Brissie Update

G'day from Brisbane, Australia.....

Thought I would post these first

two photo's of DGDs as a reminder of the

 SUMMER

weather in Scotland when I left....

And the

WINTER

 weather in Australia below....

DH and I went to Cairns when

 I returned from Perth, and

 we had such an adventure.

This is on board the Reef Encounter

on our way to explore the

 Great Barrier Reef

And, what did we do there?

Well, I snorkeled.

 What an experience, the reef is amazing,

so colourful and teeming with life

I do have underwater photo's

 of my snorkeling adventure,

but they haven't been developed yet!!

DH went one better,

 he went scuba diving at the Reef...

The next day we did this....

Scooters!!!!!

This photo is half way up a mountain,

with stunning views of Cairns below.

I have never been on a scooter before

- great fun

We saw people who had hired cycles

- I would never have gotten up that mountain

We had a ball.....

Lunch at a great wee pub

- with view of the mountain behind....

Breather break at a swimming hole,

no we didn't go in...

Always wanted to be a Bikie Chick

- does a scooter count?

When we got back to Brisbane,

I had a wonderful day out with two

gorgeous ladies who live in Brisbane

- Tracey and Annette

Tracey, Annette and I are on the

 Stuck On U Sketches

Design Team

Tracey and I have known each other

for a long time, but it was the

first time we had met Annette,

and what a lovely lady she is.

We had coffee and then Annette

 took us to a great Scrapbooking Store

 in her part of town. It was lovely

spending time together, and when

 I come back to Brissie

(I leave for Scotland tomorrow)

 we are going to get together

for some scrappy time - can't wait...

I have managed to do some

 scrapping while I have been here,

I bought a couple opf kits

when I was over in Perth,

and have spent some time

putting them together.

The first two kits were bought from

 "Tomorrow's Memories"

 in Bassendean, Perth

The next kit from "Made With Memories"

 in Rockingham, Perth

This last layout I made from

some cheapy stuff I managed

to get in Big W here in Brisbane,

not what I would usually buy,

but not a lot of choice...

Loving these little playing cards from Kaiser....

I caught up with Mandy from

 Scrappy Go Lucky

while I was in Perth,

and we had a great scrappy

session together. I was able

to play with some Pion papers

 (have admired them for a long time,

and was able to buy the collection from Mandy)

I designed a Christmas layout

 for her with the Pion papers

 and Cricut while there,

 and never thought to take a photo of it.

 Hopefully she will post it on

 the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog

at some point nearer to Christmas,

so I can see it again....

So, that's me for now.

I leave Brissie at 2.30 on Monday morning,

and I'm hoping to take some

of the beautiful Australian sunshine

home with me.

Talk again once I'm back in Scotland

Hugs for now

Last DT Project for Scrappy Go Lucky

Here is my last DT project for Mandy over at Scrappy Go Lucky....

A reverse flip calendar - 1st thru 25th December.....


I have used the Elegant Edges and Teresa Collins Sophisticated cartridges....


Bits and bobs to decorate....


I made the stand from chipboard and connected it all with the Zutter Bind-It-All....


For all the photo's head over to the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog....

Cricut has now been packed away in preparation for its journey to Scotland....
Sadly, no sign of the house selling at the moment, and with Christmas approaching, I don't think we will have any offers this side of the New Year, but, never say never....LOL

Still keeping fingers crossed that we can at least get home to Scotland for Christmas. All we need is an offer on the house.....

Be back soon, I hope, with my last DT projects for Inspired Crafts.....

Hugs for now

Reveal Day at SOUS

Why Hello!!

Where did two weeks go?

It's Reveal Day over at Stuck On U Sketches....

We had a great sketch by Liz Qualman to play with,

and boy did I have fun with this one......

I have used Echo Park 'Victoria Gardens' Collection papers

and these beautiful photo's of gorgeous granddaughter Rebekah (again).

I think this is the third time I have done a layout with these photo's

they are so 'perfect......'

Some fussy cutting - the roses on the papers are beautiful.....

Flowers from Green Tara....

Ribbon trim also from Green Tara....

Leaves from Bazzill using the 'Flowers, Branches & Leaves'

die from Sizzix.....

American Thickers for the title.....

And the wee pull out tag at the top, cut from the papers....

The wee tiny roses from my stash.....

Perfect....

This is the last challenge for September over at the SOUS Blog,

so this is your last chance to take part and be in the draw to win the

fabulous prize being sponsord by Flying Unicorn.....

So, head over to Stuck On U Sketches,

create a layout from the sketch, and we'll

drop by your blog and say Hi.....

Take a look at the great prize on offer this

month while you're there....



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Meanwhile, over at the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog,

Mandy has changed the format....

The DT used to have dedicated days to post, but,

life has taken over as usual, and daily postings were just

too hard to keep up with, for everyone involved....

So, Walkabout Wednesday has been put to rest,

and projects will be posted every few days instead....

The DT remains the same, we just won't be having daily posts....

Thus, yesterday Mandy posted my latest home decor projects,

which you would have seen on the wall of my Scrappy Room,

a few posts ago....

Here are sneak peeks of the projects.....

Head over to Scrappy Go Lucky for all the details

and more photo's.....




You will have also noticed that I haven't posted myself

for a couple of weeks.....

Life has gotten pretty hectic, and to be honest,

blogging is so time consuming, that I have decided to

take a leaf out of my close blogging friend Curt's book....

I will now only post on a Friday....

Alternate posts will obviously be the

Stuck On U Sketches Reveal Day,

and the in between Fridays - well, let's see what materialises....

Thanks for dropping in, it is good to see you....

Hugs - 'til next Friday

Birthday Card & Walkabout Wednesday

It's that time of year again...

My friend's birthday back in Scotland....

This is the card I made for her this year....


In its own little box....


The Groovy Granny stamp is one my gorgeous little granddaughter bought for me (with the help of Mummy of course) and I have finally gotten the chance to use it...


The stamp is by Crafter's Companion....


I have coloured the image with Distress Inks, no fancy colouring here....


Inked all the edges with Victorian Velvet....


I paper pieced the dress, first time I've tried that.....

Image frame cut with Nestabilities....


Prima flower. Ribbon from stash. And into a tissue paper lined box, decorated with the same papers - which I forgot to ink....LOL

The inside of the card reads -

From one Groovy Granny to another

Happy Birthday Patricia




Next up is a sneak peek of this week's post over at Scrappy Go Lucky....

I have used a double A4 sketch from Becky Fleck and Elegant Edges cartridge....

The photo is of Mandy and Diane arriving at Winter CHA at the LA Convention Center....


Hop on over to the Scrappy Go Lucky Blog for more photo's and all the details....

Hope to see you there....

Until Friday...

Hugs