Aunt Arabelle was my Dad's Great Aunt. Unfortunately, I never got to meet her, as she died when I was just a child, but everyone who knew her loved her dearly. I really enjoyed doing this layout. On my "My Family" site, we were all discussing Aunt Arabelle, and we were "reflecting" on the type of person she was and those who knew her were sharing stories about the things they remembered most about her. I saw a layout someone had done with a reflection and thought I'd give it a try for this one. The title, Reflections of Arabelle, became a double entendre.


Journaling reads: Aunt Arabelle Porter Walker was a reflection of everything right and good. She was a godly woman who treated everyone with kindness and respect. She loved children, even though she couldn't have any of her own, and adopted a son & daughter & gave them a loving home. She didn't have much when it came to worldly goods, but she departed this life praising the Lord.


Credits:


Background paper from Mother's Photo Album Companion Set (posting bonus for Designer's Challenge)


Frame from [ link ]by Victorian Rose Designs at Heritage Scrap


Aunt Card from [ link ]by Victorian Rose Designs at Heritage Scrap


Floral Ribbon from [ link ]by Jean Daugherty Designs at Heritage Scrap


DESIGN NOTES: This was easy to do with Scrapbook Max! I simply did the top half of the layout, then copied each element, flipped it horizontally, rotated it 180 and positioned it. Then I lowered the opacity about half way. I had to do the text in another program and save it as a .png file in order to do this with the text, since you can't treat text as an element in Scrapbook Max! If you have any questions, feel free to PM or email me.