Tuesday, 22 February 2011

Rainy Tuesday !

It's a horrible,dark, rainy Tuesday here. Hope it's a bit better where you are !
Even in the conservatory it quite dark so please excuse the rather naff photo of this 3rd LO from the Kit.
This is another photo of my Mum with my grandparents. Again I'm guessing the year it was taken. Around 1912 I would imagine as my mother doesn't look much older than about 12 - 18 months old.
Do remember to date your photos on the back of any you take,for future generations. There's no one below my generation that is still alive to ask these things and it can get very frustrating....so remember date those photographs !!

The original photo was quite small and increasing the size for printing made it a bit blurry so I scanned it at the original size and used that.I don't ever use originals for my scrapbooking. Problem was it would then have got a bit lost on the LO. To make it stand out a bit more I welded a frame from some scrolls that are on the Cricut Elegant Cakes cart. The cart is meant for cake makers but you can also use them on the expression.


Here are some close ups of the flowers I made. I did use the odd small prima but most of them are hand made.




I'm off to London tomorrow to see the Wizard of Oz with both DD's, Emily, Molly and Jack. Charlie is a bit young just yet so he's staying at home with his Daddy and Sophie. We're having lunch at the Rainforest Cafe before going to the matinee performance....that should be fun ! I'm crossing my fingers that the rain will have gone by then !

7 comments:

  1. Loving your layouts. Was looking at the Sarahs card thread on UK Scrappers, whilst wondering whether to get one of their kits and found my way to here. Thought all the layouts that you have done with the last kit are fabulous and are really tempting me to give one of their kits a go. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. Stunning page Gwyneth! Love all the flowers. Hope you have a great time watching the Wizard!

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  3. Love your page Gwyneth. What a wonderful photo. Love all your flowers too. I love making flowers very theraputic (sp). Enjoy the Wizard of Oz.

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  4. Loving your pages. I found my way here while looking at the Sarah's cards thread on UK Scrappers, while considering whether to try one of their kits. All of your pages with this last kit are fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration, I am really tempted to try one of their kits now.

    (2nd attempt to post this, not sure what happened to my original comment)

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  5. Such a fabulous photo here and love the whole lo Gwyneth :-D
    the flowers you made are brilliant!

    Lisa
    xx

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  6. Another fab LO Gwyneth - I just love the colours and your embellies are beautiful.

    Have a wonderful time at the W.O.O.

    Toni :o)

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  7. Hi Gwyneth,

    Some lovely Layouts and the flowers you have made are fab!!

    Chrissy. xxx

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