For Lania

Happy Birthday to my niece Lania.
Here is another card I made playing around with the Cricut. The idea was sourced through theCricut magazine March 2012)
The base of the card was cut using the Elegant Edges "Scollop 2" template. I cut two pieces of white card stock out at  4 3/4 ", and one piece of pink at 4 1/4 "

 A doily pattern was cut out of the same white card stock and place under the pink frame.

 The little deer were cut from the Cindy Loo cartridge. Little bows were tied around the neck and gems were placed on the little dot cut outs on the body of the deer.

A journal box was stamped onto white card and a sentiment stamped onto this in pink. A fancy brad and ribbon was attached to the journal box to make it a bit mor girly.

Jen's birthday

I had lots of fun with my Cricut making this card. When I get time I sit and play so that I can learn what I can do and how things turn out. It is fun and you always end up with something very pretty.

 I used Elegant Edges "flower 3" cartridge to cut out the frame in a patterned paper. A piece of red lightly patterned paper was cut in a circle to go behind the frame. A piece of lace was placed behind the frame but centered in it

 For the pretty filigree in the middle of the card I used Cindy Loo cartirdge- figure 1.This was cut out of cream card stock. I cut out some butterflies using the background and frame papers. The butterflies cut out of the red patterned paper were embossed  in silver and placed on the bigger butterflies to give the card some depth.
Bling was placed on the filigree . Asentiment was placed on a piece of matching card with a piece of lace laid under it but showing on the bottom edge.

A rainbow of flowers

The background paper is another DCWV paper from the "Ciao Bella" stack.It really does the talking for you so I added some matching bits to the opposite side of the rose. The rose was fancy cut on the top edge and the photo placed in behind it. I placed little flowers and gems along the red line and layered some leaves, roses, a little scroll and fancy cut birdcage  on top of the photo. I have yet to find out who these people exactly are if you are wondering why there is no wording.

Annie G

 

 

Black paper was used as the mounting pcolour. Again I used two papers from  DCWV 'The Chateau Lavender' stack, choosing to cut the papers into   2/3rds and 1/3rd.The cut line is hidden under a piece of cream lace. I have matched up the flowers using complimentary purple and green with little white daisies and leaves in purple and green to pull the colours out of the papers too.A wee bit of bling was placed behind the flowers and little silver dragon flies were used to finish the page off.

Martha

This original photo was damaged, but I wanted to keep to the authenticity of it and chose not to have it corrected. I love the purple paper which is from a DCWV collection called the Chateau Lavender Stack. Purple seems to compliment the old sepia photos. A pretty piece of lace was laid down the right site and another simpler piece of lace placed along the bottom. The scroll was cut out using my cricut and given the distress look with a bit of taupe ink smudged on the edges . A trinket was layered on the top. Little resin flowers were left the cream colour to pull in the colour of the lace . A pair of trinket scissors was placed in the opposite corner .

 

Julius and Augusta

 Julius and Augusta, are the couple with those 9 children.Here they are at a grand old age. Study stock I would say by the looks of them.
A doily (purchased in Greece- part of a table cloth that I cut up as it was made of all these doilies joined together)A couple of clock stamped onto brown card and a gem placed on them. A wee trinket behind them and then flower up the side, which seemed apt as these photos are taken in the garden. Again simple but the decorations set off the simplicity of the photos

Wedding couple

This paper seemed to speak to me as being  so appropriate for my grandfather and grandmother on their wedding day....... so I just used minimal adornments  as I thought it was lovely enough. I fancy cut around the roses and placed the photo under this edge. Again the flowers I have matched to the paper seem to be off colour as red rather than pink but they do look nice in reality. I scrunched up a bit of lace and stuck two long pins through the lace. To keep the lace scrunched I taped it to the paper as it is. A wee bid stmap was fancy cut and placed at the bottom of the page.

Grannie B

 

 

 

 

My grannie was a beautiful young bride..oh such a sombre moment too.

Complimentary paper was selected.  The photo was mounted on a matching paper and then the photo was embellished with a cut out birdcage and candelabra. Brown pearls were placed on these cut outs to give them a bit of a lift. Paper roses in blush pink were placed on the bird cage and some little sprigs of white flowers [that were sold as wedding decorations] were placed along the bottom. Here again is an old piece of my jewellery and this time it is an old hair clip. As you can see I have always loved a bit of bling (lol!)  A piece of oval paper chip has been covered and is waiting for a name to be placed on it.

Family home

The family home was in a place called Puhoi. My grandfather came across on a ship from Bohemia , as a baby, and the family along with many others settled in the wilderness of this rough steep area. I am not sure if you can see how small the house is but it housed 11 family members ( 9 brothers and sisters) My grandfather is the baby on my great grandma's lap.

 

 

Again simplicity ruled. Though I say simplicity it always takes time to cut, match papers and flowers etc. The photo has tended to make the flowers look redder and the background paper orange, but in reality they compliment each other nicely.  I hand made the tag, smudged some ink on the edge to age it and the rub on had gone past it 'use by date' so I just adhered it to the tag rather than try and get it on to the tag all in one piece. I use a gate embellishment and the lettering was from my stash of alphabets.

Great Grand Parents

 I like the simplicity of some of the pages I have done for my heritage photos. The interesting thing on this page is that big jewelled brooch on the left was something I used to wear in the 1980's! Good grief. I cannot even remember when or where I would have worn it.

A little bit of lace was added to the bottom edge of the photo and a trailing of wee leaves and flowers. Quick and easy.

Off to War

Here is another page I have done for the family album. Here my grandfather is preparing to go off to war. Oh so young!. The page was simply adorned with a few things that fitted with the era, which some how seems fitting gfor the sombre occasion. The clock and pen nib stamps are Tim Holtz.  Little red roses were placed on the side ( like red poppies for the ANZACS). I am so grateful that my grandfather returned after the war but I never really had a chance to know him as he died when I was about 3.