Tuesday 18 September 2012

Childhood Memories

Another fortnight has flown by and it's time for another Craft-Room Challenge. The latest theme has been chosen by Maria and she has chosen Childhood Memories.
For my project I decided to make a layout using a photo of me and my sister Pamela, that's me on the left. Sadly Pam died very suddenly about 12 years ago aged 50, looking through my childhood photo's deciding which one to use brought back lots of lovely memories.


Our sponsor for the challenge is Tando Creative.


My layout is 8"x8" and I used a dark pink card and Basic Grey papers. The stamps that I used are by Crafty Individuals and Paper Bag Studio. The dies that I used are Memory Box dies and the letters have been made with  the Sizzix/Alterations Chip Block die. I've also used a piece of ribbed kraft card and dry brushed it with white acrylic paint. I added lots of embellishments that I found in my stash.

I'm looking forward to seeing your Childhood Memory creations. The rest of the DT have made some lovely pieces for the challenge, you can see these on the Craft-Room Challenge Blog.

17 comments:

  1. Lovely LO, and a nice tribute to your sister, sorry you lost her! Valerie

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  2. this is so beautiful Hazel I love how you've so easily integrated the stamped images, I love the colours too, and thats just the sweetest photo, Debi x

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  3. Beautiful layout Hazel, adorable picture. Love the memory box flower, stunning. Tracy x

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  4. This is stunning Hazel, I love how you've used the stamped images alongside the photo, and the dark pink looks beautiful with the b/w picture. It's a beautiful layout of you and you sister to treasure.

    Maria xxxxx

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  5. Hi Hazel,
    wow this a fabulous creation, lovely
    to keep and remember;-))m

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  6. A lovely layout Hazel and bringng back some wonderful memories for you :)
    Von ♥

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  7. Beautiful page with a lovely picture of the two of you. So sad that you lost your sister far to early. XOXO Zoe

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  8. A beautiful LO Hazel! A lovely setting for the photo of you & your sister xxx

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  9. What a lovely tribute to your sister, Hazel. I love your embellishments - something I'm not very good with - the remember banner is fab.

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  10. A lovely way to show your precious memories of your sister. The detailing is perfect. Wishes, Suzanne x

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  11. Beautiful Hazel. Love the colours you have used, but sorry to hear you lost your sister. As we say about my dad - they take the great ones early as they are needed elsewhere more.

    I've been thinking about childhood a lot lately too. I love the memories documenting old photo's brings and they seem to trigger off numerous other events.

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  12. Wonderful page and what a lovely way to remember your sister, beautiful details too :0) Gay x

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  13. Hazel, I just adore this! My sister was here to help me celebrate my son's wedding. Your creation fits so well with my childhood memories!

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  14. And I'm sorry that your memories of your sister were cut short with her unexpected death. This is a beautiful tribute!

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  15. This is beautiful, Hazel - such lovely images and the pinks are wonderful x

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  16. Hi Hazel, first of all so sorry for the delay in commenting, the wedding plans are now taking over, only 5 days off now !!!!!!! I adore your beautiful vintage feel layout. Your photo is just so lovely of you and your sister, and so sorry she died so young, life can be so very cruel sometimes. I can't believe you had the same swimsuit as me in my picture. I have been trying so hard to remember the colour, and I have a feeling that is was blue, but could be wrong. Sadly both my mum and dad are no longer with us, so nobody to ask. Julia xxxx

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  17. A beautiful layout: the colours and images are just wonderful, and the photograph of you and your sister is just lovely. I'm sure she would have loved this, and it's a beautiful tribute to your sisterhood.
    Alison x

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