Nigezza Creates aka Gez, Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator
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I have shared pictures of my wonderful recent purchase on social media and it is lovely that so many people were as excited as I was with it. Today I am bringing you the very first project I have made with it. I printed 9 of the photos and made 8 journalling cards. Faux cabinet cards with journalling space on the back. I think they will look great in any vintage journal. I am completely in love with these pictures and really want to tell a story about them, I have been thinking about what their lives might have been like and what they were going to do in the future. So I am thinking of making a journal to show a version of their lives.
Finding Treasure
At the weekend while visiting my Father In Law in Alnwick I did my usual tour of the charity shops (of which there are many in the town) and the recently discovered Antique shop (no idea how I had not noticed that before my last visit). It was in the antique shop that I saw this lovely wooden box (I did see loads of other lovely things but they were beyond my budget) I do love a nice wooden box. I saw it fro a distance and I could see there were small things in grooves in it. My thoughts were that I could slot journalling cards I had made or other bits of ephemera while they waited to be put in a journal, so much nicer than the plastic box I currently use. I took a closer look and saw that the things in the box were glass negatives. I had never seen glass negatives before, I pulled a few out and held them up to the light & could see that they had people in them. I thought that this was now going to be way out of my budget but it had no price on it. So I was brave and asked the woman in the shop how much it was as there was no price. I don't like doing this as I always feel embarrassed when I have to say no if the price is too high. She checked and couldn't find the price so made a phone call and gave me the price that was well below what I thought it would be and I bought it. One happy bunny.
On Sunday night back home I set about trying to convert the negatives into photos, lots of googling and a few apps were downloaded. I converted a few on an app before it then asked for payment ... quick exit from that app! The search continued on Monday and a free app was found and the light box I acquired last summer was finally put to good use. I was actually shaking as each picture was revealed. I could not believe how lovely each photo was was. A few were damaged and some out of focus (although that may have been me shaking slightly! ) but most are pretty perfect. I have not done any work on cleaning up the photos yet, at the moment I am just enjoying them and actually quite like the defects in them, it adds to their charm. I had 52 in total and printed off 9 to have a play.
Now watch the video to see how I transformed them. Warning this is a very chatty video!
Video Tutorial
Time for the closeups!
I hope you like this project and will give it a try, you could use pictures from books, ones you have found on the interest or get a digital kit that has old photos in them. To make sure you don't miss any of my projects why not subscribe to my YouTube channel and subscribe to my newsletter and click the button to follow my blog :-)
I will be back tomorrow, until then ...
Happy Crafting!
Gez xxx
Happy Crafting!
Gez xxx
Below are the products I used, if you click on the item it will take you directly to my shop where you can purchase the items.
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Don't forget to use my host code to receive a share of the Stampin' rewards as a thank you for shopping with me :-)
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- If you want to start a business for £99 then this is the way to do it!
- Choose £130 worth of products from either the Mini Catalogue or the Annual Catalogue
- You can also add products from the clearance rack and the kits that are available in my on line shop
- No obligation to sell, make videos, blog etc
- You can just join up and get the 20% discount for yourself
- If you want to start a business for £99 then this is the way to do it!
- Choose £130 worth of products from either the Mini Catalogue or the Annual Catalogue
- You can also add products from the clearance rack and the kits that are available in my on line shop
- No obligation to sell, make videos, blog etc
- You can just join up and get the 20% discount for yourself
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