The beautiful Life Time paper line by Prima inspired me to scrap a family photograph taken on my birthday a year ago at Bab Al Shams. With half our family living in South Africa it was and is a pleasure when we are all together. I love this photograph taken before we started to feast and enjoy the nights entertainment.
This collection is so suitable for a family layout what with one page containing words like family, memories, together, cherish, etc. and another with tags and sentiments among other things. I used software on my computer to change the original colours of the photograph to various hues of brown - it suited the paper tones perfectly. The tag with the green ribbon bow slides behind the layers of paper - I will use this tag for my journaling - the black alphas read Bab Al Shams 30-12-2011.
The 12x12 sheet I hot glued onto black chipboard. I tore the paper somewhere in the middle, added some soft netting I sometimes use on my layouts and a bit of matching lace to stick out slightly. I used two layers of patterned paper from the collection before adhering the photograph. Tore into the paper at the left hand corner and curled it so that they followed some kind of order.
The 12x12 sheet I hot glued onto black chipboard. I tore the paper somewhere in the middle, added some soft netting I sometimes use on my layouts and a bit of matching lace to stick out slightly. I used two layers of patterned paper from the collection before adhering the photograph. Tore into the paper at the left hand corner and curled it so that they followed some kind of order.
I used many different masks, templates, pastes, glimmer mists and distress inks to alter the sheet I chose for my layout - yeah then I went and layered all my embellishments and now the effects are only peeping out :-) I just had to add the camel for the desert effect!
The chipboard heart is by dusty attic and frames all our smiling faces beautifully. I used various dabbers on the chipboard.
The black key is also a Prima embellishment. I clustered 4 flowers from the collection and placed the pink flower on top - I love how the petals peed out! The little tag that reads smile I fussy cut from one of the sheets of paper.
The flowers are also from the collection. With the exception of the lace and 3 material flowers everything I used in this layout is available at Paper Lane including the camel. There are other matching elements available in this collection; it is beautiful and perfect for layouts, cards, mini albums, anything. Pop into the store and get yours now!
The chipboard heart is by dusty attic and frames all our smiling faces beautifully. I used various dabbers on the chipboard.
The black key is also a Prima embellishment. I clustered 4 flowers from the collection and placed the pink flower on top - I love how the petals peed out! The little tag that reads smile I fussy cut from one of the sheets of paper.
I hope you enjoyed viewing my layout...until next time happy crafting! Janine
