Day of the Dead - Week #41

Hi Ladies!

Today I'm going to share my layout and it is all about the "Day of the Dead"  and a little of what is this Mexican holiday.

Day of the Dead or Dia de Muertos.. is a holiday we celebrate in Mexico in particular the Central and South regions.. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died and help the support their spiritual journey.. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called "Ofrendas" honoring the deceased using sugar skulls marigolds and the favorite beverages and food of the departed, also visiting graves to be with the souls of the departed.. the intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them.. Celebrations can take a humorous tone, as celebrants remember funny events and anecdotes about the departed.

Jose Guadalupe Posada created a famous print of a figure he called La Calavera Catrina.. as a parody of a Mexican upper-class female..

I went in 2012 to Guadalajara Mexico and as I said in central Mexico they decorate everywhere with paper mache Catrinas.. I took some pictures and some I use in my layout..

We always can use papers even if they are for a different occasions.. This paper is Christmas paper but I think it was perfect for my layout!

 This iron transfer was my inspiration for this Layout... As you know I love fussy cutting so I cut the Iron transfer with my excellent Westcott Craft Titanium non stick scissors!!! and was perfect to embellish my layout!

This is a simple-easy layout and I use 3 photos! 

 

The Catrina Skull is a great embellish and I add some pearls with my Pearl Pen.. 

Also I add some Molding Paste and Embossing powders from Color Box to give more color.. Day of the dead is also a lot of color!

I just did my Title with my lovely Sakura White Pen.. some flowers from my stash and ready!!! 

I hope you get some inspiration and see you next Tuesday with another fabulous Layout-A-Week!

Supplies:
Westcott Brand - Craft Titanium Scissors, Self healing cutting mat, TrimAir Trimmer
Fancy Pants "Oh Deer" Paper Collection
Crafty Chica - Day of the Dead Iron-on transfer
Pentart - Pearl Pens " Lilac, Morning Glory and Poppy
Aleen's - Turbo Tacky Glue
Color Box - Embossing Powders
Golden - Molding Paste
Sakura - White Pen

WEEK 15 - SPRING IS HERE!

Who doesn’t love spring!  Spring is here!  It is my favorite time of the year.  I love the smell of the fresh flowers blooming, the wonderful beautiful colors of spring, and just the over all feeling of knowing that spring has sprung.  Gardens are in full bloom and there are gardens all over California that I just love visiting.  In San Francisco at the Golden Gate Park is a garden that blooms every year around March and April.  It is spring in its awesomeness and my husband and I visit there each year.  This is also the time of the year when the California poppy, the state flower, blooms in many different colors. 

In this layout are the many colors of the California poppy at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Although the rose is my favorite flower, I just could not resist taking this photo and capturing the many greens, reds, yellows, and pinks of this absolutely gorgeous flower.  Oh, and I threw in a picture of some red tulips just because they looked just as beautiful. 

Do you have a garden?  What is your favorite flower?  Spring has sprung, so take a photo of your favorite flower, your garden, or a blooming flower while they are in full bloom and then use the photo in your layout.  The flowers and colors will last forever.

Supplies: 

Pattern paper – Scraptastic exclusive, Straight Away and Hooray.

American Craft -  pastel colors cardstock

Printables

Flair badge – Scraptastic  exclusive

Banner – Websters pages (mini messages)

Letter stickers – Crate Paper (Craft market)

Spring word – wood veneer

Sequence – stash

Sewing

Tools:

Marvy 4 inch circle punch

Marvy ½ inch circle punch

Fiskars 2-inch circle punch and 1- inch circle punch

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