Picnic

My husband's grandmother (second from left) circa 1920

For this layout, I used a piece of 49 and Market paper from their Vintage Remnants collection for the background.  I used the bonus sheet located on the backside of the cover sheet from the Collection Pack.

I did some machine embroidery stitching along the edge of the page.  Switching direction at the corners made the stitches there a bit messy looking so I covered them with some tiny buttons and some Prills.

The stencilling on the background was done using a Clarity Stencil Brush with ink.

Bloom - Kaisercraft

Gothic Romance (6x6) - Crafter's Workshop

These are the dies I used:

Vintage Lace Doily - ArtScrap (AliExpress)

Marvelous Squares -Spellbinders

Velvet Lace Mini Ruffle Squares -Tattered Lace

Ornate Leaves - Tattered Lace

Ferns -Tattered Lace

Doily Edge Essential Squares -Tattered Lace

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Lace Border 1
- Creative Embellishments

Autumn Leaves
- Creative Embellishments

I embossed the chipboard pieces with a couple of different colours of Distress Embossing Powders,  using clear ink all over and applying one colour of powder all over.  After that was heated and cooled, I applied clear ink with an embossing marker to some parts and embossed with the second colour.  The colour of the Lace Border wasn't quite what I wanted so I rubbed some paint overtop to better match the orange flowers.

Here are some more closeups:

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Notre Dame Cathedral

Notre Dame Cathedral in 1996

My husband and I got married in the Fall of 1995 and went on a belated honeymoon to Europe in the Spring of  '96. This is a photo of Notre Dame Cathedral that I took when we were in Paris.



For this layout I used a piece of Blue Fern Studios paper.

Blue Fern Studios
Serendipity - Imagination

I did some stencilling on the background with molding paste.  When the paste was still wet I embossed it with Bright White Wow! embossing powder.  It was a little too bright so I inked over it with turquoise and light brown chalk inks. The background was then splattered with watery turquoise and brown paints.

Kaisercraft
Bloom

I also sprayed the edges of the paper with water and applied some of the watered down turquoise paint to give a soft watercolour effect.

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Wycinanka
Paris - ramka szyld wzór 2

Wycinanka
Paris -ornamenty

I heat embossed the chipboard pieces with JudiKins Rustique Patina Bronze embossing powder.

Here are some more close-ups:

Thank you so much for taking a look!

Goggles

My niece, Meghan, in 2011

For this layout of my niece, I used the Kaisercraft Lilac Whisper papers from the Scraps of Elegance July kit, "Country Chic".  I used the Main Kit , Coordinating Paper Add-on and the Floral Add-on.

Main Kit

Coordinating Paper Add-on

Floral Add-on

I started with the Kaisercraft Whisper Neutral paper from the Main Kit and ripped off the top and bottom, then layered it over strips of the Mist paper.  I used the rest of the Mist paper to die-cut a large decorative circle and the Hydrangea paper from the Coordinating Paper Add-on to cut some small doilies.  I tucked some notecards from the Main Kit under either side of the large circle and matted the photo with the gingham paper that was also included in the Main Kit.

The large white doilies and the teal rectangles framing the photo were cut from cardstock from my stash. As I usually do, I layered each die-cut over a dark cardstock copy and offset them slightly to accentuate the edges.  I inked around the edges of most of the die-cuts and papers with Aquamarine chalk ink.

These are the dies I used:

Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Cheery Lynn Designs Ambergris Tiny Doily

Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles One

Cheery Lynn Designs Ambergris Doily

The chipboard pieces were from my stash.  I painted the border pieces teal and while the paint was still wet, lightly dabbed in some white paint to make the colour look less flat.  For the leaf flourishes, I embossed them with Ranger Antiquities Verdigris embossing powder and applied a bit of Aquamarine chalk ink.

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Dusty Attic
Fancy Trim #7

Dusty Attic
Swirly Vines #3

The larger flowers by 49 and Market were from my stash.  The medium and small roses and the small white flowers were from the Main Kit and Floral Add-on.

Thank you so much for taking a look today!

Evan after his Bath

My son Evan in 2000

For this layout I used a piece of  Prima paper for the background and a couple of Kaisercraft papers for some of the die-cuts.

Prima
Timeless Memories - Moments

Kaisercraft These Days - History

Kaisercraft These Days -  Reunion

I did some stencilling on the background with Faber-Castell whipped spackle that I coloured with various Gelatos (I rubbed the Gelatos on my craft mat and mixed them into the spackle with a palette knife).

Prima stencil - Decor

I also did some punching around the border of the paper, applied pieces of washi tape and inked around the edges with Iced Spruce Distress Ink.

These are the punch and dies I used:

Spellbinders Captivating Squares

Spellbinders Astoria Decorative Elements

EK Success Large Punch - Argyle

Cheery Lynn Designs Canadian Kaleidoscope Doily

Cheery Lynn Designs
Canadian Kaleidoscope Tiny Doily

These are the chipboard pieces I used:

Blue Fern Studios Blue Fern Flourish

Dusty Attic Fancy Trim #7

I tried a couple of different embossing powders on the Blue Fern Flourish but didn't like how they looked so I embossed it with Brushed Corduroy Distress Embossing Powder.  Normally it would have a slightly rougher, more matte looking finish but the layers of glossy embossing powder underneath kind of mixed slightly with the top layer as it was heated.

The Fancy Trim #7 pieces were heat-embossed with Antique Linen Distress Embossing Powder.

The little metal yellow flowers were a bright yellow that I didn't like so I painted them with Agate Vintaj Patina paint and then brushed them with Parthenay Artisan Powder.

The other flowers are a mixture of Little Birdie Crafts and 49 and Market.

Thank you so much for taking a look!