Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Nana at Sixteen



...in the New York Evening Post in 1933. She always loved clothes with polka dots too!

The large photograph was already very torn on the edges, so I carefully tore the edges so that there were no more remaining rips and distressed the edges with ink. There are a variety of odds and ends in this layout but I used a couple different lines from some past releases of Fancy Pants for most of the papers (except for the singing bird, which if you have been scrapbooking for awhile, you probably recognize as MME Bohemia.

From Tamara Challenge #115 -- Recipe Challenge

This week, we are featuring a Recipe Challenge. This weeks Recipe Challenge came from Janine, one of the Design Team Members here at Sketches! {by tamara}. Please use at least these three items on your layouts or cards:

Brads
Buttons
The Color Blue

And speaking of Recipe Challenges, I am also hosting a challenge in Scraptiv!ty's Spring Fling. Please check it out here. But, you may have to register first.

Be blessed!

3 comments:

  1. This is layout is amazing! Caught my eye right away in my google reader.

    Great job!
    Melanie

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  2. Janine...This is the most beautiful page I have ever seen. I so love it. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. beautiful layout- I would love to have pictures like that of my grandma-

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You're so sweet to take the time to comment! Thanks!!