Hi again,

The New Year began with sadness for our family, as my husbands dear Gran passed away on the 2nd. We farewelled her on Monday with a beautiful memorial service at the church she regularly attended. My sister-inlaw had asked me to help her put together a collage of photo’s of Gran’s life to display at the entrance of the church for her funeral.

We spent two days putting together this collage as we wanted to preserve the original photo’s I had to scan them all and change alot of them to black & white, get them printed and ready to assemble.

Here is the collage:

We are going to miss our sweet little Gran dearly, as she was such a kind, loving and generous lady who never complained about anything and was always so encourging.

Now after spending the time on the collage, it has given me some inspiration to get into some papercrafting again, just need to find some time now to fits some in.

Till next time

Cindy xx

Hi There,

When I saw this weeks Inkspirations colour challenge  made me start thinking of a scrap page I had completed in these very colours:

Here is my scrapbook page:

I changed this colour photo of my niece into black & white and I have used chalks to colour the strawberry and the strap of her top. I had never tried this technique before so I was happy with the way it came out.

Scrapbook Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! - 12×12 Real Red, Whisper White and Old Olive. Pattern Paper: DSP – Summer Picnic. Stamp Set: Tart & Tangy. Ink: Stampin’ Write Markers: Real Red  and Old Olive. Other: Scallop Punch, 1¼ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Pastels and Chipboard Letters.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi there,

I decided after all the card making I have been doing it was time to do some scrapping. My husband is kind of a “Kombi” fanatic and he is the proud owner of two. So the page I have scrapped is of him in the first Kombi he purchased. 

I often scrapbook in my head more so than I actually do physically so I sketched this page out first so I could remember what I wanted to do.

Heres the sketch:

Here is the finished page:

I have used a bunch of different stamps and pattern papers and the sizzix die Frame to embelish. I ended up framing the page for him to hang on the wall in his office, he loved it!

Thanks for looking!

Till next time

Cindy

This weeks challenge for the Southern Belles is a Red & Black theme, so I have kept on with the Valentines theme to make this card and Layout.

I have stamped the red cardstock on the card with Polka dot Background in Real Red ink, but it hasn’t shown up very well in the photo Sorry!

Card Recipe: Stamp sets: A Happy Heart, Polka Dot Background Stamp. Cardstock: Real Red, Black. Ink: Real Red, Basic Black. Designer Series Paper: Dashing. Ribbon: Grosgrain Striped Real Red and Silver Split Pins.

Layout Recipe: Stamp sets: Polka Dot Punches, Floral Background Stamp & A Happy Heart. Cardstock: Real Red, Black. Ink: Real Red. Designer Series Paper: Dashing. Ribbon: Grosgrain Striped Real Red.  

Design Cindy Banks – Images 1990-2009 Stampin’ Up!®