WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello to those that visit. For those of us in Australia, I hope you have not melted away ! I have made myself come into my little heat box (scrap room ) tonight. 
I have been sharing my pedestal fan with hubby in the family room ( I took pity on him) . He has gone to bed now, so I can drag it back in to my scrap room. 
Tonight I am sharing a layout for the Challenge at Challenge yourself , which is....

Now I have lots of photos that I could use that makes me think ~ what a wonderful World.....  Lots of nature and overseas shots, Trouble is I am taking the photo's , but not in them ! I did think of cutting myself out of a photo and sticking it in the shot :) 
In the end I chose a photo of  a time we were spending 10 days on the island of Patmos. Sorry to subject you to a photo of me in my pj's early in the morning (not the best sight ). But when I look at the photo I know it was a time I was very happy and relaxed and  I know I was thinking " What a wonderful world " everyday. The photo has to have the feeling and emotion for me 

I thought I had finished the layout and then today I came across the little anchor in Kmart , along with a whole bunch of cute embellishments. I thought it would be perfect to add.

To mat my photo I have used some old alpha's up.

The Flair is from Funky Flairs Studio. Added some waves with texture paste and some stamping. I wanted to add some red flowers, as a lot of the houses have red geraniums, as did our little piece of paradise .
Oh and I printed two photo's , trying to print a better image (didn't work ) , so I cut one down and placed it on top of the other photo ( no use wasting that ink )

We are so blessed to have beautiful Greek friends that offered us the use of their home and we got so well looked after by all their relatives. They are memories I hold dear and I so hope to go back and see them all again one day.
Thank You for calling by , I do appreciate that you take the time to do so and love to receive your comments.
Until next time, stay cool !
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SHE LEFT A TRAIL OF GLITTER

Good Evening ! 
Tonight I would like to share a layout using Papers from Megs Garden "Spring Pastels Collection "
And the Harlequin and Border Chipboard piece from A2Z Scraplets

She Left a Trail Of Glitter

Our Beautiful Grand Daughter at her Year 10 Formal . The photo was taken by my son (her uncle) A photographer in the family comes in handy  . Gosh now she has finished year 12 and left school , Where does the time go !

The little daisy flowers scattered around the page I have cut from delicate ribbon from Megs Store . The pearl trim from Megs  I have wound through the chipboard piece from A2Z Scraplets. I simple covered the chipboard with gesso and then shaded with Blue Pan Pastels. The bottom piece of the chipboard I have shaded a little darker .
The butterflies and Love sentiment I fussy cut from The cut and create sheets from Megs Shop. The cut and create are fantastic, as they have so many beautiful images on them. I seeked the advice from some lovely friends  as where to place the butterfly as I was going to give Amelia wings at one stage.
The Title I gave is because of Amelia's personality, she does leave a trail of glitter , she is a sweet, kind girl , which makes me happy.
Thank You for calling by and I hope you take a peek at all the beautiful products at Megs Garden and A2Z Scraplets.
I really love any comments and appreciate them.
Enjoy the rest of your week and maybe leave a little glitter as you go. 
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

NEW YORK NEW YORK ~ ARTASTIC CHALLENGE

Hello peoples.

The last couple of days have been a little cooler, we had some lovely rain yesterday , more hot weather is on its way apparently, so enjoying the reprieve at the moment. 

Tonight I would like to share a layout for the challenge at ARTastic ~ The Criteria  ~ City Scene.

As some of you know my daughter and future son in law spent Christmas in New York  and I thought you can't get much more city than the Big Apple

The prompt is Ken Dones City Night painting

this is my take

The photo is taken in front of the Brooklyn Bridge

The flair is from Funky Flairs Studio. The chipboard buildings is from Typo . Thank You Lizzy for the frame. The Image behind the photo and tag are cut from Graphic 45 PP.

I'd also like to share a layout I did for a challenge at Soul Scrappers of their time in New York ( maybe when they are older they will appreciate that I documented their trip )

I thought it was pretty cute that Christmas Eve they decorated their Motel Room with a little tree and Christmas stockings and presents.

Flair , washi, stars , flowers and sentiments are from D`lish Scraps. Die cut Flowers are from Cheryl.
I hope you enjoy what is left of the weekend. Time for some shut eye here. Good night folks
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

LOVE ~ A 2 Z SCRAPLETS

Hello, back again to share my DT layout for A 2 Z scraplets.

LOVE

The lovely Oval Daisy Frame made me think 70's , so I decided to go for this theme and seeing it is our 38th wedding anniversary tomorrow, I scrapped our engagement photo.
The colours I have used are also colours that are me.

 If you pop over to the blog I have explained how I have treated the chipboard.
The flair is from  Funky Flairs Studio

the Arrow Word chippy comes in a pack of 7 , each with a different sentiment , Bargain !
This layout came from lots of bits and pieces. The PP is old stash and left over pieces of PP. The Tulle and little frames are from a layout I pulled apart awhile ago, as is the L and E in my title (made from modelling medium ) I couldn't find the O and V , so I just used some alpha's .
The butterfly I found whilst cleaning up some stash, same colours, so popped that on as well.
Then I had to tell myself .... Stop !
Thank You for calling by . I really appreciate any comments.
I seem to be creating a LOT since I got back from holidays. Hope your week has been good and the weekend is even better.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

DREAMS ~ MEGS GARDEN

Hello !
Well it's still hot, hot , hot here in Oz, so I am trying to stay inside in front of the pedestal fan (better than nothing).
Today I am up on the blog at Megs Garden , creating with the beautiful Parisian Gardens Range , I adore this range.

Dreams

This is my Mum and Dad on their wedding day. Straight away I knew I wanted to use the envelope from the Cut and Create Sheet . I used a craft knife to make a opening in the envelope and I then used the envelope to put the cutting from the local paper of Mum and Dad's wedding that I had came across amongst Mums belongings. Now it has a safe place to live and can be read enjoyed by  generations to come.

My idea with the flowers was to try and create a trailing bouquet  . I started it with the lovely gold frame and

added the roses and lovely glass flower.  Popped in some muslin for softness and lace, leaves and pearl trim and then added the dragon fly charm.

The Dreams sentiment is from the Cut and Create Sheet , I shaded with mauve.

The "Happy " chipboard word is from A 2 Z Scraplets and I have embossed it in mauve.

I have cut other images from the cut and create sheet to place under my photo ~ the music book, envelope . The cut and create sheets are fabulous, they have sooooo many beautiful images to use on your pages , or cards.
The images below are the two Parisian Gardens Cut and Create Sheets. Are they not beautiful ?

Thank you for calling by, I do appreciate and love to read any comments. All the products  besides the chipboard word can be found at Megs Store 

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

PRECIOUS MOMENTS ~ A 2 Z SCRAPLETS

Hello ,hello !

Today it is my turn on the blog at A2Z Scraplets. I hope you will pop over to the blog where I have links to the products I have used.

Precious Moments

The Chipboard piece I have used is perfect for my title. "Precious Moments " indeed. This is my Mum and Dad with my daughter Chelsea when she was a little girl. We were celebrating Mum's 70th

I have embossed the top part of the sentiment in pink and the bottom part in purple. I then went over the whole piece with a Wink Of Stella brush, which gives a lovely silver sparkle .

The gorgeous "Cherish" embellishment was made for me by my beautiful friend Bec.

I have also used the A2Z Scraplets Staggered stencil with Texture paste to add some texture to the layout. I shaded it with blue Pan Pastel and then outlined the pattern with a black sharpie , to make it stand out even more.

The lovely blue Metal star was a gift from my Irish Pen friend

The paper is very busy, but I hope I have made it work. I liked the feel of it for the era.
Thank you for calling by, another hot day in Australia again. 
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SAND BETWEEN MY TOES ~ PIXELS AND PAPER

Hello ! Today is a little cooler , so nice to be in my scrap room, no need for the fan  blowing everything around.  Seeing we have just been on a beach holiday, I thought it was the perfect challenge at Pixel and Papers to get a summer layout done .
The challenge , a summer scheme and the prompt.

and this is my take

Sand between my toes

Chipboard pieces are from A2Z Scraplets and the flair is from Funky Flairs Studio  . I simply rubbed gesso over the chipboard pieces to give a white washed, beachy affect and with the sea horse I added some blue shading with pan pastel.

I tried not to get too much of my ugly old feet in the photo. 
Thanks so much for calling by, I really do appreciate any comments.
Hope you are enjoying what is left of the weekend.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x