"REMEMBER"

 

The photo's are from a vacation here in Holland a few years ago when we still had the boat. While floating down 'de Veht' A well known place for booties' over here. I managed to take these great photo's. Hence the title 'REMEMBER' These are also my DH Fran's fav flowers. Therefore, we have many in the front garden ( fellow kiwi's would know....these grow like weeds in New Zealand. I have had them as hedges in my garden when living there...years ago!)

This is a take from a PRIMAMARKETING sketch.

The paper screamed soft flowers....of course I had no problem accommodating the request!

It just kept growing, and growing, and growing...and growing!  Just love to scrap Prima papers! I have to do more of it....but I have a problem cutting into these dream papers...crazy I know!

The circle is crocheted on the edge and framed with a double layer of a rich pleated boarder, made with a MARTHA STEWART deep edge punch.

 Tags are made with the TIM HOLTZ dies from SIZZIX, as are also the swirls. The title is stamped with a stamp from Prima, brought out with UNITY. Stamped with STAZON , Embossed with clear powder and then colored in with a fine paint brush with GLIMMER MIST.  Small roses are from PRIMA and butterfly's from MARTHA STEWART. They are all  finished with GLIMMER GLAM.

Thank you Pauline for the tip with puffy paint to give the swirls the texture here. I just love it.  ( A few 'scrappie gals' got together last month for a day...Gerry, Pauline, Romy, Corina, Ingrid and myself....The day was too short of course! I picked this up that day...looking forward to the next one.)  Don't you just fall in love all over again with these adorable roses with glitter glass?From Prima of course.  Just love these soft colors....my stash is getting low. so I have to get stocked up again....oh...oh....oh...what a bother! I will just have to go shop till I drop again....I wonder where I can do this....take a guess!

PN: I know I had promised to post a LO. WS. I have not forgotten......I just have not had the time due to Frans health and other commitments.....I will get one posted after I get settled back in after our vacation later this month.....before the end of the year....promise!..... We are planning the South of France....a cute little cottage in the middle of no where.....( in the wop wop's).....can't take any scrap gear though, but I will be taking my embroidery work with me....I want to finish my vacation bear. I am crazy quilting a bear. I started it a few years ago....A real get round to it!....And Frans has invested in a new camera, what better way to learn how it works....vacation!

Thats it for now...have a wonderful day and try to put some scrap into it!

Love Susan oxoxoxox

"LIFE"

 ONCE UPON A SKETCH JULY 15th

 The "QUOTE" came from a TIM HOLTZ stamp I had to have once I saw what was on it. I find it true to life....A lot of the time we have to learn to dance in the rain...and mostly with out an umbrella, but with a bit of it going our way,sometimes, we get to use the umbrella.Hence the embossed umbrella man, I just had to add it!...Don't you just love what Timmy does for all us scrap junkies?.....and you know what.....the CHA has just been....so we can look forward to new toys.

The photo....  A bird dancing in front of a car side mirror..isn't it adorable?

 The flowers are made from, "HEART FELT' stamps....a big thank you to LISA for all her sharing. She gives great tutorials at her special place.....worth checking it out.www.what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com

 Close up of the umbrella man and quote. The colbot blue back ground behind the photo is a die from Cherry Lynn. Painted with GLIMMER GLAM-Blue suede shoes. The same is used for the flowers mixed with GLIMMER GLAM- Peach bellini. Leaves are also "HEART FELT"-distressed leaves, painted with GLIMMER MIST- olive green

Dusty Attic chips used are DA0557 Damask #2 (cut in half.  Larger piece used on the top and smaller on bottom under the photo's.) Stamped with an older Prima markting stamp with the music letters on it. Inked with STAZE ON- blue them sprayed with GLIMMER MIST-Olive vine. Dusty Attic chips are also tucked in the layering on top of the TIM HOLTZ Banners with the swirls,each side of the photo, to be seen in the LO. at the top of this post.
Well I hope you all enjoyed visiting me.

 I wish you all scrappy fun and till next time

....Love Susan.....
PN. Thank you all for your kind comments regarding my dear Frans. He is feeling a lot better the last week...theres hope for me yet...hahahaha

"DUSTY ATTIC" - A WONDER COMPANY!

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This is it....the wonder packet I waited so long for.( see my previous post ) Some one in customs knows the value of PIZZA BOXES!..........

 You can see how many goodies I received!......A big tip.......Go for it Gals. Every month they have a sketch challenge down under at Dusty Attic.....For those that do not know "SCRAPDELIGHT" have Dusty Attic in stock.......and if they don't have it....Michelle is kind enough to pull finger out and do her best to order it for you....... It is better to do it this way as I heard a daymare story today, yes a daymare!!! It is a lot worse than a nightmare! Why? Because you are awake and aware of what is going on!and can't do anything about it!
Some one I know, who did not know the above ordered DA product with a store from down under, as you can not order direct from DA. She had to pay import charges and expensive postage.Excess of 75 euro......think of how much scrap stash we can buy for that! So go visit www.scrapdelight.nl and check it out......that is... for all the fellow dutch scrappies.

Yes even the peacock feather was included! Take a look at the corners. Check out  the Greek pillars above. A big thank you to Dusty Attic and to the admin who went the extra mile to get this to me.As we say here in Holland A Warm shower to you. Can't wait to start playing with my new toys.
Dusty Attic is worth taking the time to visit as I think the scarp work there is of high quality and they have pretty good scrap Diva's on the design team there.
Thanks again for visiting my blog
Love Susan

ONCE UPON A SKETCH July 1st......"KARIN"

 "KARIN"

 Karin, is my husbands younger sister of 6 years. After this photo was taken she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After much  holding of ones  breath..as to all the chemotherapy  treatments  working............Karin had a few complications, she is a solo mum with two teenage daughters.

SHE IS A SURVIVER!

She has been clean now for more than a year. This is one strong lady. She deserves a pink ribbon from us all.

 The paper line used is from GLITZ-Afternoon Muse.Dusty Attic DA0508 Leaves. Painted with gesso then Glimmer Glam-Organic Garden (green).  American Crafts premium ribbon-Pink

 Glitz stamp from the "Laced with Grace" collection. Painted with glimmer mist-TUTTI FRUTI/PATINA/OLIVE VINE.  Martha Stewart boarder punch used around the circle.

Belive it or not....this is the first time I have used flags in a LO. To my surprise, I had fun making them.

POST NOTE: For those that have mist my posts.

                        The reason why I have not posted for a while is due to my DH's health. Three months ago he stopped smoking cigars and cigarettes. I might add he is still a smoke free person...much to my joy..it has not been for nothing..... But he has had a lot of complications since this time. He has had and still has medication poisoning from his heart medication, thank goodness we found out which meds it was due to a natural health doctor. So it has been a long few months. A few times to the first help in the middle of the night and a evening with the ambulance being called. Then two weeks ago he had a nerve root irritation...I think you could compare the pain to labour pains, No amount of strong pain killers helped and off corse no sleep.....for both of us! Another trip to first help as the pain flowed to the left arm. Heart patient and all. So now strict rest. A lot of TLC from me...which I might add has cost a lot of my scrap time!(  he is worth it though! ) Now he can walk from one end of the house to the other with out a pain attack! WHAT A RELIEF. I have been scapping, but not posting.

There has been good news though!

I had won the DUSTY ATTIC prize for March .....yes that long ago! The package got lost in the post. DUSTY ATTIC being such a wonder company sent another to me. It made my day when I came home from a hard day playing with the three princesses in my charge. And what a package it was! I will be posting it..thats why I have not used it yet....got to get the photo's done!!!!! A BIG GET ROUND TO IT! A big thank you to all the gals in the admin down under! A special thanks to Michelle for taking the time to answer all my mails.

Hope this has not been too long and drawn out...thats why I noted this at the end. 

Thank you for taking the time to drop by,

Love from me to you and try to have a scrappy day.

Susan

Grandmother Clark

This is my LO. for the color room #60. Due to health problems I missed the deadline by 10 min. Still I had lots of fun creating this and am happy with the results...and that is what it is all about.  Enjoy a few close ups below.

  
The paper line used is from Melissa Frances....5th Avenue / Flora and Essie.

Hearts and flower border also from Melissa Frances.I used the Dusty Attic Dress form (small)DA0390. I painted the DA with crackle paint then worked in the perfect pearls.

Flowers and embellishments are to be found at Scrapdelight store.

Stitching, done by hand with the help of easy sew .

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog, till next time ...love Susan

oxoxoox

One + One = Two in one Hit

' DANCE'

 Dance like there's no one watching,

sing like there's no one listening,

LOVE like you have never been hurt and live like it's heaven on earth.

....Some thing we all need to do, but do not always do it....food for thought....

I just loved this and wanted to share it with you all.

I got inspired by the following sketch and color palette: 

'ONCE UPON A SKETCH & THE COLOR ROOM'

 

and here are some close ups from my favorite details:

 

 

Paper:- BUTTERFLY GARDEN from PINK PAISLEE 

Flowers:- Silk flowers given to me from a very dear friend of mine, cut and rearranged to the Susan style.

Butterfly's and boarders:- Made with the notorious MARTHA STEWART punches.

BELOW: dusty attic  DA0274 French Flourish#2..cut in half.

Stitching:- with the help from Sew Easy.

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit. Catch you next time.

Love Susan oxoxoxox

Dream

Dusty Attic sketch challenge for the month of May. By Michelle Grant.

The paper I used is a old paper line..when you hear the name you will laugh...and then it will be out! It will be known how far back my paper stash goes.....For those that have seen it all ready...RUSTY PICKLE..can you belive it. But it was perfect for the photo's. What is more, I had exactly enough paper with out looking to the card stock for help....Great way of making more room for the new paper that comes in.......This weekend I shall be going down to visit Scrapdelight with their weekend  celebration,  for being so many years open. Take a visit www.scrapdelight.nl
Below you will see my first effort on these wonderful roses

Below: Dusty Attic dragonflies DA0518 painted with glimmer glam-Golden Goddess and Be Positive. I once again made a paper ruffle around the circle. Disstressed, then stitched in place with gold thread.



Above: The green leaves are made with the new mini shapers and movers from Tim Holtz. Leaves and twigs. Cut from a brown box. Top layer spritzed with water then with a sharp vegie knife the top layer carefuly taken off. Glimmer glam- Dirty Martini (green) used. Dry with the heat gun...it will bubble. This gives a fantastic grunge effect. I have become hooked on it. The top layer I took off, is used as the second leaf. This gives a contrast. I did the same with the tittle DREAM. I just used different colors and more glam.

Below: I used the DONNA DOWNING foam stamp from PRIMA to make the steamed flowers. Stamped in different colors cut out. Foam tape then glossy to finish it off.