A Dogs Purpose ~ Challenge Yourself

Hello , Hello 

The new challenge over at Challenge yourself is .....

I pondered on this for awhile and  whilst on my morning walk it hit me ~ "A Dogs Purpose " . My son posted the photo of Boo looking very pleased with her morning efforts of getting wet and dirty and I just loved the cheeky look on her face .
Boo certainly brings a lot of joy to our family , we all can't help but love her , even when she can be a little bit naughty and have selective hearing lol.  

  I have used old packaging and old PP's behind my photo and layered them. The Hello is a PL card.

and to cover the criteria of being in the photo I have added a little photo when Boo came for a visit ( thankfully nice and clean )
Thank You for calling by and wishing you a wonderful week.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Sharing some layouts for Soul Scrappers

Hello !
Today I would like to share some layouts that I created for challenges over at Soul Scrappers. I like to join in their challenges , they are a lovely bunch of girls and if you are looking for some inspiration to create , there is several challenge each month to get the cogs turning.

My Daughter , My Blessing

This one is for a Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Our Granddaughter turned 21 last weekend. I think it's fair to say she got a surprise with our gift of a Harbour Bridge Climb

This was a sketch challenge

Our daughter on the beach at Mollymook 

and this was for the same sketch challenge ( I did like the sketch lol )
I've probably overloaded you with enough for today, but thanks for popping by 

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Archiscraps Challenge Feb ~ Hues of Blue

Hello Feb already ! If this year goes as fast as last year I'm going to be 100 before I know it !
Anyway I love a new month for the fact I am inspired by new challenges to create.
I was inspired by Archiscraps challenge , which is  to use Ombre . 
I chose to use Blue hues .It was good to use these papers (always good to use stash ) and create a layout of my Beautiful Aunt (one of my mothers sisters) She was always kind to me and I spent many a holiday at her home.
Her name was Dorothy and I called her Aunty Dot, when my children were little they called her Dot Dot.

With her  two eldest children , she had 7 children , which included twins .

Thank you for calling by
have a wonderful month
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Hold Dear Family Memories ~ White With One January Challenge

Hello! I am thrilled to share that I am GD over at White with One this month and the colour to use is Butter Cream , a gorgeous colour to create with.
This is my layout

Hold Dear Family Memories

To create this I have used really old photo frame backing paper from a old family photo, a old vinyl (I guesss you would call it ) doily that was my Mum's and the Netting/cobwebbing sort of stuff (not sure what it is ) but it was in my Mum's stash.

The little butter cream beads are from my Mum's little jar of beads & gems. I really enjoyed creating with this colour scheme

I hope you will join in with White With One this month and share your take with using Butter Cream on your creations.

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

Your Eyes Stole all my words away ~ Artastic Challenge

Hello ! Boy is it hot in Australia, sorry I know I have said it before, but slowly melting here . It got to over 40 degrees here today !
So the best thing to do, sit in my little craft room with the pedestal fan going and scrapbook.
The Challenge at ARTastic this month is a colour challenge and I didn't know if I was going to be able to incorporate the colours in my layout , but I just went with it and managed to use the colours on my layout which is not normally the colours I would have chosen for this picture, but I think it turned out ok

Your eyes stole all my words away 

My  friend Jo gave me a kit from D- Lish , so that is what I have used to embellish my layout, along with the gold Love word that was a gift from the lovely Bec . And I had the butterflies & a couple more embellishments in my stash.

Thank You for calling by and I really do appreciate if you take the time to leave a comment.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

BEE HAPPY, BE CALM ~ CHALLENGE YOURSELF

Hello and Happy New Year ! Gosh hope this year doesn't fly past as fast as last year (is it because I'm Old ? ) 
Anyway I hope this year is a fabulous one for all and a healthy one most importantly.
I wanted to share my layout for the challenge at Challenge yourself which is....

My one little word for 2019 is Calm. I find I tend to over react to things or get wound up unecessarily. Because of this my body had always been in a state of tenseness. So now I am doing my darness to be calm and relax my tense muscles

Bee Happy, Be Calm

I  am very blessed to have a group of lovely friends , the two in the photo ,plus Bec and Jo , they have helped me a lot , especially a couple of years ago when I was quite ill with anxiety, they were there to chat and they help to keep my Calm.

The words from the Leonard Cohens song resonates with me and says it all really. Just live in the now and not worry about what has been or what is yet to be and that everyday is a new day.

Thanks so much for calling by and here's me going &  getting all deep on you. I mostly keep things to myself and not put out there in the internet world, but I wish for you all, good friends as I am fortunate to have .

And Lizzy I may just still add the Bee Wax Seal :)

PS a couple of days later, I really wanted to add the Bee Wax seal, so I made another in a different colour and I am happy with how it looks on the layout now.

Love, Peace and Kindness 

Mary x

Patrick Fahy's Steam Engine Hotel ~ Soul Scrappers

Hello ! 
While I should probably be making a food list and cleaning the house, all the prep for Christmas, I scrap. Yep thats what I do when I procastinate , anything but what I should probably be doing.
But I would like to share a layout that I have done for Soul Scrappers

Through the power of Social Media I have came across a few photo's of my heritage. It always inspires me to scrap them straight away and get the story told.  I guess vintage is also one of my favourite styles to scrap.
Outside this Hotel  my Great Great Grandfather got kicked in the head by a horse and died from the injury.
Not a nice story, but still part of my heritage. I hope by my documenting this , that one day years down the track my Great Grandchildren might come across this and so the story continues.

Thank you for calling by and I appreciate any comments.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x