A Thanksgiving Layout

True to my resolutions, I made myself finish this one off that's been in various stages of "finish" the past year.

The picture is from the previous Thanksgiving with my siblings/cousins and their respective kids.

I fell in love with one of the contents from one of the past monthly kits (from Studio Calico I think?) and was inspired to scrap, so I went out to buy a few pieces of patterned papers from BG Indian Summer, Prima and 7 Gyspies to create this layout.

What's cool is that I also incorporated the velvet embossed ric rac ribbon, on the bottom of the layout, from one of Urban Anthology's past kits that I remember shopping for in the Garment District in Downtown LA with UA owner Kari a few summers ago.

And here's what's making me smile from ear to ear because I'm meeting one of my New Year's Resolutions with this ----> I actually pulled out an old old OLD stamp set since I needed a small "Thanksgiving" phrase for the MM Vintage findings tag to complete my layout. Will you believe that's one of those MM magnetic stamp sets from way back in the days?


Here's a close up of the sentiment which was just EXACTLY what I needed:

As you can see, I really had fun mixing the Prima flowers with the K&Co Que Sera Sera dimensional phrase stickers.

• The turquoise rolled flower was handmade from punching out old dictionary paper using the ever elusive 6 petal flower punch. I love how fragile the dictionary paper and thus how the flower feels. I ended up spritzing it with some Glimmer Mist in xxx color so that it would blend in nicely with my color scheme. As a final touch, I rubbed some gold glitter on the top edges by applying some Stickles.
• Tee hee, the beaded wired flower was a left over from a package of K&Co embellishments from back in the day when I was making hair clippies for my baby niece.
  
• The white leaf stems were donated to me by my sweet friend Eva when I eyed them in her stash. I believe she had cut them on her Silhouette. Anyhoo, I decided to leave them a stark white for the much needed contrast for a crisper look.
  

Along the top border, I borrowed my friend Karen's Martha Stewart Jumbo border punch to create the velvety brown eyelet band across the top and was able to incorporate an old marigold K&Co journaling frame for some added color contrast with the strip of BG Indian Summer pp.

I definitely had fun with this one and really am happy with how it came out. Here are some more detailed shots of the dimension including a fluttering butterfly I punched using one of my newest (at the time) MS punches.

Here are a few more detailed shots.

Thanks for looking!



"Family"
Paper: 7 Gypsies ? PP; Prima "Island Beauty" PP; Basic Grey Indian Summer "Acorn" PP; Bazzil CS
Embellishments: Basic Grey Indian Summer Sticker Elements; K&Co Que Sera Sera Stitched Adornment Dimensional Stickers & Beaded Flowers; Prima Flowers and Leaves; Misc Velvet Brown Embossed Ric Rac Trim; K&Co Journaling Frame; MM Vintage Findings Scalloped Oval Tag; Pink Paisley Alpha Stickers; "Antique Gold" Stickles; ?? Glimmer Mist
Accessories: MM Magnetic Word Stamps; St; Silohuette Dies; Marvy 6 Petal Flower Punch; Aleene's Tacky Glue; MS Butterfly & Floral Vine Deep Edge Border Punch