Sep 9, 2010

A Hippin' Hop Thursday - WELCOME TO MY GRANDPARENTS

Good morning and good day UNITY fans!  Do you love all things vintage as much as I do???  Lately, I have found a love for scrapbooking my grandparents, these are my Dad's parents.  They were the grandparents that we were closest with.  Whenever we went to visit them and sleep over, my grandfather would sneak into our rooms at night and put jujubes under our pillows.  We would look forward to waking up and finding 2 or 3 little candies to munch on before breakfast.  Something only a grandparent can get away with!  It's these little things that I love to remember.  I also remember how IN LOVE they were.  This layout is entitled "With You".


I love these postage frames by Tattered Angels!!!  I love using lots of ribbons and findings too!  So you see those feathers?  It's a feather ribbon that I picked a long long time ago.  Finally found the perfect place for them.


This vintage car was originally white embossed chipboard from Tattered Angels, sprayed with Glimmer Mist and I added some drops of blue Shimmerz for a little something to make it different.  I then went over it with a dark brown chalk ink to make the embossing come through. See the script under the car, that's a UNITY stamp from LeChic set!


Here is my newest favorite UNITY STAMP!  Yay!!!  It's the Vintage Postcard that I stamped onto fabric.  At a antique store, I once picked up a bag of old postage stamps, so I thought I just might slap one on here!


Ahhhh, and my second favorite UNITY STAMP!  This block from a set called Loving & Living.  It's vintage feel is perfect for my latest obsession with scrapping old photos.  And the Tm Holtz film ribbon, do you see it?  I love that product, I think I will use it sparingly though to make it last.


Just in case you want to see the stamps, here they are:



LeChic (script)


In case you missed it, you can see a 3 minute video tutorial on my other blog LESLEY LANGDON TUTORIALS to see how to make fabric postcards using SHIMMERZ spritz.


Did you know that a whole lot of chatting is going on?  Don't forget to join us at Splitcoast Stampers (in the Unity forum) for chatting and giveaways - these awesome stamp prizes just pop up when you least expect it!  You just need to be there to win them.

Visit Jessica's awesome blog to continue on the Hip Hop journey...


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Thanks for stopping by.

Lesley

34 comments:

AJ said...

oh my gosh. i just adore your layouts Lesley. they are SPECTACULAR!!!

Maria Therese said...

Gorgeous!!!!!!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Hello Lesley,

I loved reading your stories with this beautiful layout! Wow, there's sooo much to see there, I love it! Love the way you made the car look vintage and like it's rusty. The ribbon looks great this way and those stamps you used are sooo nice!! Thanks for sharing this with us!

Hugs,
Wendy

Lisa H. said...

beautiful work, Lesly. always love visiting your blog.

jennifer mitten said...

What an amazing layout! Every inch is stunning...

Janet's Joy said...

Stunning layout! I love all your layers!

Rachel B said...

Wow this LO is so fabulous! I love the frames and the little truck!

Julie Campbell said...

Ok. Seriously! How LONG does it take you to make one of your creations?!? It's soooo amazing... & I KNOW it would take me a month! You are so, SO talented. I just am stunned.

Angie Blom said...

just stunning, love the use of stamps and materials.. Brilliant layout. How nice to have these old photo's to scrap. Will make a wonderful keepsake for generations to come. XX

StampinCathy said...

I just love this stunning vintage page. I just loved reading the story behind this layout. Love all the stamps and techniques you used.

Anonymous said...

WOW...this is beautiful!!!

Gwen said...

Awesome page!! LOVE that old truck!

NoraAnne said...

This is so beautiful Lesley! I just love all of the vintage details! Gorgeous way to remember your grandparents :)

FibreJunky said...

I love to hear how you make your layouts. All the little details you put into them are fantastic.

Wendy said...

absolutely STUNNING!!!

Jingle said...

WOW! This is just simply gorgeous!

Lacey said...

Jaw dropping BEAUTIFUL!! Wow what a fantastic layout. Great work!

veggiegirlRD said...

STUNNING!! I love the vintage look above all and this is breathtaking! Thanks for sharing, i am feeling very inspired!

Kristen Carll said...

This is a stunning layout!!! Love the vintage feel. I made a layout like this almost a year ago. Yours is amazing. Those frames are PERFECT for the layout!!! :)

Unknown said...

wow!! what beautiful page!
love it love it.

Jessica Diedrich said...

GORGEOUS, Lesley! WOWZA!

Shemaine Smith said...

Amazing layout Lesley! So So beautiful! Love every element!

Erika M. said...

Amazing creation!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

so gorgeous with amazing detail!!!!

Suz said...

such a beautiful layout - I love those stamps and they are well used in my stash for heritage pages

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

WOWOWOW! This is FAB! You are def. inspiring me:)

Cindi said...

what a fabulous page!! so many great elements all pulled together beautifully
:)

Pamela said...

This is amazing! I love it! :)

Lisa said...

Fabulous! Love the stories, and all the details here!

Cindy Gay said...

Really like the post card stamp on fabric. The vintage photos are perfect in the frames. Great memory and tribute.

stampjourney said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!

Unknown said...

This is absolutley gorgeous.... I love that car you made!

Thank you so much for sharing!!!

~Ola
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Eva said...

Lesley.....seriously, your are AMAZING!!!! Love every bit of a detail and girl, you are detailed!!!! GORGEOUS!!!

Valerie said...

Your layouts are awesome! Thanks for sharing your creativity! Good ideas I will put in my hopper to use later!