Spradlin Family - 1948 and Mini Album Page ~ Practical Scrappers

Please see next post for my Sketch Along Tuesday - Frosted Designs Layout!!

(I had to make a few changes on this one... My cousin emailed me this morning and told me this was in 1948 and not 1947...  She and my mom were like sisters and just a few years apart.  She also said she has a newspaper clipping about the photo and it has the date on it..  She is going to email it to me...  I can't wait to get it and include it in the pocket!!!  WOW talk about a treasure!!  Thank you sooooo much, Almeta!!!)

Hello, It's me again!! I have a couple more things to share with you today..  This time it's for the Practical Scrappers Cameos and Silhouettes reveal..  

The first one is a layout I did of my Mother's family back in 1948..  My mother was only 13 years old,  she was the youngest of 13 children.  In this photo are my Mother's parents (my Grandparents), some of her 12 siblings and some of their spouses, Billy, a boy that my Grandparents took in to raise, and some of her nieces and nephews..  There were 13 children in all that reached adulthood, and 3 died at either birth or within the first year...  My Grandparents had a total of 56 grandchildren, which included 2 step-grandchildren, and 3 that died young...  WOW, that's a lot of grand kids... 

I haven't really scrapped my Mom's side of the family, we didn't live close to any of her relatives and only visited once a year, so I don't really know them as well as I do my Dad's side..  But I am slowly meeting more of them on Facebook which I am so excited about and I hope to meet a lot more!!!
 Okay on with the details here....
Here are a few close ups...

This is my mother.. you can see that there is a tag behind her photo that has the family history on it...  The light blue layer is a piece of scrap that I dry embossed and then brushed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distressing Ink, few La Patite 3-D Butterflies, a portion of a string of pearls, some Prima Say It In Pearls and a portion of the crochet doily...

Here is the Tim Holtz idea-ology ~ Ornate Plate, another La Patite 3-D Butterfly Sticker, more of the hand crochet doily, part of the MS Deco Fan corner punched circle, Prima Flower, and Cameo....

Some Prima Flowers, Decoractive Button, Prima Say In In Pearls, and Basic Grey Chipboard Bird...

Here are a few other challenges this layout will qualify for...
Practical Scrappers ~ Cameos and Silhouettes
Crafty Cardmakers ~ Embossing
Cupcake Challenge ~ In the Garden
Flutter By Wednesday ~ Anything but a card (using butterflies, angels and/or a fairy)
The Shabby Tea Room ~ Monochromatic
Use It Tuesday ~ Bling
Anything Goes Challenge ~ Bingo..  I chose Distressing, Flowers and Embossing

Here is a list of scrappy things I used on the layout...

Heidi Swapp ~ The Lounge

The Paper Loft ~ Fun & Games Series - Metronome

g c d Studios ~ Ella Blue Collection

MS Deco Fan Corner Punch

Bazzill (the light blue that I framed the large photo with) ????

Crochet Doily

Prima Flowers

Decorative Button

Basic Grey Chipboard Bird

Prima Say It In Pearls

Strand of pearl beads

La Petites 3-D Butterfly Stickers

Tim Holtz idea-ology ~ Ornate Plates

Cameo

7 Gypsies Tag

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MY MINI ALBUM
I'm also showing you a few pages of a mini album I did awhile back.  I'm showing the cover and the page that I used the cameo on.... 

This was my first mini album I made and I loved it... I am currently working on 3 more....

Here you can see the cameo and the tags in place...

Here you can see the tags pulled out!

You can see the whole album here.....

Please check out the sidebar over at Practical Scrappers to see the list of new challenges...  We would love to reveal your project... 
Thanks for dropping by!!!
Have a wonderful day!!!
Hugs!!!

Two (2) Heritage Layouts of my Mom and Dad for my 2 Design Team Challenges

Please scroll down to see the Sketches In Thyme Sketch Challenge!

 The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Theme Challenge!!

Hi everyone, happy Thursday!!  Today is a double post for me!  The first layout is for The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Challenge, which is "Heritage"!  I luv, luv, luv, the way this one turned out!  This is a photo of my mom and dad right before they were married, or directly after.  They will be married 60 years the first of September, so you can do the math, or not!!  Around 1950.  This is one of my favorite photos I've found of them so far.. 

Almost everything I used on this layout was in my June Swirlydoos Scrapbook Kit and I really think it was perfect for this photo/challenge..  I also used last weeks sketch from Sketches in Thyme which is found here.. 

Here are the challenges this qualifies for:

The Pink Elephant Scrapbook Challenge ~ Heritage

Creative Card Crew ~ Die Cuts

Here is the list of scrappy things I used:

all of the papers are

g-c-d Studios ~ Ella Blue Collection

Peggy Sue

Frances

Grace Hallie

Ashley and

Georgia

Dusty Attic Chipboard Flourish

Prima Flutter Vine

Prima Innoscence Collection ~ Flowers

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist ~ Frost

Silhouette SD ~ Frame

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Walnut Stain

Recollection Brads

Be sure and head on over to TPE and see what everyone else did with this fabulous challenge!!!!!  And then be sure and play along with us, we would love to see some of your heritage layouts!! 

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SKETCHES IN THYME SKETCH LAYOUT!!!

And here is my layout for this weeks challenge over at Sketches In Thyme...  I Just love this weeks sketch check it out here.. 

As you can see I changed it up a bit..  Remember, you can follow it perfectly or use it as a starting point... Anyhoo, I used  two more photos of my mom and dad back when they were dating.   The little photo is of my mom and dad and dad's bother, my uncle, and his parents, my grandparents... All of which are gone now except my mom and dad!!!   I'm so glad that my mother let me go through my grandmother's photos when I went back home this last time... And to my surprise my grandmother wrote on the back of each one with the names...  Wow, what a find...  I have so many more layouts I want to do that my head is just spinning........  I hope you've enjoyed looking at these two layouts as much as I've enjoyed making them!!!

Want to know what you are playing for this week? Our Maven Brenda, is sponsoring this week's prize!!!! Thank you so much, Brenda!!!! Who wouldn't love to win this acrylic album from Apple Pie Memories?

Here are a few challenges this one qualifies for:
Sketches In Thyme ~ Sketch
If The Shoe Fits ~ Spread Your Wings

Flutter By Wednesday ~ Open (with butterfly, angel or fairy)  I used a butterfly

Here is a list of scrappy things I used:

Brown CS
All of the pp's are from this July's Swirlydoos Scrapbook Kit:

Basic Grey ~ Cappella ~ figaro

Basic Grey ~ Cappella ~ venetian

Basic Grey ~ Cappella ~ mezzo

Lace Ribbon

Dustic Attic ~ Small Scroll

Dustic Attic ~ Vintage Clock

Dustic Attic ~ Ornate Corner

Prima Painterly Petals Hydrangeas

Prima Flower Baby Breath

Prima Say It In Pearls

Glitz Design Paper Layers ~ Vintage

Decorative Brads

Be sure and check out the other beautiful layouts here!!  And why not try your hand at the sketch and see what you come up with...  We would love for you to play along with us this week and if you do, be sure and upload it so we can all see it and so that you can have a chance to win that awesome acrylic album!!!
Thanks so much for dropping by!!!

Have a wonderful day!!

Stop back by anytime!!!

Hugs!!!