I did but see her passing by!

Here is a layout I have created for White with 1 Earth Cyber Crop that is on this weekend. This layout is for their first challenge 

The challenge was White with Earthy Brown with theme Exploring the Outdoors and to use either wood veneer or chipboard. 

The story of the photos.  For several years in 1970's and 80's I was a Girl Guide Leader. The Sydney Opera House was opened Queen Elizabeth 11 on 20 October, 1973, so of course the Girls Guides and Leaders headed to Sydney to wait for the Queen to pass by - it was an early start and a long wait for her car to arrive.  Eventually, it was time - there she is - cameras at the ready to capture this moment in time. Well, my photo does show her gloved 'wave' as she passed us by and this was the only view that we got on the day! Here is the photo more closely. 

When a younger Queen Elizabeth 11 visited Parliament House in 1963 Sir Robert Menzies, a former Prime Minister of Australia in part expressed his admiration for her by sharing lines from the English Poet Thomas Ford poem, There is a lady Sweet and Kind: "I did but see her passing by, and yet I love her till I die."  Every time I look at my photo I am reminded of the line "I did but see her passing by!"

I have first sprayed a very old Walnut Ink, over my clock stencil, onto my white background.  I have used a wood veneer word "memories' and die cuts from my stash. Long before current sprays that are available to us there were crystals' eg Walnut Ink crystals that you diluted in water before spraying, this then led to a bottle of Walnut Ink diluted.  This bottle I remember I purchased during a visit to Hawaii and I suspect it was 1980's.
I did take several other photos and I made them a little pocket on the reverse of this layout to put them in. 

Thank you for looking, Margaret

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Swap Cards

Image
Here are 2 cards that I made as part of a swap with The INKlings group. Images © 1990 - 2007 Stampin' Up! Artwork by Margaret L Crawford Left - Wild Rose Set & saying from Artfully Asian Set Right - Artfully Asian Set & background is Rough Texture Jumbo Wheel
Read more

January Cyberchallenge - punched flowers.

Image
Images:(c)1990-2010 Stampin'Up(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford Our INKlings cyberchallenges have began for 2010. Tonight our leader, Jayne is setting the challenges. Our first challenge is to use SU punches to make a paper flower and use it on a card, scrapbook page or 3D item. I have used the round scallop punch (each flower has 3 punched scallops), cut a small way into each scallop and then pushed back to create a 3-D effect then I added a rhinestone brad to the centre of each flower. I used my markers to colour the leaves and then spritzed with water before adding to card. Challenge 1 completed.
Read more

Time stands still

Image
Here is another layout I have created recently.  I have decided to post it for a challenge at ARTastic - I hope they allow more than one entry as I have already done one layout for their May challenge - Scrap the Girls. This photo was taken when I met up with friends that I attended TAFE with many years ago.  We completed the Advanced Needlecraft Certificate at Hornsby TAFE and became firm friends during this time.   But as life goes on we lost contact - until Facebook got us back together 20 years later!..  They caught the train up and we had lunch and much catch up at my home before a walk on the beach.   Again here is the inspiration photo at ARTastic, the criteria Girls Only. I was further inspired by a layout by Emily Pitt found on   Debbie Hodge  from 2013 that I found whilst blog surfing. Thank you Debbie I have left some thanks for you on your blog. Thank you for looking, Margaret.
Read more