REFLECTIONS

When we were at the Chihuly gardens ... in the outside garden area there was this garden dome placed in the perfect place to see the reflection of the Seattle Space Needle and if you stand in the right place you can see yourself in there as well....

This next layout was based on a sketch from Stuck...

 

SEATTLE

Yes I am on a roll.... another layout done.... this one is for a great sketch over at Stuck Sketches... 

 

After a long time traveling we finally arrived at our hotel in Seattle.... and it was just in time for the end of  Happy Hour"... so we went straight to the bar... we didn't get to our room first... a couple of beers and then it was up to our room for a shower and change of clothers before heading out to find some dinner and walk of some of the flight....

I have used a map of Seattle as part of this layout....

JUST AMAZING....

Another photo taken at the Chihuly garden.... well three photos in one..

And another sketch from Lets get sketchy week-4

 

 

Love this sketch and it worked so very well with this photo....it was a fun layout to do.

Again used Basic grey highline range of papers.

CHIHULY GARDENS

In Seattle we went to this amazing garden and it was all made of glass... the colours were just stunning and some many of the plants looked real.

The first layout from here is from Lets gets sketchy -week-3

 

 

 It was very hard to take photos in this exhibition.... but they had photographers taking photos of you and it was free...

I have used the lovely Basic grey highline range of papers.... they are the perfect match for these photos.

CHEERS...

We caught up with our friends Murray and Sandra at the airport.... all checked in and so it was time for a drink to celebrate ....

This next layout is another sketch from Scrapmuch...

 

.... we traveled together to San Francisco and then went our separate way only to met up again later in the holiday.

ON OUR WAY

Last year we had a wonderful 5 week holiday in USA and finally I have started to scrap book some of the photos.... we took about 4000 photos (unedited) and I have so far printed out 1000 photos..... let the fun begin.

I have chosen some photos to complete layouts of and the rest are being put together in divided pages to ensure a full story is completed of our holiday... I have printed a lot in 3x4 size other wise the album would be very large.

The first page I have completed is based on the sketch from Scrapmuch

 

 

This is us at the Tauranga airport ready for the first part of our journey.... up to Auckland 

I am using mainly the KaiserCraft.... Now boarding collection.... it is perfect for holiday albums... I started to stock pile this range of papers last year when it came out.

I made the title on my silhouette....

BE-YOU-IFUL

Yes I have been missing in action yet again.... very time poor for the pleasure in my life... scrap booking...

But that is all about to change... yeah...

This first layout has been done with the sketch from Lets get sketchy - week 2....

 

In January we had a short but lovely visit from my sister (Lynette), Richard, Lachie and Sarah... it was a great summer day and so the kids had a lovely time in the pool.  I love this photo of Sarah floating around the pool.... I have created the background of this layout with the stunning Painted Petals stamp set from Stampin up.

WEDDING CARDS

We have two weddings to go to in the next 3 weeks... so today has been wedding card day....found a couple of cards on Pinterest (sorry don't have details of originals) which I used as my inspiration .....The first wedding I have no idea of colours etc... so made the very neutral card... but the second one.... I know her colours are black, silver and red.... Really pleased with the results.....

CASTLEPOINT

Still filling the missing slots for 2014.... when I saw the double layout at Scrapmuch I knew it was going to be a great way to get through a few more of my photos...

 

  These photos are of us with Dad on one of the outings we took him on.

I have used a retired Stampin Up DSP....  I also added a pocket page to complete the story.  Yea another event finished.

 Now to get them filed away....

HAPPINESS

Slowly working my way through 2014m photos.... this is the last of the March layouts... just some divided pages to complete....

This layout is of my lovely Aunty Audrey...taken at a family BBQ brunch after her granddaughter, Rachel's engagement party.

She looked stunning in the hot pink.. but it is a colour I struggle to scrap with.... actually I don't do "pink" even tho I do have 2 daughters.

I used the sketch from Lets get sketchy week-1

 

She loved having her photo taken....she is an amazing lady... still going strong at 87 years old.

I have used some retired Stampin Up DSP Gingham Garden... the coloured worked well with Aunty Aud's top.

I also used the new Hearts boarder punch and then used some of the hearts on the page itself.