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    This is my latest project -- it's the only photo of my parents wedding day. I manipulated it a bit in Craft Artist, printed it out and then used Mod Podge to paste and seal it on to a wooden board. (I used hairspray to 'set' the inkjet image before I Mod Podged it.)

    I used 'Clearly for Art' modelling film to make the 'metallic' flowers. I bought a pack of the stuff a couple of years ago but hadn't used it until now -- and now I'm addicted to it! I used the black version, cut flower shapes on my Explore (it is dense stuff - so multicut 4 times) and then used metallic inks to colour them. I blasted them with a heat gun and shaped them into something resembling a flower.

    The centres of the flowers are old buttons or brads, some coloured with the alcohol inks.

    The smaller photo is one of my favourite of them, taken a couple of years before they passed away. The three keys are Tim Holtz embellishments and say Love, Dreams and Journey - appropriate I think for a 54 year marriage.

    The metal label holder has my parent's name and wedding date - but I blanked it out for public photos!

    On the back I've pasted a copy of the wedding registry that I found online in public records.

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    A beautiful work art, and a wonderful family heirloom.
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    Love it! How clever :) Thanks for sharing.
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    Love is like a butterfly, the more you chase it the more it eludes you,
    but if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and softly sits on your shoulder.

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    It's stunning SooG and what a beautiful memento to have.
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    Wow, what a stunning keepsake! Love the layout and the flowers are gorgeous, a real labour of love.
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    Another stunning piece of your art, I don't know how you do it SooG, thank you so much for sharing - and what a lovely couple your Mam & Dad are too!
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    Thanks everyone. I am really pleased with how it turned out. As with most projects it started out one way and turned into something totally different along the way.

    I was lucky to have really lovely parents -- still miss them every day! :)
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    That's very special Soog - Love it.
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    Really beautiful Soog and such a lovely keepsake of two special people
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    Very beautiful Soog and a lovely way to remember your parents.
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