7 YEARS ~ SCRAP IT WITH A SONG

Hello !
Today I am sharing my layout for the current challenge at Scrap it with a Song. The two song choices are ~

Radio Head ~ all I need
or 
Lukas Graham ~ 7 years

The song I chose is 7 years (as I do really like the song) and it inspired me to do a layout about the passing of the years (gees I have to say they pass VERY quickly !)

Once again I am using a Piece of PP I got for 20 cents ! I used it as I thought it was appropriate with all the numbers. I have misted, textured paste , paints and lots of stamping . The stamps I used are clocks and numbers, again alluding to the passing of time , Oh and a ruler stamp as well. I used the mistable numbers 7, 30 and 60 as in the song. Not sure how old I am in the top pic , I'm in my 40's in the second ( I realized I spent my middle 20's and 30's just taking photo's of my children every time they moved lol and the last I am in my mid 50's . Now I am very close to .......60 ! :{
I wanted to use the photo with Mum as again I think it represents the passing of time , Me heading towards 60 and Mum on her 95th Birthday. I also used the words from the song "I hope my children visit once or twice a month" I guess in the end that is all we hope for . The flair is from Flutterby designs

In the top photo I remember that dress , Green tartan , Mum made it , as she did with most of my clothes. I would say we have just got home from Mass as Mum is in the background with her hat and coat on and reading the Paper , which we would have picked up at the little corner shop just down the road on the way home. A little trip down memory lane.
"I'm still learning about life " again words from the song, as I think I am still learning about life, do we ever stop learning. Some lessons harder than others.

The orange and white daisy braid is from my Mum's craft stash as is the old pink ribbon . I always like to add these little bits of treasures (to me) on my layouts. A fellow scrapper from the states sent me the lovely leaf die cuts, I love them , thank You Mitzi.
This is what I love about Scrapping, it really does take you back to the time and the memories , that otherwise may stay locked  away somewhere in our minds, just waiting for that little opening to bring it all back.
Thank you for calling by and I hope your week is being a good one.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

FROSTY MORNINGS ~ PIXEL AND PAPERS CHALLENGE

Good morning on this winters day.

 The challenge at Pixels and Paper this month is all about winter , so I thought I would like to join in, seeing it is cold and miserable here at the moment.  Here is the inspiration  , Criteria ~ winter

FROSTY MORNING

I took this photo on a early morning walk in 2008. I mustn't have been such a sook back then , as I haven't been walking much this winter.

I purchased  the pp yesterday for 20 cents and attempted to create a winter feeling with stamps , mists, texture past and I also sprinkled mica flakes for the frost and lots of silvery mesh fibres. The barb wire chippy I have had for ages from the Chip Chop Shop and I embossed it and added some mica flakes and grundged it up a bit with metallic rub on medium .

also added some plasterers tape and added Heidi Swapp Gold mist here and there

You often see spider webs glistening in the frost, so I tried to create this with mist and a mask

Thank you for calling by, please let me know you called.

Have a wonderful day 

Love , Peace and Kindness

Mary x

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ~ SCRAP AFRICA CHALLENGE

Good Evening,
Tonight I would like to share a layout I did for the Challenge at Scrap Africa. I have always liked Scrap Africa's challenges, but haven't joined in for awhile and the DT always inspires with their amazing inspiration.
The Sketch for this challenge is ....

This really appealed to me and here is my take

Life is Beautiful

I have been pleased with myself using a lot of my stash lately , its a good feeling to be using it up. 
Thank You for calling by, I hope your week is a good one.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

PISA ~SKETCHY BOARDS CHALLENGE

Good Evening, 
Tonight I would like to share my take on the challenge at Sketchy Boards , which is a sketch and a colour palette.
The Sketch ~

and the gorgeous colour palette

Here is my take

To try and create a rust background I put sea salt on my page and then misted with a copper toned mist and then shook the sea salt off ,leaving the white area. I painted the chipboard key with smooch and then added a crackle medium. The lovely die cut leaves were sent to me by a fellow scrapper in the USA . I rubbed metallics over the chippy rose.
I used the journal card to document our trip to Pisa, where I am afraid I lost the plot. I forgot my own advice of going with the flow and it's all part of the adventure etc . Now I know the nav man was necessary , but at times I wanted to put a axe through it, especially when it took us off a lovely highway , all signs to Pisa and directed us into a little town, and then proceeded to take us up little streets where are side mirrors were nearly touching the cars parked on either side and round and round in circles !  The final straw was when a dear old man with a bicycle just walked straight out in front of us!  I yelled "Stop the car , I want to get out " .Luckily my husband ignored me and just drove on calmly (nerves of steel) . Somehow we finally stumbled upon the leaning tower of Pisa (more good luck , than good management ). From that moment on my position in the car was the back seat , probably a wise decision .
Hope I haven't bored you too much with my little adventure to Pisa.
Hope the rest of your week is fabulous
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

WRITE ON YOUR HEART THAT EVERY DAY IS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR ~ DUSTY ATTIC CHALLENGE

Good Morning !
I was happy to spend the afternoon getting a layout done when I got home from work yesterday, the housework could wait, I was over cleaning ! scrapping much better thing to do :)
The moodboard at Dusty Attic this month really appealed to me and seeing I still have a little Dusty Attic chipboard left that the lovely Lizzy gave me, I thought I would like to join in with the challenge.

The Mood board

I just love the colours.
The night before I captured a photo of my Grand daughter with her arms around her Mum's neck, we had been out to dinner to celebrate Belinda's birthday and I thought it also suited the lovely quote.

Write in your heart that everyday is the best day of the Year

Last year Belinda's birthday was much different, she was as bald as a badger and extremely tired from the chemo treatment. As a family we have always celebrated events together , but now we enjoy them even more, we seem to laugh even more and just appreciate the moments of being together.

I used Orange embossing powder on the Dusty Attic Chippy. I also stamped a image and then decided to add blue embossing powder over the image and then stamp with black again on top of that. 
We were talking about dragon flies the night I took the photo so I added the dragon fly ribbon from CraftQueen, the little orange and white flower trim was from my Mum's craft bits and pieces ( always got to have a bit of Mum on my layouts )

My Penfriend sent me the stamp sentiment and I thought it is so true.
The weekend is nearly over :( they go so fast ! 
Hope the coming week is a good one for you.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

EVERYDAY LIFE ~ SECOND REVEAL AT ARTASTIC

Hello, Hello !
Well the last couple of weeks have been a little hectic , but I am popping in today to share my layout as part of the DT second reveal at ARTastic
The Inspiration this month is to be taken from this art work 

by Elioth Gruner called  Spring Frost Study.

and the criteria is ~ Rural

I decided  I would scrap a photo I took driving into work one morning recently, on a very foggy day of the cows in the paddock.

EveryDay Life 

I have had this Kaiser PP for awhile so it was good to use it, and I thought it went with the theme really well.

I did some fuzzy cutting and layered the flowers, stamped and fuzzy cut the fox that was a gift from my pen pal in the USA .

The cloud made from dress pattern was from Leanne Jago, also had that for ages, old Button from my Mum's button tin, die cut the leaves to make it look like part of the trees (well that was my idea) and I have added that and the gold and black sequins from StudioFourteen4o onto a dried tea bag.

The little girl swinging from the branch I think may have been from Leanne as well

I really am lucky to work where I do. The Bed and Breakfast where I work is Called Arancia which means Orange in Italian. The town I live in is called Orange, and the scenery I get to enjoy at Arancia is truly like a little slice of Tuscany.

I hope the rest of your weekend is enjoyable and you find some creative time and join us at ARTastic. Don't forget to pop over to ARTastic and see the gorgeous layouts by the DT members and it would be great if you could leave them some love. 

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

WE'LL BE FRIENDS FOREVER ~ SOUL SCRAPPERS CHALLENGE

Good Evening on this cold winters night in my home town, with snow predicted for tomorrow, oh winter be gone !
But enough of that, tonight I would like to share with you a layout I created for my challenge at Soul Scrappers , which is to document a friendship and the criteria to use a doily and feathers on your layout and of course a quote about friendship .I have used Kaisercrafts Boho Dream Collection to create with

We'll be friends forever won't we Pooh ? 

This is a photo of my best friend Leanne and myself when we were young and carefree

I have used a quote from Winnie The Pooh which sums up our friendship. We have been friends for over 40 years.
I hope you can join us in the challenge, would love to see you there.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x