Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Vogue

I came across this picture of my grandmother and fell in love with her dress.  I'm not quite sure when this picture was taken.  If you click on the picture you can see more of the detail.

I based my layout on the sketch over at Stuck On U Sketches.  This sketch was designed by Leah Schaeffer, one of their design team  members.
I decided to flip the sketch and based my layout on this:
This layout gave me the opportunity to dig into a lot of my embellishments and I had a lot of fun adding all the different elements to the page.  I used ribbon in place of the strips on the sketch.  I wanted to mimic the ribbon tie on my grandmother's dress, and decided to tie a ribbon around the picture. Paper by Scribble Scrabble and Graphic 45.  Flowers and flourishes by Prima.  Laser die cut by Dusty Attic.  Metal embellishment by Making Memories, title American Crafts.  It's hard to tell, but I stitched around the brown polka dot paper with my sewing machine!  It's gets more use now with my layouts then it ever did with sewing!



Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie

16 comments:

Luz Maria Bruna said...

What a stunning design my friend,fantastic!!!

Sheila aka SassyLady said...

Debbie, this is gorgeous i lov all the details . look at those beautiful flowers this layout is amazing .

Sandi Clarkson said...

Oh, Debbie ... I love when you do vintage .. this is absolutely stunning. Great how you used ribbon to mimic the strips on the sketch. I could look at this one for hours! You know me .. the more embellies, the better, so this a fave in my book. Seems like when I'll do one of these that it takes all my juices and then I lose my mojo on the next one. LOL Thanks for joining us this week!

li-bee-ti said...

WOW, Debbie! This is a stunning lo!
So romantic, so beautiful, so full of details.
I love the multi-layers and all the embellishments.
Very creative idea to tie the ribbon around the photo to mimic the ribbon tie on the dress.
I also love the frame around the photo!
Simply great! TFS

Brenda said...

WOWZERS! Just beautiful!

Cindy Gay said...

You look like your Grandma! Lovely layout.

Dawnll said...

This is just beautiful! I LOVE all the extra details and special embellishments. You should submit to magazines because it is so special.

Angi Barrs said...

Oh wow. How elegant. I love that metal key and all of the beautiful flowers. This is one of my faves of yours now :)

Nanne said...

Did ya hear that? it was my jaw dropping to the floor..LOL Amazing layout Deb..Wowzah's!! I got so used to seeing all these layouts of yours with bright and happy colors, that I almost forgot how stunning your vintage styles are..
This is truly breath taking..
hugs
Nanné

Random Acts of Krafting said...

WOW. What a layout!
Hugs
Tanya

Anonymous said...

I guess it is safe to say that we're all dying over here!
This is something special Debbie! Like Nanne said, I was getting used to your bright and happy LO's and was blown away today to see something softer...
BEAUTIFUL work!!!!

Jocelyn said...

OHHHHHHHHHHHH I love it!!!! This is just perfect.....I adore all the goodies and detail work!!! YOU ROCKED IT sweet friend!!!!

That picture is awesome!!!

Wishing you a great day!!@

Pat said...

I can only day WOWSERS!!!! I so enjoy your work!

Darien said...

Oh How Gorgeous is this!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love the picture too!!!! I wish I had vintage photos of my Family!!!! This is Really Beautiful and love the details!!!!!

Erin said...

Love all the embellishments...absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for joining us this week at Practical Scrappers.

Isadory said...

Oh wow. How elegant. I love that metal key and all of the beautiful flowers. Really beautiful