Thursday, February 27, 2025

Family Is The Best Part Of Christmas - Laura Gilhuly

Hi everyone!
I usually scrapbook really great photos, but sometimes I need to scrapbook a memory with a very bad photo.  As scrapbookers we want to preserve our memories....we are stewards of our family histories.  Sometimes this means including photos that are not very good quality.  I have been so fortunate to have been given so many photos of my husband and his family and recently I received all of my mothers photos as well.  Its a challenge to use these photos but I love the memories they evoke and I am up for the challenge.



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Holly Flourish

Family is the Best Part of Christmas

Engraved Baubles



This is Christmas in 1972.  I am the one little one with the huge grin and very washed out face.  The other people are my siblings.

I covered all the chipboard pieces with white gesso before I started to alter them.
I wanted to keep with the vintage feel of the papers and the photo.  I used Elizabeth Craft Designs water colour paints in olive green and deep green and Ranger liquid pearls in brass.



The beautifully festive flourish I painted with ECD water colours in dark brown, burnt umber, scarlet, crimson, olive green and deep green.  I added a bit of the brass liquid pearls also.



I used the liquid pearls on the bauble that I painted with the ECD green water colours then added some Pinkfresh beads.



Thanks so much for stopping by