Having fun merging old photos with mixed media 'stuff'

[Lynn Grieveson]

I have lots of 'documentary pages' in my photobooks but alongside that are lots of pages that are mostly ‘creative play’.

Often when I have having fun with old family photos, I like to mixed them up with very messy, collage-style and mixed media assets.

Somehow the soft focus and ‘vibe’ of retro photos makes for a perfect match with the textures and messiness of mixed media collections.

I particularly like clipping them to distressed-edged clipping masks then layering paints and other elements over the top so they essentially merge with everything on the page.

I did that with these pages that combine old family photos with my new "Unique' collection

(It's part of ColorPlay so it's half price right now BTW)

Here's me in the garden in England with my mum and grandparents. This one will be used in the calendar I make for my mum for Christmas every year.




And I loved making this one of my husband with his brothers and cousins on the family farm:






Do you like to mix older photos and 'messy' art journaling supplies?



PS I also enjoyed using the collection with old but not-quite-as-old photos and not blended. Two favourite memories with the Husband

Quiet time

• Lynn Grieveson
• Aug 29, 2025

DH reading in the weekend on the porch of our first house. Pre- screen days ;-)

Retrieval operation

• Lynn Grieveson
• Aug 29, 2025

DH on the roof of our RV removing the towel covering the skylight to block the light, before we...

 

[veer]

I wish I had the time. I'm still working and hope to start when I retire. I still have so many old photos and would love to put them in an album.
But they say when you retire, you have even less time.

 

[marijke]

One from me ... on the photo: my mom, two nieces and three of her sisters ...
my mom is on the left of the first row with two nieces.

Truly unique

• marijke
• Aug 29, 2025
• 1
• color play lynn grieveson

[B]COLOR PLAY AUGUST 2025[/B] - Created with {Unique Digital Scrapbooking Collection by Lynn...

 

[Lynn Grieveson]

I wish I had the time. I'm still working and hope to start when I retire. I still have so many old photos and would love to put them in an album.
But they say when you retire, you have even less time.

I fear that might be true!!

I have so many projects in my head, and so many partly finished photobooks.

 

[EvelynD2]

@Lynn Grieveson Your pages are gorgeous!

 

[Lynn Grieveson]

@Lynn Grieveson Your pages are gorgeous!

Thank you! I had fun making them

 

[twinsmomflor]

Wow those brushes are amazing...