Stamps Ahead

It is a wet and somewhat miserable day today - some sun but very briefly. It is autumn here in Australia at present.  So why not get some layouts completed.  This layout is for a challenge over at Soul Scrappers  and it was to be inspired by the lyrics in Memory as sung by Barbra Steisland. I was inspired by the words 'the withered leaves collect at my feet....'.   I remembered that I had some photos taken when our Book Club had a road (plane and road really) trip to Bendigo in Victoria.  I love these photos and they have been sitting just waiting for the right time to scrap them - albeit 5 years later!!! The papers and stickers came from We R Memory Keepers Harvest range. We had fun walking through the leaves and swishing them with our feet.   Here are the song lyrics - to sing along with. "Memory" Midnight Not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory She is smiling alone In the lamplight The withered le...

My career speciality was Change Management and in that role, in two major financial institutions, I had the opportunity to travel Australia introducing change programs - usually computer or systems related.  In 2004, I found myself in Bendigo, Victoria for two weeks.  What to do? It was wet and miserable most of the time and after work was completed it was go back to my accommodation and watch television, read etc.  Well one day I saw an advertisement for scrapbooking and card making classes - just the thing - so off I headed to Scrapbook Barn (no longer operating), enrolled in a couple of classes, and then headed off to get some photos printed.   I obviously had a fascination with punches and I must have purchased the tag punch as I still have it in my supplies.  The addiction began!!! My second layout was of photos I took on boat ride on the steamer Pevensey.  Located on the banks of the mighty Murray River, the twin towns of Echuca Moama are the cl...