Amazing Happy Memories

I finally took a break today from card making to create a layout using some old photos from when I was a kid.  I'm putting all of my mom's photos together in a book since they were originally in magnetic photo albums and most are so discolored that I don't want them to get damaged more.

I love flipping through these photos and picking the ones to work with.  Looking back I had no idea I spent so much time with my one aunt (she always said so, but littles don't remember). She is and has always been my favorite so it's neat to see these and know why I always felt so close.

I was three in these photos and my sister was five. We still look the same just all grown up lol.

For the layout I decided to use a die cut file from Hip Kit Club. I've been enjoying their videos and the monthly club is amazing. I really wanted to use some of the paints that I received so I decided to paint behind the flower. I think I should have used a black pen and marked around the flower cut (I might still do so) to help it pop off the background better.

Here is a close up of the top embellishment cluster and some of the painting I did.  The purple and blue have some shimmer and the pink is a flat paint. They really worked well together and went on the paper really well.