Family Group Photo

I have loads of photos of family groups. It's something we all like to do when we go out or get together for a special occasion however I am aware that future generations might not recognise the people in the photo so here is a way to record those special family moments.

This layout was the second for the April Scrapping Your Family class and involved using tracing paper to trace the basic outlines of the people in the photo.

I was really impressed with the result of this one and will definitely do this again and again as I come across group photos.

You can add any decoration you want to suit the year of the photo but the technique is definitely to keep the tracing very basic.

More tomorrow xx

Pretty

I don't know about you but I have loads of photos of my family where they are part of a group and the only person I know in the photo is my mum or my dad or even my grandparents. I don't really want to use people I do not know in my layouts so I took the photo and scanned it into my computer, cropped it by selecting the person I wanted to scan (in this case my mum) and scannned using a high resolution say 600psi. The resulting image was really good considering how old the photo was.

Here's the layout I made for class

There is so much detail in this one, unfortunately it didn't photograph very well so here is a bit of the detail.

It wasnt until I strareted using them that I realised the orange flowers were made from foam. Not my first choice but they look ok.

For time sake I used a thin layer of texture paste as we needed the layouts to dry quickly.

Love thos tiny pearl beads. Will definately be using them again.

If I was making this just for myself I would have added some spray and more texture.
Thats it for today. Have a good one xxx

Best Wishes

The reason for doing this card was to teach the Distress Ink technique for the background. I have recorded the process below so that you can have a play.

 The silhouette flowers are a sizzix die and I have had it for ages. I have a feeling it will be used a lot.

I also have a very large hoard of embroidery thread which was perfect for this card. There are some amazing Embroidery Thread bargains in the shops right now. Huge packs at reasonable prices in the Range and a few in The Works. Worth a look if you need some.

Here is a very quick video. Really limited for space and recorded with the camera in the wrong place but I think you'll get my drift. Enjoy xx

Distress Ink Background Technique from Ladies That Craft on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday panel

Still loving the flower sets from DoCraft and finding so many ways to use them.
Here is card two from card class

Notice the overlap of flowers and leaves onto the raised greeting. I like this effect and so easy to do and of course there's that scrummy white plank background paper. Love it.

I've got loads to catch up on so keep checking back. Have a great Monday xxx

Just a note to say ......

I fell in love with the hare stamp set by Hobby Art as soon as I saw it so what better thing to do than to use it in card class. Here is my first card

And Mr Hare was a definite hit. They loved him.

Card two tomorrow x