A Patriotic Scrap Map Saturday

Good Morning everyone ,

This weeks scrap map sketch at Creative Craft World is the theme of red ,white and blue as it's St Georges day and in honour of the forthcoming marriage of William and Kate .

My page jumps back to 1978 and the Queens Silver Jubilee street party in our little cul-de-sac .

I was only five and the pictures show me in the fancy dress competition as the Queen of Hearts complete with my plate of real homemade jam tarts . As was many of my clothes from this era , the  costume was all handmade by my mum and she still has many of them today which my two have enjoyed dressing up in over the years as well . I'm pretty sure I won first place , with a costume like that on the Queens Jubilee I suppose it was inevitable really :)

I decided to give the whole LO a distressed vintage look including the hand cut pieces of the patchwork Union Jack , and I added some scruffy sewing too ..... a lot easier than neat sewing !

The bunting is Maya Road chipboard with sticky back canvas layered on top which has been stamped and coloured with chalk ink .

Hop over to the CCW blog to see the sketch and join us in the run up to the big day on Friday .

Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend in these barmy temperatures X