Manyallaluk sunset

I've scrapped this photo before but it demanded another version.

credits
Sunset mini kit by Trish H Designs
Photo clipping mask from set 3 by Kim Hill
Font is Windsong

Emma

My maternal great grandmother Emma Milbourn (nee Crutchley) standing outside her Tea Rooms in East Molesey, Surrey.

credits
Enchanting Indigo kit by Ziggle Designs
Font is Windsong

Lily

This is my maternal grandmother Lily Evelyn Milbourn. My cousin Sherryl emailed me this very low res photo from England. I'm guessing that Nana was
about 15 years old when the photograph was taken.
I liked the kit because it had a spray of Lily of the Valley.

This is another Roadmap to Scrap challenge layout.
This time the formula was:
1. One black and white photo
2. Stitches
3. Flowers
4. No alphas, fonts only
5. Lots of white space
6. Something torn
7. A frame
8. Use a kit you have never used before

credits:
Little Lilly by Pixel Fairy Designs
Overlay from Worn Out Overlays by Happy Scrap Girl
font is Jane Austen

Flying high

Tuesday template challenge 101408

This is quite unlike my usual style but once I got into it I had a lot of fun.

Journalling
Rising high above the Alice in Australia’s red centre was an amazing and eerie experience. We flew for over an hour above the desert as the sun rose.
After a perfect landing we helped to repack the balloon into its container before enjoying a yummy breakfast with chicken and sparkling wine.
That’s me in pink on the far right of the group photo.

credits:
Tuesday template 101408 by Britt-ish Designs
Top paper is clouds2 by attic treasures
Everything else from Sunshine Everyday by Jeni Hopewell
fonts are Broadway, Australian Sunrise and Tempus Sans ITC

Tiwi

Bathurst Island, just off the coast of Darwin in the Northern Territory, Australia is a relaxed and colourful place & home of the Tiwi. The red patterned swatches are from photographs of lithoprints from the indigenous artist's workshop. The other smaller photographs show evidence of a Tiwi funeral ritual.

I created this layout a while ago but was never completely happy with it so I've reworked it slightly.

credits:
Beautiful Mess by Elizabeth Quintana
Template by Nicole Seitler & Sugarplum Paperie
font is dear joe

Gorgeous moment

Another Saturday Special challenge from ScrapMatters.
This time the focus is text paths.

This photo was taken shortly after I came home from hospital after having Joanne in September 1984. Mum and Dad were staying with us. Here is my dad with Katie.

credits:
text path from Shape It Up by Happy Scrap Girl
paper, ribbon and flower from Little Wildflower mini by Ellie Lash
font is Gigi

Roadmap to scrap (formula) challenge

Photograph taken in Kununurra in Western Australia during my trip to Broome and the Kimberley in July 2006.

The layout is for the Roadmap to Scrap challenge from ScrapMatters where you are given a formula to follow.

Here are the requirements that will get you from point A to point B:
1. Photo (as many as you want)
2. Frame your photo, but don't use a frame
3. A shape, any shape
4. Stitching
5. Doodles
6. Background paper x 1
7. Ribbon (at least 3)
8. Word art

Credits:
Papers from PE watercolours by KSharonK Designs
Overlay from worn out overlays by Happy Scrap Girl
Photography wordart from neeceebee designs
Doodled string from string theory by Britt-ish Designs
Purple velvet ribbon from Gunhild Storide
Wire mesh, orange ribbons and leaves from Rustic Walk by AWP by Vicki
White stitching from Journal Tags 1 by KSharonK Designs
Brown stitching from Versailles mini kit by Irene Alexeeva
Font is pristina

Snap

Jumping crocodile cruise
Mary River near Darwin in Northern Territory
July 2005

The cruise wasn't really my thing but I went for the photo opportunity. Each section of the river had a male crocodile in residence with his many lady friends!

This layout is for a Saturday Special challenge at ScrapMatters which asked us to try extraction.

credits:
overlay from worn out overlays by happy scrap girls NEW
blended paper from creative confusion SBB with compliments collab
journal tab from cherry mint by Irene Alexeeva
string from string theory by Britt-ish Design
alpha, staple and stitching from autumn fresh by JenLin Designs
frame from i've been framed by Fluffy Bunny Feet Designs
font is poor richard

Litchfield National Park

I visited Litchfield National Park near Darwin in Northern Territory in July 2005. The magnetic termite mounds are a strange sight, looking much like tombstones and always pointing north. I liked the starkness of the tree in the photo against the brilliant blue sky.

credits:
blended paper using purple mess paper from free Cherry Mint kit by Irene Alexeeva and PPD August free overlay
journal tab from free Cherry Mint kit by Irene Alexeeva
fonts are dear joe and pharmacy (title).

The dandelion

The miracles of nature do not seem miracles because they are so common. If no one had ever seen a flower, even a dandelion would be the most startling event in the world.

credits:
Autumn Fresh by JenLin Designs
Dandelion Dream paper by A Work in Progress Designs by Vicki
Fonts are Tempus Sans ITC, Jane Austen and Broadway
Design inspired by template#51 by Timounette