May 2, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

A Day to Remember by SUE CREASE

Hello,

Today I'm sharing a layout over at The Mad Scrapper Blog that I have made of my late Dad taken sometime in the 1980's. I just love the photo as it shows how thrilled he was to collect his winnings from a small bet on a horse race at the Chester races.

For this layout I have used papers and embellishments from 49 and Market, a chipboard and 2 stencils from The Dusty Attic, as well as snippets from my stash of "can't throw away" bits.

I started by stitching around the page using green cotton and on the green paper I used cream. I then took the Geo-Star stencil and inked using green, then moved it slightly to the right and inked with Vintage Photo. I also used black gesso through the bubble stencil.

Here you can see (just!) my clear embossing through the Heart Attack stencil, I did also try with white below this but I didn't much care for it so I've tried to cover that bit up!! The green paper Vintage Artistry Collectors Volume 1 – Paper 2

This next photo shows how I like to use up all my scraps, this time stamping out 2 tickets which I believe to be Sue Wilson stamps. I will cut around these. You will see that green strip below the hope stamp elsewhere on the layout.

Oh yes! I used some rub-ons from 49 too and you can just see the doily and tiny heart here.

I made a little cluster here on the middle right using the leftover from the Dream stamp scrap which I have stitched around, topped with a little bit from Simple Stories as is The Very Best. Also you can see a black arrow perspextives pointing to the text and photo.

This shows the large title chipboard which I inked in the same green and brown distress inks. Oops there is that white embossing. This green layer is mounted on cardboard so I could tuck things under.

Now you can see where I added the tickets also more doily and the green strip with added words.

This last photo shows him in his summer hat flashing his Tenner! Ooh look who remembers 7Gypsy's? I picked these up in 2008 and I think I have one left. You can also just see I added some ephemera pieces below the photo too.