Capture Life

I find myself doing more one page layouts than anything these days.  I just find it easier to create around one picture rather than trying to match many different together.

This picture is of all us kids and my mother while we lived in Virginia.  I have hiked all my life and one of my favorite places to go is definatly the Shanedoah Valley.  The picture is one of the most favorite from our collection of family photos, and my mother always has a story to tell about it.

Background is a basic vintaged white paper and layered on top is a beautiful dot from October afternoon. To neutralize the dots I refereed back to ever great dictionary paper, a great way to add blocks of black and collage feel. I took beige strips of jenni bowlin paper and criss-crossed them and then stitched with olive green thread that almost gives a mountainous collage feel. The plaid card is also from October Afternoon, a great place for some journaling.

I had a hard time coming up with a title for this one, but the moment was so special to this photo that "capture life" was a great way to remember it.  The chipped letters with patterns come from 7 gypsies as also seen in my "a fathers passion" layout. The large letter mail letters are metal, and super sturdy from Making Memories. 

I love this eclectic feel of mountainy comfort. 

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