A bit of Haiku, More Mustard and Old Olive

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I love Old Olive ... in fact I have had to wean myself off Old Olive and Chocolate Chip after all the Christmas cards I made.  I recently sorted out my  cardstock supplies and it quickly became apparent that I really do stick to the same colour palette - how about you?  

At a recent workshop I was watching a lady using the Haiku Designer Series Paper to make her scrapbooking page and I thought 'wow' I never knew that paper was so lovely ... so the challenge was to find a photo that matched the paper!

I love this photo of my Mum and I .... living in Australia and Mum living in England I cherish every minute I have with her.  This photo was one of a string of photos taken in January 2009 - the last time I saw my Mum o:( 

I'm not sure that I like the photo of me (love the photo of Mum but I am sure she will think otherwise), but at the ripe old age of 42 I am learning that any photo is good ... it represents me at this time in my life and being separated from my family means that I really cherish photos like these ... I miss my Mum so very much, we used to giggle and have fun and make each other laugh ... its not quite the same over the phone ... separated by an unmentionable amount of miles.  Hence the reason I want to record these moments in time - these really are very special moments in time.

I've used More Mustard cardstock as the base and the Haiki Designer Series Paper.  I've cut out a few of the flowers and used Stampin Dimensionals to lift them from the page .. a little bit of ink added with a dauber highlights them even further.

 
I've pressed the  Fluerettes II crochet flower into an Old Olive stamp pad to add some colour and used it along with the Flower Fusion flowers to create interest in the top corner of the photo.  I stamped the swirly flower first from the For Everything stamp set and then added the flower accents on top.  The centres of the flowers are White and More Mustard brads.

 
The heart stamp is from I {Heart} Hearts stamped onto patterned paper and the sentiment is from Life Definitions.  I've used the Old Olive marker pen to create faux stiching around the photo for added interest.

 
The rouched ribbon is created using a strip of Sticky Tape and then you just manoeuvre the ribbon so that it rouches up (Bonnie Thurber the Stampin' Up! Director of Demonstrator Training showed us how to do this at the Melbourne Regional - she is so cool if you ever get the chance to see her in action, make sure you are there ... she needs to be seen to be believed!) - the sticky strip is brilliant as it is super sticky and the ribbon just magically stays put ... give it a go ... it really works!

 
Literally just scrunch up the ribbon and stick it into place - easy peasy!

Well that's it ... one easy page that took no time at all .... thanks to Stampin's Up! colour coordinated products.

Items Used:

Stamp Sets:  For Everything, Life Definitions, Big Deal Alphabet, I {Heart} Hearts
Ink: Old Olive
Cardstock:  More Mustard, Old Olive, So Saffron
DSP:  Haiku
Accessories:So Saffron ribbon, Fleurettes II from the Summer mini, Flower Fusion Flowers, More Mustard and White Brads (IB&C and Spring mini (still available)), Button Latte, Linen Thread, Old Olive Marker, dauber. Sticky Strip

Happy scrapbooking ...

Nikki

Comments

[Christine Blain]

Nikki, this is just beautiful. Love the words in your post too (nearly made me cry). The Haiku DSP is very under-rated; I'm a huge fan! Your nails look nice :)

[Monica]

I love the ribbon technique you've shown. It looks simple and I cant wait to try it out. I also like the flowers and the heart. With the heart, I know that you stamped it on DSP, but it also reminds me of one of the trees from Trendy trees stamp set. So you could make something simlar with different colours if you wanted to. Thank you for helping me be a better scrapper.

[Tanja]

Thanks so smuch for sharing that ribbon technique, so simple yet so effective. Love your layout Nikki

[Claire Daly]

That's FABULOUS Nikki - love the tricks with the ribbon and the crotcheted flower. It's a precious page :)

[Sue Madex]

Aaahh so that's how you do the ribbon like that. It looks fabulous! Love your layout and treasured photo.