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Saturday 10 August 2013

Remember - OUAS August Challenge

Hi Everyone

I hope you are having a super weekend and finding a little bit of scrappy time! ;-)

I finished a page yesterday for the OUAS challenge and is quite a special page for me.

Journalling Theme: "I'll never forget"



I decided on a vintage page as it was perfect for my theme.


This page is called "Remember" and the photo was taken many years ago, probably about 40 years ago.  This was taken at a wedding and from left to right is my Uncle Sam, Aunty Sonia, Granny Sally and Grandpa Joe. These are the grandparents on my father's side and I was really close to them, especially my Grandmother.

My Grandpa Joe passed away before I even started school and my Grandmother passed away when I was 16. I loved her dearly and there is hardly a week that passes, without me thinking about her! My son Joe is named after Grandpa Joe and I am so very proud to have Joe, have his name.

There are very missed and thought of often! I hope they are looking down on me and seeing my life and the beautiful son I now have! I know how they loved us, and I hope they know how much I still really love them.

BTW, my journalling is behind my page.


I have always been a BoBunny fan and, as you can imagine, I am an even bigger fan now! This Weekend Market Collection was perfect for this page. The brown flower is BoBunny and the small ones Petaloo.


My title,chipboard and bricks are embossed with antique powders and I love how they turned out! If you wonder why I have a small "e" in the title is was absolutely planned! (not!). I was stamping away and used my E and then next minute heard something fall! When I looked again, I could not see my E.  After 5 minutes of searching my ink was starting to dry and so went with the small "e". You can imagine the frustration!! So after another 10min of looking (yes 10 min) I eventually found it had fallen behind a box. Sjoe!!!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a super day!
Denise x

15 comments:

  1. Gorgeous layout Denise! Love all the distressing! thanks for joining along with Once Upon A Sketch!

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  2. Stunning vintage theme layout. Love your work on the background.

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  3. Beautiful colours and design for this vintage photo...your loving words bring the photo to life and I loved reading about the connection between your son and his GGrandfather :)

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  4. beautifuly designed LO!! love the vintage feel!!

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  5. Denise, your page is absolutely amazing! It is wonderful for so many reasons! The memories you have scrapped here and the nostalgia really touches my heart! That photo is a real treasure and you scrapped it beautifully with the wonderful sketch! Thank you so much for sharing a little bit of you with us!

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  6. A lovely vintage layout and an wonderful memory to record. Love what you did with the sketch. I am sure your grandfather would love to have known his namesake. Fab layout Denise.

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  7. Oooh love the vintage feel to your page Denise! I so wish I had a photo treasure like your photo! Love the effect of the antique powders, just beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this precious memory with us at OUAS!

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  8. Beautiful vintage feel to this, Denise. Love the colours & the vintagey elements you've used. Fabo layout :)

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  9. Precious Denise, so love that you named your son after your dear Grandfather, that is so special. I love the name too.... your layout is stunning, and your memories too... such a special keepsake, and beautiful work with the sketch.

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  10. This is so touching! A precious layout. I love the vintage feel-lovely composition.

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  11. Uuuugh I hate looking for scrappy bits. Finding my Prima stamp this weekend took half an hour & was terrifying!! Beautiful layout though!!!

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  12. Another gorgeous page - we always love having you at OUAS! x

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  13. love your take on the challenge! thanks for playing at OUAS.

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  14. Love the splashes of teal on this page, which is very beautiful, btw :-)
    Thank you for joining us at OUAS this month - I hope we see you next time, too :-)

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  15. Beautiful colours! This is stunning

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