Tuesday 31 May 2016

More of our UK Holiday...

Hullo my scrappy friends!
Back to our recent holiday... not in order - just how they happened to
download in blogger!
 We spent a day in Evesham. LOVED it! The old churches. Amazing!
 The 'charity shops'  - even more amazing.... I know you've seen this one, but it was fun!
Tom reckoned if I'd put my hat out I might've got some change thrown in, LOL!
 The pub where we had our lunch. From Medieval times. Of course;)
 The Almonry. Over the road from the pub.
Amazing social history museum. The garden out the back was full of
interesting stuff!
The photo says it all! Edited with the Little Moments app for I phone:)
 We met Chloe, Tom's grand girl, who is living & working in London.
That was spesh!
 Flowers in Salisbury - another amazing city to visit. Breathtakingly picturesque place!
 A little Italian cafe near the Inns of Court. Amazing food; very authentic:)
 Our accommodation, above the souvenir shop. 2 stories up. The little door
is on the left of the shop that we used to go up the stairs. We loved it! Right
bang in the heart of Bayswater. Not fancy. Not posh. But handy & a fun place to be.
 Couldn't go without a bit of craft. I've been looking at DIY embellie videos, & decided
 to give my wood bits a glittery update! PVA glue & sprinkled on the glitter.
 I had a pile of cheap photo paper that won't work in my new printer. So covered it
in PVA glue & sprinkled on a pile of glitter. I did use an old 12x12 plastic bag underneath
to catch the glitter, before I moved it to the newspaper to dry.
Strangely, it stuck better to the SHINY side of the photo paper
 Go figure. Deffo doing this again.
I can punch out hearts, stars etc to my hearts content.
MUCH cheaper than buying speciality paper!
And here's a closie of one of the woods 'in situ':
AND while you're here, over at OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD the prompt is:
CUP.....
soooo....here's my CUP photo:
This is at Ettalong, about 10 mins drive from our place. It was a lovely Sunday morning,
so we took our dog for a walk & then I had a latte overlooking the beach.
Simple pleasures are so often the most special, I reckon.
And one may travel the world, but often, the best place is home!!!
Cheers for now ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥

Monday 23 May 2016

MARCH PROJECT LIFE & A BIRTHDAY BOY!

Hey there! Today I'm sharing my March PL.... which I finished early
'cos I knew we were going to the UK for 6 weeks on the 22nd. 
I find with my PL by the time I add the photos & the journaling,
I don't have lots of room for pretty cards. And I have SO MANY!
Anyways....let's not grumble too much about having pretty stuff;)!!!
As usual, I tend to mix my Becky Higgins PL App 'cards' that I do on the
phone - like the card above - then add RL embellies when I print the
cards out. So the 'kiss' & the enamel dots, washi tape up top & the bg graphic
card & outlined edge have all been added to the printed 'card'. 
And as you can see, my PL is 'for me'. So if I fancy writing about
jewellery I like wearing....even if it's not 'exciting news'. Then I do!
I've layered a transparency I bought at the Reject Shop up here. Then added
the hearts card, which had a red heart - but I covered it with a glitter one.
And here's the back side:
Just 'scribbled out' some private info there..... Can you see the Leggo
 I MADE BY MYSELF FIRST TIME EVER??? Since I had Lucas
& he was making stuff....I figured I'd mark this off my bucket list.
AS IF! No, it wasn't on it.....but now it won't be even if it was, LOL!
And another initially phone App printed card, then the check chevron, bottom cluster
& top cluster have all been added.......
And that's IT.
We had a 'get together' [not a party] at the local park for Lucas's 4th birthday on Sunday.
And as usual, I've taken just one photo & popped it into his birthday book that I'll [if I'm still alive!] give to him when he turns 21:
 Above you can see last year & this year together. Lucas's Mum is a Master at cake
making. This year he's 'into' Thunderbirds. That suit is glued to him, it seems!!!
Very simple. This is all about remembering the occasion, rather than fancy-pancy 
scrapping! And I reckon boys won't give a toss if I add Pretty Things or not!
And on that note, that's it from me:)
Cheers for now ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥

Thursday 19 May 2016

BACK TO THE UK...

For those of you who like holiday photos, here's a few more from our 6 weeks overseas.
When we 1st arrived, we were blessed to be able to stay with the Parris family. I'd made
good friends with Ali through scrapping & although we'd never met 'IRL'....it didn't 
feel like it at all :)
 Then, EXTRA special, we had a 'girls day' together in London. Here in Hyde Park.
 Oh, I did ADORE all the spring flowers & blossom. For me they were an absolute
highllight. To watch the changes each day.....incredible! It simply doesn't happen here
 on the Central Coast...
 Blue bell LOOOOOOVE!
 Outside The Wallace Collection [no relation, Helen?? Shame!!!]....that place. I feel so
at home here. This is my FOURTH visit and it never fails me. I honestly feel as if it's where
 I belong.....weird.....
 I am such a slug when it comes to sorting photos. This is how they uploaded. The story
is I took NO scrappy stuff with me. We only take carry on luggage. BUT I was missing it
something chronic. Soooo Ali kindly prepared a PL KIT for me & delivered it!
I was GOBSMACKED at how generous she was. So I had a BALL making a pile
of PL cards, all ready to scrap our holiday when we got home....then I posted this lot
to myself. As if they were ever gonna be left behind!!!!!
And back to the Wallace Collection. Sublime! Not me...the rooms!!!
Meanwhile, back in Essex where we actually started our holiday...
 Nothing like a bit of  Op   I mean CHARITY shopping! Better shops than Aussie, I reckon;)
 Taken at Flatford Mill, made famous in Constable's paintings.... inside a cute medieval cottage.
Didn't grow tall, did they??!!!
 And at the Other end of the Spectrum, our 1st historic home. Tom was still smiling at
this stage! Audley End House. Apparently if you had a bigger home you grew taller???!!!!
 When we 1st arrived, the trees were bare & there was a bit of mud to avoid. Or try to!!!

Ali and Del.  We really enjoyed the Pub meals....but they were more expensive and more 
upmarket than last time we were in the UK.

 Flatford Mill - the bridge Constable painted. It was a popular place over Easter!
And of course we must have a photo of Ali in her scrappy space!!!
So, there you have it.
And for you scrappy peeps, a few cards that haven't made it up here before:)



 Thanks for looking! And happy scrapping ~ Lizzy ♥♥♥

Thursday 12 May 2016

DREAM...

... we all have them, right? Sometimes they come off.
Sometimes we have to sort of slip slide them a bit...
For my step Grand Girl, the  dream job opportunity came
up & she's gone for it. Hard, with a wee one, but worth a shot!
Such a lovely photo of these two girls! A Funky Flairs badge
in there, along with some more of the rub ons I got from
my win over at Archiscraps challenge.
 The little flowers peeking out are also from that win:)
Lots of chipboard stickers, from Pink Paislee & all the pp is
Scraptastic. I DO love their products. Such a shame it costs so
 much to ship to Australia...
The title 'dream', below, is Cocoa Vanilla. I'm blessed to have quite a 
few of their 'goodies'.
That left hand side strip is from the bottom of the paper. So I
cut it off, & stuck it to the side. Then covered the writing up with a top
cluster!
Cute Scraptastic flair, more rub ons and a Dusty Attic arrow I've
coloured black. 
Lastly, below, I've used those yummy metal triangles from Maggie Holmes.
I forgot I had them! Shhhh!!! Don't tell on me;)
Blessings to y'all & Happy Scrapping
~ Lizzy ~ ♥♥♥

GOODIES FROM & THANKS TO:

Monday 9 May 2016

CONFESSION TIME...

Nothing serious. Exept since March 23rd, I've had scheduled posts up on my blog.
You see, we took a 6 week holiday to the UK, with a weekend in Austria.
And I'm not keen in publishing the fact our house is being empty for that long.
Hence me confessing now;)!!!!
But I'm back. I've enjoyed [mostly] a break from [most] social media - &
feel as if the batteries are well  recharged!
One of the highlights of our trip was meeting Scrap Friends. 
We were BLESSED to spend the weekend in Vienna with Sanna L & her family.
They were sooo welcoming & we had an absolute ball.
So, I'm going to bore you with photos. If you don't want to look, then farewell!
I have some more scrappy posts coming up in the next few days........
Meanwhile, here's Vienna:

 Each morning Adrian would make the most FANTASTIC breakfast spreads.
Thanks Breakfast King!!!
 Nothing like a decent Greek Restaurant. And the servings were MASSIVE!!
 Adrian kindly 'bargained' for this lovely little Vienna china plate. It holds my ear-rings
now back here in Australia!
 The flea market was simply AMAZING.....soooo much interesting stuff for sale.
Unfortunately we only travel with cabin luggage. So no room for any of that interesting stuff!
 Still in Vienna, there are pockets of beautiful countryside. No WAY do you feel as
if you're in the city! This restaurant was just down the road from some 'city' vineyards!
Check out Leon's fabulous sunnies....it was HOT here....& it had been sunny in London.
So I'd gone to the Pound Shop [ADORE that shop!] & got myself those sunnies.
I kindly lent them to him, LOL!!!
No...it wasn't Superman. It was a Hawk in the sky!
 Sanna & I just before we had to head to the airport. So SAD. LOVE this girl :)
Oh! Did you notice I had a decent hair cut & highlights.
Totally unlike me - but it was holidays!
 Of course I love her.... she & I have such great similar shoe taste!!!
 The beautiful tulips in their garden. I was in raptures. I adore spring flowers:)
 Someone was photo bombing us at the markets;)
 And someone took me to this MASSIVE art store. Me with my tiny suitcase.
Bought 8 pens!!!!!
 Us girls...
 And of COURSE we had a 'play' in Sanna's scrappy space. And I got to see, touch,
dissect lots of her scrap pages. She is a fabulous creative peep:)
 A really interesting and yummy version of Tiramasu.... delish!
 It was nice to experience some warm weather, after cold old London..... in fact it
was a relief! Almost felt like home in Aussie for a bit!!
 Some of the lovely Austrian buildings.....during an evening stroll.
Still with me? Awesome!
I met another fab fun scrappy friend whilst overseas, too.....but that will have to
wait for another post;)
Slowly getting back to normal & I've started doing a couple of Pocket Letters
to get myself back in the groove.
I had made one, but sadly it got lost in the post.
So poor Sandra H did NOT get this one below. In fact, it's totally gone MIA......
so I thought I'd show you!


I  adore doing these swaps - they're great for using up bits & bobs....like those crocheted flowers I've had for years!!!
Anyways........ that's it from me.
Happy Scrapping, now ~ Lizzy H