Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Completing projects and using your stash

Hi everyone, I finally decided to try my hand at altering a photo tray. I bought this tray about three years ago while cropping with friends at Archiver's. It was still sitting in the bag I brought it home in.

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. It's a bittersweet day for me but I have a lot of memories of my mom that I want to share with my daughter. Since my mother passed before she was born documenting the memories I have of her is a great way for my daughter to know her too.

Sadly I don't have many photos of my mom so I really cherish the ones I do have. I used a couple of photos of my mom and a couple with me and my daughter when she was a little girl. The patterned paper is Authentique (Grace Collection), the embellishments are all odds and ends from my stash. I also used some molding paste, templates and distress ink in a couple of the tray squares. I really love the B&W photos with the papers and colors.


Mom Photo Tray by Tena Ellison. Supplies - Tray: 7Gypies; Patterned Paper: Authentique;
Flowers & Lace Trim: Prima; Brads: My Mind's Eye; Distress Ink: Ranger-Tim Holtz; Key: K & Company;
Template: Prima; Misc chipboard swirl, ribbon & hearts.
 
And in keeping with my pledge to use more of the scrap supplies I already have, this was a great project to do. So don't hoard those long un-used items...get busy and create!
 
What items have you been hoarding or projects you've been putting off?



9 comments:

  1. Tena, this turned out beautiful and a great way to showcase your photos and share some family history.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Tena, your tray is beautiful...the use of black and white photos and your paper choice just made for a perfect outcome. TFS!

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  3. Thanks ladies, I love how the photos look.

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  4. What a beautiful keepsake. You did an awesome job on it.

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  5. Tena, this is absolutely stunning and such a beautiful keepsake!

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  6. Beautiful! I really love how you balanced the embellishments & different different textures but still kept the focus on the photos.

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  7. Beautiful Tena! Great job and TFS!! :)

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  8. I love it, so perfect for cherishing those special photos of your mom.

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  9. Beautiful! I love that you combined the pics of you and your mother, and you and your daughter into one project.

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