What she Wears, What she Wears ~ Challenge Yourself

Hello fellow scrappers, I hope your day has been a good one. Today I would like to share my take on the challenge at Challenge Yourself which is to use Mists and inks and to include yourself in the layout.

What she wears, what she wears

The title comes from a Brooke Fraser song and once it gets in your head you can't get it out , but its a good song :)

I threw a little bit of everything at this. Under my photo I have used the strips from the bottom of PP's Scraped gesso on the black cardstock & over the strips , sprayed mists and used a small dot stamp with white ink along with the texture paste and rose stencil.

Lots of fussy cutting. The flair is from FunkyFlairStudio 
This was taken at our daughters wedding a few weeks ago .
I donot like shopping for clothes and I kept putting off looking for something to wear.
When my daughter made a day to look for a dress for me to wear it started off with the first few shops nothing taking my fancy. I thought Oh dear we are going to end up fighting and it will be a terrible day. 
She told me to put a smile on my face and we would try the next shop. This was the second dress I tried on at this shop and even though I tried on quite a few more (another thing I hate trying clothes on !) we all agreed this was the one. After the purchase we had lunch together and it turned into a really good day.
This is the nicest dress I have ever owned and I thought if I can't have a nice dress for my only daughters wedding well when can I? I did feel pretty special on my daughters wedding day in this dress. 
Thanks so much for calling by and I really appreciate any comments.
Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

A2Z Scraplets layouts ~ May Love and Laughter Light Your days and warm your heart

Hello ! Today I would like to share some of my DT layouts for A2Z Scraplets 

Our Daughter recently married ( can't believe it has been 5 weeks already !) and so of course I have been scrapping a couple of her wedding photos

May Love and Laughter Light Your Days

For this layout the Large frame which is new in the A2Z Scraplets shop was perfect for a 5x7 size photo. 

I wasn't sure if the "Blush" Zing embossing powder would stand out enough against the Blush PP behind the photo and so I decided I would make the frame two toned by Also using the mint colour embossing powder as well.

I was happy with the result of using the two colours. The ribbon on the layout was around the stems of the flowers on the bouquet .

The flair is from FunkyFlair Studio  

The next layout is using the True Love chipboard piece 

True Love

To  see how I treated the chipboard you can find it here on the Blog at A2Z Scraplets . I also used the staggered Stencil also from A2Z Scraplets for texture.

The PP and embellishments are from Megs Garden , I adore the PP .

It was pretty special for our daughter that her brother took her wedding photo's & special for him also.

As the post is getting a little long I might leave the other layouts  for a day  or two. 

Thank you for calling by and I do love to read your comments.

Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x

THANKFUL ~ ANOTHER FREAKING SCRAPPY CHALLENGE

Hello ! Today I would like to share the challenge at AFSC
which is ~
Use words of thanks ~ Thank You, Gratitude, Grateful. Thanks as a title or in your journalling.

I am Thankful to have had the opportunity to travel, something I thought was only a dream for me.

I Have used PP with the words on it and underlined one of the Thankful words with ribbon to emphasize it. I have also added the word Grateful on my tag.

The photo was taken in Krakow , I really wish we had more time in Krakow. Due to being unable to book the overnight train there, we had to change our plans and book a flight. It meant we had a extra day in Budapest (Loved Budapest, so wasn't sad to have a extra day) and lost a day in Krakow (but was sad to lose a day in Krakow) There would have been so much more to see, but never mind I am grateful to have got there at all.
I hope you join the challenge , I think it is a good one to remind us we have much to be thankful for .
I will finish with a page I created to finish documenting Krakow

Love , Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SMILE ~ STUCK SKETCHES

Hello ! Today I would like to share my take on the challenge at Stuck Sketches 
This is the sketch 

and this is my take 

The photos are of my Grandmother and aunts and uncle at my brothers wedding , where I was his flowergirl ( many, many years ago )  They are the negatives of the photos taken at the wedding that you received from the photographer to choose your photos you wished to have enlarged.

Everything I have used to create my layout are from Megs Garden  ( I love the die cut) and the papers are so soft and pretty.

It must have been the done thing for the ladies to wear hats to weddings back in the day.
Thank you for calling by, I really do appreciate any comments , they make me happy.

Love, Peace and Kindness
Mary x

SISTERS OF THE SLIPPERHOOD ~ SCRAP THE GIRLS.

Hello ! when I saw the new challenge over at Scrap the Girls, I knew exactly what I wanted to scrap .

Last weekend I spent a few wonderful days with four lovely friends in the Mountains. It has now become a annual event for us and one we all look forward to being together very much.

Sisters of the Slipperhood

We Christened ourselves the sisters of the Slipperhood.We spend the few days, chatting, sharing ideas, scrapping, eating , and just enjoying each others company and supporting each other. Can't wait for next year !

I'm loving the cute fox washi tape. I have added my journalling on the tag & tucked behind my photo.
The first year we scrapped from the time we arrived basically until we packed up to leave. This year we had a bit more balance and got out and about as well , or just sitting on the balcony having a drink and dips and chatting, it was much better to have that balance. I even managed to get up early and go for a bush walk with Lizzy, which I am truly glad I did. Sometimes we have beauty right on our door step and don't even realise.

and the sisterhood of the slippers, gorgeous girls, treasure my time with them. 

Thanks for the cool challenge at Scrap the Girls
Love, Peace and Kindness

Mary x