Hump Day Inspo

Happy Hump Day again! And what a beautiful spring day it is here!
I am coming to the end of our o/s holiday pics finally. Only a few more pages to go & I'm making a concerted effort to finish it off before I make a start on any other project. Budapest in Hungary was the last stop on our river cruise. We didn't really know what to expect but it turned out that Budapest is such a lovely place, especially the old town. We had two perfectly sunny days here & we were able to wander around the place by ourselves, which is what we really enjoy, because let's face it - getting lost is half the fun :)  Especially in a place where most people don't speak English. It's amazing how you can make someone understand that you have a horrible head cold & need something to relieve the congestion (via an unusual amount of hand gesticulation). I then had to ask one of the staff members on our ship to translate the instructions of the medication that I was eventually given at a local pharmacy, into English. Even they had trouble, because they were Polish :)
These pics are just two of about 50 photos I took in those two days. It is so picturesque from the top of the Fisherman's Bastion.

Our ship berthed along the Danube just near the Chain Bridge on the opposite side to Parliament House, so we had wonderful views, especially at night, of the old Castle, the Bridge, Parliament House & the City itself.
We were ever so sad to be leaving our floating Hotel, but we had 4 days in Prague to look forward to before heading home.
Thanks for dropping by.

Scrap the Boys & Bird is the Word Challenge

I've been wanting to scrap these photos for a few weeks now & when Bird is the Word http://birdisthewordchallenge.blogspot.com.au/ set their current challenge as the word "Story". I figured that it was a word I could associate with these photos.  Also this month I thought I would have a go at a challenge over at Scrap the Boys, http://scraptheboys.blogspot.com.au/ which is a sketch challenge this month. And seeing as I have so much trouble creating masculine pages, I thought it would help me along a little bit. Here is the sketch from Scrap the Boys:

And here is my entry along with some closies. I wanted to do a fair bit of journalling on this but didn't want to share it with all & sundry as it is quite personal, so I've made a booklet with more pics & my journalling underneath it. This is the first time I've really made a serious attempt at hidden journalling & I'm quite pleased at how easy it was to put this together.

 I placed a quote on the first page & then the journalling on the last page along with another photo.

Thanks for dropping by :)

SALE, SALE, SALE...

Yes I'm selling off some of my Stampin' Up! stamp sets to make way for the new. Even though I'm no longer a S/U Demonstrator, I still love their products & I still plan to keep them in my stash. So here is what's on offer. Please note that the prices do not include postage.

This "Flight of the Butterfly" wood-mount set is one of the first stamps sets I purchased. As you can see it has a matching punch which makes life easier. $35.00 including the punch.

"Language of Friendship" is another clear-mount set, USED slightly. There are matching punches available for this set in the current S/U catalogue if you have one. $15.00

If you are interested in purchasing any of the above, just email me - jotritto@hotmail.com
I will work out the postage when I receive enquiries.

A little bit of indulgence never goes astray

Happy Hump Day....again!
A few weeks ago my best girl & I went to the big smoke for a girly weekend of ballet & high tea. We do a "girls weekend" away every year, but this year we were limited to only one night, so we made the most of it. We had a little bit of shopping, plenty of laughs, solved the problems of the world, people watched & ate way too much. Then it was off to see the Russan Imperial Ballet.....what a civilised weekend!

We love doing High Tea once in a while. It's such a traditional thing to do, but I must admit it took us two hours to get through all the food so we didn't need to eat for another 24 hours :)

 I love this little chair by Scrapmatts that I bought at the Brisbane Expo & I've been waiting for some feminine inspiration so I could use it. The cup & saucer buttons are from Purple Pumpkin & flowers are Prima.....I think.

This little button is from the wonderful Carol at Tattered Inspirations. And I'm still getting a use out of the MME hexagon paper - so versatile.
Anyhoo, I hope you are enjoying this beautiful weather. I'll be back soon with a challenge page. TFL!

Happy Mail!

For my recent challenge win over at Kraft It Up! I received these lovely chippy goodies for my efforts. Thanks to the lovely people at 2Crafty for their sponsorship & for the beautiful goodies :)

Lots of goodies here to play with!

Paper Players Sept Challenge

Happy Thursday everyone & hasn't the weather been wonderful, although a little chillier today but I have high hopes for the weekend. I was asked this week to make "thank you" cards for a friend, so I thought I would incorporate one of them into this month's challenge for The Paper Players, which is a colour challenge.
http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com.au/

These colours are not what I would normally use together, however I was surprised at how easily they came together ever though I was well out of my comfort zone.

I finally got around to using the Reason to Smile stamp set from the last Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration. It is such a pretty set. Somehow I ended up with two sets, so one is brand new & unopened, so if anyone is interested in purchasing it just drop me a line :)
Thanks for dropping by & have a great day.

This one's a winner!

I was so excited to find out that I was one of the winners for the August Challenge over at Kraft It Up! This is the first time I've won a challenge on a dedicated challenge site!  And to make it even more exciting the prize is $20 worth of chippy products from 2Crafty! I so love playing with chipboard :) Now that's a great start to my week.....gotta love that!

Thanks Kraft It Up! Team!