I am delighted to be The Shabby Tea Room‘s Guest Designer this week! I adore this challenge blog and the Shabby Girl Designers~ such amazingly talented ladies! Thank you!
This week’s Shabby Tea Room’s challenge is all about Soft Neutrals ~ These are the gorgeous, inspiring images, full of texture and luscious soft neutrals to spark our creativity…
I started with a copy of a treasured photo of my Grandparents on their wedding day. I’ve been pulled to create with it lately.
My memories are of them are in the later years of their lives and now I love seeing them as a young couple. I layered many of my favorite embellishments~ And the tiniest touch of robin’s egg blue for my Grandmother’s eyes. Her eyes remained a clear turquoise blue her entire life!
I love glassine and kraft sacks and I love layers~a marriage made in heaven!
A sheet of vintage sheet music is adhered to the kraft bag so that it can show through the glassine. My Grandmother was an amazing piano player (never mind that she never learned to read a note ;) ! My Grandfather’s talents were in mathematics and I suppose that’s incorporated by way of design elements, though I’m not usually conscious of design principles as I play!
The inside card layer has a punched edge along the top and is layered with a panel of patterned paper, edged with another punched border . A bow made from ivory seam tape has been splattered with brown die ink and finished with a dear little aged brass, heart charm.
I’m going to set this card aside, to use when one of their great grandchildren celebrates a wedding or anniversary.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit~
*Hugs*
Rebecca
This is so soft and beautiful! I love what you shared about your grandparents and hoe you tied in the blue for beautiful eyes! I hope to play along…
I can’t type well tonight for some reason!!!
Beautiful concept, beautiful execution, beautiful in every way!!!!! I love the sacks and the way you’ve used them! Thanks for sharing about the people in the photo too! I never thought about creating with my own old family photos, so thanks for all the inspiration!
Oh Rebecca, I can only imagine how emotional it would be to get this card of your great grandparents on their wedding day when you are getting married yourself. How amazingly special! And congrats on being a guest designer … you outdid yourself!
So gorgeous..LOVE the colors!
So great you have such a sweet photo of your grandparents….they are such a happy couple!
This is gorgeous! LOVE the vintage feel and all the layers!!! Just yummy!!!
What an utterly beautiful project inspired by a wonderful photograph. Completely lovely in every way!
Alison x
Ohmylanta…what a gorgeous keepsake card package! I love every single beautiful detail!
Wow! So delicate and sweet. Grandma would have really loved this. My eyes are tearing.
Gorgeous, totally gorgeous!!! This is just so beautiful and I love the way you layered the bags and papers!!!! Very inspiring!
Very beautiful composition and colors. I think the image and story of your grandparents is great! Your vintage feeling and beautiful embellishments are so well done!!!
What a very thoughtful gift for one of the great grandchildren someday! I am amazed at all the various elements you combined, little treasures all over, on each layer.
Congrats on being a guest designer at TSTR! What an honor!