Whenever we are planning to go somewhere new, I always look up gardens we can visit. In this case, I only had to look up the address. I had heard about the Sarah P. Duke Gardens in Durham, NC for years. Actually it was the main reason we included Durham on our short spring getaway. The garden is lovely. In late April, the azaleas were finishing off, the peonies hadn't quite put out yet, and the tulips were in full bloom. My favorite part was the terrace garden, particularly as most of it was done in lavendar and purple. I've heard of 'white' gardens but never a purple one!

The layout is based on the sketch from May's Stretch Your Sketch class at Two Peas. May Class If you want to play along, you have until the 20th to do a layout based on Jen Gallacher's sketch. I stretched the sketch by changing the large photo to a photo collage.

This layout could also be a scrap your stash layout as I used some really old My Mind's Eye paper I came across when cleaning out a drawer a few months ago. It was just perfect in color. Also, I used a SCAL file I'd made up and only used once before for the lattice work. The chipboard flowers are from some very old K&Company stash. Only one was the right color, so I pulled off the tops and inked and stamped my own finishes. Finally, I got into my Pretties Kit from Stampin' Up!
The upper right corner needed a little light so I stamped the background using a distressing stamp from Stampin' Up! (Itty Bitty Backgrounds) that looks like a spritzer and some metallic white paint.
Speaking of SU!, they have some things on sale on the retired Accessories list. I think the Hodgepodge Hardware is probably the best deal. A new catalog comes out July 1st so the sale lasts until June 30 or until supplies last.
Thanks for visiting today!
Ingredients: DSP: Wild Asparagus from My Mind's Eye
Ribbon: Webster's Pages
Stickers: kraft mini from Jillibean Soup
Perfect Pearls from Ranger
Pretties Kit from Stampin' Up!
Paint: Anita's
I love to check out gardens.
ReplyDeleteYour layout is stunning. I love how you put so many beautiful photo's on one page.
Great layout! Love the garden theme. TFS your story on the owl. Great pic!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful pages you made! I LOVE them...TFS!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos! I love the variety - close ups, photos with you and your husband. Lovely page!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a gorgeous garden, and your pages of it are beautiful!
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