Yay! Creativity Returns with KaiserCraft!
Yay! I've finished a scrapbooking page! Since I had that 'Visual Migraine', I just haven't felt inspired to be creative like I normally do - I know I've shared a few things here and there BUT my enthusiasm to want to get creative just hasn't been there.
Infact, I started this page at 'Longford Scrappers' last Thursday and it's just been sitting there since, just waiting for me to finish it off - well - I decided to bite the bullet and do just that AND I have to say, I'm quite pleased with the results!
It features a photo of James taken at my grandparents old Poultry Farm and the journaling reflects on how the photo gives a glimpse into the future and the teenager that he may become . . . here's what I wrote
"This photo was taken at your great grandparents’ old Poultry Farm in Yallourn North in August 2007.
I love the rustic old farm shed in the background and your great Grandfather’s old ‘Trewalla Jack’ that leans up against the shed beside you.
What attracts me most to this photo though is the image of you – even though you were only 8 ½ this photo gives us a glimpse into the future, a peek at the teenager you may become in a few short years."
The stars along the bottom are actually part of the KaiserCraft Grunge pattern paper and I cut the larger one on the right so that I could tuck the matted photo in behind it. The star at the top has actually been mounted onto chipboard to give it a little more depth and I used some of the co-ordinating KaiserCraft Brads and some buttons from my stash to dress up the page a little too!
Here's a couple of close-ups
Until next time . . .
Gorgeous Shirley. Love how you've cut into the start like that. Great pic too!
Posted by: Trina | May 08, 2008 at 05:03 PM
Great layout! Love the colors, love the details, love those stars!
Posted by: Tina | May 08, 2008 at 09:59 PM
Absolutely gorgeous! I love all the details you added :) Glad your mojo is returning!
I used some of the Kaiser paper at a card class recently - I love it!
Posted by: Toni | May 09, 2008 at 06:15 AM
Great LO! I see a few of my fav things on your LO :)
Posted by: Jill | May 09, 2008 at 08:31 PM
This is another great LO. It wont be that long before your son is a teenager, those years just go by so quick.
So glad to hear you are back to your creative self.
Posted by: Suzanne | May 09, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Fabulous layout. I love your journaling.
Posted by: Linda | May 11, 2008 at 08:33 AM
Good to see you got your mojo back to create something. It's very nice and complements the photo of James well.
Posted by: Aimeslee | May 16, 2008 at 02:01 PM