Cherish Family Time Together

This is a LO that I did for the January week 1 challenge on UKS using one of the prompts from the Winter Snap Challenge - a hand addressed letter.

I scrapped my internet Sis Susan's annual Christmas card photo of her and husband John with their four lovely grandchildren.

I layered the photo on top of the envelope and some cardstock and added a hidden journaling card describing five of my current favourite things.

Spiced gingerbread, (baking);

The Island - Victoria Hislop (book);

Mosaic Mondays (the weekly photography meme that I host on my Normandy Life blog);

Sherlock (TV prog.with the amazing Benedict Cumberbatch)

and finally

Orlando Theme parks (we're planning a trip to Florida in July and there's so much to read about what to do and where to go)

Summer Snap Challenge

Sue and Alison are two ladies who work very hard over on the UK Scrappers website keeping everyone taking photos and then of course scrapping them.
Throughout the year they set many individual challenges and now, for July and August only, they have joined forces and come up with..........................

To score a whole bunch of points click here to see the full story.

Me and Mr. Latour-Marliac

creator of the hybrid water lilies which inspired Charles Monet's garden @ Giverny.

Here’s my 1-20 list …

1 vapour trails or clouds

wonderful clouds forming over Castelnaud

2 a horse drawn vehicle

Horse drawn cart spotted outside a Brocante in Eymet

3 flowers in bloom

a shady corner, Eymet

4 a summer job in the garden

strimming the potager borders on Bastille Day 2016

5 something typifying your holiday destination

blue shutters of Perigord

6 hats

hats on sale, Eymet

7 ice cream

ice cream parlour @ Beynac- Roque on the beautiful Dordogne river

8 kites or balloons - substitute C. G & T cake
9 bubbles

"come quickly I am tasting the stars!"

Dom Perignon (quote)

10 ducks, swans or seabirds

catching ducks, Eymet night market

11 summer sunrise or sunset

July 18th. 5. 43 am.

St. Marcouf du Rochy sunrise.

12 eating al fresco

guacamole tapas @ Andine

great Peruvian restaurant, Eymet night market

13 somewhere you would only visit when the sun shines - substitute E. just girls.
14 flags or bunting

outdoor church service in a tent, Trevieres Aug 7th.

15 summer shoes

my "go to" sandals this year

16 fruit growing, in the garden, on a tree, or in the hedgerow

All that was left of my golden raspberries

this morning after the birds had enjoyed them for breakfast

17 water

Chateau des Milandes, former home of Josephine Baker.

18 umbrellas

Castle tea shop & restaurant

Chateau des Milandes.

19 glasses

20 fete, fair or festival

fun fair, Trevieres, Aug 7th

A-E Substitutes list
A Play
B Anything in your favourite colour
C Something that made you smile

Gin and Tonic cake with strawberries & ice cream

D Friends
E Just girls or Just boys

two expectant heifers moved into the field next door yesterday

Finished, yay!!

Chinese Whisper Circle Journal - the Final Reveal.

Round 14 in our Chinese Whisper Circle Journal

was started by Ally who chose this colourful page as her inspiration.

 

Below

Ally's scraplift

 

 

followed by Alison's

 

 

which went to Lynn

 

 

then on to Chrissie

 

Chrissie sent hers to Sheila.

 

Sheila sent hers to Karen

 

who sent this one to Fran

 

and the last one in the round

 

 

and the final one of the entire reveal

Elaine's lift looked like this.

Chinese Whisper Circle Journal, Round 13

This bright and colourful page is the one that Tracy chose as inspiration

for her part of the Chinese Whisper CJ.

Love the patchwork layers.

and this is her take on it

which she sent to Frances

gorgeous blues!

This one went to Sandra who kept the patchwork theme going

before sending to Lou.

Lou went more with layers than patchwork

I loved the LO from Lou,

especially the title and couldn't wait to lift it

still layering and still blues.

a framed vintage seaside page from Cynthia

went to Ally who introduced the Godparents.

and Alison ended the year with a nostalgic look back at

a Family @ Christmas and a layered patchwork theme!



Chinese Whisper Circle Journal Round 12

It's time to reveal the inspiration for Frances' LO at the start of Round 12.

and Frances' take on it.

stunning Venetian theme,

this went on to

Sandra.

then on to Lou

then to me

I can just make out parts of the original but instead of being

fancy and delicate Lou's and mine are a bit more manly!

Cynthia went vintage

whilst Ally went cute.



Alison invited us to a wedding

(beautiful pastel shades)

and Lynn ended the round looking more like the original

than the 6 the came before.

Great whisper, ladies.