The Bench

My & my BFF, sitting on the bench nearby the Thames, way back on 1990. We were students and we went for a travel in London. The gournaling is about our habbit to sit on the bench, relax and enjoy a good 'girls talk'. Since that travel, we use this phrase "sitting on the bench' to describe girls talk, and the journaling is all about it. Our 'bench talks' are some of my most fav things in life and I cherish them a lot.

I've made this lo for the photo inspiration challenge at BoBuuny, with this photo as inspiration:

I was inspired by the browns and blues colors, with white, all in subtle colors. I was also inspired by the  quite and peaceful scene, with the little girl sitting by the bed. All the dp are BoBunny - EtCetera collection and Timepiece collection.

For the design and tripes of dp and paper lace, I was inspired by Zoe's beautiful layout and tutorial at My Creative Scrapbook. I also used a small circular chipboard, above the photo, for the place and date.

I've made all the flowers  here, a doily I crocheted and the paper blooms, punched and distressed. 

The frame is Imaginarium's chipboard, painted with gesso and then inked with blue distress ink and brown ink, all covered with some stickles.

Here are some close-ups:

I would like to enter it also for the following challenges:

use chipboard - get creative (I used two - the frame and the circle one above the photo)

the simple things - workout #60 at scrapfit

make your own folded embellishments - the paper variety (with Bo Bunny as the sponsor! and my lo  was made with Bo Bunny's dp, and so are the flowers)
patterned papers - dysu
anything but a card - simonsays stamps and show
distress/vintage - crop stop; delightful
Thank you for taking the time and visiting my blog! your comments are much appreciated.

בחזרה לדפי וינטאג', מרובי שכבות.. תמונה שלי עם חברתי הטובה ביותר, בטיול שלנו בלונדון לפני המון שנים. באותו טיול 'ייסדנו' את מוסד הספסל שלנו - ישיבה משותפת ושיחת בנות. המושג הזה מלווה אותנו מאז ועד היום (אפשר להחליף את הספסל על גדת התמזה בכסאות בית קפה חביב... העיקר שמתקיימת שיחת בנות).

הסיום של הכנת הדף הזה זכתה לזריקת עידוד מחברתי קרין, שהזמינה למפגש יצירה קטן ואינטימי, ועזרה בסבלנות אין קץ בכל ההתחבטויות באשר לפרחים שהכנתי... :) תודה רבה, קרין!

ההשראה, כמו גם ההדרכה, למראה השכבות עם תחרת הנייר, קיבלתי מכאן.

תודה על תשומת הלב!