Hall of Mirrors - Palace of Versailles

Welcome again dear friends.

Here today with a layout created

using the latest sketch from

Stuck Sketches,

Graphic 45 papers (drool!!)

and some beautiful dies and punches

from Tonic.

Photo's taken in the Hall of Mirrors

at the Palace of Versailles

in 2013.

Gilded Lily from G45 - perfect!

Lots of fussy cutting from the papers.

The beautiful "Memories" die is from

Tonic Inspirations 'Sentiment'

dies.

American Crafts cardstock, from the

Autumn Collection.

Another die from Tonic 'Celtic Dream'

Layering dies, cut using

gold Mirri card.

The stunning border is a

punch from Tonic

'Elegant Drape Border'.

Treasured memories indeed,

and the Gilded Lily papers

are just too perfect!

I would like to enter this layout

into three challenges -

Firstly, the sketch at Stuck Sketches...

The current challenge at

Graphic 45

for National Scrapbook Day

(7th May)

and

The very first challenge from

Tonic Studios

Anything Goes

Thanks for popping in folks

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SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Welcome!

 

It's Sketch Reveal Day

 over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

My interpretation...

The Sketch

 by our own

 Leah...

The lovely photo is my

 darling son and his

 lovely girlfriend.

 

 Such a happy couple!

And. Drumroll....

 

 I have finally used some

 My Mind's Eye

 "Lost & Found Two - Breeze"

I have had the whole collection of

 Lost & Found Two - yes all four sets,

 since they were released!

 

 I just couldn't cut them up.

 

They are such gorgeous papers.

So, I gave myself a kick in

 the butt and used them.

 

Why are we so protective of

 pieces of paper?

But I am so happy I did.

 

Loving the way this page turned out.

 

It frames the photograph perfectly!

 

The border and corner punches

 are from 

Martha Stewart

 "Vintage Doily".



The circular die is from

Tonic

 "Dotty Lace Circle Doily",

 which I moved off centre from

 the sketch to house the

 oval hot air balloon element

 cut from the papers.

I replaced the hearts on the

 sketch with wee bunches

of red roses from my stash.

 

The brown fronds are a

Marianne Creatables Die

"Leaves Set".

Even son said it was OK.

Now that's a compliment from him!

Don't forget this month's prize

 over at SOUS for taking part

 in any of the challenges

during July.

 

Kindly donated by our own

 Helen Gullett.

Now, to head on over to the 

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 and see what my fellow

 DT girls have done with

 the sketch.

 

Thanks for dropping in today.

 

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SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Helloooo....

 

It's Friday...

 

Sketch Reveal Day

 at

 Stuck On U Sketches!

 

And a great sketch from

 our own Leah to

 play with...

 

So happy with this one.... 

 

Leah's great sketch....

I had a lot of fun adding

 all the little embellishments

 to this page.

The papers are

"Miss Match"

 from

 Kaiser.

 

With the Collectables from

 "These Days"

from

Kaiser.

 

The butterfly stamp is also

from

Kaiser

 "Bonjour".

I have randomly stamped

 the background paper

with the

"Botanical" stamp

 from

 Kaiser.

The gorgeous fairy is

 from a new die from

 Tonic

called

"Fae Hideaway"

The wee frame is a

 Katy Sue

 mould with some

 Air Dry Clay,

 which I have finished with

Pinflair Buff-It in

 Antique Silver.

The "Victorian Picket Fence"

 is from

 Cheery Lynn.

 

The leaf sprays are a gorgeous

 die from

 Tattered Lace

 "Foliage Leaves"

 and the roses are from my stash.

And a photo of my three

 beautiful

 Granddaughters!

Remember, this month you

 will be playing for a

 $15 voucher

 from the

Paper Bakery.



Can't wait to see your

 take on the sketch.

 

So, head on over to the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 for some more stunning

 inspiration from my

fellow DT girls.

 

We are also, sadly,

saying farewell to a

 few of the girls from

 the Sketch Team.

 

However, not long until we

 introduce the new members

to the Team following

our recent DT Call.

 

So, hop on over to

 SOUS

 for all the details.

 

See you there.....

 

Hugs for now

 

Mood Board Reveal for May at Black With 2!

 

Hello everybody....

 

May already!

 

The 1st of the month means

 Reveal Day

at

 Black With 2!

 

And, boy, is there a lot

happening over at

 the

BW2 Blog

today!

 

It is the announcement of our new DT!

 

But before you go and

 meet the new girls on

 the team, here is my

 interpretation of the

 May Mood Board.

 

The two colours this month are

Soft Grey & Dark Slate

the word to use is 'Life'

and there is a sketch to follow.

 

May's Mood Board...

We also have these gorgeous

new frames on the blog

to showcase our layouts.

 

 Designed by fellow DT girl

 and good friend

Annette Gearside.

Love the font!

I must admit, I did struggle

 a bit with these colours,

 or lack of colours!

 

But, happy with the

 final outcome.

Pretty obvious where the

photo is - hubby and

 the Sydney Harbour

Bridge.

 

Certainly one of

 Life's Moments!

The border punch,

which I thought emulated

 the Bridge, upside down,

 is a

Tonic punch

 'Voile Valance Border'.

Chippies from

 Kaiser

 and

Twiddleybitz.

Tattered Angels mask.

and

 American Crafts black cardstock.

Remember, we have

monthly sponsors at

 Black with 2.

 

For May we have

 Anna's Craft Cupboard.

And our continuing sponsorship

 from

The Scrapbooking Hut.

 

 

Now, head on over to the

 Black With 2 Blog

 and meet the new DT girls,

 and see their awesome work

 with this month's

 Mood Board.

 

You're in for a treat.

 

See you there.

 

Hugs

 

Sketch Reveal Day at SOUS!

Welcome friends.

 

Reveal Day

 for the latest sketch

 at

Stuck On U Sketches!

 

My interpretation of the sketch...

 

Middle Granddaughter,

 Erin's first day at school.

 

Nanne's Sketch.....

 

 

Papers are October Afternoon

 "Detours".

An old collection from 2008!!

The gorgeous punched borders

are from a new

 Tonic punch

 "Elegant Drape Border".

The leaves are a Punch Bunch punch,

 and the flowers have been

 in my stash forever!

 

With some little leaf fronds

from Tattered Lace

 "Foliage Leaves"

used with the title.

Another important day

 in the life of a little girl

 scrapped and in

 her album!

Now you need to head

on over to the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 and see the rest of the

 DTs layouts, all

 stunning pages.

 

Our sponsor this month is

 Scrapbook Circle,

 who are giving a $30.00 credit

to their store for one

very lucky winner from

 all the SOUS challenges -

 Sketches, Die-Cut and Project Life -

 during the month of April.

In other important news,

we are having our

 Design Team Call too!

 

There are places available

on all three teams

Layout Sketch Team

Die Cut Team

and

Project Life Team

We would love for you to apply

 for one of the spots and come

 join our happy,

 crazy bunch.

 

Head over to

Stuck On U Sketches

 for all the details.

 

See you there.

 

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