Stamps Ahead

 Week 7 in the Mystical Scrapbooking challenge - this time The Adamms Family. Here is my layout  Here is the criteria for this challenge  All criteria met.  My mixed media technique is texture paste applied through 2 different stencils and the required item stickers are the black sticker I have used.  The photo is of my sister and I in December, 2021 at Kirkton Park, in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales - we were celebrating my birthday and it was an excellent reason to dress up for a high tea. Thank you for looking, Margaret

Week 6 over at Mystical Scrapbooks and the challenge is the TV show I dream of Jeannie here is my layout Here is the inspiration screen The criteria Pink and White; Tassel, Stencil and from kit - bling. Early this morning I was watching Queens Jubilee concert and was impressed by Jason Donovan singing his iconic "Any dream will do".  And then, I see that this weeks challenge included the word Dream.  The photo is of me at 11 months of age.   I used my stencil with white texture paste, added some white acrylic butterflies, tassel I made with lace and silk ribbon.  The bling from the kit I placed bottom right above those wonderful words.  Yesterday, as I was looking through my stash, I came across the Kaisercraft word "cute" and I immediately put it into the bag for the local op shop thinking I will never use that!  Well, of course it was right for this layout!  I used the only white alphas I could find.  Paper is from Kaisercraft Sage & Gr...

Here is my final layout the last 1-2-3 recipe challenge entry over at Mystical Scrapbooks.  The recipe was 1 mixed media product - 2 photos - 3 embellishments. This week a friend gave me a tin of Lyra Aquacolors, that had been given to her also by a friend.  My friend did not think she could use them so passed them on.  I had to look up Google to find out how to use the crayons.  I have used them to make my background and I think I have a lot more to learn.  They are more vibrant that Distress Crayons and Gelatos.  In hindsight I should have put gesso the cardstock before using them.  Oh well!  My embellishments are from my stash. Below is a close up of my watercolouring. Thank you for looking, Margaret

Another layout completed today (hopefully one more before the end of the day) for Recipe challenge 1-2-3 Cyber Crop Challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks.   The recipe was1 piece of chipboard (the table setting top right) add 2 photos and lastly a 3 word title.   Mel and I (bottom right) worked together and when Mel and family moved to North Queensland and then Sunshine Coast I have caught up with her and her family several times.  During my recent visit to Coolum with my sister, we had dinner with them one wet and windy night. It was fun to catch up and when I printed the photos we had a little photo bomber right in the centre of the group photo!  He was sitting at the next table with his family and during a short ceasing of the rain he and his sister went outside and walked the brick wall - he looked like he enjoying his moment in our photo! A little bit of stash busting here - papers, ribbon, and chipboard from Celebr8 Bon Appetit collection. Rubons and foam title...

 I completed this layout for a 1-2-3 recipe challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks Chat This was for a recipe challenge - 1 photo, 2 patterned papers and 3 die cuts (I did only use 3 - the leave I cut in half to balance up the design. The photo of Reta was taken at Freycinet Lodge, Tasmania in 1995.   I first met Reta on 3/10/1990 when we said "hello" on an European Tour and we became firm friends from that time on.  I visited Reta several times when I visited USA  - no USA trip was complete until I either rang her or visited her.  We had great little adventures together visiting places of interest - with me doing the driving on most occasions. Reta did come to visit me in 1995, we met in Tasmania and toured there and then she came to Sydney and we caught up again and then she took off to Cairns and Uluru. Reta was married, however her husband did not want to travel so she took off on her own. On one trip to USA, after her first husband had died, Reta shared with...

Week 4 of the Retro TV Show Challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks.  This week Beverly Hillbillies. Here is my layout: Here are the requirements for this week - settle back for a long post. I have written many times on my blog regarding a suitcase of family photos and memories.  Dad was alive at the time and was able to fill me in on many of the photos.   A bit of background, my fathers parents had a dairy in Morriset delivering to residents and shops in the area.  They were considered an essential service during the 2nd World War and my Dad and his brother worked the dairy. Dad told me he made this horse cart to assist in the deliveries.  Crawford Road, Morriset was named after my grandfather.  Some information about the photos. My dad, on the cart - he even wrote his name on the side. This was before he was married to our mother, so I would say in these photos he is in his mid-twenties. He would later leave the farm to join the Police Force and he was ther...

 Here is a layout I created for week 3 of Mystical Scrapbooks Retro TV show competition This week's inspiration - Lassie (a female Rough Collie dog) that ran from 1954 to 1974.  I remember as a family sitting down to watch together the tales of Lassie and her friends, both animal and human. What I here you ask - you have not a dog on your layout?  The design team were inspired by Lassie and the beautiful scenery in the show and that is what they used for their challenge. I have used Kaisercraft Marigold collection.  The photo of me was taken earlier this year and the papers suited the Boho dress I was wearing.  I have fussy cut flowers from 2 sheets of paper and layered them up on my layout. The string was used to create a banner. There was a sticker sheet in the paper collection I have used words that inspire me as I live my life.  Of course, I could not let the layout go without some 'bling'! Below you can see the layering of the fussy cut flowers. Thank ...

 Here is a layout I have created for Retro TV Shows Competition at Mystical Scrapbooks The challenge was to be inspired by the TV show "Bewitched" - twitch or wiggle your nose now! This is an 8 week competition that is points based with 1 challenge per week.  Bonus points if you use items from a embellishment pack that needed to be purchased, and I did - the stars.  Now I had a very big challenge - I do not do Halloween nor do I do witches/witchcraft, fantasy etc, therefore no papers on those themes, so I found an old piece of Stampin' Up! paper in my stash.  A little bit of research assured me that "teal" was appropriate Halloween colour.   The witch and broom was a free clip file that I printed out - okay it suited the title of my layout.  The black cat and the small quote were from a Close to my Heart stamp set You're the GOAT (Greatest of All Time).  My journaling is on the tag behind top left photo. On 19th April, I flew to Sunshine Coast in ...

This past weekend I participated in a Colour Cybercrop over at Mystical Scrapbooks.  Here are the 3 layouts I created for the 3 challenges. Challenge 1 - create a monochromatic layout.  Photo was of sunrise on 22nd April, 2022 at Coolum Beach, Queensland.  I loved the moodiness of the photo. Challenge 2 - a layout showcasing "Orange" Challenge 3 - be inspired by a colour palette above. My sister and I were on a short holiday over the Anzac week and we had limited scrapbook supplies with us. My sister had purchased a paper pack at Spotlight and I used 3 sheets from this pack to create my layout. Torn paper, simple line stitching, fussy cutting and a chipboard from another project I was working on. The colours are more muted than the provided colour palette. Thank you for looking, Margaret  

I have completed two more challenge pages today - both for Mystical Scrapbooks.  1st challenge - Monochromatic Challenge - one colour with a minimum of white, black, kraft and grey. I went with pink.  The second night of my Trafalgar Tour Enchanting Maritimes was Fredericton, News Brunswick, Canada.  We stayed at Delta hotel and after dinner I went back to the room - on closing the curtains/drapes I saw this awesome sunset over Saint John River.  I love how the pink papers really highlighted the pink that was in the sunset. 2nd challenge -we had to incorporate  3 x squares in whichever way you want; 5 x rectangles in whichever way you want and 6 x circles used as embellishments.  Here is my layout: It has no photo on it (it will go in the rectangle bottom left) as I will be using this layout for a planned holiday to Europe and England later this year.  I have mostly used items from Boarding Pass range by October Afternoon. This is a close up...