Family Tree

The layout I am sharing today was inspired by the Family Story Stamp by Ali Edwards. The stamp “sometimes family is just hard” resonated with me to tell the story of my complicated family tree. 
 

The background paper is one from a Jen Hadfield collection. I used a leaf die and manually cut all of the leaves. I inked the leaves based on parentage but not sure how noticeable it was in the end. 

I hand stitched the lines to connect the leaves with embroidery floss. 

I used an acrylic word from a SCT Sampler kit and letter stickers from my stash. 

I was hesitant in adding the cluster at the top and the right side of the journaling, that it would be too much, but I really wanted to use the stamps and I am happy with the result. 

Names were added to the leaves after I took this picture for privacy and I am sure someone would be mad on my choices on who and how to include this information. 

Thanks for stopping by!