The Swing

(for Tresors de Luxe)

My mother (right) with her younger sister in the late 1940's

These are the Tresors de Luxe products I used:

French Lace Trim FR-006

Venice Lace Trim LA-090

Rustic Shabby Chic Flower Embellishment

Crystal Rhinestone Trim CR-026

For this layout I used paper by Riddersholm Design from their Vintage Venture collection.

These are some of the other products I used:

Spellbinders die - Large Deckled Rectangles

Spellbinders die - Small Deckled Rectangles

Spellbinders die - Large Deckled  Mega Rectangles

Spellbinders die - Romantic Rectangles

Spellbinders die - Small Deckled  Mega Rectangles

Spellbinders die - Marvelous Squares

Memory Box die - Quinn Flourish

Martha Stewart PATP punch - Quilted

Here is the layout after I had placed the diecuts and most of the lace. 

I sprayed some of the lace with pink and turquoise mists.  It turned out much too bright so I washed the lace under the tap to get as much of the colour out as possible.  When it was dry I sprayed it lightly with Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist to dull down the colour some more.

The frame around the photo was made with wired thread.  To make the loose ringlets I put the narrow handle of a small paintbrush along the straight wires, wrapped wire around both the paintbrush and straight wires then pulled out the paintbrush handle.

Prima Wired Thread - Dusty

Here are some closeups of the layout:

Thanks for looking!