SOUS Sketch Reveal

Morning everyone!

 

Time for our new sketch reveal over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And what a great sketch this was to

work with too! 

 

My interpretation...

The Sketch - designed by

our own Leah!

Had great fun tearing all these circles,

 and then trying to get all the

 bits back in the right place.

 

 It was like a jigsaw puzzle.

And would any of the bits stay

 put while I was trying to put it

back together, prior to sticking down!!

 

You get the picture...lol

The great photos were taken

when Hubby and I took two

 of our Granddaughters out for

a day to our local

 Country Park at Kelburn.

 

We couldn't have asked for a better day.

The sun shone brilliantly.

A rare occurrence here in Scotland!

Our Granddaughters call hubby "Grumpy"

These gorgeous blooms are from

 Petaloo

 "Darjeeling Zinnia Mix"

 

The little white flowers are also

 Petaloo

 "Mini Rose Clusters"

 

The leaves are from

Green Tara.



More older papers

- Basic Grey "Archaic" -

 they certainly are

 archaic...lol

 

The bling circlet is also

Basic Grey

 Designer Rhinestones.

The beautiful Fern stamp is from

 Hot Off The Press.

 

The pink bloom is from Prima

 "Painterly Petals Cavalier"

The tree die cut, in photo above,

has been in my stash since the

 first week I started scrapbooking

 I'm sure, way back in 2005,

glad to finally get it onto a page.

It's from EK Success.

The wee butterfly stamp is Prima.

 

The stitched brads are Basic Grey.

Whew! Did I miss anything!

 

Certainly had fun with this layout,

and managed to make another

 wee dent in my hoard!!

Really happy with this page.

 

Hope you can find time to

 play along with this one.

 

Head over to the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 for further amazing inspiration

 from my fellow DT girls.

 

See you over there

 

Hugs

 

3 Little Girls Go To School....

 

O, Happy Days here

in Scotland...

 

The children have gone

 back to school.

 

My 3 gorgeous

 Granddaughters included.

 

 

 

Daughter, rushing as usual,

with her two girls -

nearly late on the first day!!

 

So like her Mum...lol

 

Granddaughter #1 - Rebekah

 

Primary 3

 

Granddaughter #3 - Emma

 

Nursery School

 

 

Granddaughter #2 - Erin

 

1st day of school - Primary 1

Proud Daddy (my son)

 

Daddy and Mummy taking Erin

 in for her first day

 





 

Whew, different schools,

mad rush to get these photo's

 - glad I won't have to do that again....

 

Until next year, when the

 little one starts

school...lol

 

Hugs

 

New Design Team

I'm here today with my
 exciting news.

 

I have been invited, by the
beautiful Eve Rae,
to be a part of the
 Black with 2
 Design Team.

I am so thrilled to become a
 member of this great
 challenge site.

 

This is my sidebar image on
 the Bw2 Blog.

What is Bw2 for those not
 familiar with the
Challenge Blog.

 

Black with 2 is a monthly challenge.

All the layouts and cards
 have the dominant colour black,
with two colours as the
 accents - a challenge indeed.

 

But, I do like to use a lot
of black on my layouts -
now I have the perfect excuse...lol

 

I will be starting with the
 September Challenge.

 

In the meantime,
 the current August challenge on the
 Bw2 Blog
 is this gorgeous colour palette.

The rules for your layout and/or card are -

To use dominant Black
Sunset Orange
Tropical Waters
and
an allowance of 5% White

How gorgeous are these colours.

So, why not head over to the
 Bw2 Blog
 and have a go at this
 amazing challenge and meet
 the fab DT girls - who will all
 be appearing on my
 sidebar soon....

Hugs

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

It's Sketch Reveal Day

at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And, I'm so happy to be

able to show you my layout.

 

Hubby and I outside the

Moulin Rouge in Paris,

 during our recent trip. 

The fabulous sketch from

our own co-leader

 Leah.

Papers used are from

 Kaiser

 "Velvet Ensemble"

Film Strip from

 Tim Holtz

 "Filmstrip Frames" die.

 

Loving all the little photo's

I was able to display.

Some fussy cutting from the papers.

 

And a wee bit red tassel trim.

The beautiful floral embellishment

 was bought a few years ago

from a haberdashery store

 when I lived in Australia.

Spellbinders

 "Opulent Ovals"

for the mask image.

Spellbinders

"Grand Decorative Ovals One"

 for the large black 'circle'.

 

"Fleur De Lis Accents"

 for the corner pieces.

The show was absolutely fabulous.

 It was such a thrill to see the

 "Can Can".

 

Boy, can those girls dance!

 

And, the costumes!!!

 

They must have changed thirty

 times - no exaggeration!

 

Spectacular!

Found this old black and white

 photo, on the Net, 

of the Moulin Rouge back in the 1900s

Loved how this layout came together.

 Another treasured memory

 for the album.

Now, head on over to the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 and drool over the work

 of my fellow DT girls,

 and then have a go at this

 wonderful sketch.

 

Would love to come and visit

 you on your Blogs and

 leave some scrappy love.

 

Other happenings in the world

of Stuck On U Sketches

 are the sad news that one of

our co-leaders, Sandi Clarkson,

has made the difficult decision

 to leave SOUS.

 

She was one of the founders way

 back from day 1, and will

 be missed. The link to her

 blog remains on my side bar

 (of course).

 

Sadly we are also losing Fern Riley

 and Tracey Gregory.

 

I wish them all well and can't

 wait to see what they

 are up to next...lol

 

Other news, which you may

 have noticed. I have updated

my profile picture, at last.

 

The previous photo was five

 years old! Time is marching on,

and so are the wrinkles...lol

 

This new profile photo is from

one of the photo's taken in

 Paris recently.

 

 Should be good for another

five years - I hope!!

 

Some exciting news to come soon.

 

But, that's me for the time being.

 

Hugs

 

Cardabilities ~ 80

I haven't made a card for

 a wee while, so I thought

 I would whip one

 up today....

 

Found a great sketch over at

 Cardabilities

and thought I would

 give it a go.

 

My interpretation of their

 great sketch...

 

 

Papers are by

Kaiser "True Romance"

 

Flowers from

 Prima.

The leaves are a

 Heartfelt Creations Stamp

 "Distressed Leaves"

 

The Friendship stamp

 is by

 Grace Taylor.

The fronds are a

 Marianne Creatables Die

 and the punched edge is

 Martha Stewart

"Lace Doily"

The organza ribbon,

buttons and stick pin

 are from my stash.

And my gorgeous little

 cherub (from Melbourne)

 is still sleeping - God Bless!

So, I'm off to enter

 this over at

 Cardabilities

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

Hugs