ACountryRose

Trip To England 2009

On April 29th my mum and I went on a 3 week holiday to England. We stayed with my mums cousin, Kay. She is an absolutely lovely lady and makes you feel so welcome. This trip was my second one to England. I have been so lucky to have traveled to England twice.

My first page I used "Magic Rainbow" by Jen Hanson @ Deco-Pages


I created this page using Elves Page by Dragons Lair Designs @ Deco-Pages


I had a lot of enjoyment watching all the birds coming to the various bird feeders Kay has in her garden.
I used a kit called Birds Of A Feather by Susanna Wollman


Another gorgeous bird waiting on the lattice fence right near the bird feeder.

The kit I used was Muted Rainbow by Aubrey's Mom Designs @ Deco-Pages


Kit used for my sheep page was Elves Page by Dragons Lair Designs @ Deco-Pages


I created this doggie page using Creekside by Ice Princess Scrapz @ K-Joi Studios


Kit used for my boat page was Magic Rainbow by Jen Hanson @ Deco-Pages


Since making the page below, I have been told that the bird is called a Canadian Goose.
Kit used for this page was Creekside by Ice Princess Scrapz @ K-Joi Studios


Visiting Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Farm was one of 2 highlights of my trip. I have now started collecting Beatrix Potter memorabilia.
I created this page using Muted Rainbow by Aubrey's Mom Designs @ Deco-Pages


According to Kay and her garden, squirrels are a pest. So everytime she sees them in the yard she goes out and scares them off. However since I wanted to take photos of them, she let me do just that, before running outside to shoo them away. I took these photos through the windows of Kays awesome conservatory, built onto the back of her gorgeous home.

I used Summer Romance by Designs by CAZ @ Deco-Pages


I love castles and this one is a ruin. I wasn't able to take a photo at the spot where the photo in my page was taken from, but I did take some other photos. (of course)

Kit used was Always by Jen Hanson @ Deco-Pages


I created this page using The Arbor by SharonSignatureScrapz @ Deco-Pages


This is Rosie. I'm not sure what relation she is to me, but her father's sister is my mum's cousin. She is growing into a very beautiful young lady.

Kit used was The Arbor by SharonSignatureScrapz @ Deco-Pages


I actually bought this cup near my home, but I did buy a gorgeous Peter Rabbit mug whilst at Hill Top Farm, which I'm sure I will have to scrap soon, to add to my England Album.

Kit used was Scented Memories by Ice Princess Scrapz @ Deco-Pages


Kit used was Herbal Treasures by Ice Princess Scrapz @ Deco-Pages


I bought this cute keyring when I was visiting Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Farm in England.

Kit used was Forever Mine 2 by Jennifer Rassi @ Deco-Pages
The chickenwire in the background is also by Jennifer Rassi from her Chickenwire Cluster Elements pack @ Deco-Pages


I have numerous collections. One of which is beautiful china ware. I also collect trinket boxes and have quite a number of them now. I will be showing some of those in future pages.

I created this page using Words Of Love by SharonSignatureScrapz @ Deco-Pages

Hello everyone. We have had another lovely day, but the 2 previous were very hot indeed. Believe it or not, my son cooked tea tonight.

I wanted to show you all some more pages I have made using Rusted by Retro Designs.

Click on the ad to take a closer look at this rustic kit.

I am going to be working on fixing my blog over the next month. There seems to be some sort of problem with the spacing of my lines. So you may notice changes when you visit.

Today was such a lovely day where I live. The sun was shining, clear blue skies and a cool breeze. But we are heading into some really hot days ahead early next week.... yuk!!! I got out and mowed my lawn and did the edges. With things rather dry, I had dirt flying everywhere. I can now look outside and feel relieved that the grass is cut and the place looks much better now.

I have been working with a beautiful kit called Rusted, by Retro Designs. Retro is offering the following QP that she made with her kit Rusted. If you really like the page and would like it for free, plus another QP, please click here. You must be a member of Deco-Pages, so just sign up or log in, post a reply to the thread and Retro will send you the page............ She is looking forward to hearing from you....

Here is my page I made using Retro's free QP

Oh my how time flies. I started my blog about 6 months ago and here we are right on the doorstep of Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas.................
I have been working with a gorgeous Christmas kit by Retro Designs @ Deco-Pages
The kit is called Noel Nouveau and it is being featured on the home page of Deco-Pages and also it is on special for a very short time.

These 2 pages were created from QP's that Retro Designs made, using Retro's newest kit, Scraps Of Memories. Preview of Scraps Of Memories below.

I haven't posted for a bit, but I have been busy scrapping. The weather here (Australia) is so cold and at times wet (yeah- we need the rain desperately), that it is staying inside weather. So have managed to spend a lot of time scrapping some of the plants in my garden.
Today I would like to show you a new kit I have been working with.
Spring In My Step by Jen Hanson.
You will find Jen Hanson's kits over at Deco-Pages.