"Pioneer" - Sketchabilities #99

Happy weekend everyone!!  It is a beautiful day here today for the first day of the holidays.  ....at least 'at the moment' it is - think it could be changing though.   

Welcome if you are visiting for the first time and if revisiting thank you for your support.   Would love to know you have been.

For this month's Karan Gerber Sketchabilities #99 sketch I decided to scrap my 3x Great Grandmother (1838-1929).  I have always loved this photo of her sitting in the willow chair in her latter years.  I feel there is a connection to that chair as before I was aware of this photo I bought a child size willow chair for one of my girls and it is the same pattern.  She must have been an amazing woman - having 13 children of her own and acting as nurse/midwife circa 1875 in the early days of the settlement of the Feilding district prior to the district having a doctor. Her husband recorded the births before there was an official process and records.

 I used an eclectic mix of papers - backing papers are K & Company (at back) and then an older Kaisercraft one punched around the edges and added texture paste, glimmer mist and some paint drips which ended up being covered in the beautiful coral lace but you can see them underneath.  The embellishing papers (Lyric), tag and chipboard together with right side flowers are all Prima and the left flowers Wild Orchid.  I dabbled once again with my trusty liquid pearls. 

 My journalling is included on the Prima tag as shown.

 

 and sketch #99

Thank you Sketchabilities and Karan Gerber for a great challenge.  If visiting the Sketchabilities site check out the header Sketch #98
I was lucky enough to be featured with my  'Hugs' layout.

Once again - thanks for visiting.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Until next time....
Dianne