Saturday 14 September 2013

SWEET!


I'm just getting brave enough to try my hand at some challenges (provided I can figure out the whole linking thing!!)

This layout is for the 1-2-3 Challenge blog, where this month's criteria is to include: the colour pink, the word sweet, and the technique of handmade flowers.

I was also pleased to discover that the Use Your Words Challenge blog's theme for the month was the word "sweet" so I was able to include this layout there...doubly sweet!!

This adorable photo is of my cousin Jane crashed out on her high chair, 1957...I received a box of heritage photos shortly after my uncle passed away, and they've been a wonderful insight into my mother's side of the  family.

I handcut the flowers, chalked the edges and layered them, using a crumpled ball of the same paper for the center. The small flowers are fussy cut from some Recollections paper that was in my stash. All the other papers are  from Authentique's "Delightful" collection.
 I love handstitching on my layouts, usually with embroidery floss, which is what I used here. The Prima wood pieces were painted with grey acrylic paint to coordinate with the background paper, then sprayed with Perfect Pearls mist in "Interference Red".
Birdcage is a Memory Box diecut, the transparency was a gift from a friend in Australia, and the rest was from my stash...thanks a bunch for stopping by!

14 comments:

  1. Beautiful page and priceless photo Lynne!

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  2. Goodness me this is beautiful!!!! Love your pretty and soft layout! :)

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  3. What a beautiful layout! So glad you joined in the fun over at Use Your Words!

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  4. Such a sweet page Lynne, love the punched edges and soft pretty colours. Thanks for playing at 123! :)

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  5. Beautiful page...love all your layers and flowers! And that photo is the cutest! Thanks so much for joining us at UYW!

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  6. Your layout is beautiful! I love this sweet photo!! Thanks you for joining us at UYW!

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  7. Awwww, so cute!!!
    love it!!
    thanks for joining us at UYW!!!

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  8. Very beautiful page to showcase that precious photo, Lynne! Love your layering and hand stitching! So glad you could join us at UYW!

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  9. You did an awesome job! Thanks for playing along at UYW!

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  10. oh my, how cute is this!!! thanks so much for joining in with us & hope to see you play along also next month :)!! xoxo, sanna

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  11. Awesome, SWEET layout!! And yay for being brave and entering it into challenges! keep sharing, and hopefully you'll enter the Use Your Words challenge again in the future!!! :)

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  12. Adorable page! Thanks for playing at UYW.

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  13. What an adorable photo from a box of treasures I'm sure! Thank you for sharing your beautiful layout with us at 123

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  14. How fantastic to get those photos! Fabulous layout, I love your layers. Thank you for joining us over @ 123 this month :)

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