Stamps Ahead

Here is a layout I have completed with scenes from various Christmas Markets that we went to in December 2015.  We went to many more - these photos are just a few showing the colours and atmosphere of the markets. I have used a Page Maps sketch from Shop and Crop Scrapbooking . I like the layout as it allows you the opportunity to put many photos on the page. 

Here is a layout I did for the "U" and underline challenge at Soul Scrappers , I wanted to use an unusual "U" word on my layout, so I headed to the internet and found "Ultimation" its definition is "process of bringing to a conclusion". Perfect - I found my word!!! Just right for this photograph (out of focus)  of the farewell dinner in Berlin for our Trafalgar Tour - Christmas Market Magic.  My sister and I made each person on our tour a little gift - a chocolate and tag and we gave them out at the dinner.  I have underlined my title with a word sticker and I have also underlined the date and the bottom quote .I am sure I will get lots of comments as people look through my album - what does that word mean!! Thanks for looking.  Margaret I love the quote on the left hand side below the photo - "The best journeys answer questions you didn't think to ask." Unknown.

In my last post I wrote about my prize winning photograph taken on Christmas Market Magic tour with Trafalgar in December, 2015.   Here is a double page layout I have done that incorporates that photo and more of the demonstration and morning tea that we had - Apple Strudel of course! The left hand page shows our demonstrator pulling the strudel pastry and finishing off the strudel. My sister got to fill and roll and the strudel.  Also we had morning tea with you guessed it - apple strudel.  I have popped the recipe behind you can just see the tab above my head.  The right hand layout tells the story of my prize winning photograph.  I have used papers from Basic Grey that I picked up from a local scrapbook store to complete the layout.  Thank you for looking, Margaret :)  

This box of goodies arrived on my doorstep on 20th January.  What was in the box? Why? First this is what was in the box - a gourmet box of wine and cheese and goodies. This is the why.  On my recent Trafalgar Tour - Christmas Market Magic which was co-run with Australian Better Homes and Gardens there was a photographic competition during our tour.  My photo of my sister taking part in an Apple Strudel demonstration at Schonbrunn Palace on 8th December won the "Simply the best holiday, moment or memory" category.  And the box of goodies was my prize.  Trafalgar commented "We thought it reflected our pillars that show the best memory or moment and your photo certainly captured the moment". Thank you Trafalgar and Better Homes and Gardens.  The box is heading to my sister, as I am a non-drinker and not really a cheese lover (well other than Cheddar and Tasty - boring I know).  It is only fair that it heads to her, as she was the subject o...

I just realised that this is my 500th post to this blog.   I hope you have enjoyed my papercrafting journey so far and will stay with me for the next 500.  Thank you, Margaret This layout was inspired by one I saw in a magazine - my apologies I seem to have lost the article, but if you are reading this and you are the creator of the original layout - thank you.   I am near to finishing my photos from my holiday to USA and Canada last year.  These photos are of some of the people that were my travel companions on Trafalgar Tour - Enchanting Maritimes. The coach was full of people from USA, Canada and Australia.   The following photos were taken on a recent trip up to The Blue Mountains of NSW that I did with my fellow book club ladies - please enjoy looking at them. Where we stayed there was a cubby house down the back and this was on the door.  Cute. Fairytale fungi.  I was fun to watch this change each day.  It looks b...

I am a guest designer over at  The Memory Nest  this month.  Make it Monday No.37                                                                           Here is my layout: I have used photos from a sail on board "Amoeba" in Baddeck, Canada last year.  The sail had been postponed from the previous late afternoon due to inclement weather in the area.  However, we did get to go the next day, it was COLD and the skies again looked foreboding.  It was a fantastic cruise, we had lots of fun.  Here I am rugged up with my scarf over my head (how did Princess Diana look so re...

Yesterday, I attended an all day crop day at Shop and Crop, Warner's Bay on the beautiful Lake Macquarie.  Here are just some of the pages I created. This was a sketch challenge that Kylie set.  My photos were taken at Mirror Lake, in the Blanchard Caverns and Springs area of Arkansas, USA.  Here are my friends David and Carol looking at the lake - yes it was just as green and beautiful as in the pictures.  What you cannot see in this small picture here, is that there are people fishing along the side of the lake.  This is not colours I would normally use so it was good to get out of my comfort zone - colour wise. These photos were taken along the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada where the trail runs along side the Atlantic Ocean.  The pebbles/rocks?  That is the what you walk on - so different to the sand here in Australia.  On the last day of my Trafalgar Tour, Enchanting Maritimes tou...

When I travel on package tours I rarely take the single supplement and take the room share option.   Over the years I have had many room shares, however I must say on my Trafalgar Tour-Enchanting Maritimes that Pat from Iowa was one of the best.  She was friendly, loved a laugh and not at all a bother.  She sent me these photos.  I used this sketch from The Memory Nest  and all supplies excepting the title stickers are from Stampin'Up! (r).  The patterned paper is from Confetti Designer Series Paper, Coastal Cabana cardstock.  The photo does not show that I inked all the edges of the papers to give definition. "Smile" came from a retired set called Happy Day. Thanks for a great sketch - it really suited my style of scrapbooking.  Clean and simple with emphasis on the photos.   Having said that I like to get out of my comfort zone, so stayed tuned for more layouts shortly. Have a great day, thank you f...