What an awesome lo & the pistachio flowers are so perfect with the other colors. I love how you did the die cuts & such a great photo of Sam. The pops of gold are a great touch!:)
Well I see you are at it again. You have created a stunning and heartfelt layout. I love the green for the outdoors. The frame, butterflies and flowers are expertly placed and really look beautiful. Wow!
Wow the frame you created is so unique. Your pistachio flowers really work well in this layout too. Love that metal heart. Beautifully designed layout Elizabeth!
This is magnificent! I am immensely impressed with those pistachio shell flowers! I love how all the shades of green give this page a masculine feel. Beautiful work, as always!
Well friends, I finally put two of my pistachio shells flowers to use! This layout came together so quickly and it wasn't even planned! Don't you just love it when that happens?! I was out in my Craft Palace day before yesterday afternoon just contemplating what my next project might be. I had this picture of Sam (taken in August, 2009 for his 2010 senior pictures) along with a few more of him and Dan that I had taken for their senior pictures. What caught my eye about this one, is that Sam was at the edge of a pond at Ohme Gardens and then I remembered I had my shell flowers that remind me of water lilies. I had also printed out several pictures of the lily pads that I had Googled. So I thought, they would be perfect to use with this picture! Since I recently organized my paper stash I ran across this one I had punched several years ago using my best friends Lucky 8 punch. It will either just punch the paper (as shown) or you can get a die cut piece. I found some dark green contrast to go underneath that matched the greenery in the picture and attached it to the back. With the scraps I die cut my vines, along with using DCWV metallic gold 6x6 paper and an olive color from scraps. I liked the gold so well I decided to die cut corners and tried 3 different dies before settling on this one. They are Spellbinders Victorian Corners.
The little tag was given to me by Brandy Lynn a long time ago and I felt it matched perfectly! Thank you Brandy! I stamp embossed the phrase on the tag as well as the phrase on the left of the picture.
I just recently purchased the beautiful Spellbinders die under Sam's picture and I love it! The sweet metal looking heart was from Rebecca (Nunya) and I love that as well. It isn't metal but they did a great job of making it look that way! Thank you Rebecca! The intricate diecut was from Brandy Johnson that came along with a pocket letter in a FB swap.
The aqua flowers are from HL and the beautiful butterflies are Reneabouquets. Remington buttons I got at the antique mall.
I added close-ups so you can see dimension a bit better.
In my gallery I shared a tutorial on how to make the pistachio shells flower at the end of March for those interested.
Thank you so much everyone for your wonderful support. I appreciate each and every one of you!
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