Friday, March 21, 2014

Dressing up

My second post today is a vintage style one of a photo of me as a child playing "dress up " . I am the youngest in the photo and on the other side is my cousin Barbara. I am not sure who the other two girls are but the names Joyce and Diane spring to mind.
The photo was taken behind our house in Newcastle on Tyne , England.

I used the mood board at Scrap Around the World for inspiration and have used the colour pink, the flowers featured on the cup cake and the blossoms, the cameo reflects the mannequin and the fabric of the  dress the lace on the photo and behind it  as well as  using the typewriter font on my journalling.

The photos of my layouts seem to have improved a little thanks to tips from local scrapper Denise  Van Deventer - but this photo  doesn't have the crisp appearance that it has in the "flesh" .

The second challenge is again Scrap Our Stash with their birthday Scrap a thon and this time it is # 4 ribbons/bows and I have two here one in front , and one behind the timepiece.

Once again if you have the time leave me a comment please ...they are all read and greatly appreciated.


Scrap Around the World March 2014


18 comments:

  1. That photo takes me back a long time... remembering the times we also played like that Wendy!
    Lovely layout!

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  2. This is lovely Wendy, and does take one down memory lane. Love the papers, hugs Ursula

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  3. this is lovely both LO and photo!! thanks for playing at SATW!!

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  4. I remember this photograph of you, you were such a cute little thing. The layout is spectacular, if I remember your first cards and then see what you have done here, I can't believe you have come so far in such a short time. You have become so skilled! Very proud sister = me :-) xxxxx

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  5. I love seeing older photos scrapped and you did an awesome work with it. Just another tip with your photo...download Picasa to your computer. You can then straighten and crop your photo. When you apply contrast to it, it brings the crispness back.

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  6. Oooh what a lovely photo, brings back so many memories of own dress-ups. Loved my auntie's high heels, but auntie wasn't too happy seeing me shuffle around in her best shoes :)) Thank you so much for sharing your sweet layout with us at Scrap Around The World!

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  7. very great design!!
    Thank you so much for playing along with us at Scrap Around the World

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  8. Oh how sweet is your layout! Such a lovely photo and adorable embellishments. Thanks for joining in with the Birthday Celebrations at Scrap Our Stash. xx

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  9. What a great photo, Wendy, and such a lovely vintage page!! Lovely selection of flowers!! Great!!

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  10. LOL....such a sweet photo Wendy! Love it! Love the soft and bloomy page too...Lovely accents and not sure if the background is stamped...but looks great! Super photo too! ;-)

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  11. Lovely page and photo! Thank you for playing along in our Stash A Thon at Scrap our Stash!

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  12. Amazing page
    tks for playing with us at SOS this month
    xoxo
    Leila

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  13. Lovely page and photo! thank you for sharing this with us at Scrap Around The World!!

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  14. wow.. vey detailed! Great page! Thanks for playing along with our Stash A Thon at Scrap our Stash!

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  15. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PAGE!!!LOVELY DETALS!!!THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING IT WITH US AT SCRAP AROUND THE WORLD!!!

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  16. Wendy this is beautiful with a wonderful shabby vintage feel.
    Hugs Desíre {Doing Life}

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  17. Awww...gorgeous! Loving the little cameo & those stamps...I've got some of them...need to pull 'em out & use 'em...thanks for the inspiration:):)

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  18. Such a sweet layout Wendy! :)
    Lizy xx

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Thanks so much for leaving a comment, all are read and appreciated xxx