The cake and the toast

Here is a layout I forgot to post. This is my second a layout for Daina's wedding. This photo shows that I actually snap the photo outside on the deck. I like the weathered wood effect on the edges. Of course, usually I crop it before posting here but thought I'd show the way it looks beforehand. Natural lighting outside takes the best photo for true colors. Lots of photos on this layout but attaching them to the glitter paper is proving to be a problem. I even used redline double sided adhesive and they don't want to stick.

Bella Girl

Wow, like it has been a while since I posted. I was very busy this week doing Vacation Bible School. If you've ever done it, you know how my week went. Crazy Busy. Anyway, this was such a fun layout to do, because the pictures are from the weekend we met Josh. Since they are now getting married, 6 years later, it was so special to reflect on that "first impression." I went back and read my journal entries for that week before writing the journaling for the page. I also made a mini-book with the second set of photos:

This is just photos and journaling, aka Allie Edwards.

Wedding layout No. 1

I will be doing this layout in my scrapbook class Saturday. I am very excited because it is my first wedding layout - hopefully just the beginning of many more and one that will be available for choosing, when I get my website up for my business. I would call this "contemporary". Although it has some cool embellishments, it has plenty of free space where the eye can rest. I think the colors of this Little Yellow Bicycle paper is perfect for these photos of an Hawaiian wedding.

"Happy" color challenge additions

Here's my layout for last Saturday's class. These are photos of our hometown parade. It really IS funky but I do love it. I used Cloud 9 Design paper and matching dimensional stickers which is unusual for me; I rarely use stickers. But I needed a fairly quick and easy page because I was heading out early to line dance at the county fair.

Two more cards I made the following morning using the same colors. I walked into my studio and saw all the stuff still out from my creative flurry of the day before and wanted to try something with the leftovers. I really like the little "happy" card. For the other, I switched around the background card stock and used the regal rose instead of rose red. As I suspected, the versamarked circles look more stunning on the darker paper.

Find Joy

Card I designed for Kristina's latest Color Challenge. I am using the soon to be retired SU! Polka Dots and Petals and Polka Dots and Paisley sets. I think those little circles done with versamark are just soooo cute. At first I just had the Regal Rose ribbon but it really looked almost the same color as the Rose Red background so I matted the ribbon on a piece of the Regal Rose card stock and stamped it with the little flowers in craft whisper white. TFL.

Rengstoff Park

This is my layout for class this Saturday. It is a great layout for LOTS of pictures. There are 16 photos here. The paper and matching accessories are from Prima Marketing, Inc. "Urban Cosmos". I really love the cute title letters; they are painted chipboard with diamond glaze. My LSS put all their Golden paint products on sale at 40% off so I grabbed up quite a collection of colors. This time, I really tried to mix my acrylic paint to match the colors in the photos. The Golden paints mix so well. It was super fun and I am pleased with how they came out.

So Much Fun

Here is my layout for my class on Saturday. I love the clear flowers from Li'l Davis Designs. And adding the gem sparkles shaped like flowers by Hero Arts added just the right amount of bling. The pictures make me happy. They remind me of a wonderful Saturday I spent with my daughter in old town Los Gatos. First we went and painted pottery, then explored shops and ate ice cream. It was a beautiful May day, the weather bright and sunny but not too warm. We have so much fun together.