Saturday, February 9, 2013

My Beautiful Mother-in-Law

I'm entering this in two challenges one over at C'est Magnifique and the other at  Once Upon a Sketch 

This layout didn't come together easily for me, I think I was feeling like many others at the moment and didn't have much motivation or creative thought.  
I'm happy with it now as I lifted the hexagonal background with a thin piece of cardboard to give it some dimension.  I've also fussy cut some of the patterned paper and layered them along with a few extra hexagons.  The little jewels you see are a cheap pair of earrings I bought on sale.  I used some texture paste and a stencil for the little flourishes around the edge of the page before I painted them with JoSonja's pearl paint. I also used a Dusty Attic chipboard frame embossed with Opals embossing powder.
Products Used:
Patterned Paper from Lincraft Stores
Prima Shabby Chic TreasuresBirds
American Craft Thickers
Kaisercraft Flowers
Handmade by me Flower
Seam Binding from The Craft Queen
JoSonja's Paint and Texture Paste
Urban Artist Stencil
Fiskars Border Punch
Sheer Ribbon from Stash
Dusty Attic Chipboard Frame (cut in two)
Opals Embossing Powder


21 comments:

  1. Gorgeous project! I love the hexie background, I noticed it right away on your page. I also love how you did the journalling strips and your elements.

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  2. Ahhhh! & what a BEAUTIFUL layout of your BEAUTIFUL MIL.... OH! lovin the hexagons & gorgeous color combo!! your mojo flowed just fine to me...
    I finding I just dont have the time! I think they should accommodate for us scrappers & have scrapday as an extra day... LOL!

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  3. Beautiful layout......head over to my blog and you just might find a nice surprise ;)

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  4. Isn't it funny how some come together sooo easily & others don't? This looks really lovely - those 'jewels' are perfect & you are sooo good at flower clusters...wonder what the surprise was???!!! Might have to go have a sticky myself...ooops! Just remembered Fatmumslim.....

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  5. Oh this looks really beautiful Sandra, it looks like a lot of love has gone into this layout.. love the raised hexagons and the colors are lovely!!

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  6. I love hexagons in the background!
    The layers that are above is FABULOUS!
    Good weekend :)

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  7. Just beautiful! Love your colours and the whole design.

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  8. Wow fantastic LO. Love the photo, the papers and the way you used the CM sketch. Thanks for joining us

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  9. Beautiful page Sandra!! I think the fussy cut bits are really worth the time...they add such a pretty touch! Gorgeous work! xo

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  10. This is so pretty, Sandra! Love the hexagon paper in the background :)

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  11. Your page is awesome,so elegant and perfect color combination, Sandra!!! Thank you so much for playing along with us at OUAS!

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  12. Very beautiful! Love the colors and hexagons!

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  13. Such a beautiful LO Sandra... the colours are so soft and pretty and I love your hexagon background!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at OUAS :)

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  14. and a wonderful reason to celebrate .. 80! It is a really touching and beautiful layout Sandra, the colours are so gorgeous and I just love those hexagon's!

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  15. Well for someone who was lacking motivation you could never tell from this, love the photo and journalling and your worked that paper range beautifully.

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  16. wow it's beautiful lovely details i became a follower love your work greetings janneke

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  17. What a beautiful tribute to your MIL! fussy cutting is always worth the time doing, it adds such beautiful dimension to a page. I can see how much time and love you have invested in creating this page even without the motivation you're claiming to have lost (cannot see any traces of anything missin in there though), it's truly beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing it with us at OUAS!

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  18. This is gorgeous Sandra :) Personally, I hate fussy cutting but the end result is always so beautiful. I really should make more effort with it :)

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  19. What a lovely page, it's just beautiful. Lovely colours for your photo and I love your hexagons - it's like you've wrapped her in a quilt.

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  20. Gorgeous colours and I love how you've put your detail shots into a frame... may have to give that a try! Thanks for visiting my blog and entering the giveaway... Good luck!

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  21. CONGRATULATIONS Sandra!!!! I am so happy your layout made"spotlight" because it truly is very beautiful and very special!!! Sooooo happy for you!!!xx

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