Friday 15 March 2013

Family Layouts

I had a little time to scrapbook last weekend, my mum and I are putting together a family album of pictures from her childhood and I’m loving working with these old photos.The first page uses a sketch from Pagemaps for an Imaginisce sketch contest. (my mum’s the little one in the middle!)
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The second page, which has photos of more cousins is for the challenge at Sketch N Scrap using their sketch
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After starting to scrapbook about fifteen years ago, I've had a long period when my crafting has focused on card making and inky,  stamping messiness, leaving the scrapbook papers gathering in a corner, so I really am still finding my feet and style again. I have tons of paper, much of which is now very dated so I can see a session with the inks and paints happening soon!
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I’ve used a combination of new and old stash on these pages – the copyright date on the striped paper was 2004 ! I’m happier with the first page than the second, but it’s a learning process and I’m having fun !
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Just had to show a close up of this photo as I love it  - we’re not sure though what the dark shadow is ! Thanks so much for stopping over – if you have any suggestions for my layouts I’d love to hear them !  Esther xx

10 comments:

  1. Awesome photos! Love both pages, these papers work splendidly with your photos! Thanks for joining us at Sketch N scrap!

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  2. Hi Esther, it's not very often I come across a blogger that is so close (I live near Colchester). I really like both your pages and the colour combo you have used is lovely. I especially like how you moved up the strip on the sketch, it has anchored your photo nicely.So glad you could play along with us at Sketch N Scrap.xx
    As for suggestions about your scrapbooking..keep doing what you're doing, you have a great style. As long as you are happy with the results that's all that counts.

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  3. Beautiful work and such a wonderful family keepsake Esther. Hope the dark shadow was not a ghosty lol. Hugs and thanks for sharing, that sure looks like a lot of work
    June xxxx

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  4. Gorgeous scrapbooking - these are wonderful pictures to treasure. Nicola x

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  5. Absolutely beautiful layouts! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Sketch N Scrap! :)

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  6. Love the black and white photo's with the papers. Great layout. Thank you for joining us at Sketch-N-Scrap.

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  7. Beautiful! I love scraping old photos! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Sketch-N-Scrap!

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  8. Wow your work is beautiful and I love the photos!! Thank you for joining us this month at Sketch~n~Scrap!

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  9. old pictures are the best! I love that you are showcasing them in such a beautiful way! Thanks for playing with SNS

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  10. I love working with the vintage photos. Thanks for playing along at S~N~S.

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