Grandma's Watch

Grandma Tuckett's watch....the one piece of jewelry that I got when she passed away.  At the time I needed a "watch", but it was too special to me to wear it, so in a layout it went instead.  

For this layout, I chose a picture of my grandma that I really liked...this was her, her expression, her smile and her glasses!  You knew she loved you every single time she came to your house, or you had the pleasure of going to hers!   Oh how I miss her hugs! 

The journaling I used was handwritten, to reflect my thoughts about her, and my love for her.  I chose simple embellishments, the crochet butterfly reminded me of her blankets she used to crochet for us grandkids when we were little.  
  

When I started with this layout, it was the embellishments that first caught my eye.  I wanted something special for this layout, and I definitely achieved the look!  This can be tweaked in a number of different ways and themes! 

For help with colors, I use a simple color wheel!  I like how you can find colors that go together and use colors that you might not normally use!   For me, the colors in the embellishments were the colors I went with, adding a cream color for the journaling and background of the whole layout. 

Supplies:

Cream cardstock - 3 sheets

Purple cardstock - 2 sheets

Green cardstock - 2 sheets

Purple marker for journaling

Buttons, flowers or other items for the tags

Floss in cream, purple and green for the tassles

Tags, 1 green, 1 cream (can be handmade tags)

Title - using stickers, die cuts or templates to create

Directions:  

Step one:  Taking the purple cardstock, cut the top and side by 1" each on each of the pages, place them on top of the cream cardstock.  Place the extra cardstock aside for use when you make the tags. 

Step two:  Mat the photo on green cardstock, and then on cream cardstock.  

Step three:  Make your tags using scraps of the green and cream colored cardstocks.  If you need a template for one, search the internet for one you like, or simply cut the top of it using a ruler as a guide.  Add the embellishments you have selected, and a splash of color with small shapes cut with your scissors out of the purple to tie the colors together. 

Step four:   Create your title cutting a 1" strip across the top to place your alphabet on.  For this example, I used my sisters Quickutz Alphabet (unknown as to which one, any alphabet sticker or die cut will do) to create the title.  

Step five:  Start to do your journaling, first with pencil, lightly spelling out what you want to say.  This helps to make sure you have enough space left over for all of what you want to write.  Go over it with the purple marker, and erase anything left over by the pencil.  Mat this in green, and place on the layout. 

Step six:  If you haven't done so already, start to use your adhesive to place the items down on the page.  

This is the type of layout that can be tweaked to be what you want it to be.  I used my Grandma's watch, you can always use buttons as the special embellishment, or something else from her home!  Enjoy this layout, and with anything please give me credit!  

Lynda Jeffs,

Memories in Tyme