Little Me Layout

Sometimes projects come together in a very strange way. My friend Charlene scored some beautiful lace and was willing to share. I wanted to create a layout that would do the lace justice. I know that is kind of the opposite of how we normally do things.  Funnier still is that the last thing I looked for was the picture!

I can thank my brother for digging this one out. I'm especially grateful to him because due to fires and floods (that is a whole other story) I didn't have any pictures of myself that young and only a couple of myself before the age of 30. Strange that in this one picture  I'm wearing an outfit that matched the look and feel and the color of the lace! I did not change the color of the outfit in any way.

This is a very lacy, layered look. All but the lace under the actual flower is Vintage lace. The peachy coral is the lace I received from Charlene. The buttons are from Websters Pages and I hoarded them for a very long time!

Here is a closer look at the lace and flower.

As for the photo corners, they are from Michael's and were originally silver. One I dried them with my heat gun, I put a coat of gesso on them  and dried them with the heat gun. Once dry I sprayed them several times with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Cocklebells Coral  drying them with the heat gun between coats. Finally I touched the corners very lightly with the daubber head of my Picket Fence Distress paint to ensure the raised portions and the edges stood out more.

I really do have fun doing this! Thanks for stoping by and have a super day!

M-C

Project Share - 12 x 12 Layout

I was in our local scrapbook store the other day looking at the new papers, and touching them, LOL!  Yes, it is just one of those things, I have to see things in real life to get excited about it!  Pictures are wonderful, but they really aren't a substitute, if you know what I mean!  I'd seen the two new Graphic 45 paper lines, Le Cirque and Curtain Call on line but wasn't sure what I'd do with it. When I saw it in the store, I immediately knew I needed to make a heritage layout for my album.  So here it is:

In addition to the Graphic 45 Le Cirque paper, I used a crocheted doily, some Prima lace, Prima bling. a hand made rosette flower, 3 Recollection flowers and a big black Petaloo flower. I used a skeleton leaf under the rosette, and two black medallions (one has a pearl center) that I got at Michael's.

I am going to re-scan the original picture with my new Epson Artisan 810 printer in the hopes that I can get a scanned copy that is as detailed as the original.  I must say that this scan of my mom and dad's picture is not nearly as good as the original and that is likely due to the very old scanner I used the first time.

Thank you so much for stoping by and visiting with me!
M-C