dean....

dean is marius' eldest son. he turned 20 on june 17. i have known him for just over 12 years. that is almost 3/4 of his life. he is tall and handsome. i wanted to make something as a tribute to him, and also something that he could get one day when he starts his own family. as i am now preparing for my own child, i realised that i was way behind in scrapping the children already in my life - dean and christoff, and i also have not really touched my childhood or my family. so i started sorting photos. i found alot of singletons of dean - we did not see him that often when he was young - he was very busy and his dad was also very busy. i would always, and still do, think of the song "cat's in the cradle" in this situation - and pray that it would not be true here. i used the Pink Paislee Old School paper kit for this layout. it really is so versatile. the colours look like "school" but also has a boy/vintage feel to it.

i dressed the page up purely with stamping and deep red pearls, as well as some journaling. i hand stitched the flourishes ( Bazzil template) and i used an EK Success punch for the edges. i created my own "patterned" paper by cutting strips of the papers and glueing them onto bright YELLOW cardstock ( i knew that was the colour i would least likely miss from my CS stash).


the big stamps are by Teresa Collins. they are so versatile and the quality is excellent. the bicycle is by artistic outpost. i made "dean" by using some really old alpha stickers that were glued to cream cs, then mounted onto chipboard, chalked and then added a layer of glossy accents to dry over night. VOILA!! your own epoxy embellishments. this technique was introduced to me by jowilna nolte when she taught a class in Jeffreys Bay in 2008. so, i am on a quest to get through the photos...............so i will have lots of time to scrap the new addition to the family when baby arrives!!