Wedding Album using papermania, DCWV & LOTV

Used Lili of the valley stamp and papermania papers. A die cut sentiment, some pretty pearls I got given from my friend for my birthday and a mixture of gorgeous ribbons, some very old and some very new.

Close up of image, coloured with my promarkers.

Close up of pretty ribbons.

Lots of brads, gems and a little lace.

Stamped 'love' sentiment and again coloured using promarkers.

Used some more of the pretty papermania flowers and attached with a DCWV butterfly brad.

More formal layout for a couple of larger pictures, again brads to finish.

I used my lace trim border punch to add detail to the plain page.

I cut out some hearts using my x-cut dies. I used pigment chalks to edge and some satin ribbon attached with some pretty little brads.

More ribbon at the edge secured with brads and an acetate sentiment attached using even more bradlets.

Close up of die-cuts and faux stitching.

Tags and flowers and also I wove the satin ribbon in and out of the holes that I punched.

Again with the woven ribbon! (and how is it you think you have gotten rid of all those little squares from the back of your raised pads and then suddenly there they are again).

Gorgeous DCWV brad, more faux stitching and an acetate sentiment.

More tags

ditto

Close up of romance sentiment

&

at last the back page.

Challenges

Joanna Sheen Fortnightly challenge - Flower power

Hooked on crafts - Flowers

Deep Ocean Challenge 24 - Use punches/dies

Oldie but a goodie (lotv stamp) - die cuts/punches

Rainbow lady's challenge - Memories

Papertake weekly - Anything Goes and optional lace

Thanks for looking and making it through to the end of the post, so photo heavy, and boy did blogger complain at me for uploading so many pictures, but got there in the end! Phew.

Hxx

Annabel Lee for the Quoth the Raven Nevermore Challenge

It was many and many a year ago

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

I love this poem by Edgar Allan Poe, if you have never read the whole of it then you really should give it a try and maybe the raven too, both are worth taking the time out for them.  If you have a kindle they are available as one of the free downloads at the moment.

What I wanted to do for the 'Annabel Lee' Challenge over at Quoth the Raven this fortnight was to put acrylic to canvas, but unfortunately for me my 2nd daughter used the last 12 x 12 that I had, she produced a fantastic painting of the rainforest and mountains in the distance and monkeys. It was brilliant! So I have had to move onto my second idea.

This gorgeous Sweet pea stamp has been coloured with a mixture of my whisper and promarker pens. I added some black butterflies, a wee copper toned sail boat and made up a bouquet of flowers.

These flowers I intermingled some pretty charms (starfish cos its by the sea) and some angels (as that is who carries her off) Black lace to co-ordinate. 3 pieces of pretty heather sprays and last but not least a gorgeous handmade button that I bought when I was on holiday last year in Devon.  The old lace was the very last piece that I had left from some that I had purchased also whilst on hols. wierd huh? This was meant to look a bit like the old nets that you see draped about the tiny ports with flotsam and jetsom caught in them.

Any hoo, I toyed with the idea of some glitter on her wings, but I think I prefer her like she is not too over the top. Just a soft and subtle image within the boundaries of the whole picture.

So the Quoth the Raven challenge finishes this wednesday so I had better get a move on and get this posted.

Challenges

Quoth the Raven. - Annabel Lee

Top Tip Tuesday - Magical Mystery Fantasy

Totally Gorjuss - Lace

Stamptacular - ch152 - Charm Me!

Sweet Stampin - Bingo -(Lace, Buttons, Charms)

Flutterby Wednesday 190 - Anything with wings

I love Promarkers 104 -Nature

Thanks for popping over,

Heidi x