is such a stunning collection!
I chose a photo that features four teenagers that seem to be having a lot of fun. It's in the later 1940's, but I'm not positive of the date.
The gorgeous girl facing the camera and smiling is my mother.
I LOVE this photo because it really tells a story.
Mom's friend, Hazel, and her boyfriend decided to smooch;
the boy Mom is with is pointing his finger (at the other guy I presume)
as if to say 'I KNEW you would do that!'
And there's my Mom just giggling.
I wonder who took this photo.
Whoever it was, they sure captured a really fun scene!
Behind the photo are two rectangle pieces I cut from other pages.
I used an Exacto knife to cut the clock halfway so that the photo and papers could be slipped under it.
Tiny purple rhinestones mark each Roman Numeral
and copper colored clock hands were added with a brad to hold them in place.
This is how my layout design began.
The Laser Cut Elements in this collection are adorable!
I used quite a bit (flowers, leaves, pods, honeybees, a grasshopper, a keyhole heart). Every piece enhanced this layout and brought it to its final design.
Beginning in the center below the photo, I placed pretty purple flowers,
popping them up with foam tape for dimensional interest.
The Prills you will see, mainly spread onto the layout,
are a gorgeous combination of red burgundy & wine.
It's appropriately named "Remgrant".
Let's go around the photo in clockwise fashion
to see all of the beautiful elements.
On the bottom left of the photo are two white Chrysanthemums
which were the closest I had in my stash to a daisy.
Placing a honeybee in one of them was just too cute.
I used Frosted Lace Stickles on the wings.
Also, please notice the GORGEOUS Prills
that I glued in the center of the laser cut out flower just above the bee.
The laser cut pods are very cool!
Along the left side of the photo, I placed a daisy laser cut that is raised on one side with foam tape so that the other side rests on the bg paper.
To its center I've added prills in Heart of Gold color.
Another laser cut honeybee with glittery Stickle wings, like all of the bees on this layout, is popped up using a foam circle.
By the way, my mother LOVED daisies!
This is why I chose this particular page and all of the Daisy laser cuts!
Just above is another Daisy laser cut I chose,
but this one is tucked under the photo bg papers.
Heart of Gold prills were added to its center.
and.....another sweet honeybee hovering above.
Since the print in the paper has wire fencing,
I chose to cut a piece of The Dusty Attic's Chicken Wire to coordinate with it.
I've painted it with Metallic Antique Copper acrylic paint.
This made a nice spot in the high left corner of the page
in Twilight & Mint colors.
The word is very fitting for the photo,
as is the heart lock from the laser cuts.
On the right top edge of the photo,
I placed several laser cuts in a grouping to form an arrangement.
Like the others, the Daisy was given Heart of Gold prills in its center.
I saw the most adorable little scene on one of the papers and decided to cut it out and use it to start decorating the bottom right of the photo.
It's flowers growing next to the cutest little wooden heart!
How perfect is that for this photo with all that kissing going on?
Another flower arrangement of 49 and Market Twilight & Mint colored flowers
is set just below the wooden heart cut out.
Below those are laser cuts that I made dimensional with foam tape and also decorated the centers with tiny Champagne/Cream pearls.
Finally, here are photos of the right and left sides of the layout.
You can see that I've added two sizes of white pearls on the paper
(instead of splashes of gesso).
Left side:
Right side:
Thanks so much for dropping by!
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Products Used:
49 and Market - Irrevocable Beauty
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Love Me Love Me Not
(main Layout) |
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Courier (Backside)
(Background paper behind photo) |
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TimeKeeper
(background paper behind photo
& the backside for the Wooden Heart cut out) |
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| Laser Cut Elements |
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49 and Market - Flowers
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| Garden Petals - Twilight color |
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| Pixie Petals - Twilight color |
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| Garden Petals - Mint color |
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| Enchanted Petals - Mint color |
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US ArtQuest - Prills
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| Remgrant |
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| Heart of Gold |
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The Dusty Attic - chipboard
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| Chicken Wire Panel |
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| Word Tickets |
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Wild Orchid Crafts - Flowers
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| Chrysanthemums (used WHITE only) |
Michael's/Recollections products -
White & Champagne Pearls; Purple Rhinestones; Copper colored Metal Clock Hands; Bronze Brad; Metallic Antique Copper Acrylic Paint
Ranger - Stickles
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| Frosted Lace |
Tsukinenko Dew Drop - Memento Dye Ink
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| LuLu Lavender |
Adhesives
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| Beacon 3-in-1 Glue |
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| Tombow Mono Glue |
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| Elmer's Foam Adhesive Tape |
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| Liquitex Professional Matte Gel |
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| Recollections Foam Adhesive Circles |
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