Round Robin June 2015, Week 2, A Salute to those in Uniform

I think the Fourth of July has us thinking about those who have served. So, this month's theme for the Round Robin was, A Salute to those in Uniform. I naturally thought of my Dad and Grandpa. This layout is my Grandfather. 

The twist was to use scrappy stuff that is over a year old so I dug out a Swirly kit from March 2012 and used some letters that were over 2 years old. The metal pieces are from a shopping trip we took while at Swirly camp 2-3 years ago. The metal chain is from the June 2015 kit. I deconstructed some of the chippie pieces. My tut for this is posted here. And, you can see more examples here and here. I used the same title, Let Freedom Ring, because I kept humming that song while making this! Nothing else seemed to work.

Wet distressing

Well, the June Swirlydoos kit arrived at my door a few days ago. So, I've been working on some new layouts to share as soon as we have our big reveal at Swirlydoos. But, in the meantime, here is another layout I made while at camp in Lafayette. My dd, Allison, with her namesakes, Grandma and Grandpa Allison in 1996. I used the wet distressing technique to really work the edges of this paper that we received at camp. Then, I used my heat gun to dry it-I even allowed some of the edges to burn for a more distressed look.