My grandmother, on the right, was visiting her sister in Minnesota. WeÂ’re from Chicago. 1930's or so.
MATERIALS LIST:
Anna Griffin Papers: AG 030 , AG 155, AG 301, AG 203
4 inch metal ring
Floral border punch by Fiskars
Journaling template by Patterns ‘n Pens
butterfly by Country Market
spare parts copper brad
glue stick
foam squares
square adhesives
Lightbox
gold pen
Description:
First, I created the center piece. I cut out approximately 26 flowers out of a background paper AG030 (Anna Griffin) .In order to use them I cut them in half. After adding the 4 inch metal ring around the photo I started to build the flower layers. The first layer was around that metal ring. When done, I took the next layer of flowers and put 3 dimensional foam squares , on the inner most part, and attached them to the first layer. I did the same for the third layer. I added foam squares to the last layer and attached them. I attached the entire piece to the 7 ½ x 7 ½ crème background paper. Then I attached all of that to an 8 ½ x 8 ½ piece of (Anna Griffin) AG301 paper. To decorate the outside of that paper, I took a floral border punch and some left over scrap paper and used the small flowers that it punched out when using it. The next step was to add the butterfly. It’s a cloth butterfly. Lastly, I created the journaling with a journaling template and a light box. I dry embossed it. I then wrote in the journaling in a gold pen. It reads “1941 My grandmother took a trip to Minnesota to visit her sister Katie. She grew up there. My grandmother was 1 out of 12 children.” I added a copper brad at the top. It can be hidden between the 2 background papers, as seen in the layout.