DON'T DREAM YOUR LIFE ~ LIVE YOUR DREAM ~

Hello 

The new challenge for May at AFSC is flowers. 
 ( embellishments, paper, a time you gave or received them or both !)

Now I am a girl who likes flowers

Don't Dream your Life, Live your Dream

So I made a little garden of flowers for my angel. I have also been itching to use the gorgeous butterfly from ImaginariumDesigns, which I have used for wings and embossed. Also I have been waiting for the right layout to use the beautiful pebble from Georgia Heald. 

I nestled the pebble ( I love it ) in some old lace and of course I have a satin bind ribbon, another favourite of mine to add to layouts.

Every Princess needs a crown which is a prima chippy. The rich gold Braid is from my Mum's treasures. The photo is of my daughter trying on some of my Mum's old vintage clothes.

Thank you for calling by and I hope you pop over to AFSC check out the DT's inspiration and leave them some love and join us in this challenge.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

REMEMBERING IRELAND ~ ARTASTIC CHALLENGE ~ SWIRLS

Hello !

Today I am crossing my fingers that this schedule post has posted , and when I want it to !
The challenge to use swirls and  be inspired by this lovely image by 

                                           Roy de Maistre

My take

The colours made me think of this photo of Beautiful Ireland and the grass blowing in the foreground made me think of the swirls.

The Getaway chippy is a HeidiSwap as is the documented stamp from memory. Behind the photo I have placed a tag using the Bokeh Effect that Lizzy showed me how to do , thanks Lizzy . I have also used the effect on several areas of my page background.

Some stamping as well

Textured swirls . The little plane chippy is  Kaisercraft. The Chevrons I think May be Imaginarium Designs.

Hope you can join us this month with your take on the challenge. I recommend popping over and being inspired by the lovely DT

Love, Peace and Happiness

Mary x

TIMELESS ~ SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE

Hello !

I didn't think I  would get time to join in any challenges this month, but a rainy Good Friday and this one came together quite quickly.
The challenge over at Scrap Africa is this lovely sketch

and my take

Timeless

I found this photo in my Mum's photo album , unfortunately I have no idea who they are. There is a letter written on the back , but the photo had been cut down and I can't make any sense of it. The photo fitted the chippy frame perfectly and I have had the paper from a mag for ages , so it all worked perfectly. I love the fashion of this time, the woman always looked so elegant.

I decided to keep most of the chippy raw apart from brushing some gesso over the vine chippy and using embossing powder on the butterflies. The fencing wire chippy is by 2Crafty I also decided to do the layout in the A4 size.

I am loving the gorgeous butterflies from Imaginarium Designs, which I carefully peel the layers to give dimension.

The timeless word chippy is from Scrapmatts, I love these .

Thank you for calling by and I hope you get a chance to join in the challenge and I would recommend popping over and checking out the DT layouts, they are always inspiring.

Love , Peace and Happiness

Mary x

ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPING CHALLENGE - SOMETHING OLD

Hello !

The new challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge is ..... Something old. So you could use a photo of something old or use products or papers you have had awhile or combine the two!
I have combined the two. I have had the patter paper for ages and the photo is of my daughter in her smocked Christening dress and Silk jacket , bonnet and boottees her Grandma made for her over 30 years ago.

I have used a PL card to adhere my photo to and the ribbon acts as a tag to open back to reveal journalling.  The gorgeous Iffel Tower was a lovely gift from Helen, thank you Helen I LOVE it. Chippy title was a gift from Lou :) Thanks Lou.

I hope you can join us this month to document something precious to you,

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

TODAY WE WORE FLOWERS IN OUR HAIR ~ CSI #159

Hello ! 
Today I would like to share a layout for CSI #159 . This layout I actually had just started for a DT layout , but when I saw the case file over at CSI it seemed to suite perfectly.

Evidence
Jewels
Mix Media
Decorative Border

Testimony

I have used the words from a Brooke Frazer song "I got Halo's made of Summer and Ribbons made of Spring. It seemed to suite the photo and I had the CD on playing while I was creating. Thank you to Leanne Jago for introducing me to this singer's music.

On the back I have journalled " Back in the 70's life was so easy and care free. We were happy and everyone just enjoyed having a good time. I never really heard anyone saying bad things about other people. Perhaps I just lived in my happy bubble. Sadly People to me these days do not seem to be so happy and kind to each other.

I used lots of gorgeous Chippies by Imaginarium Designs. I received a lovely gift chock full of these beautiful chipboards from Louise Nelson and I am really enjoying creating with them. The Butterflies I have wet and then carefully peeled back the layers to create dimension

Butterfly trails

Thank you for calling by.

wishing everyone
Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

THE GIRL LOVES TO SHOP ~ KRAFT PLUS ALL THAT GLITTERS CHALLENGE

Hello ! Back online after not having a computer for over a week. I was starting to get a tad edgy I must say. But I am lucky and did not loose my photo's or blog , Phew !
I was starting to worry I was going to miss deadlines though.
 So here is my take on the challenge at Kraft +Plus , all that glitters and a sketch 

A Girl should be two things Classy & Fabulous

The gorgeous chippy under my photo is a Imaginarium Design chippy, a gift from the lovely Lou Nelson. I painted it gold . The ballerina is a gift from the Lovely Cheryl and I also added a touch of gold to her tutu.

I have used a lot of StudioFourteen4o goodies on the layout. The little hearts the" & " I have made all glittery with kindy Glitz, added sprinkles of sequins and the gold washi & of course a flair.

When I got my computer back everything is different and I don't know where my photo editing I used has gone.  I am doing the best I can at the moment until I track it down. I used Pic Monkey for the whole layout, but that is to time consuming for the snippets. I just want to do the basics , crop , straighten etc. Why is nothing ever simple ? Grrrr
But I am happy to have my computer back.
The photo is of my daughter when she was a little girl, all ready to go shopping, ( she still loves shopping) Her Grandma made the little dress and cardigan) the beads and bag were also courtesy of Grandma as well. The cat in the photo is Gravy,  ( the kids named her that because she was grey) I thought it was important to leave Gravy in the photo, as she was a part of our family story.

Love, Peace and Happiness
Mary x

Tuscan Living ~ Challenge Yourself ~ Bucket List

Hello,

The challenge over at Challenge Yourself is .....

Challenge YOUrself #16:  The Bucket List 

What are some of the things you want to do in your life?   
Or have you recently achieved something on you bucket list or a goal?  
Tell us about it.

Remember to include YOU in the photo :)

♥♥♥

Well what is on my bucket list is to live in Europe for 6 months when we retire. We are thinking probably a village in Tuscany. It is a toss up between a village in France or a Village in Tuscany, at this stage we are leaning towards Tuscany and we can visit France whilst there :)
The hardest part of this challenge was finding a photo with me in it while we were over in Tuscany in 2008 , as I was the one taking all the photo's . Such a beautiful place .

Dream Big

Thank you Helen for the fabric button ( such a lovely card and gift in the mail )
I have treated the chipboard with metallic rub on and embossed the latch as well. Added some washi tape strips and use the negative diamonds of the die cut on the layout ( no need to throw them away )

Thank you for calling by. Let me know you were here and I hope the challenge inspires you to document what is on your bucket list .

Love , Peace and happiness
Mary x