SOUS Sketch Reveal

 

Hello dear scrappy friends!

 

It's time for the latest

 Sketch Reveal

 over at

Stuck On U Sketches!

 

I have so wanted to do a

 layout of this subject

 for a long time.

 

And this time of year

 is perfect!

 



The Sketch from our own

 Leah Schaeffer.....

This coming Sunday is

 Remembrance Sunday.

 

And Monday 11th November is

 Remembrance Day.

 

This layout features my

six great uncles.

 

My Maternal Grandmother's

 six brothers. 

 



They all fought in World War II

 - representing the three forces -

 

Royal Navy

Army

Royal Air Force.

Thankfully, all six returned

from the war.

 

However, two of them died

soon after as a result of war

 injuries - the two on the

extreme right of the photo,

 both young men in

 their late 20s.

 

Thus I never knew them.

The other four became known

as my "old Uncles".

 

They all had white hair by the

 time I knew them, and lived

 into their 70s, except the baby

 of the family, who sadly

 died at the age of 54.

 

And between these six boys

 only one of them

 had a child!

 



I wear my Poppy with pride

 every year, and this year

 I have placed my

 Poppy on this

layout.

The papers are from

 Kaiser

"Remember Me"

 Collection

and the

 Collectables

 from the same collection.

The border punch is

 Martha Stewart

 "Scallop Dot".

 

The individual frames are

 Spellbinders

 "Lattice Rectangles".

The original photo,

which I inherited and treasure,

 sat on my Great Grandmothers

 sideboard for as many

 years as I can

 remember.

 

She outlived four of her sons,

 passing at the age of 93!

I am fortunate not to have

 any family currently serving

 in any of the war zones,

 but my respect and gratitude

 goes out to those who are

 serving and

 their families.

 

Lest We Forget

*****

 

 

Don't forget the Blog Hop

 coming up in a

 few short hours.

 

Inspiration and Candy galore.

In the meantime, head on

over to

Stuck On U Sketches

 and see what the rest of

the DT have done with

 the sketch - amazing work.

 

Then have a wee play yourself.

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

 

See you in a few hours for the Hop...lol.

 

Hugs