B 4 blessings.....my 4 boyssss

Friday, May 14, 2010

Kansas Son Flowers Bloom In Heaven

HI!!! Hope you are all well! This weeks challenge at SOUS is to use buttons...so buttons I used!
For this layout I chose a picture of my dad and uncle as wee lads....1932...wow~My dad is the wee one on the right....just a boy of 2yrs. I chose the title to represent these boys as sons of my dear grandmother...of course all of them are blooming in heaven now.
I used K&Co Tim Coffey stack. The marquee is from Sentimentals and is double layered with a solid card stock. The 'button holes' were created with markers and then I added the buttons that are stitched with embroidery floss. I laced the ribbon around the buttons to 'attach' the marquee that I cut apart.

Kansas is cut from 50 States, Son Flowers is from Lyrical Letters, welded in DS. The tractor and windmill are both from Heritage.
I created the sunflowers by layering 3 of the flower cuts from Graphically speaking @ 1/2 inch increments. I used the sun cut from the same cart cut at 1 inch and 3/4 of an inch and then added buttons to the centers. I used my fingers to curl the petals a bit. The leaves are from Heritage and the wheat stalks from My World. The fence is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up.
1932 is cut from Pooh Font, I love love love the 'wood' look. In the center of these flowers I added some beads held in place with paper glaze.
Hop on over and check out the DT creations.....you will enjoy what you see!
Thanx for stopping by today!!!!!

24 comments:

  1. wow..... this is such a cool layout and so much to look at! Love everything you did, very nice. and what a great picture too. Happy Friday!

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  2. Sandy, you are just amazing!!! I'm running out of adjectives. Fantastic, beautiful, creative and unique!

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  3. Beautiful........the lacing is fabulous!

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  4. O-M-G Sandy!
    I LOVE the way you used your buttons.....
    How very creative you are! I will definitely be using the buttons for lacing...AWESOME!
    Hugs Wanda:-D

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  5. Wowser! I love the title and wonder how you can come up with such clever ones!! I am going to scraplift some version of this.

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  6. WOW...that is just Awesome! I love all the extra details...wheat around the flowers, windmill& tractor. So much detail...Love it!

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  7. Beautiful page Sandy!! Love the lacing with the buttons. Great job

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  8. Sandy this is an amazing layout and page! The detail is incredible! I didn't even kwo we had wheat stalks available and I have that cart! Love the fence/tractor/windmill combination and I couldn't help but look around for Dorothy! The flower centers are perfect as well as everything about this page. Thanks for sharing your talent with us... I might have to take on this button challenge myself... we shall see.

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  9. GORGEOUS Sandy! As always, your attention to detail is AMAZING!!!! I sure wish I knew my carts as well as you do. All of the elements are just PERFECT!!!! xxD

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  10. Sandy... where do you find the time to do such an amazingly detailed LO with all the work that comes at the end of the school year?!! Wowzers this is fabulous!! Love the lacing thing you did with the buttons and the whole theme of the LO is so touching!! The picture is priceless!! Nice work my friend!! By the way... I did send you an email...wanted to make sure you had gotten it...it would be like me to type the name wrong!! LOL!!
    Barb :)

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  11. Sandy, this has got to be one of my favorite layouts!!! It's absolutely amazing!!! Luv, luv, luv all of the country embellies and the sunflowers are beautiful!! Truly a work of art!!! Just Gorgeous!!! Have a wonderful day!!! Hugs!!!

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  12. Oh this is just beautiful... I so love all the details you put on your lo's.

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  13. Love love love your creativity! Absolutely beautiful layout and love what you did with the buttons!

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  14. Beautiful layout Sandy, love all the details you added. Very inspirational!

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  15. Oh man, I so love this, love the color (since I am partial to yellow anyways)..love the paper, the lacing and buttons....I also just love the little details and the cuts you chose for this (who knew I'd LOVE the wheat cut? LOL, random but I really like that!)
    Wonderful job sweets!!!

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  16. Love all the browns and the yellow flowers. The fence is darling! You certainly know how to make a photo pop off the page! Just gorgeous!
    Blessings,
    Kim xXx

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  17. Sandy this is beautiful. I really love the lacing and I love the sunflower paper (I've used it myself, lol) TFS, Mary M

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  18. OMG Sandy, not your usual color but they are gorgeous! You always put so much detail into all of your layouts and this one is no exception! You are amazing!

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  19. I'm exhausted tonight ... long road trip for graduation in Oklahoma .. but had to pop over and say great layout. Love your Cricut cuts and love what your doing with that KandCo. What a treasure that photo is! Hugs!

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  20. Amazing lo Sandy!! love the color on this!! great lacing and lettering work!!
    Great job my friend!

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  21. Love it! Love the mix of patterned papers against the sepia photo! And so many sunflowrs! I love sunflowers! How clever of you to use your buttons with the lacing!

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  22. Wow Sandy you are always such an inspiration, I love the way you have used your buttons. The photo is so precious and the title is perfect. Your finishing touches and all the elements you add to your layouts are amazing. Awesome!

    hugs
    Kaye x

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  23. such a beautiful layout girl! i just adore sunflowers, especially since i was raised in Kansas, and this is just so lovely! i especially love the lacing you did and the flowers are just gorgeous! hugs!

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  24. Just dropped by to say hope all is going well with the all your end of year activities. Looking forward to seeing your next projects.

    hugs
    Kaye x

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