TAKING THE PAPER TAPE CHALLENGE

Well, I have been challenged, and I think I just might have lost!  I want to share with you a layout I finished today.  The layout was created for my own pleasure from a Let's Scrap sketch, but I was challenged this week by Sue, one of the Let's Scrap Design Team members, to create a flower using paper tape.  You can find this tutorial and technique challenge on Sue's blog.  What seemed a simple tutorial was not at all simple for me--but I am going to continue to practice, practice, practice!  I will let you decide if I met this challenge!

First, let me introduce you to my mother, but as a very young girl!  I have always loved having this photo of my mother, yet, only in working with it to create this layout, did I discover that I really think I looked like my mother when I was a "bit" younger.  This realization led me to include a second, but smaller, copy of the same photo in my layout.

I usually show you the finished layout first, but, this time, I want to show you all the pieces'n'parts that make up the whole!  From time to time, I have been sharing more vintage-themed layouts with you--first, because I really am lovin' the look, and, second, because a lot of the photos I have and want to scrap are older photos, which don't look quite right on the newer, more trendy and vibrant papers.  Here we go:

And, here is that troublesome flower:

And, finally, the finished layout:

I am happy you stopped by so that I could share this layout--and its construction--with you.  Please leave a comment so that I will know you were here--and because it makes me feel good!  If you are not already a follower, please join others who come by from time to time!  

Happy New Year to each of you!

Kay