bon appe'tite

I have used some old stash with this LO....old Basic Grey papers from the 'infuse' range. But i still love the multi coloured/ worn look plain background papers of the old BG....and this range felt like 'Europe' to me.

One thing we all have in common across the world....is we still all have to eat, and in Europe they sure love to do it in style. I just loved all the outdoor eateries, with their umbrellas and blackboards out on the paved pathways. And NO bothersome flies over there....just wonderful!! Oh, i can still taste that ultra strong iced coffee!! (the black one in the photo).....best iced coffees are still home here in Oz!!

Thanks for popping by,

And have a Great Day!!

Sue xx

Splash

I have used the OA range 'Seaside' on this page....little bits & bobs of it anyway, goes perfect with these sea shots of Evan enjoying a Splash with his Dad. And tried printing onto masking tape....after a couple tries got it to work....in a fashion!!

Have a nice Saturday,

Sue xx

East Side Gallery

Well today i have acheived two challenges to myself. 1. scrap using a different size 2. scrap using these photo protectors.
I decided on more travel photos, which with these photo protectors is a good quick way to scrap a story with many photos with minimal embellishing.... The size is 10" x 12" in total and this page will fit easily into my normal scrap album.
East Side Gallery was another amazing place to visit in Berlin. Alot of 'impressionistic' artistry on display here that is for sure....loved it!

Hope you've all had a happy Wednesday,

Sue xx

fun in the Wool

Another layout from the shearing shed....fun in the wool! Handwritten journalling says " Jumping in the wool....good o'le fashioned fun....and kids still love to do it!"

I wanted a splash of red with this page & photos, so i made a paper ruffle using tissue paper that i gathered and sewed. I also have some fabric yo-yo's here, which i have had in my sewing cupboard (from quilting days) for many many years!! See.....hoarding can be a good thing, if you hang onto things long enough, eventually they will get used!! :)

Have a good weekend,

& thanks for popping by,

Sue xx

shearing time

I just love shearing time!

I have used more Basic Grey papers here, this time the 'Max & Whiskers' range, which has nice earthy colours and works in well with these photos taken at shearing time......as well, i have used some Jillibean corrugated alphas.

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travel mates..

yet another travel layout....this one is for a challenge over at E2C using some not so perfect photos of fun times with friends.....and we had plenty of them while on our holidays.

This page i have used the 'Wander' range from Basic Grey, so perfect for these travel LO's. And some more misting, i have some new Mister Huey's colour mists....and they are lovely to use!! This one is Applejack a very nice green.....i can see i will use this one alot!!

Thanks for popping by,

Sue xx

Market Square

Another page from our travels. I just had to scrap the memories of the Markets.

The markets throughout Germany were just amazing. Fresh fruits, vegetables and buckets & buckets full of flowers..... just sooooo beautiful. The strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, cherries all tasted so deliciously yummy, the best i have ever tasted.....and so cheap. I loved the markets!!

Thanks for popping by,

Sue xx

a little baby no more..

One more that i started on the last day of the mini retreat and just had to finish off once i got home....it's taken me awhile to post it here.

When i had these photos developed i realised that Mace had all of a sudden has lost that baby look and that he is now a little boy, and quite a trick he is!!
I am sitting here listening to the rain pitter patting on the roof....reminds me of the weekend down at Trinty, us all scrapping our little hearts out..... this weekend might turn out to be another one of those, if only all the other 29 girls were here too......hope we don't get too much rain though.

Have a good weekend everyone,

& Thanks for popping by..

Sue xx

more scrapathon layouts

The rest of my layouts from our e2c Scrapathon weekend.
This one using Meredith's lovely new scallop punch by EK, and a touch of glimmermisting.

I just wanted to use some of those yummy new rose ribbons.....and with this girls layout i could do just that!! Oh, the fun of using some pink and florals! And these girls are truly inspiring to me.....i have so much fun with them.

Then onto some travel pages... Kali, Croatia..

And then to play with some more florals and prettiness....meeting our AFS daughter, Angi and her family in Nurtingen, Germany.

and more florals, butterfly punches and all things pretty for Paris..

It was really nice to scrap outside of my norm....i love the look of shabby chic, florally, anything olde worlde....and it was nice to do a touch of them.

So that's about all for now,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving any comments,

Have a great day,

Sue xx

a Fab weekend scrapping

Have just had our escape2create Scrapathon at Trinty Haven camp with 30 enthusiastic scrappers and what a great weekend it was!! Scrap, shop, chat, friends, laughter, & loads fun all under the one roof....what a perfect place to be!! ....and i managed to get 8 pages completed, the most i have done at any retreats. I did more than read magazines this time, so i was very pleased!!!

It was just the Bestest weekend! Thanks to you all for your lovely company and inspiration!

Here's a couple of my pages from the weekend:

Birthday pages of two special little boys.

This was my first go at making a special birthday cake in over 10 years, actually i made this very cake for Daniel when he was 5...i had it written in the old Woman's Weekly birthday cake cookbook....now Jacob's name is next to his Dad's.

Dear little Eli was just delighted with Granny's very simple animal cake for his birthday. the joy on his face was just priceless, it almost bought a tear to my eye! I'm having fun making the occassional birthday cake for the grandies....i always loved to do special cakes for my kids.

I had fun making these cakes, seeing their faces and even more fun scrapping these pages.

Thanks for popping by...

Sue xx