Gladys-#10

I reaallly hesitated to post this, as it just gave me fits. I didn't have the info I needed for the journaling, my scanner is totally off on the colors (again, so I'll be switching to a different method next week) and the new adhesive I bought wouldn't glue anything down (glue glider pro, never again) so I had to re-adhere every stinkin' slip of paper, lol.

evidence: used textures (burlap, paint and the flocked fancy pants transparency) and metal (staples and pin). For the journaling I was going to spotlife her life, but I have little info so I did the best I could. My husband doesn't know details about her life, and it's blocked on ancestry.com.
Journaling says, "Born in 1920, Bob's grandmother Gladys Fuller-Bode is still going strong. She lived her entire life in Burns, WY, relocating to Colorado recently.
The colors are completely wonky. There is not so much brown, more khaki, and the flower truly matches the pattern paper--it's rose. sigh.
Paper (K & co.), red flocked transparency (Fancy Pants), burlap, button, hat pin, ric rac who knows. The flower is SC, and the letters are plain chipboard (SC) that I paint-daubed. TFL!

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Comment by Jenn Kennedy on March 25, 2012 at 11:37pm: Love all of the strips!

Comment by Debbi McCue on March 22, 2012 at 12:16pm: Love how you paper stripped the background.... what a Beaufitul Heritage-Tribute Page to your hubby's Grandmother :)

Comment by Beth Swartz on March 21, 2012 at 3:23pm: Thanks for the super sweet comments, ladies. I appreciate them!

Susan, my first glue glider cartridge was great. The second one has been awful! It is a repositional adhesive that is just worthless. Maybe I just got a "bad" one. I will have to get some of that Tombow glue, as I am always gluing "weird" stuff down.

Comment by susan stringfellow on March 21, 2012 at 10:29am: well I certainly wouldn't know you had trouble because its a super sweet soft page. I have totally been there with the scanner and even the adhesives. Why cant they make a good adhesive. Actually I love my glue glider but I use it just for my photos. I use a paper studio brand glue stick for paper and several glues for embellishments. There is a super strong glue called Tombow Mono Metal liquid glue that is ideal for things like the burlap, metals, odd embellishments or anything that gives you trouble.

Comment by Michele Singh on March 21, 2012 at 5:06am: I love all the patterns that you've used, the sweet photo and journaling. Gorgeous page!

Comment by Kristie Taylor on March 19, 2012 at 9:17pm: she sounds like a great lady! and your page is a lovely tribute to her!

Comment by Adrienne Ford on March 19, 2012 at 4:39pm: LOVELY! Love reading your journaling about this very special lady!

Comment by Anna-Karin on March 19, 2012 at 10:23am: Beautiful layout! The design is great with the bigger block of patterned paper and all those litlte rectangles. SOrry about your troubles, but it was well worth it!

Comment by Helen Wallace on March 18, 2012 at 10:48pm: This turned our well despite your misgivings. Good on you for persisting when all the odds stacked up against you. I had to laugh when reading your tale of woe! We've all had days like that. Good job :)