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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Scrapbookers Anonymous November Challenge

Yeah... I know you all haven't heard anything from me in awhile.  But I hope to be back visiting all of you now that Halloween is over, and what a relief that it is that it is over.  Halloween never use to be such a busy holiday...prior to kids.

Well our November challenge has been posted over at Scrapbookers Anonymous.  This month we're asking you to use 7 different ribbons on your layout.  Below is my layout and you might need a magnifying glass to see my ribbon.  I wrapped little bits of it around a Fancy Pants acrylic heart.  At first my plan was to cover some chipboard with ribbon, well as I was going through my chipboard I found the acrylic pack so I decided to cover the heart instead and while covering the heart I realized I liked the look of it not being completely covered so I got my 7 different ribbons on there and stopped.   I didn't even make a dent in my stash but I used up some little left over pieces!
Now to the layout, all the paper is Fancy Pants Sweetly Smitten.  The flowers are Basic Grey Blooomers and the alphas are a little mix different Thickers.  This layout was inspired by Debbie's Vintage Photo Challenge over at Yvonne's blog.  Debbie creates such beautiful layouts and she has a gift when it comes to vintage photos.  And I had the perfect vintage photo to use, as two of the kids in the photo above are my parents.  My dad and his brother were visiting some family that lived across the street from my mom's family.  The kids in this photo are my dad and his brother and my mom and some of her siblings.  The little one on the bottom right is my mom and the little boy next to her is my dad so how cool is this photo?!!

Stop on over at Scrapbookers Anonymous to see what our fabulous DT did with the ribbon challenge.  And  Debbie's Vintage Photo Challenge is still open so you should go check that out as well!!!

Thanks for looking!!! :)

19 comments:

Sue Althouse said...

I love the way you used your bits of ribbon! Great colors on your layout, and those black and white photos are precious!

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww! How cool your parents knew each other since kids!! I loveeeeeeeeeee those photos, the colors and the design is AWESOME-ness!!! :):):):):):):):):):):)

Deb Hickman said...

I love your LO and the acrylic heart, fab idea by using the ribbon to decorate it. What a fab photo, I have my Gran and Grandad's photo's and love looking through them.xxxx

Missy Whidden said...

This is so beautiful, Lea! I just love that acrylic heart & the way you spiced it up with bits of ribbon...it's perfect! I love all the colors.

yyam said...

Gorgeous Lea! Lovelovelove the vintage photos! And the pretty colors on your page!

Thanks for playing along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

Theresa said...

Hi friend. I'm sitting here lonely at a hotel, blog surfing for a change. i love your layout. great use of the acrylic and the bits of ribbon. it is perfect for the layout. =)

Debbie said...

Hi Lea! So glad you joined my vintage challenge!! Love the colors and the great use of the ribbons! How lucky of you to have such a precious photo!

Keshet said...

This is so pretty! Love the colors and the heart element!

Lynnda said...

Gorgeous Layout!!!... fabulous and Fun layout... I love the colors here... and what you did with those ribbons... Awesome... hugs...xoxo

P/S: Hope you are well... hugs..xoxo

Blossom inch said...

this is beautiful babe..totally stunning and awesome colour combination altogether and gorgeous vintage photos!

Dani Cristina said...

Páginas deliciosas de ver.
Adorei.
Beijos do brazil.

Ella Swan said...

What treasures those photos are and I love the acrylic heart with your ribbon off-cuts attached! Glad to see you back :)

Heather Jacob said...

this is awesome Lea .... love those pastel colours and those pics are fabulous .. hugz x

Anne Pennington said...

Love this, Lea - not the usual colours you'd expect in a vintage layout - great deviation!!

Jennifer Grace said...

Beautiful layout, the way you've added the ribbon is really cute, a great way to use up scraps! x

sandi said...

Oh wow! This is just so pretty! Love everything about it!

Debbie P said...

What a clever and great idea to wrap the ribbon around the acrylic heart. That way you didn't use up so much ribbon. I used a ton on my layout! Duh! Absolutely beautiful layout!

Denise Pustelniak said...

Very vintage, I love it!

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

That is awesome, I love the B&W photos with sweet colors, so unique and very creative!