Remembrance of Times Past

Over the last year my niece Alicia has been researching our family history and was able to trace back to the 1700's in Britain on both sides, so I was very excited when Lesley at Nutkintailz Designs released her new kit "Remembrance of Time Past". Remembrance of Times Past is exactly that...remembering of our heritage whether it be family or our culture. This kit contains 40 embelishments of which 32 are completely unqiue and different. This kit is in the gorgeous hues of dark heritage green and red with beige added to compliment and highlight all your scrapping layouts and you can get it over at Nutkintailz Designs. To see more of my family history you can visit My Tribal History

Sweet Intimidation

credits: Angelflight Scraps - Recipes

Digiridoo Scraps challenged its members this month to "Scrap something true that you might never have scrapped before - it could be something deep, something funny, something embarrassing, whatever you like as long as it's your truth." and I decided to create a layout around how intimidated I've always been by pastry cooking ... 52 years on this earth and only ever made pies and tarts with store bought pastry shells ...but that all changed after Australia's first Masterchef series where they showed how easy it really is!

The Divine Ms Chloe

This week I was inspired to use the Divine Ms Chloe, a friend's little cherub, to illustrate two of my layouts for wordart/quote challenges .

kit: Cafe by Lily Designs

journalling: lyrics by Wendy Rule

kit: Imbolc Inspirations buy Nutkintailz Designs

overlay: JoeG

wordart: Scrapbook Max

The next two layouts were inspired by this gorgeous picture that came to me in an email, I couldnt decide which quote to use so I did both.

kit: Sunburnt Country by Nutkintailz Designs

quote: Henry David Thoreau

kit: Sunburnt Country by Nutkintailz Designs

quote: Frederick George Scott

oh and last but not least... I forgot to upload these two from last weekend when we celebrated my husband's birthday with a family lunch

Two Awards in One Day!!

Today wasnt one of my best, I've not been able to put any weight on my foot without pain for some time now and the doctor put it down to osteoarthritis which I also have all through my spine, but its got progressively worse over recent weeks and after an xray and ultrasound today it turns out I have spurs digging into the soft tissue and some early crumbling of the bones but I got home from all that to find I'd received awards from two scrapbooking sites I belong to (and which are fast becoming my favorite hangouts) What makes this even more exciting is that they're both aussie sites which I've only recently joined .. they sure know how to welcome their new members!! If you're looking for a fun place to hang out with some great challenges you can't go past Nuts4Digi or Digiridoo.

Layout of the Week at Nuts4Digi

credits: Imbolc Inspirations by Nutkintailz Designs

All Star Artist of the Week at Digiridoo

credits "All Worn Out" by Bubbles