32 - for Joe

I've created a simple, but elegant, layout of me when I was 32 years old. 

This Glamour Shots Studio professional photo was taken just two months before 

marrying my dear husband Joe in 1993.  

I was shopping in Houston for my off-the-rack wedding gown and this photo session was part of the agenda.  

Joe kept my framed 8x10 gift of this photo on his desk at work : )

I chose flesh, white and gold for the color palette.  

I'm wearing a gold sequined bustier and a white leather jacket with gold studs on the lapel. 

The makeup they used will hide any flaw you may have.  They even fix your hair.  

In my case, I was "razzle-dazzled" with teased, sprayed hair 

and what a great color the makeup artist chose for my lips to match my nail polish color (a dark rose).
She gave me a dramatic look with dark eye shadow & accentuated my high cheek bones with dark blush.

My hair is just below waist length at this age.

Best of all is that I used the embroidered edging from my wedding gown to adorn the bottom of the layout.
I sewed on white pearls that were also on my wedding gown.

The gorgeous print on Blue Fern Studios paper inspired me to mimic it.
First, here are the draped pearl strands I made using pearls from my wedding gown.
See the printed strands in the paper?

I used Blue Fern Studios chipboard Marrakesh Panel, which matches the print in the paper!
It's heat embossed in Stampendous Frantáge Shabby White that has gold flecks in it.

Now, check out how gorgeous the gold glass glitter is!

Thanks for visiting and have a great week!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - Mémoires collection - Nature's Novel (backside)

Blue Fern Studios - chipboard - Marrakesh Panel

Stampendous Frantáge embossing enamel - Shabby White

Finnabair art ingredients Glass Glitter - Gold Rush

Prima metal dies - Leaves

Recollections flowers; white cardstock

My Wedding Gown embroidered edge & pearls

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I've been in the mood to scrap a girly page so I could use some new leaf dies I just bought.

 I found this photo of me when I was 17 years old while looking through a very old photo album of mine. 

My how things have changed! (hee hee)

I chose a color palette to match the rosy-pink, olive & blush shades in this gorgeous Blue Fern paper as well as the terra-cotta tones in the photo.  My design includes honeycomb shapes in the stenciling, punching and 

Blue Fern Studios chippies, which coordinate nicely with the diamond print along the paper's edge.  

Starting with the shapes, here is a close up of both the subtle stenciling & a peek at the Geometric edge punch.

Now for those wonderful new dies I just got in!! 

I order my Tattered Lace dies (designed in Britain/made in the USA) from Frantic Stamper.

This one is 'Meadow Leaves'.

I added 'Rose Gold' colored Liquid Pearls to some of the leaf tips to make "berries".

Beautiful Wild Orchid Crafts flowers in olive and blush look great on the chipboard that is heat embossed in Distress color 'Old Paper', which has a very light "olivey" tone to it.

I cut the Blue Fern Studios 'Collage Border' in half, placing part under the photo - 

and part at the bottom of the layout - (notice the honeycomb shape in the chippies & the punch?)

I'm ALL about butterflies!  And these Blue Fern Studios 'Bohemian Butterflies' are out of this world!!  

I wanted them to really stand out and pop off the page, 

so I mixed three Blue Fern embossing powders together to accomplish the right color.

I mixed 'Melon', 'Auburn & 'Nutmeg' for the main color.  Then touches of 'Cotton Candy' were added.

Blue Fern Studios '14 Karat' Imagine Ink embossing powder is simply WOW!

Because of the keys in the chippie, I added a skeleton key that I saved 

from my dear hubby's old shotgun rack that had a locking drawer.  : )

I certainly appreciate your visit and hope you can come back again some time.

Have a wonderful day!  Lisa : )

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - 

Bohemian Butterflies

Collage Border

14 Karat

Melon

Auburn

Cotton Candy

Nutmeg

Maja Design - It's Christmas Time collection - Wrap the gifts (backside)

The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 Stencil - Reversed Chickenwire

Martha Stewart punch - Geometric Frame

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers

Olive Green 15mm Open Roses

Mixed Color 25mm Tea Roses

Green Mix Mini Sweetheart Blossoms

Tattered Lace dies

Meadow Leaves

Paradise Ferns

Kaisercraft #1 Alpha/Number Chipboard
Liquitex - Professional Flexible Modeling Paste & White Gesso

Ranger - Liquid Pearls in Rose Gold color; Tim Holtz Distress embossing powder Old Paper

Want2Scrap rhinestones - Pink

ColorBox Chalk ink - Chestnut Roan

Elmer's Foam Tape

Tombow - Mono Liquid Glue

Beacon 3-in-1 Glue

Scor-Tape - 1/2"

Recollections - Foam Dots

Skeleton key

Reminiscing ~ Gali & Lucy's Story (my scrapping years 2011 - 2013)

Do you ever look at your layouts from years ago and spend time reminiscing like I do?  

From 2011-2013, I was beginning to venture into the world of scrapbooking. 

  

I'm very comfortable, content and happy with my present scrapping style.  

I'm exactly where I need to be, just as I was back in 2011.
I treasure every page I've ever created because they all have special meaning for me.

This post is about my two adorable Birmans, which by the way are officially given a name at birth based on the "Birman alphabet year".  We have Miss Gali (born officially as 'Galadrial' in 2009 which was the 'G' year for Birman names) and her last precious daughter, Lucy (born officially as 'I Love Lucy' in 2011 - the 'I' year for Birman names).  They are exactly two years to the day apart in age - both born on April 14th >^..^<

All Birmans are born pure white. Full maturity of coloring takes around 3 years.

I have selected special pages that I scrapped in 2011-2013.
Starting with their history and photos from the breeder 

when Miss Gali was still in charge of her lively brood of 4 big boys and 1 tiny little girl, Lucy.  

We brought Gali (age 2-1/2) & Lucy (3-1/2 mos) home on Aug 5, 2011.  
I hope you enjoy viewing these pages! 

Here are Galadrial's gorgeous parents (Lucy's Grandparents)!

Her stunning mother, "Edie", is a Seal Lynx Point Birman.

She was the first breeding queen at LesJeunes Birmans (Houston, Texas) where Gali & Lucy are from. 

Miss Gali gets her stunning and such sweet eyes from her mother.

Her handsome father, "Zona", is a Lilac Birman from SinhSoul Birmans in East Texas.

(just some simple punching, inking and layering)

Now for Lucy's phenomenal parents!

Lucy's MaMa, the ever gorgeous "Miss Gali" is a Chocolate Seal Point Birman (as is Lucy too!).

Her quite handsome father "Hey Jude" is a Lilac Birman from BumbleBe Birmans in Victoria, Texas.

Lucy's beautiful markings are of course from her mother and 

I can't help but believe that the mischievous side of her absolutely must be from her father >^..^< 

(continued with punching & layering)

On April 14, 2011, Galadrial had 5 sweet babies consisting of 4 big boys and 1 tiny little girl, our Lucy!  

Here they are at 8.5 weeks old!

I wanted to show you how small Lucy is in comparison to her brothers!

Find the tiniest kitten and you've found Lucy! So CUUUUTE!

(learning to die cut and heat embossing a stamp)

8/6/2011 (Day #2 in their new 'forever home')

I just couldn't believe that the shy Miss Gali exposed herself on day #2!!

Gali was 8 lbs when she came home with us.....but today is a gorgeous, healthy 9.5 lbs!

Remember though, she had a litter of 5 to feed and tend to which takes a lot from a MaMa.

(using ribbon in a different way and lots more flowers & brads)

8/6/2011 Lucy on Day #2 is so very comfortable in her new home!

I'm going to frame this one!  It has always been one of my most favorite layouts (and photos).

Lucy was born with very striking, phenomenally stunning eyes!

(I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst color Hydrangea Blue on the Prima flower;
keeping the layout clean & simple, allowing the print on the paper to be the main decoration)

8/13/11 This one just HAD to be shared because it's when I started the new nickname of Lucy The Bad!  

After one week with us, Lucy's hilarious, playfulness emerged.  

Lucy is 'spying' on her MaMa Gali - the flash from the camera makes her look like a little alien!  
Just that tiny head is peeking around the corner!  LOLOLOLOL!!!

Then you can see the sneaky progression Lucy makes until she reaches her MaMa, who doesn't even acknowledge her. Awwwww.  Poor Lucy!  Foiled again!

(using fun flowers, stickers & punching)

10/12/11 - 

Lucy has been so photogenic throughout her entire life! This photo has always grabbed my heart!

(punching a full frame and using ribbon accents)

11/19/11 - It's still very hard to this day to get a really good photo of these two together!

  You can see that Lucy's true colors had quite a ways to go to darken to full maturity.

(I had just bought a gorgeous set of alpha dies & the gorgeous 2-in-1 rose bush punch; 
loved using rub-on butterflies and incorporating metal into the mix).

3/3/12 - Gali looks like a statue!  LOL!

(I stitched on a layout for the first time; learned how to punch my own doily 

and even got 'fancy' with some ripping and curling : )

7/1/12 - A lovely photo of Miss Gali as she lounged on the counter in the scrap area!

(there's those pretty rub-on butterflies again & even a metal one)  : )

8/30/12 - I still say to Lucy "What the World?!" (instead of 'What in the world?')-LOL!

Lucy kept 'doing her bad deed' even though I was right there snapping photos one after the other!

  She is HILARIOUS!  Thank God she no longer mutilates the toilet paper roll!  LOL  

Below this layout, I've provided a photo to show you the outcome of her dastardly deed!

Yes - she tugged & ripped every last piece off the roll - LOL!  She is such an awesome JOY!

(I was enjoying dimensional stickers on this one & a new set of alpha dies)

5/12/13 - Bird watching together. I just adore this photo of my girls! 

(I was learning how to stencil)  :)

Aug. 2013 - One of Lucy's nicknames today is "Brown Toe" - LOL!  

And I actually still tell her and then do it - 

"I'm gunna kiss your brown toe!" 

Kitty toes are ultra soft and cushy >^..^<

(in 2013 I started using more paper collections & learned how to make paper rosettes)

The rest of Gali's & Lucy's layouts are all posted on my blog as I created them.

My life is wonderful because of them & being able to design and create great memories through scrapbooking!

Thanks so much for taking time to view and hopefully read some too : )

Have a great week!  Lisa : )