The Scrapbook Garden - Sweethearts

This is my 4th layout for this months design kit for

The Scrapbook Garden

It is My Paternal Grandfathers Brother Bill and

his Wife Isabel.

I started with the Bazzill 12 x 12 cardstock

Berry Blush you can find a range of Bazzill here

Using some papers from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads

paper pack of 6 x 6 papers I cut out my title

an placed it up the side of the 12 x 12 .

This is a gorgeous rich colour and it matched perfectly

with the patturned papers.

I rounded the corners on the photos to soften them

and also on the patturned paper but chose not to matt the

images but to just layer the paper for a different feel.

I added my own script paper to contrast with the pinks

and lighten it a little.

Ive never been one for sewing but my Mother does the most lovely

embroidery and has done for years.

A friend gave me a whole collection of magazines

that you collect monthly about sewing .

Each month you get a free sampler and it builds up a collection.

Alot of them were not suitable for anything I needed

but a few were similar to the one below.

I thought it would be nice to combine them into the family albums

and a way of including something that my mother

had made also.

Ive used these samplers before , but this one matched

perfectly with the colours i was using.

I had some chipboard pieces so attached the sampler

to the back of one piece which looked like a frame.

Turning it over its made a nice embellishment for

my page.

I dont know alot about some of these family members

so i feel i need to use things which reflect the period

as specific embellishments are sometimes hard to find.

I stamped a couple of word definitions and placed them around the page

Added my journalling and thats it. Again I feel that this bright pink paper is maybe not one I would have chosen for a mans photo , but teamed up with the picture of his wife and a few simple stamped definitions both the pink bazzill and the floral paper work well I feel.

Why not pop along to the Scrapbook Garden and have a look at the great range of products they have and most of all the really great prices.

Thanks for stopping by my blog its much appriciated . Have a nice week hope you get some sunshine where you are.