick embossing crystals from Scrapfriends in Bronze Lustre. I have also added a decrotive pin in the chippy if you can see it, this was from Karen Shady, thanks Karen .http://karenshady.blogspot.com.au/

some coffee stained canvas tucked and a little flower added

 Also I have done another page of my Book Of Me, been awhile since I did a page, but I really enjoy playing around with mists and paint when I start. This page has had mists and paint added over time, just when I have excess ( I can't bear to waste any) I have added to the page, until it was covered and I was happy with it. I am really happy with the colours on this page.

The camera is a Dear Lizzy Stamp, some washi tape, tiny twine, all from Craftqeen. Some rub ons , so another page completed for my book. Can recommend keeping a piece of paper handy to add your excess paint and mists to and see what you come up with.

Hope your weeks a good one

Sunshine and Peace 

Mary x

75c Range Just Keeps Coming,

Afternoon lovelies , 
the weekend is nearly over :( , they go way to fast!
I am still playing with the 75c Range, I really love using this range.

The  Kaiser PP and chippy are from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/, Travel badge is from scrapfriends http://scrapfriends.com.au/ little black flower beads are from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/
The pic is of my second eldest in Rome, this was a special time for us as we had not seen Christopher for awhile as he was living in London and we got to spend 4 days in Rome with him and then on the way home 3 days in London with him, so special times.

A little light stamping

Gesso and stamping

Wishing you all a fabulous week. My Granddaughter turned 15 today , gosh they grow up way to fast

Love and Sunshine
Mary x

ADORE THESE TWO ~ MORE 75c RANGE

Evening one and all,

Today I was feeling frumpy and unmotivated, took myself awhile to talk myself into going for a walk, I procrastinated so long I ended up with a wet tail. I got caught in a thunderstorm, cooled me down no end and I did feel better for the walk.
Then it was a great day for scrapping. My class loved the butterfly paper in the 75c range , but said they were unsure how they could use it, so I have done a layout for them to give them some ideas. The design is very similar to the very first class I taught, just using different papers and adding more flowers makes it totally different

awww so cute

Not double sided paper,  so when I ripped it and rolled it  back I inked it and pan pasteled it till I was happy with the colour

My two gorgeous Grandchildren when they were little awww, anyway I also used the circle chippy from Kaiser that sort of set the scene for the layout as well. As the paper is a strong pattern I swiped gesso under the photo to make it stand out. after sewing around the photo I decided I liked the way the loose threads fell, so I left them there. All the products are Kaiser from Marally Craft http://marallycraft.blogspot.com.au/ except the little light brown flower is from my 2 angels http://www.my2angels.net/ and the teeny flowers are from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ and the leaves were given to me from Karen Shady http://karenshady.blogspot.com.au/ Thanks Karen :)
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, we are going to see the movie Flight with Denzel Washington tomorrow and then out to dinner for our Granddaughters birthday, she is growing up sooooo fast !
Wishing you all Peace and Happiness
Mary x