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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Layout Reveal - at last!!!!

Hello again everyone.

So good to be back in Blogland

after a year out.

So much has been happening that I just

needed time to deal with the new house

and other exciting happenings.

But, I thought I would start out by

revealing the layout that I posted a

sneak peek for on 10th April

last year!

It was a sketch from my old

Design Team at Stuck On U Sketches,

which has sadly now closed.

I'm still deciding whether to join another

Design Team, but just don't seem

to have the time.

Will wait and see.

Anyway, this is a photo from my

trip to Philadelphia a couple of years ago,

at Independence Hall.

This was the sketch...

Lots of close ups

Now for an update on family matters....

Meet Granddaughter # 4

Olivia

Born September last year

Here I am with my four Granddaughters

Rebekah (9), Erin (7), Emma (6) and little Olivia.

Olivia is son's second daughter.

So, my daughter and son both have

two daughters each!

Our other addition to the family is Charlie

Full title 'Miss Charlie Banks'

The Granddaughters named her

She's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel,

born in October last year, and joined

our family in January this year.

Charlie is my first ever dog.

She's a bit bigger than this now.

Will have to get a more up to date photo of her.

Poor darling hubby.

Surrounded by all these girls!!!

Well, that's me for now.

Feels good to be blogging again,

though did take me a wee while

to remember what to do - lol.

Now I must tidy up my sidebars

- wee bit out of date now.

I will hopefully be getting around

to visiting you all soon.

Hugs for now

Ellis Island - SOUS DT

 

Welcome dear scrappy friends.

 

My turn over at the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog

 to reveal my take on

 Leah's newest sketch.

 

Ellis Island, New York Harbor.

 

Another favourite photo from

 my recent US trip.

 

Leah's fabulous sketch.

I decided to go with one large

photo instead of the three on

 the sketch. Though I did try

 cutting the photo into three sections,

 but it just didn't work with

 this photo. I wanted to

 keep it intact.

Lots of random stamping on the

 background paper, which is from

 the "Base Coat" collection

 from Kaiser.

Hinges from Tim Holtz

"Hardware Findings" die.

Embellishments from Kaiser

 "75 cents" collection.

Flowers from Petaloo.

I hope you will have time to join

us with this newest sketch over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And, don't forget to visit the

 SOUS Blog daily for tons

 of inspiration from my

 SOUS Sisters.

 

Thanks for dropping in.

 

Be back soon

 

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Carpenters' Hall - SOUS DT

 

Hi everybody.

 

I'm a wee bit late posting this week!

 

Between removal companies,

painters and decorators,

packing boxes, clearing out

and cleaning, my world is a

 wee bit upside down

 at the moment.

 

But, as they say, better

 late than never.

 

Here is my take on the current sketch

 over at

Stuck On U Sketches.

 

The great sketch from our

co-leader Nanne.

A couple of favourite photos

 from Carpenters' Hall

 in Philadelphia.

Beautiful papers from

Kaiser

 "Periwinkle"

collection.

Flowers from

Prima and Green Tara.

Fronds die from

 Marianne Designs.

Bazzill cardstock

and lace and trim

 from my stash.

Another layout completed

for my USA trip album.

 

I hope you have time to join us

 over at

 Stuck On U Sketches

 with our newest sketch.

 

And don't forget to visit there

 daily for tons of inspiration

from my SOUS Sisters.

 

Be back soon.

 

If I don't disappear into a packing box!

 

Hugs for now

 

SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Whoo Hoo

 

It's Friday.

 

That means

 Sketch Reveal Day

 over at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

And, I'm in love with my layout

 this week...lol!

 

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

in

New York.

 

What a memory!

 

The great sketch from

 our co-leader,

 Leah.

Hubby and I were in New York

 in October, and we had a

wonderful day in the town of

 Sleepy Hollow,

about an hour north

 of the city.

This is the gravesite of

Washington Irving,

the author of

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow",

 after whom the town was

named in 1996.

 

Prior to that it was called

 North Tarrytown.

 

Anyway....

The papers I have used are from

 Authentique

"Spirited"

Collection.

The die cut flourish corners

 are from

 Spellbinders Victorian Collection

 "Victoria Corners".

 

The stamped frame around

the Headless Horseman is from

 Kaiser

 "These Days".

The title chippies are

Jillibean Soup

 "Newsprint Alphabeans"



The gorgeous flowers are 

Wild Orchid Craft

 "Carnations".

The little green leaves are

Tattered Lace

 "Foliage Leaves".

 

Sadly today is the last post for

some of the team.

 

Changes are coming to

 Stuck On U Sketches - a whole new style.

 

We are losing the

 Project Life Challenge,

but the Sketch and Die Cut Challenges

will continue.

 

Further details over at SOUS.

 

*****

 

In further news....

 

Look who's in Scotland!!

The uber talented Ken Oliver,

 Prima Educator.

 

At my LSS.

Which is not really a Scrapbook Store,

but the closest we have to one

on the west coast of

Scotland.

It's a craft store in Glasgow,

about 30 miles up the road from me.

 

Now, not many of our esteemed

 "famous" scrappy people come

 to Scotland, so this is

 a rare treat for us.

 

And I am booked into his

All Day Workshop

tomorrow.

 

This is the beautiful

Memory Album

I will be making.

 

And this will be the first class

 I have attended since

leaving Australia.

 

Too many card makers

 here in the UK!!!

 

Go Scrapbooking....

 

*****

 

Now, head on over to

 Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what the rest of the

 SOUS Sisters have done with

 the sketch, and say goodbye

 to those leaving

 us....so sad :-(

 

Then let us see your take

 on the sketch.

 

See you over at SOUS!

 

Bye for now.

 

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