Sugar and Spice

My mother in the 1940's

This photo of my mother smiling shyly with a ribbon in her hair made me think of  "Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of", hence the title of this layout.

I used papers and flowers from Prima's Royal Menagerie collection.

Queen for the Day

Saltwater

Flutterby

Elizabeth

Helena

Victoria

I edged the petals of some of the flowers with paint to give them more definition.

I did some stencilling with molding paste on the background.  While the paste was still wet, I heat-embossed the dandelion heads with Wow embossing powder in opaque bright white to make them stand out more.

DecoArt Stencil - Dandelion

These are the dies and punch I used:

Cheery Lynn Designs Polynesian Sails Oval

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Cheery Lynn Designs Spring Flower Burst Doily

Spellbinders A2 Floral Ribbon Threader

Cheery Lynn Designs Flourish #13

Martha Stewart punch Eyelet Lace

I embossed the chipboard border under the photo with Stampendous Frantage Embossing enamel in Shabby White.

Dusty Attic
Fancy Trim #4

Thank you so much for taking a look!