Edouard

Amazing how this cart consisted of a single seat with no back support and two large wheels harnessed to a horse.  WOW!  The horse looks well fed which makes me feel a lot better.   I thought this was a very cool photo (circa 1940’s) and wanted to give this working horse a little glory!  
This was my maternal Great Grandfather, Edouard.


 

The layout needed to have a vintage look and feel, so I chose plain craft paper. The edges were distressed, rolled and folded.  A distress design was stamped all around the edges and in random areas of the page.  I was so inspired by Pascale Bernard’s gorgeous layout Saint Cosmes Church that I got brave and lightly applied black gesso with a coarse sponge.  She is a source of many inspirations for me!  I LOVE this technique!  Lastly, I stenciled splatters using distress ink Vintage Photo. 

  

I added my favorite color, purple, to the vintage color palette. I love how it looks!
Here is a close up of the die cut title:

 

Using the same paper collection, I die cut some leaves.  Vintage Photo distress ink was used to darken them. Archival Jet Black ink around the edges, as well as scoring & folding down the center helped them to stand out and have some dimension.  Wild Orchid Crafts purple/lilac colored magnolias were the perfect choice, especially since the magnolia is Louisiana’s state flower!  Some I opened up full and others I pinched to make them more closed.  The purple tone micro beads & tiny rhinestones really added that little something extra. 

 

I had some fleur di lis embellishments in my stash and used the purple one on this layout. Another Louisiana symbol…

 

Thanks so much for taking a look and have a wonderful day!  Lisa : )

 

Products used:

The Paper Studio – Haberdashery paper collection

DCWV – 6x6 Gauze paper stack

Kaisercraft clear stamp – Distress

Stampersanonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil – Splatters

Sizzix Tim Holtz alpha die strip – Typeset

Spellbinders Shapeabilities – Foliage

Wild Orchid Crafts – Purple/Lilac Magnolias (QVR-075)

Misc:

Distress ink – Vintage Photo

Archival ink – Jet Black

Fiskars rounder corner punch

EK Success Jolee’s Boutique – Fleur di Lis

Michael’s – purple & champagne stem balls;Fuschia microbeads; tiny purple rhinestones

Burlap sprayed with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Moonshadow Mist Pegleg Pete Purple

Coarse sponge

Black Gesso