SCRAPMATTS GOODNESS ~ ONCE UPON A TIME

Morning on this chilly Sunday Morning brrrr
Today I am sharing some Scrapmatts goodness with you, I so love their chipboard
Firstly a layout of my Mum when she was a young girl
"Once Upon A Time"

How fantastic is that clock, I have also used the Scrapmatts "Once Upon A Time" words and the delicate chippy flowers.

The gorgeous little charm clock is from Craftqueen as is the tiny twine. I have stamped randomly with the Kaiser clock stamp .

Thanks so much for calling by, hope you are keeping warm wherever you are and enjoying your weekend. I will leave the other layout until tomorrow, I need to go and finish cleaning out the fridge!
Love and Peace 
Mary x

NEW CHALLENGE AT ORANGE PAPERIE ~ FOLLOW YOUR OWN PATH

Morning people!
Boy I have had a few early mornings (for me) lately. We are renovating and the painters arrive at 6.30am , it's still dark! But it is looking lovely. 
The new Challenge at Orange Paperie set by Kim this month is the three S's Stitching , stamping and stenciling. 
I have done a layout of my second eldest who is in a couple of bands. He has told me I am not allowed to put this on facebook as he is meant to be a hard core rocker (he is joking) and I have gone and put flowers on it!  I am ruining his repretation. I hate to break it to him, but he is the sweetest guy you could meet. Well I thought I had made it grungy and didn't think there was a flower in site, but he said there is flowers in the PP

some close ups

Charm is from Craftqueen as is the Reach stamp

Some stamping and washi tape  and messy stitching

Another Craftqueen charm, Prima stencil smudged with Pan Pastels & then more washi & some canvas that I have soaked in coffee

I have scratched around the photo with a pair of scissors

The photo was taken by Alaina Moffitt Photography. Thanks for calling by, hope to see your layouts over at Orange Paperie. Pop over and see the other fabulous layouts. One more day till the weekend :) now I must get to work
Love and Peace
Mary x

NEW CHALLENGE AND NEW DT MEMBERS @ COLOR ME SCRAPPY

Good Evening,
Well the new challenge is up at ColorMeScrappy along with the new DT members and returning DT members. I am very happy to be returning as a DT Member :) So pop over , check out their awesome Layouts for the month and hope you will join us in the challenge. 
The twist is to use this sketch, which I really like

and the colour scheme

Not normally the colours I would  use, but that is why they are called challenges right? And I was really happy with how my layout turned out ~ so it is good to be challenged by something you would not normally do & you might just get a surprise like I did. Some drips and texture

My Banner with tiny twine . 

Took these photo's of my two beautiful Grand Children on Good Friday this year . We were having fish and chips in the park.

My title for my page is ~ You Make Me Happy When Skies are Grey
Thanks for calling by, hope your weeks a good one & don't forget to pop over to Color Me Scrappy blog and join in the challenge

Love and Peace 
Mary x

LOVE PARIS ~ CSI # 78

Weekends nearly over :(  they go so darn fast !
As soon as I saw the new challenge at CSI it screamed Paris at me and I knew just the photo I wanted to scrap

Evidence ~ travel Accents, Metal charm, Buckle, Stitching
Testimony ~ My journalling is on the tag Slid in the side & says ~ Coming up out of the Metro & seeing the famous Red Windmill was awesome. Of course then we wanted to see a show, but alas it was booked out for the next few nights. I took quite a few photo's and really soaked it in. I just kept wanting to look at it. Maybe I just couldn't believe all the amazing things I was seeing & never wanted it to end. Paris we will meet again one day, we have unfinished business.
Paris is always a good idea

Some stamping to make a tag and a little bronze charm peeking out. The buckle I found in a button tin from my Mum's . The Satin Seam binding and Paris Washi Tape from Craftqueenhttp://www.craftqueen.com.au/

The Eiffle Tower Chippie , was a present from Cheryl.  Thank you it is perfect for my layout 

I think the button came from Scrapfriends

I was really happy with how this turned out. Another travel page done and dusted. Only several more hundred to go !
They bring back such great memories though. The PP's are Kaiser "In the Attic" from Marally Craft

Thank you for calling by, please let me know you were here.
Wishing you all a wonderful week
Love and Peace
Mary x

DANCE ~ SCRAPMATTS GD LAYOUT

Evening!

Sharing a layout tonight for my Scrapmatts GD Gig. Just love using Scrapmatt Chippies

This is a layout of my GD

The gorgeous Scrapmatts chippies and Craftqueen little black bead flowers. The flowers I made from Tulle Ribbon from Craftqueen also and added the little flower beads as centres The Ballerina Charm is from My 2 Angels. The Filmstrip is a Teresa Collins Stamp that I have stamped onto Transparency

Little flower and Dance stamp from Craftqueen

Lace Ballerina from Marally Craft and the little bead bow around her waist from Craftqueen

The word inside the heart from Scrapmatts, so love those words

Thanks so much for looking . Don't forget we would love to see your layouts at Orange Paperie  & Color Me Scrappy & pop over to scrapmatts and check out all the gorgeous products, be warned very tempting

Hope you are enjoying your weekend

Love and Peace

Mary

LIFE AT 55 ~ SKISSADELLA SKETCH

Morning!

I really like the sketches over at Skissedilla  and thought I would like to do this one

I recently purchased some Gelato's from Scrapfriends and have been having fun playing with them. I was inspired by Sandi Smith who is on the DT at Scrapmatts to use them on texture. She does the most beautiful layouts and her use of colour is just gorgeous

The templates for the texture are Kaiser which I got from Marally Craft and the button , satin seam binding and little black and silver embellishments are from Craftqueen

The Date stamp is from Scrapfriends

The star I have cut from canvas, added glimmermist and some gelato

The photo's were taken on my recent 55th Birthday

Thank you for calling by

Love and Peace

Mary x

SCRAPFRIENDS COLOUR CHALLENGE ~ HAPPY LITTLE SOULS

Hello 

I am loving the colours green and brown atm and yesterday had the day off work and tradesman here , so I couldn't do much so I .......... Scrapped! :)  I did clean my cupboards out as well though. The Green flourish and Hello There are Amy Tangerine . The Real Life tag I got from Marally Craft ages ago. Tiny Twine and loopey Lace are from Craftqueen. The Flowers are Kaisercraft. The Die cut I got at the Penrith Papercraft Expo. The background PP is the new Kaiser Base paper.

I have journalled on the tag and slid behind the cardstock

When we were on Navutu Island we loved going over to the village. The Children  have very little in material possessions, but are such happy souls and can teach a lot of us a lesson in life I think. They loved having their photo's taken and they all seemed to love doing the peace sign.

The Happy Word is from Scrapmatts, they are so handy and are a beautiful addition to a layout

Thank you so much for calling by. Hope your day is a super , fabulous one.
Would love to see some more entries in Jo's fantastic challenge over at Orange Paperie 

Love and Peace
Mary x