I LOVED today's site...wonderful mixed media pieces!! I chose https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8OasjEon...0/IMG_7044.JPG as my inspiration. I applied distress oxide inks to a craft sheet, spritzed and dragged some paper on top. I kept doing this til I got a good coverage. I then stamped some word stamps on the piece and ran it through my cuttlebug using 2 different ef..one an all over flower and the other a swirly corner. I then rubbed regular distress inks on top of that. I sewed and distressed around the edge. The photo is one of my actual g-grandparents. I had used it on another project and had extra prints. They came over from Sweden with their children (6? At the time, my grandfather was the youngest and born here). I can't begin to imagine what an adventure it was...leaving all your family and the place you're familiar with to come to a huge new country. I chose to put a tree behind them to represent a family tree. I'm going to give this to my niece who has done a lot of family research and is very interested in our heritage. So this card honors Kristine and Hakan..."the Greats".
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017 GMT Views: 739
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Sun, May 21, 2017 @ 11:12 AM
Marvelous card, Polly! I love that you used a photo of your great grandparents. You are the best at vintage and mixed media. The extra touches of the tree die cut and vintage tags are perfect.
------------------------------ Carla ~ Proud Fan Club Member and Dirty Dozen Alumni.