Squirrel ! - SOUS DT Reveal

My goodness...

 

Is it really two weeks since I posted?

 

Must get my act together...

 

Today is reveal day over at

 Stuck On U Sketches

and the latest addition to my

London album....

 

 

The great sketch by our Leah

Yep, you guessed, the papers are

 "Portobello Road" from Papermania

The total highlight of Daughter's trip

Feeding a squirrel in St. James's Park

 

Just moments before the squirrel

 came along, a Blue Tit landed

on her hand, stole a nut and

 was gone so quick that my

 camera hand just wasn't fast enough, pity.....

But aren't these photos just gorgeous,

 Deborah was so thrilled

 

The wee Prima resin squirrel

 is just perfect for this page,

 knew I was saving him for something... LOL

The beautiful pearl flourish

 is from Zva Creative

The flowers are handmade from the

EK Success Retro Flower punch (again!)

The leaves are a Heartfelt Creations stamp

The frame around the squirrel

 is a Kaiser stamp, using

Distress Ink "Barn Door"

 and the clock behind the wee frame

 is a Heidi Swapp stamp

The lampost and frame chippie

 are from my stash, inked black

 and lightly touched with

 Rub N Buff "Patina" 

The corrugated cardboard

is from one of the pizza delivery boxes, 

inked with Distress Inks

"Forest Moss" and "Brushed Corduroy"

Nestabilities "Labels Fifteen"

 matting the two smaller photos

 

A really treasured memory from our trip

 

Now it's your turn to use the sketch

 

Head over to the

 Stuck On U Sketches blog,

admire the wonderful talent of

my fellow DT girls and

 have a go at the sketch too

 

See you soon

 

Hugs

SOUS DT Reveal - The Queen!

Reveal day again at

Stuck On U Sketches,

with one of my favourite photo's from my

 London trip with Daughter

The sketch from Our Leah

And, yes, we did see the Queen!

We had no idea when we went to London

 that it would be the

 State Opening of Parliament

 while we were there.

The Queen always opens the new

 session of Parliament,

a centuries old tradition,

and of course, they have the

 usual journey from

 Buckingham Palace to

 the Houses of Parliament

Papers are still

 Papermania "Portobello Road"

The crown is a Teresa Collins

 stamp from"Chic Bébé Boy" Collection

with Kaiser rhinestones to embellish it

This was the best photo I got

 of the Queen's coach,

sadly she was facing the other way.

 We were standing in Whitehall,

 just along from the Cenotaph.

 Having been to London many, many times,

 I have never been there when

there was any of the

pageantry stuff happening - so this was

 an unexpected treat and bonus to our trip

The Queen's Coach photo is mounted on a

 Nestabilities "Floral Ovals"

I have chopped up a huge bloom

 to use as decoration under the photo's

 and used

Prima "Monarch Diamond"

flower centres

The rhinestone butterfly

 was part of a Zva Creative flourish

The great photo of daughter and I was taken

by one of our friendly London Policemen....

The Queen's parade passed on its way

 to Parliament at about 11 o'clock,

 and then we had about a 45 minute

wait for her return journey, after her speech.

Lining the route, of course,

 are armed guardsmen and policemen.

Being the friendly Scottish girls

 we are, we soon got chatting

with the young constable

standing in front of us.

It fair passed the waiting time for us,

and him, and he was happy to oblige

 when we asked him to take our photo

(the only photo of the two of us

together on the whole trip)

So, another great memory,

printed, scrapped and stored for posterity....

That's my interpretation of the sketch,

what would you do with it?

Head over to

 Stuck On U Sketches,

 see the wonderful work from

 the rest of the DT and enter

 your interpretation for a chance at

 Top Three

See you soon

Hugs

SOUS DT Card Sketch Reveal

Hello from Scotland!!

Yes, I'm home safe and sound from

 Australia, after an arduous journey

of 30 hours.

Why does it have to be so far away?

Anyway....

It's Wednesday, it's reveal day at

Stuck On U Sketches,

it's card sketch number 3.

Loving playing with these little

layouts minus photo's....

The great card sketch from our own Leah

Papers I have used are from

 Kaiser "Peek-A-Boo"

a really old collection,

 but I love the neutral baby colours

The rub-on sentiment is from

Paper Inklings

Ribbon and buttons from stash

I have used Nestabilities

 Classic Scalloped Circles

 and Standard Circles for the layers,

and the wee bears are

cut from the paper,

all inked and layered together

Another fun card to make.

I hope you get a chance to join

 in our sketch challenge this time around

 Head over to the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog,

 see what the other girls have made,

 totally amazing cards, and then join in

See you on Friday for the
sketch reveal, busy, busy, busy...

Hugs

Brissie Update

G'day from Brisbane, Australia.....

Thought I would post these first

two photo's of DGDs as a reminder of the

 SUMMER

weather in Scotland when I left....

And the

WINTER

 weather in Australia below....

DH and I went to Cairns when

 I returned from Perth, and

 we had such an adventure.

This is on board the Reef Encounter

on our way to explore the

 Great Barrier Reef

And, what did we do there?

Well, I snorkeled.

 What an experience, the reef is amazing,

so colourful and teeming with life

I do have underwater photo's

 of my snorkeling adventure,

but they haven't been developed yet!!

DH went one better,

 he went scuba diving at the Reef...

The next day we did this....

Scooters!!!!!

This photo is half way up a mountain,

with stunning views of Cairns below.

I have never been on a scooter before

- great fun

We saw people who had hired cycles

- I would never have gotten up that mountain

We had a ball.....

Lunch at a great wee pub

- with view of the mountain behind....

Breather break at a swimming hole,

no we didn't go in...

Always wanted to be a Bikie Chick

- does a scooter count?

When we got back to Brisbane,

I had a wonderful day out with two

gorgeous ladies who live in Brisbane

- Tracey and Annette

Tracey, Annette and I are on the

 Stuck On U Sketches

Design Team

Tracey and I have known each other

for a long time, but it was the

first time we had met Annette,

and what a lovely lady she is.

We had coffee and then Annette

 took us to a great Scrapbooking Store

 in her part of town. It was lovely

spending time together, and when

 I come back to Brissie

(I leave for Scotland tomorrow)

 we are going to get together

for some scrappy time - can't wait...

I have managed to do some

 scrapping while I have been here,

I bought a couple opf kits

when I was over in Perth,

and have spent some time

putting them together.

The first two kits were bought from

 "Tomorrow's Memories"

 in Bassendean, Perth

The next kit from "Made With Memories"

 in Rockingham, Perth

This last layout I made from

some cheapy stuff I managed

to get in Big W here in Brisbane,

not what I would usually buy,

but not a lot of choice...

Loving these little playing cards from Kaiser....

I caught up with Mandy from

 Scrappy Go Lucky

while I was in Perth,

and we had a great scrappy

session together. I was able

to play with some Pion papers

 (have admired them for a long time,

and was able to buy the collection from Mandy)

I designed a Christmas layout

 for her with the Pion papers

 and Cricut while there,

 and never thought to take a photo of it.

 Hopefully she will post it on

 the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog

at some point nearer to Christmas,

so I can see it again....

So, that's me for now.

I leave Brissie at 2.30 on Monday morning,

and I'm hoping to take some

of the beautiful Australian sunshine

home with me.

Talk again once I'm back in Scotland

Hugs for now