Sunday, August 10, 2014

time flies


 Hi there! I hope you have a terrific weekend! I'm so happy to be joining along with the current Vintage Journey challenge where the theme is "time flies"
I scrapped a photo of Connor that was taken 14 years ago on his very 1st day of Kindergarten. It doesn't seem possible that he has not graduated from high school and that we will be moving him into his dorm within the next few weeks! time sure flies!!!
 I combined beautiful Pion Design patterned papers from the For Father collection along with a variety of Tim Holtz dies including the: gears and cogs, flowers (blue), a clock face and wings. To give the pieces an aged look, I applied various colors of Distress Stains and Vintage Photo embossing powder:

 All three blue flowers were made using Pion Design paper and Tim Holtz dies. For a little added interest, I applied metallic Distress Stain to the edges of the flowers:
 For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Stuck?! challenge:
Many thanks for stopping by ~ I hope you have a great Sunday!
Be Sweet ;)

Pion Design products used:
For Father ~ Old Cars ~ PD1804B
For Father ~ Borders ~ PD1806F
For Father ~ Shoe Factory ~ PD1805F
For Father ~ Shoe Factory ~ PD1805B
For Father ~ Old Cars ~ PD1804F
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39 comments:

  1. Gorgeous layout, stunning flowers and textures! Sooo pretty!
    Ingrid xx

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  2. Your layouts are always beautiful Mona and I really love the grungy Tim elements you have added to this one. The clock is beautifully 'rusted' and I love the gorgeous flowers. Thanks so much for joining in our challenge at A Vintage Journey. Anne xx

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  3. Time sure does fly, what a sweet lay out with the clock and wings and what a sweet picture too. ~Diane

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  4. This is gorgeous, Mona!! What sweet picture!! I love the flowers - they look amazing!! The rusted clock and gears are fabulous!! Stunning layout!! Happy Sunday :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  5. This is FABULOUS. A masculine LO (although Connor is a cutie here:)...) and I love it. Perfect with brown and blue shades . The metallic touches on your flowersare just fab! TH are Pion are a perfect match but you are the one who puts it all together in a wonderful way!!

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  6. Such a wonderful page ... my he looks so cute .. time sure does fly!

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  7. Awww! How adorable Connor is! A beautiful layout Mona - love the combination of masculine grunge allied with softer feminine touches.Just gorgeous. Nicola x

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  8. I love the contrast of the soft patterned papers with the grungy embellishments. Stunning masculine page xx

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  9. what a great page to memorialize this beginning of school for Connor! love the rusted look and masculine color scheme Mona!

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  10. Wonderful colors--love the embossing to create an aged look! What a cute kid & great page! Fun to see this one next to one with his graduation picture--they sure do grow up fast!

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  11. Such a cute photo. Love the colors on your layout.

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  12. Beautiful page and awesome take on the sketch! Just love all the embellishments! So pretty! Kindergarden to college! Time really does fly!

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  13. Ooooh look how CUTE and LITTLE he is!!! Time sure does fly, can't believe my baby is going to be a daddy! This is amazing Mona, love every special little detail your added, especially those wings!

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  14. A beautiful layout and what a gorgeous photo!

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  15. Stunning page Mona! Love the earthy colours and your amazing accents! Love the wings....such a sweet photo of your boy too!!

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  16. This layout is fantastic, Mona! I love the wings on the clock. The banner and flowers add the perfect finishing touch.

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  17. Great page, love the soft colours and texture! Thanks for joining us at Stuck?!

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  18. Darling page! Love the sweet photo and the theme perfected by the wings! Beautiful color palate too! TFS!

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  19. Wow, what a cute kid and gorgeous layout! Love it!

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  20. Mona, your work is always so very pretty and peaceful... and seeing your little boy here among it all is super great... I am loving these flowers you are creating... the colors are so very typical of your area... love the turq, browns and tans... Love that area also... almost moved there... Great piece... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie

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  21. Gorgeous layout and super sweet photo! Wow, time really has flown by! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. LOVE the clock with wings, the colors, and that banner! He is so CUTE,!!

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  23. Time certainly does fly!!! crazy how fast!!!! My first born got his driver's license early this summer and went out on his first date a few weeks ago!!

    Your layout is Gorgeous! Sweet photo. I love the gears!

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  24. Gorgeous layout Mona!
    I love everything about it and the message truly resonates with me as well ;)
    Thank You~

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  25. Wonderful LO Mona! Yup time sure does fly by doesnt it! Love all the great details your used to show off this cute pic of Connor:)

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  26. I love how this page has a rusty feel to it, great banner and design!

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  27. This is another absolutely lovely piece by you. I would love to spend some time just watching you create. How on earth do you find the time to put all this great work together???

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  28. Aww time does fly! What a sweet picture of your son and stunning page! I hope you won't have a heavy heart......if you do ,it will lighten with time. Hugs

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  29. Wow, this is magnificent! Love that rusted clock and perfect gears. Connor is darling!

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  30. Fabulous layout! Love the clock and wings and that darling photo of little Connor! TFS!

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  31. Mona, this is just gorgeous. I love the blue/brown color palette and the mix of gears with the floral pattern of the base paper. The sweet little banner that hangs beneath the focal image makes me smile. And those flowers!!!!! Whoa! Amazing. Your work lifts my heart!

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  32. A gorgeous colour palette and love the dimension in the page. Thanks for sharing it with us at Stuck?!

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  33. Great masculine LO! Connor is darling. The copper tones look fabulous with the blue hues. :)

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  34. This is such a fabulous layout Mona! The colour palette is just wonderful and so masculine as well as mixing flowers and gears. Thank you for joining us at A Vintage Journey this time for our Time Flies challenge. Jennie

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  35. Awesome masculine page! love the gears and cogs and the clock face. Your flowers are superb.
    Thank you for playing with us at Stuck?!.

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  36. Stunning page and what a handsome young man you have created the page for - love your design

    Mines up it would be great if you could visit

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  37. Oh Mona, what a fabulous piece, such a fantastic way to represent the theme!! Love this and so sorry I did not come round to say so before, it's just wonderful!

    Thanks so much for adding it to our challenge at A Vintage Journey!!

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  38. Very nice! Great textures and layering. Such an awesome take on the sketch. Thanks for joining in with us at Stuck?!

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  39. Love your composition Mona and the layers and textures are gorgeous! Delighted you joined in with our 'Time flies' challenge at A Vintage Journey. Chris xxxx

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