It was Friday night - BFF scrap night - & while my bag laid packed & ready to go with power layouts just waiting to be put together (not to mention the 100 pictures I had just had printed from a recent get-away) it was this simple 5x7 photo of my beautiful daughter that alone sparked the creative genius!
Products used for this project:
*vintage white lace & eyelet from my Grandma's collection
*vintage pink silk flower (carefully removed from an old garment of clothing)
*Martha Stewart white glitter
*Hobby Lobby light pink tulle
*Hobby Lobby dimensional butterfly stickers
*Hallmark Gift Trim metal embellishment
*pink paper (unknown - checked back has UPC but no name probably from Hobby Lobby)
*Making Memories Stardust Solid Pastel Pink glitter paper (photo mat)
*Wal-mart pink button
*inque boutique long brads (pink)
**BIG shout out to my cousin Barb who took this picture of my daughter when she was about 1 week old**
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After some deliberation on how to adhere the lace to the paper my BFF gave me the idea of attaching it with brads but the only pink brads I had with me we a dark dusty pink - far too dark for the soft look I was trying to achieve - so it's a good thing it was BFF scrap night - she gave me the idea of toning the color of the brad down by putting some sticky adhesive on the brad & adding some glitter. Perfect!! Normally, I would have done this technique with glitter embossing powder but since I had neither my embossing powder or heat tool with me her idea was a perfect solution allowing me to work with what I had! & I must admit a lot easier than the heat tool method too!
Rather than go out & purchase an expensive charm I simply took a close-up photo of my Grandma's antique Cameo (something that is very special to me!) & cut it out. For a mere 19 cents (the cost of the print) I had a beautiful personalized embellishment!
My metal embellishment is from Hallmark. It's been in my stash forever. It was one of those clearance items at the time that was so cheap I could not pass it up ... & I'm glad I didn't! It had a link style key chain on it & when I removed that there was a perfect hole on that I was able to stick a brad through & attach it to my design.
I have plenty of name brand silk & paper flowers as well as numerous ones I could make with the Cricut .. but staying with my "vintage" theme I used a silk flower off an old dress.
In the end I have to say exactly what I said in the beginning ... this layout has me beaming with pride! The personal touches that were once items of my beloved Grandma's will make this a cherished layout for years to come!
