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Boz Towers, Essex, United Kingdom
I'm a Red Hat Society member with a love of crafting of all sorts. A very proud mum to four fabulous children and Nan to six gorgeous grandchildren. I started work as a milliner and now have an abiding love of scrapbooking and card making.

The lovely people that drop by ~ thank you.

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Autumn Challenge

Over on the Creative Card World blog Lou has set us the challenge of 'Autumn'.  I love this time of the year as summer fades away and we get the gold and oranges and browns  appearing on the trees.  There's a really good crop of brambles growing and I'm off to pick plenty for the autumn and winter. I might even have a go at making apple and bramble jam if the mood takes me.  There are huge haystacks appearing close to where I live and the birds are stocking up on seeds and corn that has dropped to the floor.


This photo of my eldest grand-daughter, Romani, was taken in a park in Boston when she and her parents were over in the States visiting friends, she was just about a year old then. I love it and look at it every day as it sits on my window sill.  The colours are perfect for her skin colouring.

I've used a sheet of Bazzill Basic card stock, sprayed it with a few squirts of the Krylon Gold Webbing I bought from the Glitter Girls at the last Ally Pally Show. I cut a strip of DP from a sheet of Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter and I've also cut the scrolls, leaves and pumpkins from Cricut's Cindy Loo cartridge.

I would like to enter this into the following:

Creative Card World  Lou's Autumn Challenge
Paper Playtime Challenge #17 - Autumn
A Crafty Little Place Challenge #57 - Color ( brown, green and orange)
Pile It On Challenge #37  Red, Yellow Green and Brown.

20 comments:

Uma said...

fabulous way to treasure such a gorgeous memory

Sarah said...

Oh wow Jennie, this is stunning, what a beautiful page, your grand-daughter is gorgeous xxx

dragonllew said...

What a wonderful photo I can see why its a favourite. Your page frames it perfectly.

Lou said...

Jennie, this is a stunning LO, what wonderful colours and a beautiful granddaughter. Thank you so much for entering into my challenge over at Creative Craft World

Lou x

theboelemas@aol.com said...

Simply stunning page, and what a beautiful little girl. I love it x

Angie - Bumble Bee's Craft Den said...

That is gorgeous Jennie - love the colours and the cutouts and your grandaughter is a cutie!

Gem said...

a beautiful layout to go with a beautiful little girl! I love the autumn feel, it works so well with the pic! :) x

Addams said...

Thats great, love all the swirls

Highland Handmade said...

Wow Jennies this is beautiful and what a lovely picture!! one to treasure forever! xx

Janis Lewis said...

Very beautiful! Thanks for playing in paper with us this week at Paper Playtime! :) Janis

MiniOwner said...

That's just stunning! Thanks so much for taking up Lou's challenge at Creative Craft World.
Sue x

Fifi Folle said...

This is gorgeous. What a lovely photo. x

Choccy said...

Absolutely gorgeous !! Love this LO Jennie.
Thankyou for sharing with us at Creative Craft World for Lous' challenge. Good Luck !!

Choccy xx

Unknown said...

that is so gorjuss, love it so much

hugs
judie xx

Nikki Schmaltz said...

This is so sweet and stunning. I love how you have added those great leaves on the edges. Thanks for joining in this week at ACLP:D

Gwen's Busy Little Hands said...

Beautiful lay out. The photo really shines here, not too much to distract from it. All of your ellements are wonderful compliments to this wonderful little moment in time. Great job! Glad to have you with us this week.

Smiles!
Gwen DTC~ACLP

Sheri Gilson said...

Gorgeous layout of your sweet granddaughter!! Thank you so much for playing along with us at A Crafty Little Place!!
Sheri-ACLP DT

Sarah A said...

Your layout is beautiful, I love all the warm colours of Autumn! The only thing which outshines the colours and papers is gorgeous Romani, she is a real cutie!

Thank you for joining us over on Creative Craft World whis week.

Sarah x

Nicole said...

What a beautiful layout! Be sure to tune in tomorrow to see the new challenge at ACLP! Thanks for joining us!! Nicole-ACLP DT

Michele Roos said...

Such a gorgeous layout and your granddaughter is adorable. Hugs Michele x