Joy on Highway 49 - Show Us Your Stuff

The December challenge over at Show Us Your Stuff is to use the word 'Joy' in a layout.

 Rather than going for a Christmas theme I thought I would use the theme in connection with a photo of my grandson who loves my next door neighbours motorbike.

As the layout was motorbike related I decided to go with a distress, grungy, dirty sort of theme as you will see.

Here as some close up photos:

 I used the metal plate several times across the layout as I love it!

 I rubbed my inky fingers on the layout to add smudges.

 I love using masks

I also used ephemera on the layout

I used the following on the layout:
AC Thickers - Cinnamon - Silver
AC Thickers - Giggles - Blue and White
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Creative Expressions - That Special Touch Mask - Chicken Wire
Bazzill Bling - Orange 12 x 12 cardstock
Visible Image - Metal Plate stamp
Tando Creative - Grab bag - Stars
Paper Artsy - Squiggly Ink - Swirls & Curls 3
Cosmo Cricket - Cogsmo - Black Chipboard
MAMBI - Sheets - Pad 229
White Gesso
Tyre track ribbon
Ephemera

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Generations - Creative Scrappers #257

Generations

This is the latest sketcth from Creative Scrappers and this is what I made of it.  I am normally a 'messy scrapper' and by this I mean I don't go for 'clean and simple' pages as a norm.  I thought I would challenge myself to do a 'clean and simple' page for a change.

I really love my layout as it is a bit different to what I normally put together.

The photo shows 3 generations of my family: myself, my son and my grandson.

I used the following to put this layout together:

Simple Stories Say Cheese - Magic

AC Thickers - Amy Tangerine - Hello - Brown

Tando Grab Bag - Stars

Sassafras Lass scraps

Buttons

Core'dination embossed spots

Tape - Check/Gingham

Distress Ink - Worn Lipstick.

Lynn

You are my Sunshine.....

I love my grandson soooooo much and I am always putting together lots of layouts about him.  I originally printed this picture in 4" x 6" but I realised that wasnt big enough, so I printed it much bigger.  The photograph was taken at Locomotion - National Railway Museum @ Shildon, Durham.  It's a really great museum for any kids who love trains and would recommend a visit.

The main inspiration for this layout beside the photo was the MME tag, which says "You are my Sunshine, my only sunshine".  I decided to find papers which were related to sky, sun, etc as well as using the hot air balloons from Sassafras Lass papers.

I know I didn't realise before he came along but now I feel like Jacob (my grandson) is the missing puzzle piece in my life.  He brings so much joy and laughter into my life and I cannot stop smiling when I spend time with him.

Lynn