Summer Gite 1998.

 Hello,

Today you find me sharing a memory from back in 1998 over on  The Mad Scrapper Blog . I have had this layout design in my head for years but have been waiting for the right paper to come out and I think this paper from the Whispering Way Collection is just that, it's called Farm Fresh. This is the B side the other has chickens, dried flowers etc on it.

I did my usual thing and gathered together stash that I believed I may use. Then I cut away two sections from the right hand side following the brickwork which would allow my photographs to show through. Because there were sunflowers on the papers A side and outside the gite I decided to trim the paper to 11.5 and mount on to this yellow paper. However I did add a little bit of card behind those bricks to give a little dimension which you will see better when the photos are in place.

This next photo shows the outside of the Gite which we drove to from our home in Dunstable, it was just around Rochefort. Yes we brought our sons bicycle with us which he enjoyed riding to and from the Boulangerie every day for our fresh bread or croissants. They thought he was very cute with his white blonde hair and attempting to say good morning or good bye in French. The walls were very thick which meant it was beautifully cool inside.

I decided to paint the Summer chipboard in white gesso mixed with a little blue paint. The little wooden buttons have the Eiffel Tower on them and the little tile has the word "life" on it which I thought went well. I cut out some tickets from other 49 and market collections to tuck here and there and use for journaling.

This was my sons bedroom you can see the thickness of the walls here. All the furniture within the property work so well with its feel it was such a lovely place to stay.

This photograph shows the tiny kitchen, not much workspace but it didn't matter. If you could see through that window you would see the huge garden with lots of space for our little paddling pool and the table and chairs. Beyond were fields of corn and another lovely walk. From here we went on to Paris tagging on our first visit to Disneyland Paris.

I fussy cut that pink flower and then used it to bring in the other flowers on the page, all available in the store.

I finished off with some of the new dew drop hearts. Thank you for stopping by today, I hope I have inspired you to try some fussy cutting on layouts. Drop by to check out this collection and others available if not do what I do and grab a coffee and check out The Mad Scrapper  

Sue.

Supply List:

Whispering Way Collection Pack 12"X12" 

Mistletoe And Memories - Staples #3 

Mistletoe And Memories - Staples #4 

DEW DROP HEART STICKERS - LUMINOUS 

Hello Summer 

Pastel Flowers - Blue 

Inkssentials Glossy Accents Precision Tip 

Mini Hot Glue Sticks 

49 and Market Enchanted Petals in Ballet Slipper and Sunshine

You + Me

 Hello,

Today you find me sharing a layout on  The Mad Scrapper Blog using a photograph taken 40 years ago. It is of my husband and I on our wedding day. I thought I would use these lovely spring floral papers available in store by Maja Designs. I can remember on the day my mum and dads garden was a wash with yellow flowers and I had yellow in my bouquet along with my bridesmaids dresses were soft yellow too.

Here is a quick look at the manufacturer strips you can see I have also used some Bazzil and Uniquely Creative plain too.

For this layout I have done quite a bit of cutting but if you didn't fancy it you could just buy 2 sheets of the floral paper. I distressed the edges of all paper pattern paper layers before attaching them to the yellow or green cardstock. As you can see the centre panel I stitched around the edge for some texture, the pink piece under is in fact the other side of the floral. Also the centre panel is lifted by a sheet of foam.

Here is a close up of the stitching which is pink and yellow, also I die cut a little frame and added the date and town.

On this next photo you can just make out the Dusty Attic chipboard flourish I tucked under the photo it comes from the Feathers by Nuneka set which has other small flourishes which I chose 2 and added to the bottom left of the photograph. I also grabbed some little hearts from another set which I gesso and then painted with yellow and pink glitter glue.

The flowers I have used today are from a PinkFresh Studio set I bought from Janine when she sold them, maybe you have them too? The set was Be Fearless and it came with stencils and dies to cut out. I inked up 2 sets one in pink the other in yellows and the greens were a sage green to coordinate with those in the papers. The title is just peeking in and that I have had for years lingering in my stash for just the right layout to come along. It is white and was a little lost just straight on to the floral papers so I added some of the green behind it and fussy cut around it.

Here you can see the bottom small cluster. You can also see I have added some flat sequins around the page too.

Here is a little close up of the florals I used, after I inked with embossing clear ink I heat embossed in gold. This gives a lovely soft feel to the image but it makes it easy to line up the stencils too.

Thank you for stopping by again today, do check out what paper collections Janine has available that will suit your photograph's I'm sure she will be only too willing to show you around if not then do like me and grab a coffee and head to The Mad Scrapper  and look at your leisure even in your pj's!

Sue.

Supply List:

Coconut Swirl/Smoothies 

CARDSTOCK - SUNSHINE 

Botanical Chronicles 12 X 12 COORDINATING CARDSTOCK BUNDLE 

Pink Cloud/Canvas 

Feathers – by Nuneka 

HEAVY GESSO WHITE – 2OZ TUBE 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - clear for embossing

Ranger Embossing Powder - Gold 

Art Foam A4 Sheet - Sage 

PinkFresh Studio - Be Fearless Stamp, stencil and die set.

Yellow and pink embroidery floss

You + Me Persepxtive

Yellow Stickles

Pink Stickles