Scrapping Retreat at Railway Barracks

 This weekend I attended the inaugural ScrapKat's retreat in Goulburn, NSW.  The landscape garden features a stationery Southern Aurora Railway carriage on its own private railway platform. Here are layouts I completed - sorry/not sorry long post:

For a challenge over at Soul Scrappers - One word title starting with either 'D', 'A' or 'S'. Photos from my time in Florida in 2024 with my friend Kathy - taken a few different places.  The bottom left photo was a 'highway' of alligators, I had never seen so many together.
Completed for challenge with Hillbilly Scrappers - a virtual mixed media retreat starts at end of the month and this was a warm up challenge - Monochromatic.  
Photo taken last year, again in Florida when we visited Russell Stover Chocolates outlet. They are the makers of Whitmans Chocolates that are available in Australia and were a favourite many years ago.  Yes, I did purchase a supply.
Completed this over the weekend - a layout designed by Elisa Ablett during a Hillbilly Scrappers earlier this month.  Sorry about poor lighting it was very dull and dreary here on Central Coast this morning when I took photo - of course it now sunny! It is a very colourful and whimsical. I love it. 
Yes, I am patting my friend's dog - they live in Missouri, and I was just relaxing, chilling out, checking my tablet when he decided to pop up alongside me!  
A challenge layout by Lyn Cross ScrapKat during the weekend.  I modified it somewhat to fit my photos of Ocean Beach, NSW - my happy place.
An idea for you, if you have white stickers why not add some glitter glue to the letters - a quick and easy mixed media idea!
This double layout was another class taken with Madeleine Du Toit during Hillbilly Scrappers virtual retreat earlier in the month.  

Thank you for taking the time to read through this post, Margaret

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