Stamps Ahead

Here I am back with a layout created for Soul Scrappers - this time the letter challenge was "V" and the criteria Vellum.  My word is Vintage. The photograph is of my parents on their wedding day - in their "going away" outfits.  My mother was a tailoress/dressmaker and she made all of her clothes for her big day and I am sure for her trousseau.  Is this word still used today? It means the clothes, linen, and other belongings collected by a bride for her marriage. For their honeymoon they went to Newcastle, NSW not far from where I live these days. I searched my stash for some vellum - not an easy task as it is not something that I regularly use and in fact it is not something that I have really embraced.  Yes, it is Christmas themed - oh, well, how was I going to make it work. As I was doing this, I found a piece of Graphic 45 paper with a fashion theme.  Taking inspiration from the fact that Mum was a dressmaker I decided to keep the word...

This photograph was found in a suitcase of photographs that belonged to my dad's brother that was given to me on the death of my uncle.  The photograph is showing it's age and was calling out to be saved.The photo shows my mother centre and her sister to her left (the tall one) was chief bridesmaid and a friend was the other bridesmaid and the flowergirl was the daughter of another friend. My mother made all the dresses as well as her going away outfit.  This layout was for a challenge over at Scrapbook Challenges  to creatively frame a photograph. I went to my stash and endeavoured to find embellishments that reflect some of the details of the photograph.  I used Graphic 45 paper and inked the edges with Tim Holtz tattered rose Distress Ink, the paper matting the photo was first distressed and then inked. The flowers for the bouquets, the lace doilies (again inked with tattered rose) represent the veil my mother is wearing, the pearls for the beautiful cov...

I saw this sketch over at 4 x 6 Sketch blog  and really liked it.  I did have to crop the bottom two photos to remove unwanted details.  The two photos of me were taken whilst I was on The Eye. The papers are from Graphic 45 Steampunk range.  It was a beautiful morning when I went on this last year.  Hope you like it.   Margaret.

Alphonse Maria Mucha (11860-1939) is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century - "Le Style Mucha". This restaurant was full of his art on the walls and had a most magnificent glass ceiling with his designs. When I saw this Graphic 45 "steampunk debutante" range I knew it would be ideal for our photos of our lunch in the restaurant. My sister had eaten here on a previous visit to Prague and certainly enjoyed this second visit. I fussy cut images from some of the pages in the range and applied them to the layout.