My DT challenge this week for Frosted Designs was to do something that was layered and popped-up. Easy for me because (as my students know) I LOVE chunky! (No comments here ; ) please.)
So, I search in the treasure trove of photos I have and found one of my Mom & Dad's house in 1956. I remember moving into this house. I was just 6 years old when we moved. I had already been to kindergarten with the publix (remember how we used to call the kids that went to public school *publix* - which meant public school kids vs Catholic school kids. Too funny.) and had to repeat kindergarten in Catholic school because I missed the age requirement for the Catholics. I could go to kindergarten as a 5 year old with the publix, but the Catholics required a child to be 6 years old. I didn't mind. I loved sandbox. Hated naps. There I go again . . But seriously, who couldn't pass kindergarten back in the day?!
Anyway, the bar that you see in the photo was something one of my Aunt's had and didn't want anymore. It was enormous - a bar from a tavern so you can imagine how heavy and big it was. My Dad wanted that bar, but the builder told him it wouldn't fit in the basement. So my Dad had movers bring it in before the basement steps and the first floor were done. So in essence, the first piece of furniture in the house was that bar. He was really proud of having that. A year after we moved in, Dad completed the entire basement into a rathskeller (prounounced rat-skeller for you young-uns). And where did that word come from? Creepy huh?
And check out what my Mom did: Theme Party at Halloween: Everyone dressed as hobos (what happened to all the hobos that used to jump trains and carry napsacks on sticks?) and Mom must have served food out of big old cans. You can see the cans on the table setting.
And the story I told above is why we all need to journal in/on our scrapbooks. My intelligent knows-all kid wouldn't know what a *publix* or a *rat-skeller* is, now would he!
The paper is mostly
Pink Paislee
(how cute is the *Anonymous Society* on the paper!)
with a bit of
some very old d-Originals & Making Memories thrown in for good measure.
*Fall Frolic* is from an old ?????? sticker sheet I found in my stash.
Here's some close-ups:
This is a piece of some very old yet timeless Design Originals paper
with a bit of Magic Mesh underneath.
Martha Stewart punches all around the background
and then put that on top of black Bazzill cardstock
to make the color pop.
The photo is triple matted.
and what better on a Halloween layout
than an old skeleton key
with some Tim Holtz Idea-ology hanging from it.
The pumpkin (also from a piece of Design Originals)
is looking up at the photo and popped up
with some pom-poms hanging from the photo.
Debating whether this pumpkin needs googly eyes.
I purchase all my supplies
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PS from Webster's Dictionary:
raths⋅kel⋅ler/ˈrɑtˌskɛlər, ˈræt-, ˈræθ-/ [raht-skel-er, rat-, rath-]
nancy, you are so inspiring, really, i have a great photo of mom & dad in a halloween gitup (remember that word) i want to scrap it now. thanks, 2 ?ions is ameal & gerry in that photo & did you do the orange paper edges with the punch or is that the paper? thanks. great job, i love it.
Posted by: dena redfern | October 23, 2009 at 07:14 AM
My Aunt & Uncle are in the photo. Aunt is on the far left and my Uncle on the far right. The paper is punched with Martha Stewart punches.
Posted by: nancy wethington | October 23, 2009 at 09:47 AM