Happy Family Memories

This takes me back, my Grandparents garden in London in the early 1960's, even though I was very small when they moved from here, I can still remember the kitchen so well.

I have used the Peony paper again from My Little Shoebox.

Take a sheet of paper 7704 and cut to 16cm x 24cm and run the top and right hand edges through a border punch to create the scallops. Adhere this to brown cardstock, 1cm from right hand edge and 1.5cm from the top. Place two smaller photos in a staggered position on the bottom edge of the patterned paper, finish this of with a length of FTI stitched ribbon and a bow. Next take a piece of cream cardstock and trim it to 30cm x 14cm, mount your photos and place on the cardstock filling in the gaps with scraps of patterned paper (I have used paper 7705). Next take a green piece of cardstock 30cm x 2cm and adhere the scalloped edging from the Peony overlay sheet, tuck this just under the right hand edge of the cream cardstock, I also added a title and flower from the overlay sheet. Adhere this whole piece to the brown cardstock 1cm from the left hand edge. Apply rub on lettering (I have used Luxe Designs - Whoa Nelly) to cream cardstock and cut randomly around them, define the edges with a fine liner. Next to finish the title, apply My Little Shoebox Mini Alphabet Stickers in Cream to rust coloured cardstock. More mini stickers are used to complete the journalling.

Extra's from my stash

Stampin Up scallop punch

All good wishes

I hope you all had a good Christmas and are currently thinking up New Years resolutions you intend to keep. Personally, my usual one is to take up regular exercise, I have never yet managed to keep it up long. I start off with good intentions, but these quickly disappear because I can always think of so many better things I could be doing with my spare time than going to the gym for an hour of puffing and sweating. I know, I know, it is good for me, it will keep me healthy in the long run but that doesn't make it any more appealing. Perhaps this year will be different...... Yeah, right!!!!!

This layout uses the Peony range of papers by My Little Shoebox. Paper 7705 was trimmed to reveal just the green stripe with the flowers attached. Extra flowers and stalks were cut from the remainder of the paper. Two 10mm wide strips were cut from paper 7704, one was placed 11cm from the base of the white 12 x 12 card stock. The green flower stripe was butted up to this. The other 10mm strip was placed 6cm from the top of the cardstock and the extra flowers placed randomly within the area between the two strips to create balance and interest. A piece of green cardstock was cut to 5 1/4 inches x 10 inches ( I have swapped to inches as it is easier when working with a 7"x 5" photo), all four corners were rounded. Using the remaining paper from 7705 a strip 5" x 1 1/8"th was cut, two corners were rounded and adhered to the top of the green card stock leaving a 1/8"th gap top and bottom, next the photo was added. Another strip of paper 1/4" x 5" was adhered under the photo leaving an 1/8"th gap. Finally the title was added, for a finishing touch a few left over flowers were applied to the corner of the green cardstock.

Extras used from my stash

Doodlebug pink letter stickers