"The Man Who Won" - Nat's Family Scrapbook Layout

Hi everyone 😊
November's theme at Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft is "The Man Who Won".  After pondering this for a while, I came to the conclusion that the man who has won has a family who dotes on him and that he  dotes on also.  Therefore, I decided to try a family-themed scrapbook page - as I am really enjoying my foray into the scrap-booking arena.

I hunted up a gorgeous vintage photo of some family members from 1926 that works perfectly with the Tim Holtz "Dapper" papers provided. All of these papers are amazing so it took a while for me to decide which one to use!

 

At first I wasn't sure what to do with the Tim Holtz Stencil Chips but finally I decided upon making a banner style title for the top of the page by punching holes and attaching some broken down necklace chain. I was really happy with how it turned out.

As I usually like to do, I enjoyed mixing the old with the new and backed my family photo onto some antique book page that I had been gifted.  I tried curling the page corners a little with some water - another new technique for me of which I love the outcome.  The gold book corners finish the photo of beautifully and go with the other gold elements on the page.

I had some film from the inside of a computer floppy disc (if anyone is old enough to know what they are! 😆) and had previously sprayed this with some copper and silver acrylic paint.  It went really well on this layout.

Another recycled addition was a strip of photo negative from my stash.  I cut the numbers from one of the "Dapper" papers to embellish further.

The Tim Holtz adornments are great little metal pieces to add to any project, however they are silver.  With this project I wanted to run with a gold theme and found an oil-based gold marker to colour the adornment with - it worked perfectly.  I backed this with some cheesecloth for texture and stuck some black 'bling' over the holes to look somewhat like screws.

This little embellishment was made with a ripped piece of the "Dapper" paper, some linen, two word stamps from the Tim Holtz "Noble Gent" stamp set, and a lovely saying from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology "Small Talk" sticker pad that I though was quite fitting.

I backed the family photo onto some corrugated cardboard to enable it to be raised and have the underneath cut, this meant I could slip this tag in to write my photos details on.  I used more jewellery pieces to top the tag with.

The other side of the tag is a lovely pattern that will be good to write on.

Here is my finished page.  I am very happy with how it turned out, vintage with a bit of gold glam and different from anything I have made before.  I have loved using all of the Tim Holtz goodies and the "Dapper" paper stash is amazing!

 Here is the process video for making this scrapbook page:

I hope I have given you some inspiration to get scrapping and try something different 💕

Happy crafting and stay safe,
Love Nat xxx  

Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft products on sale that I am using for the month of November are:

Tim Holtz:

Idea-ology - Paper Stash "Dapper"

Idea-ology - Stencil Chips

Idea-ology - "Small Talk" Sticker Pad

Idea-ology - Adornments "Foundry"

Idea-ology - Vignette Divided Drawer

Idea-ology - Ruler Ribbon

"Noble Gent" - Cling Rubber Stamps

 

The Man Who Won - Wendy Makes Mini Postcards and Ephemera

                                   

Making Mini Postcards and Ephemera

 Hello Everyone and welcome!

 This month our theme is 'The Man Who Won' and we are using the marvellous collection papers DAPPER from Tim Holtz. I know alot of us in the crafting world can feel overwhelmed when thinking of a male themed project but I think if we just relax and start small with our ideas then something bigger and exciting can come from it. And, there are a lot of men that do love handmade crafts.

This is what I've done with my first project this month, started small and then built something from it.

I used the 3 by 4 cut aparts from the Dapper paper collection from Tim Holtz, worked out which side of the cards I wanted to stamp and/or emboss on, then mixed the embellishing on each card with some stenciling, die cuts, washi tape and adding some ripped coffee dyed paper where needed and anything else I felt like putting on the cards.

 My main objective was to use the 'Postcard' stamp on the top of each card and then decorate the card from that point. The first image below shows what I have used in making my postcards and  from then on, I have shown the finished Postcards. I really enjoyed the whole process.

Some cards have very little embellishing and some have a lot of embellishing but the main thing is to relax and enjoy your process,  place things together and see the final outcome.

Using the spanner from the Kaisercraft TOOLS die set, below.

I have a 'craft with me' style process video below. So you may like to grab some supplies from Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft and craft along with me...

You all have a good day!

Wendy xox