WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!! This is sensational !!!! First of all that old photo is gorgeous !!! Love the whole design, the pp's & all the black & blue flourishes & bling looks fantastic!!!
Oh my gosh Susan, this is just stunning!!! I saw it on the gallery featured page. Wow. Love the Hambly screen prints but never thought of using them behind the photograph. The bling is gorgeous!! Love the journaling!
Susan, this is just exquisite in every way!! All the details and the wonderful story, it all makes this layout one of my favorites!!! You my dear, rock the heritage layouts!!!! I LOVE this!!! :-)
You're like me Sue... I find myself "lost in reverie" when I am working in a vintage page.. I think that's a good thing.... I LOVE this page... that scroll piece and the brads or gems ( I can't tell LOL) is awesome!! :)
Susan, this is so awesome and elegant! My maternal grandfather did the same thing, and we have never been able to track where he went or when he died. This is a fabulous story to preserve. :)
Wow, Susan, this is so striking...just beautiful. The story you've told is heartwrenching. How difficult it must have been for your grandmother...and your father. I often wonder about the people and their lives when I see old photos too.
I JUST LOVE THIS PAGE!!!!! I'M SEARCHING FOR IDEAS TO USE ON MY SONS WEDDING PICS AND THIS IS SO PERFECT FOR ONE OF MY FAV PICS OF THE TWO OF THEM!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR THE IDEA!!!
Wow! You did an amazing job mixing all these products! I love the photo and the vintage feel to this! Just beautiful, Susan...and straight into my faves!!!!!!!!!!!
wow..i love this! i am so in love with the vintage style I took pictures of my kids in vintage clothing! its absolutely beautiful. i love the colors! how unique
ANOTHER GREAT LAYOUT, WHAT A TOUCHING STORY.MY FATHER CAME FROM DENMARK,HE DIED WHEN I WAS 29, HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HIS FAMILY BACK THERE OR WHY HE CAME TO CANADA.ALL MY SISTERS HAVE HEART PROBLEMS AND IT IS NOT ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE, SHE IS NOW 86 YEARS OLD.GOD BLESS,SHIRLK,ANZAC,ALBERTA,CANADA.
This is so stylish (?) Susan.........love, love ALL your vintage LOs and your fabulous journaling. As per my lack of English I can't express what a really want to say....FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!
thank you for that precious and personal story !!! i LOVE vintage photos...and i, like yourself, when looking at old photos of my great grandparents and grandparents..also wonder..what were they thinking at that specific time..and how was life like for them...i never met my greatgrandfather..and only knew my great grandmother when i was a baby..so i dont remember them..but i have been told beautiful stories about them....and this LO is very inspirational..i'd been wanting to scrap my GGparents...and the design of this lo is stunning!! i love the mixture of pp..and how you tore them..& the rhinestones and metal embellies..just add a fantastic flare to this already gorgeous lo..perfect elements..and ty once again for sharing a piece of you. :o)
xx.nikki
Absolutely gorgeous! I am currently doing an album of my mother for my mother using this collection.....I just love it! I am more inspired now to work on it! Thanks, Patti
Oh my good gosh!!! This is gorgeous Susan!!! I have the same swirly black crystals and didn't have a clue where I would use them!!.....love what you did with them!! and of course you know I LOVE this paper line!!......Oh too funny!!! I just picked up the same pack of grungeboard a couple of days ago!!! I had no idea they could look so delicate!! ...to the favs for sure....this page is STUNNING!!
This is a photo (I scanned and cleaned it up a bit) of my paternal grandparents. I used bling from a new company called ZVA Creative. The paper is K&Co Blue Awning, swirls are Grungeboard (Tim Holtz). I also used a Hambly overlay behind the photo and a couple of swirl stamps. Journaling is tucked behind the photo at the top and reads:
When I see older photos like this one of my paternal grandparents, I wonder what their lives were like. What were their hopes and their dreams? Both of my paternal grandparents died before I was born, so I never got to know them. I only know the stories that I've been told. They had 7 children, and my daddy was the fifth child. When Daddy was a young boy, his father left and never returned to the family. My grandmother, Effie, and her mother raised the family. Daddy was about 15 years old when his mama died. I was told that my grandmother took in sewing to help support the family. Daddy used to tell me about looking for bottles to take back to the store so that he could get a penny or two for the deposit on the bottle. I don't think that any of my daddy's siblings kept up with my grandfather after he left, but I remember my daddy telling me that when his father was dying, he asked his children to come visit him and Daddy was the only one who went to see him. I don't know where he's buried or when he died. It must have hurt when my grandfather left his family, but that's something Daddy never talked about. I do know that Daddy was always there for me and I always knew that I could count on him for support. He didn't have the love and support of his father growing up, but he made sure we always did.
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