A Few Random Facts

Hi Peoples


This is a page I have done for my  "All About Me " book that a few of us are doing over at the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/
This Page I decided to make about some things I like 
I love Dogs
Citrus Tarts..... Yummmmm
Going to the Movies
The Smell of Daphne
Spring and Summer ..... I don't like being cold!
Jonquils... because they make me think of spring
Looking at the Ocean.... I am a Cancerian
I love Fairy Lights
Holidays
Books
Travelling
Paris
These are just a few things, I could go on :)


So what are your favourite things ?

The old lace is from my going away outfit when I got married. The butterflys I modge Podged on from a serviette, Little Prima window frame I got from Scrap Sanity http://scrapsanity.com.au/ and the flowers and satin seam binding is from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/


Wishing you all a happy weekend, filled with Sunshine and Smiles
Cheers
Mary x

Just had to share .... Sigh

I came across this clip on a blog  and loving all things Paris had to share, Hope you enjoy

I Soooooo want to go back .... sigh


I finished reading Evening Class by Maeve Binchy tonight. The more I got into the book, the more I enjoyed it. I enjoyed reading how the characters lives all ended up intertwining. Not a bad read at all
Wishing you all a Happy Week
Mary x

The Long and Short of it

Morning lovely people

Yesterday was our fortnightly scrap day at Miss Annette's and I decided to do the sketch challenge over at http://scrapfriends.com.au/

So here is my take on the sketch ~ The Long and Short of it

This is my Mum and middle child Christopher on Mother's Day this year, I reckon this photo is super cute :) 

The Base PP is the gorgeous Bo Bunny Double Dots, then I have used left over pieces of Crate Paper . The gorgeous blue flowers are Bella that were given to me by the lovely Susan. The Quote tag is MME and the Empress round tag is October Afternoon.

We always take it in turns of supplying lunch for our scrap day. Yesterday Annette made delicious Garlic Prawns 

and she got us my favourite dessert Citrus Tart.... Yum !

 

Yes sometimes we seem to do more eating and talking than scrapping, but hey its all good :)

It has been cold and wet here and this is how it looks outside my window

And I opened my front door and this vibrant autumn leave greeted me

And trees down the street make a beautiful sight 

Feels good to be scrapping again

Hope your Sunday is Fabulous 

Hugs

Mary x

She Scraps ! :)

 Yes last night I actually sat down and scrapped a page. I don't think I have done any scrapping for a couple of weeks and it makes me seriously unhappy . You see since Anzac Day our heating has not been working and the last couple of weeks have been VERY cold, in the minus of a morning and night. Because of this I can't seem to get motivated to sit in my freezing office of a night to do anything, I am to cold to do anything at all much. I know I am whinging , but I have been very patient but my patience is running out , very let down by tradesmen, bar one lovely friend that is coming in the morning to try and help us out.  Anyway enough of that , but as well as being physically frozen, my creativity was becoming increasingly frozen as well ! I had lost motivation and started to wonder if I would get creative again. Anyway last night I thought "Just start!" get some paper and a photo and go for it. So I decided to do the colour challenge at http://blog.scrapfriends.com.au/2012/05/yummyscrap-colour-palette-challenge-1.html 


And don't forget the challenge over at Scrapthatsong http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/

The quote I used " Don't Let anyone Dull Your Sparkle" Suites my Granddaughter, as Amelia just Shines. She has the most beautiful smile that lights up a room and she just seems to sparkle. 

The Background Paper is Kaiser and the Pattern Papers are Prima. The two little birds embellie is from D-Lish http://d-lishscraps.openstores.com.au/ Big blue flower is from My2Angels http://www.my2angels.net/ all other flowers are Prima from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/ as is the MME butterfly brad & the ruffled tulle. I have also used a Martha Steward Punch.

A couple of closies, taken at night, so pics not the best

Thanks so much for looking and I love to receive your feedback.

Also looking for inspiration and challenges  not to mention the awesome girls, visit the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/

Last weekend we went to Anna Bay for a get together with friends ( we do this every two years) always a good time

The Road trip begins

The beautiful ocean

Loving Life

View from our cabin

loving the water

and then time to head back to the country

I found myself thinking on the drive home, this is what life is all about ~ Spending time with friends, creating happy memories and travelling. Yep I think I need a full time job that has all those requirements , then wouldn't life be bliss.

Wishing you all a blissful weekend. 

Mary x 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums, Grandma's , Mother In Law's out there, I hope you have had a lovely day. 
I had a Lovely day . My Mini Holiday with my DD was her gift, The Second Eldest gave me a book and the Eldest gave me a Myer Gift Card. My hubby, Second Eldest and Myself took my Mum out to lunch which was a nice surprise for her, as she said she didn't even know it was Mothers Day , bless her. In the afternoon My Eldest son, Daughter In Law and my Grandchildren visited so that just made the perfect day. :)

My Mum looking cute in her little pink hat, not bad for nearly 95

Mum and me

Hubby and Christopher

Christopher and his Grandma

Ready to go out to lunch

Cold and wet and our heater is not working Brrrrrrr  might be a early night with a book tonight

Over at the Boxx  http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/ I have started a group to do a Book Of Me. I got the idea from Bethany Kartchner http://www.creativeruminations.com/ I loved the book that Bethany did and the prompts that she used. So here is the start of mine

The Cover

the little front flap that opens up

Inside cover

First Page

Second Page Thank You Lizzy for the flowers http://lizzyhill12.blogspot.com.au/

Back inside Cover

Back Cover
So that is it thus far. If you are still with me .. Thanks, it's been a bit of a marathon post. 


Also the lovely Jo http://mycherrypiecreations.blogspot.com.au/  gave me a blog award

The guidelines are 
1. Thank the blogger that awarded  it to you             
     
2. Link Back to their blog


3. Copy and Paste Award to your blog


4.Present the award to 5 other bloggers with 200 followers  
    or less


5. Let them know you have done so by leaving a comment 
     on their blog 


http://purplemailbox.blogspot.com.au/


http://backinmycorner.blogspot.com.au/


http://colourblast.blogspot.com.au/


http://heather-stormscraps.blogspot.com.au/


http://scrapysketches.blogspot.com.au/

I am sure you will enjoy visiting these blogs and getting lots of inspiration 




Hope your day has been wonderful and wishing you all a wonderful week


Cheers
Mary x

NEW CHALLENGE AT SCRAP THAT SONG

Hello my lovely friends


I am back from my little mini holiday with my DD and there is a new challenge up over at Scrap That Song http://scrapthatsong.blogspot.com.au/ , I would really love to see my cyberspace friends joining in and seeing your take on the challenge.... Please :)


The challenge is to scrap a song  that you have misheard the lyrics to, and sang happily away with what you thought the lyrics were. I know I have done this a LOT :)
For my layout I decided to scrap the fact that my Grandson sang the song "Six White Boomers, Snow White Boomers" to his words "Six White Poomers, Smell Like Poomers " Bless his little soul

I didn't realize till I posted the layout that when I have taken the photo the hidden Journal tag has slipped over the word smell, but you get the drift. The PP is Bo Bunny.
  

Now some pics from my holiday

It was a beautiful day at Darling Harbour

My daughter is scared of birds, so I guess it wasn't a good idea to tell her what was right behind her 

About to go and see the production of  a Officer and A Gentleman

Lots of yummy brunches

Watson's Bay was beautiful

More Brunching .... Yum!

The Gap Sydney

Walked all around here. So that is a little snap shot of my holiday. So nice to spend a few days with my daughter. 

Wishing you all Sunshine and Smiles

Mary xxx

Big Blue Velvet Bow Ties and Gardens in Tivoli

Hello lovelies


I have a couple of layouts to share. The first one I did for a challenge over at Craftqueen, to scrap a wedding photo. Our wedding day over 30 years ago ! Yikes. Gotta love the big blue velvet bow ties hehehe

Not very often I do A4 size layouts, but I was happy with how this turned out. The Pattern Paper is Prima Fairy Belle Collection, and Fairy Belle Embellies and Prima Nature Garden journalling card. Prima flowers all from Craftqueen http://www.craftqueen.com.au/


Next is a layout for a challenge that Mazz set http://mazzarati.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/challenge-for-you.html the challenge is over at the Boxx http://www.theboxx.scrapboxx.com/

Yep another A4 Using prima Printery Patter Paper and a gorgeous dangly charm from My2Angels http://www.my2angels.net/ This lovely old water feature was in the gorgeous gardens of Ville D Este in Tivoli.
I wont be doing any scrapping for the next week :( as I am going on a little mini holiday :) My daughter has a few days off work, so I am going to spend a few days with her and for Mother's Day she is taking me to see A Officer and A Gentleman :) So looking forward to it. 
Wishing you all a week of Sunshine and Smiles
Mary x