Saturday 5 January 2013

My Great Grandfather

Evening everyone

Well so much for good intentions - but never mind I am here now!

Tonight I am going to share a photo page I made a little while ago.  The photo is of my great grandfather who was born in 1853 and died in 1937 so lived through the "steam punk" era.  He was a boiler builder by trade but in his spare time he was a bit of an inventor.  His house was the first in the area to have electric lights, installed by him,  and family lore has it that he invented a sausage making machine.  But I don't suppose it ever occurred to him to patent it - instead he sold it to a local butcher.  Cogs and wheels seem to be very appropriate for a photo page for my great grandfather.

Here is the page


I have used a photograph of my great grandfather which was taken probably about a year before his death as the background on this page and given it a jigsaw effect.  The same photograph is in the cog at the top of the page.  The steampunk elements came from a free kit I downloaded from Algera Designs last year.

The challenge over at Digitally Sweet Challenges this week is "Steam Punk" so I thought I would enter my page.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Catherine x

8 comments:

  1. Great Page, good luck Catherine.

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  2. wow Catherine how amazing. He must have been quite a character. Love your page and as you say the steam punk stuff is perfect to showcase a photo of him.
    Ann xxx

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  3. How wonderful is that?! Absolutely priceless! Great tribute page and memory! Love this Steam Punk! Thanks for sharing at Digitally Sweet

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  4. Fab page and I loved reading about your great grandfather..so amazing.
    Hugs,
    Becky xx

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  5. fabulous layout Catherine, love how you have used the photo and jigsaw effect, a lovely memory page.
    sue-b xx

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  6. Hi Catherine .. wow, I really love what you did with this page and how neat to have that little bit of history. Sounds like an amazing man! Thanks for joining us at Digitally Sweet!

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  7. I loved reading about your grandfather:) I really love how you did the background paper-very cleaver. Very well done! Thanks for joining us at Digitally Sweet Challenges!

    Elizabeth DSCDT
    http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

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  8. What a fantastic picture of your Grandad, the steam punk details are perfect to go with it. Thanks for playing at Digitally Sweet.

    Hugs Ali x

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