SOUS Sketch Reveal Day

It's Friday

 

It's Midsummer's Day

 

It's Sketch Reveal Day

 at

 Stuck On U Sketches

 

And here is my interpretation of

 this week's sketch

 

 

The great sketch from our Sandi

Pont is bridge in French.

The Alexander III Bridge in Paris

The papers I have used are the

"Bonjour" Collection from Kaiser.

 

I have been hoarding these

papers forever, because

 I knew I would get back to

 Paris one day.

 So happy to finally use them.

Lots of fussy cutting of

 the little flowers on the

 papers and

 the butterflies.

One of which I have placed

 in a little frame I made myself

 using a 

Martha Stewart mould

and Air Dry Clay - so easy.

 

You'll be seeing a lot of these

 little frames, because I can

 make as many as I want

 for a fraction of the cost - cool fun!

 

I have tied a wee bit

 of green organza ribbon,

from my stash,

to the little frame.

I have used the

 Martha Stewart

 Punch Around the Page

"Rain Drop"

 

The large pre-made flower is

Prima "Eminence"

The photo (of moi)

 has been matted 4 times,

 and actually reminds me

of the way we used to get

 our school photo's presented

 - now, that was a

long time ago...lol

The title alphas are

 Making Memories "Diva Shimmer"

 and

 Basic Grey "Basics Micro Mono"

American Crafts black cardstock.

This layout was made in a hurry,

to meet the DT deadline,

 having spent four more

 days in Paris than we

intended to....lol

 

The first of many layouts

featuring our trip.

 

But, I have learnt my lesson

 from my London trip last year.

 

 I'm NOT going to be doing

 the whole album with the same

collection of papers!!!!

 

Although I have done our

Fiji photo's with one collection

 - Kaiser's "Tropicana" Collection.

 

I will need to get them up on

 my blog for you to see, soon.

 

Anyway, you must now

 head on over to the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

and see what my fellow DT girls

 have done with the sketch

 - we have some amazing

talent on our Team.

 

Hopefully, you will also

get a chance to try out the

sketch yourself. We would

 love to see your

 interpretations.

 

See you over at SOUS.

 

Hugs

 

Stranded in Paris !!!!!!

I'm still alive.

 

And, as you can guess from the title,

we got caught up in the

Air Traffic Controllers strike

 in France.

 

But, on the bright side,

our 6 day break to Paris

 became a 10 day break!!!!

 

Sadly, however,

 I missed my

Dad's 80th Birthday.

We should have been home the

 day before it, but.....

 

So, Belated Happy 80th

 to my

Beautiful Dad.

 

 

Now, the rest of this post

is pretty picture heavy,

but oh my, what a beautiful

 city Paris is. So much to do

 - and boy, were my feet

 sore at the end of each day!!!!

 

So, here are a few!!! of

 the many pictures hubby

and I took on our

extended stay in Paris...

 

 

 

First photo,

 One of the two Fountains

 at Place de la Concorde

 (where Anne Hathaway throws her

mobile phone in "The Devil Wears Prada"

 - love that movie...lol)

 

 

The Louvre

Pont Alexandre III

 

 The most ornate and gorgeous

bridge in Paris,

 finished in 1900.

Bicycle ride through the city.

 With somebody else doing

 the legwork....

Inside the Opera House

Stunning

The Moulin Rouge

Dinner and the show

 - fabulous

Halfway up the Eiffel Tower!!

Attaching a padlock at the top

 of the Eiffel Tower.

 

I threw the keys in the Seine

when we went for a river cruise....

The Statue of Liberty

 

A 37ft exact replica

of the one the French gave to the USA.

 

The Paris statue faces her

 much larger sister in New York Harbour.

It has been my life's ambition

 (well, since the age of about 12)

 to see the Statue of Liberty in New York.

I will one day......

So, this was pretty special to me....

Place de la Concorde, again.

The inverted pyramid at the Louvre.

 

We stood in front of THE "Mona Lisa" "Winged Victory" and "Venus de Milo" not to mention hundreds of other priceless pieces of art

The gargoyles on top of Notre Dame Cathedral - home of Quasimodo....

The Arc de Triomph

Chateau de Versailles

Stunning

A wee, tiny bit of the gardens at Versailles

Joan of Arc on horseback

Dinner at the Eiffel Tower,

 on what was supposed to

 be our last night in Paris.....

With our unexpected extra

 four days in Paris we

 went to Disneyland Paris.

It poured the whole day

 - can't have it all.....

I found Liberty here too....lol

So, we're finally home

and catching up with stuff

 and I'm frantically trying

 to get my DT layout

 done for SOUS on time....

 

Watch this space.

 

Hugs