Stamps Ahead

The Sydney Opera House is one of my favourite buildings in the world. It has inspired me over the years in my artistic endeavours.  Therefore, leaving Sydney on a cruise is always a perfect opportunity to take more photos! Grid style using up 4 project life cards from my stash - so many more to go!  Do they multiply in the drawer! I have added this layout to Calvinball 2025 - still time to check it out if you are after a fun scrapbook challenge - there are "rules" but they are subject to change at anytime!   Thank you for looking, Margaret.   #calvinball #calvinball2025 #scraphappy

Here is a layout I have created for White with 1  Earth Cyber Crop that is on this weekend. This layout is for their first challenge  The challenge was White with Earthy Brown with theme Exploring the Outdoors and to use either wood veneer or chipboard.  The story of the photos.  For several years in 1970's and 80's I was a Girl Guide Leader. The Sydney Opera House was opened Queen Elizabeth 11 on 20 October, 1973, so of course the Girls Guides and Leaders headed to Sydney to wait for the Queen to pass by - it was an early start and a long wait for her car to arrive.  Eventually, it was time - there she is - cameras at the ready to capture this moment in time. Well, my photo does show her gloved 'wave' as she passed us by and this was the only view that we got on the day! Here is the photo more closely.  When a younger Queen Elizabeth 11 visited Parliament House in 1963 Sir Robert Menzies, a former Prime Minister of Australia in part expressed his admiratio...