An
old layout of mine that popped up on my "On This Day" feature on
Facebook caused a moment of "aha!".
The
January 2017 Delicate Kit from Swirlydoos, full of gorgeous papers, trims and
flair from Lemoncraft's Gossamer Blue collection, also comes with a lot of fun
embellishments, among them woodgrain textured cardstock from American Crafts, a
package of Kaisercraft blooms, tin fencing from Darice and best of all, two
pheasant feathers! These and the Prima Melody Blue package of embellishments
from the December kit gave me a perfect opportunity to scrap this photo of this
wonderful couple, neighbors of my childhood.
We
addressed Mr. and Mrs. Davis with the courtesy titles of Aunt Lutie and Uncle
Clarence and they really were like elderly relatives to generations of
children, starting with my father's generation.
Born
in the 1870's they were able to entertain us all with stories of long ago,
before telephones, cars, and all electronics. In the dining room was a pump
organ that we could play. In the living room was a real wind up Victrola that
came with cylinders that Aunt Lutie called "my funny records". On
occasion, Uncle Clarence would take out his violin and play for us all as we
sat on the floor in a circle.
Mr.
Davis was a carpenter; I can still remember the smell of wood in his workshop
at the back of the house behind the kitchen and the many wood shavings that
covered the floor.
Mrs.
Davis loved nature, especially the birds that she fed throughout the year and
she loved to tell us all about the different ones that came to visit.
To
form the base of my layout, I cut a 10 inch square from the center of the
textured cardstock and put it aside. I then colored the remaining outside with
Ranger Distress Ink in Brushed Corduroy to bring out the woodgrain pattern and
adhered it to an 11 inch square of thin chipboard to give it stability.
The
Lemoncraft Gossamer Blue 01 sheet was trimmed to an 11 inch square, lightly
distressed and fastened to the base. Next, I tore the Gossamer Blue Bonus Sheet
down the center at a diagonal, cut the width to 11 inches and fastened it to
the center after lightly distressing the sides.
I've
placed a lot of odds and ends under my photo - bits from the Bonus Sheet (some
of them fussy cut), more of the textured cardstock that I inked, scraps from
previous layouts, bits of Prima packaging and a few inched of the tin fence.
To
form my flower cluster, I chose one of the Kaiser blooms from the kit and a few
flowers from my stash ( using the Distress Ink to tone down the white blossoms),
along with bits of Lemoncraft flair and trim.
Lastly,
in honor of Aunt Lutie I placed one of those marvelous feathers along the
bottom of the photo and topped it with a beautiful Melody Blue bird.
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