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

Hello everyone!!!!!

I'm still alive!!!!

Will be posting regularly again in the next day or two!!!!

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Sneak Peek

Hello dear friends.

 

Time for my latest sneak peek,

using the newest sketch from

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

The new sketch is revealed today

 over at the SOUS Blog.

 

So head on over there today, and everyday,

 for great inspiration from my

 SOUS Sisters using this

great new sketch.

 

My full reveal will be on Monday,

 here on my Blog and the

 Stuck On U Sketches Blog.

 

Hubby and I are settling into our

 new home and my new scrappy room

 is taking shape.....slowly!

 

When did I accumulate so much stuff?

 

Until Monday

 

Hugs

 

Rodeo Drive - SOUS DT

Welcome friends.

 

It's my turn over at

Stuck On U Sketches

 today to reveal my take on

 the fabulous sketch from

 our Leah.

 

Leah's Sketch....

I have used papers from

 Simple Stories

 "100 Days of Summer"

 collection, and loads

 of Prima flowers.

Some fussy cutting from the papers,

 and American Crafts Thickers

 for the title.

The great photo from

 Rodeo Drive, LA, is darling

Granddaughters Rebekah and Emma.

We had a fabulous week in LA

 last November - more photo's

 to come!

I hope you are able to join us

 using this fab sketch and link up

 over at the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog.

 

Remember to visit SOUS every day

 for tons of inspiration from

 my SOUS Sisters.

 

Hugs

 

Sneak Peek

Hello everybody!

 

Late again!

 

Hubby and I have moved into our

 new house, and have been

 without internet for

 a few days.

 

All sorted now.

 

So, here is my latest sneak peek

 for the newest sketch over at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

My full reveal is tomorrow, here

on my blog and over at

 Stuck On U Sketches.

 

Meanwhile, head on over to the

SOUS Blog now

 and see the new sketch

and the daily reveals of my

SOUS Sisters

 

See you tomorrow.

 

Hugs

 

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

 

Hugs

 

Sneak Peek

Hello everybody.

 

Welcome to my little space

 on the Net!

 

I'm here today with a little sneak

 of my latest DT work for

Stuck On U Sketches.

The new sketch is revealed today

 over at the

Stuck On U Sketches Blog.

 

So, you will have to head on

over there to see it, and hopefully

 you will have a chance

to play along.

 

My full reveal will be on Monday.

 

See you then.

 

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