Kind

Its another color challenge from Kristina Werner. I needed a thank you card and this seemed just the ticket. I love fall and I love these fall colors. Decided to go with a really fun technique: dye inks dabbed on glossy paper.

Stand By Me

I promised more layouts from the wedding scrapbook I'm currently working on. As I said, the color I'm working with is red. But I love how this one came out, and my favorite part is the title. But I was not happy when the girls were looking off the page (bottom layout). So I reversed image in Photoshop (top photo). Way better. I don't know how the program does it, but I think it's amazing.

I've started adding some journaling blocks to the layouts for the bride to record her memories. Her mom says she loves to write. Yeah!

We Remember

Do we remember? I made this card for Stamp Club. It is amazing to think that Thursday it is 7 years since the attack on the Twin Towers. Many families will be hurting especially on this Thursday. Can we really say, "United we stand?" This country seems very divided and we seem to have lost sight of all that we have in common this election year as we focus on the campaign issues. This is still America, land that I love. I praise God I live here.

Leis

I love how this layout came out. The paper is perfect. I tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum and the focus on the photos. The journaling came from some researching I did on the web. They knew the exchange of the leis was going to be a part of the Hawaiian ceremony (put together by the wedding planner). But the mother of the bride told me she, nor the bride and groom, didn't actually know what it all meant and they were all so pleased to read what I learned.

Kristina's Color Challenge

Two little happy cards for this week's challenge. The challenge for me was to make four colors not look too busy. I did find I could mix and match the pieces using the different colors of card stock. Fun! Thanks for another great time, Kristine.

Seeing Red

I've been doing a wedding scrapbook for a couple that chose red for their color. Here's a bunch of papers laid out for viewing and selecting for the next layout. I did two layouts this weekend but I haven't taken pictures of them yet so I will post that tomorrow. It has been a stretch for me to use that color. I usually go for pastels over primaries. But I am really pleased with how they are coming out and (most importantly) is the bride.

Engaged

Layout for class this Saturday. I got a request to use the Tinkering Ink Al Fresco line of papers....very bright prints. Fortunately, on the back side of one of the patterns was this lovely soft blue. So I added some of the prints sparingly to come up with this. The layout makes me smile and ultimately, isn't that what this hobby is all about? I think they are one fantastic looking couple. And forgive me if I sound like a grandmother-to-be, but I can't wait to see how darn cute their kids will be. And don't you just love those Bo Bunny rubons? Anything with a bird is ok by me. But swirls and birds is just about perfect.


I am doing a demo at my LSS tomorrow, Creating Lasting Memories. It will be all about rubons and this page will be one of the samples.

I'm also teaching an acrylic album class Saturday using the same line of Tinkering Ink papers. For that mini-album I used photos of my daughter when she was much younger, actually when she celebrated her 7th birthday. Sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday.