Beauty Inside & Out

It's the last week of the Gr8 Cre8ive Idol challenge over at Just Cre8, and it's been a wonderful ride for the past 5 weeks. The pressure to create work for each challenge has been both inspiring as well as tough, but I love all 5 of my creations, which is what matters most. You simply must head over to Just Cre8 and check out the contest gallery. The talent of the contestants will truly leave you awestruck! I'm so grateful to Sue and to all who put this challenge together. Thanks!
The theme of this week's challenge was Here Comes the Bride - but not in the traditional way. We were asked to come up with a creation using something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. I decided to scrap a layout using an old photo of my grandmother on my Mom's side - isn't she beautiful! Thus the title, Beauty - Inside & Out.


The vintage-y, floral feel reflects my Grannie's personality - very feminine and creative. I owe so much of my love of all things crafty to my grandmother, who was a talented seamstress and embroiderer.

To meet the requirements for this challenge, I used:
- Something old - One of my favourite patterned papers ever, the blue paisley, is from the original Wild Asparagus release from My Mind's Eye, and is co-incidentally called My Favourite Things.
- Something new - While away this past weekend with my hubby for our 10th wedding anniversary (more on that in a separate post :D ), I managed to do some scrap shopping, and picked up the puffy letter stickers from Making Memories. I love that they are new and trendy, yet the black dot pattern ads a bit of a retro feel.
- Something borrowed - My friend Jen, in addition to being an incredibly talented scrapbooker, has what I believe is one of the world's largest collection of Cuttlebug embossing folders. ;-P She so kindly let me borrow a few and I embossed the brown and white-core cardstock with the script pattern. Thanks so much, Jen!
- Something blue - The blue ribbon, also from Making Memories was my something blue. Love love their ribbons!

I'll miss the pressure of posting a new creation every Wednesday night, but boy, will am I ever looking forward to catching up on my sleep now! ;-)