Change Trains

Here is the change trains layout I did for One little Aussie word.I wanted to keep the train tickets and took photos of the stations while in Britain.

It will remind me of all that travelling we did whilst there.

This and That

I've sent a copy of the layout below to my friend in Greece who said it nearly made her cry...hopefully in a good way.I guess we are both sentimental souls and because we have seen each other so infrequently our friendship is all that more special.
I've done a layout using punched circles for White with one this month.Their theme was purple.It will be uploaded there soon.
Also I've done a layout for puzzle sketches whose theme was once upon a time. I featured photos from Versailles about Marie Antionette.
Purplescraps challenge this month is to cut your photos into other shapes,use purplescraps,doodling and bling.I've gathered the raw ingredients,now I just need to assemble the layout.
Finally, one little aussie word has gone quiet.I did a change trains layout for it last month but now there isn't a word for this month. hop they are still making a go of it.There have been a couple of comments on here that I think came from there so thank you to those people for your input.

Out of the hat entry

The criteria for this month's challenge is felt,haberdashery and monochromatic.

I made this layout today using Bella felt edging,prima flowers and sewed these "flowers" around to gather them then added a button as the centre.The beach was on Rhodes,Greece and the sea was really that colour! My journalling will go on the daisy patterned paper when I find out the name of the beach.

Lots of doodling

This layout features my Greek friend Thena and myself in front of the reindeer statue at Mandraki harbour in Rhodes.

We recently got together after 35 years apart and were excited to see each other as well as amazed to discover the good friendship we had is still there.It was a joy that felt youthful and time just slipped away.I tried to capture this in the layout which involved inking,painting,doodles as well as using up some stray letters I've had in my stash for ages.

When in doubt take a bath.

I did this layout for 123 Blog party.It had to use diecut paper,a date as the heading and a quote.Also could include bling. I was amazed that I had a quote about baths that could be paired with these pictures.Just proves that if you keep what is in your stash for long enough you'll find an appropriate use for it.

While we are in Ireland....

Here's a layout I did for a sketch challenge on Purplescraps.the lace was across the photo but I prefered it lower.I had fun handstitching around the photo.

Out of the hat blog

Here's a photo of me in Ireland next to a Celtic cross.

I've recently found a great scrapbooking site called Out of the hat.They too have a challenge each month. I've entered for the first time featuring five words plus handsewing and flourishes.I did chain stitch with stranded cotton as the flourishes were loopy and it sprang into my head that chain stitch would go with that.

On a shopping note, I discovered chipboard alphas at the Reject shop today for $2/card. I bought 4 sets.It always seems to be those I run out of and at this price I couldn't resist. This afternoons job is the continuing writing on photos from my trip.