Timeless Beauty

This month over at Kraft it Up is Vintage and I had another photo of my mum from around 1953.  I'm so lucky to have inherited these photos and I've been using the originals, don't know if that's a good thing but I figure they may just sit in a drawer somewhere if I don't use them.

Products Used:

Graphic 45 - A Ladies Diary

Green Tara Heirloom Flowers and Stemmed Branch

Seam Binding from the Craft Queen

Gorgeous Doily from Lizzy

Prima Alpha from Belinda

Prima Mini Butterflies from Amy

Kaisercraft Flourish Corners

Cuttlebug - Hippie Chick Alpha

Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink

A Mini Album for Today

It was really cold today so spent the day messing around with paper!!!  Here's what I came up with, a little mini made from corrugated cardboard covered with some lovely papers that Belinda gave me.

You can see the inside on my facebook page.  Sorry if I'm doubling up too much but I find that I can add more photos over there.

Circa 1953

The challenge for Once Upon a Sketch was to use Numbers and a sketch for inspiration.
I found a couple of original photos of my mum when she modelled for a photographer.  
I've used the originals because I think they have a lovely vintage look about them.

Products used  from the lovely Shell Carmen:

Creative Imaginations IOD Paper Range

Basic Grey Rubons

Kaisercraft Rhinestones and Flourish

Petaloo Flowers

Cameo

Brilliance Ink

Oops!

This layout is for the mid month challenge at About a Boy.  The challenge was to use White with one other colour.
I thought I'd do a boyish page that didn't include a person and I think this says it all.

I started with white cardstock that I stamped with a combination of inks to get the desired red colour that was on the chipboard frame.  It was difficult to get the right colour because the chipboard was painted but not gessoed so the colour wasn't true.  I used a combination of washi tapes with chipboard cogs (from Dusty Attic) and twine for my embellishments.

So there you have it I used White and Red.

My Beautiful Gorgeous Girls

This one is for the challenge at Orange Paperie & Co and it was to create a monochromatic layout.
I found a photo from a few years ago of my hubby and his girls and it matched so well with the colour I wanted to use.  Lots of the goodies on this layout are from Lizzy Hill and the flourish is from Kate McCulloch, the flourishes can be found at FWAB.  It's a bit hard to see but I have three little roses popping out at the top of the page.  
My photography is a bit lacking at the moment, will have to try a bit harder.

Brotherhood - A2Z Scraplets May Challenge

The challenge for May over at a2z scraplets is to use Black, White, Blue and Yellow.  I came up with this fun page of two of my grandsons taken a couple of years ago.

Products:

I've used some very old papers I found in my stash.

Paper Inklings  Rub-on

A2Z  Chipboard Tree

Kaisercraft:  Border Stamp

Prima Marketing:  Tiny Birds in the tree and Black Coal Ink

Staz-on Black Ink

Brilliand White Ink

Versa Color Ink

Stampin Up Ink

Buttons and Green Tara flowers with brads from stash.

Life (Slinky) Scrapbook Savvy

I've used some papers I've had in my stash for a couple of years, a lovely chipboard frame that Shell gave me and some twine from DeLish Scraps.

The doodling around the frame is very different for me, something I'm not comfortable doing but I slipped with the pen while going around the edge so then I had to continue...