~~ Cute Baby ~~

This is a very nostalgic photo for me ... it is the only one I have of me as a little baby with my dad. That makes this a photo taken in 1963! Although he passed away 21 years already, I have the most fond memories of him and know that I carry many of his believes in me... I would have loved for him to have known his Grand children...know he would have made an amazing grandfather to them!

For this LO I used Pion Papers, a most gorgeous frame from Twiddleybitz, Prima flowers and Ingvild trinkets...

I take it that the Opening Gate was meant more for an Off the Page Project, for it has hinged doors, but I just loved the idea of using it on a LO! I painted the three layers in shades of blue and gave the top one some spots of Perfect Pearls highlights.

I embossed the Ironworks with black Stampendous Aged Enamel and placed some flowers and Fern Leaves behind them.

The stamped images are from a LeBlanche stamp.

The Butterfly is from the Flutterby's and Butterfly set from Twiddleybitz and was inked with Distress Inks and some Glossy Accent.

 A Zipper and Typo Bulb from Prima ... I coloured the Zipper with some Alcohol Ink.

The wings of the Cherub were dusted with some Perfect Pearls in blue and green. The flowers are Harlow Cashew from Prima.

I treated the Fern Leaves by dabbing some Texture Paste on them, then inked them with Distress Inks and a little Glitter.

Thank you for taking a stroll down memory lane with me...If you still have your Father...treasure them, for they may be gone all to soon....

I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. 
My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land. 
Chief Joseph 

Back in Time....

Finally I can post a LO done with some Twiddleybitz chipboard pieces as well! Thanks to Mandie from The Scrap Cottage who so kind heartedly send me some pieces...I worked very sparingly, for I don't have much, but they are so cute I will have to order some more soon!

This LO is then my DT work for Sketch # 12 hosted by Scrap Africa. We once again had a beautiful sketch to work with and I am hoping to see many entries for it...

This sweetie is my eldest daughter Chantelle in 1992 when she was about 6/7 years old...Sometimes I wish I could turn back time to just hold and love her some more as a little girl...

This is a piece of the Grapevine Border... I used one of my favourite techniques for chipboard ( borrowed  from Mistra ) to wet and layer the chipboard. I always love how much dimension one can get that way! I just sprayed them with some Distress Ink mist and added a little Fairy Dust.

This doily is from a Prima packet..I blasted the edges with my heat gun to curl the edges some what and sprayed it with Goosebumps for some added texture!

The Ivory Aged Enamel gave an instant aged and distressed look by just embossing with the Stampendous embossing...

I layered the vine on top of the Small Decorative Frame...love doing this for a natural look.

This is our sketch at Scrap Africa and these are our sponsors and the prizes up for grabs!

Children are the anchors of a mother's life. 
Sophocles

Have a creative weekend....