Gosh it seems like forever since I worked on a layout. Even though is has only been a week. It felt good last night to start this one, and today to finish it. I was over at my moms last week and we were looking through some old pictures. I came across this one of myself and my grandmother. I was only 5 years old. It brought back so many memories of my childhood and the time my family spent with her and my grandfather in Berkley Springs, West Virginia. My grandmother loved to garden, whether it be in her vegetable garden, or flower garden.
This layout also qualifies for three challenges. The first one being
Stuck On U Sketches. Their challenge this week is to use an unusual item on your layout. I used the lid of an old jewelery box, that I cut in half and then inked and used as the little garden box on the bottom of my page.
The second challenge is a sketch challenge over at
Pages In Time. Here is their current sketch.
The third challenge is over at
ACOT. Their altered challenge is to use corrugated cardboard.
The photo of my grandmother is not the best of quality, and I would have loved to have had one of us working in her garden. But I am thankful to have found this one. The paper, lace and frame are Making Memories. I did a little machine stitching as well as some distressing and inking. I cut the flowers out from the George Cricut cartridge. The leaves are Prima and the butterfly by K and Company. I found the picture of the vegetables online. I added some texture to it in Photo Shop to give it an aged look.
The fence was hand cut using some old paper by Flair called Shutter. I had some screen in my stash and used that as the backing for the fence. I added some dirt paper and little veggies I found online. The cute little rabbit is by Martha Stewart.
I had cut the rose trellis and added some dainty roses by Prima.
The title letters are Webster's Pages. I painted a piece or corrugated cardboard and then added some crackle paint. I then inked it with some blue and brown ink. I found the little apron and hat in my stash, and added a seed packet. The bird is by K and Company.