Scrapping in a girly palette

Is not something I do often.  With two boys, and no cute nieces to scrap, I don't often use pinks or florals.  Well, I bought some kits on clearance from A Million Memories, with papers not entirely to my usual taste.  Good to challenge myself, right?  Well, from the way this turned out, yes.  Pretty, soft palette colours from My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose collection. I used a Martha Stewart border punch, and some of the loveliest rose border trim.  And beautiful buttons from the kit - I cut off the shanks to make sure they weren't too bulky.  To make the title (American Crafts letters in woodgrain chip) stand out, I used an ancient Hero Arts shadow ink pad to provide a bit of definition behind.

The picture is one I have scrapped before - I had a layout using papers from now-defunct company Luxe Designs published in a UK scrapbooking magazine - and I love it.  When my grandmother died I inherited a few photos, and one was a very small, very creased photo from her wedding day.  I paid for it to be profesionally restored, and this was the result.  The formal photos from the day were very formal - unsmiling, stylised group shots - so this was a like a breath of fresh air - you can see how happy they were.  This particular photo was my grandmother's favourite, I think - she kept it in an envelope with a love letter from my granddad.  I hope this does it justice!  Details of some of the beautiful buttons and brads I used on the layouts are shown below.