"Vintage" CP Design Days - Jill Sprott

This month's "vintage" theme has me thinking: is it crazy to feel nostalgic for a time that hasn't quite yet passed? 

When I look ahead to the future, I imagine myself looking back someday, remembering, or trying to remember "these days," the time we have with our families, while we are young and beautiful and full of promise.  Perhaps this is yet another reason why we scrapbook, to hold on a little tighter to that which is slipping away; to look back at the past and ahead to the future, while trying to live fully in the here and now.  

"These Days"

by Jill Sprott

 

One of the things that Collage Press does right with EVERY SINGLE LINE is to create timeless papers, like the incredible ledger and grid papers from lines such as Grayson Hall, Camden, Jackson Lodge, and more recently, Sweet Shoppe and Knave of Hearts.  I combined a bunch of ledger and grid papers on this layout, and used strips from some of them to create teeny tiny paper blossoms. This layout also uses one of my favorite products from CP's past: Office Policy stamps.  The wonderful thing about stamps is that even when you've used up all of the papers from a line, the stamps still endure.  

While we're on the subject of all that endures, let's give a shout out not only to the design of CP's papers, but also to their durability -- these papers stand up to all kinds of treatments, including misting, painting, folding, and kissing.  Scratch that last one. Overshare. 

Papers:

Grayson Hall Daydream and Malta

Knave of Hearts Charming and Die-Cut Dollop Ledger 

Sweet Shoppe Yum

Ledger papers from Camden Crafting Pad 

Ledger papers from Jackson Lodge Crafting Pad 

Letters: 

Joyride Alphabet Cardstock Stickers

Stamps:

Office Policy

Stay tuned for more "vintage" favorites from the design team in the month ahead!  

Comments

[Margrethe]

Those blossoms are amazing - as is the rest of this layout :) Thanks for commenting on my blog.

[Renee Dowling]

Hey Jill - WOW , I love how you do these sorts of LO's they totally rock! so different and such an interesting effect with the combination of papers and stamps - awsome LO!
Reneex