Things in life that are worth doing are worth the effort. My kids had a lesson in this recently on a mini-vacation when we found a penny press,those penny presses are hard work for a 5 year old! I remember as a kid it was a
huge treat to be able to spend two quarters on something as frivolous as pressing a penny. But while I remember the treat that they were, I sadly don’t know where any of them are. Fortunately, my kids won’t have that concern, as I used their flattened penny as a page embellishment.
Supplies: Cosmo Cricket (paper, older line & mini letters), My Mind’s Eye (paper, 6x6), hand made clay embellishments, K&Co (bling), Papertrey Ink dies
Design Tip: Create depth by using multiple inks I created additional depth on my die cuts and punches by using a brown and blue ink. I tried to replicate the depth of the “faux paint” wood paper.
Price Per Page: $ (less than $2 MSPR) The use of a souvenir and handmade embellishments really kept the price down on the supplies used for this page.
9 comments:
What a darling page! My DD loves to do the flattened pennies too. I have them all on her pages in her scrapbooks too.
That background paper is too cool, and I love the flower diecuts. :)
Great page. I remember doing that when I was little. I still have the ones I got from Frankenmuth.
Great idea to use it as an embellishment on your scrapbook page. Mom son did one of those presses once but I foolishly didn't photograph the occasion so it's just in his coin collection instead.
I just love the rustic feel of thsi page- your background paper is just perfect. Great story too- love that you included the penny here so it's never lost! Great work as always :)
xErin
LOVE that awesome background paper, Amanda!!! And the flower by your journaling is so pretty!! Great layout for this story!
Love that background paper and your ruffled border punched edges. Great detail. Love the penny!
Oh, these vintage papers go so perfectly with the photos! I love that you used the penny.
You have some of the coolest background papers!! I don't scrapbook, but I love graphics, and these are awesome! Great use of the flattened penny too...looks like the kids really had to work for them!!
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