Xmas '86

Such wonderful memories of this Christmas as I completed this layout. Lots of circles here and I love the flow, thanks to the vellum swirls. Embellishments, besides the punched circles, are Tim Holtz grunge board. Love his seasonal package. The paper and stickers are Little Yellow Bicycle. Merry Christmas to all as you make your own holiday memories this year. May they fill your heart with joy.

Good Time

It's a case where a less-than-perfect photo could not be contained. Allie Edwards always stresses embracing imperfection and so I went for it this time. I'm glad to be in the big group photo, but it means someone else snapped it. I say, better to be in it. The layout was inspired by my new Bigz Top Note dye from Stampin Up. Love it. So I made my own larger template. The background paper is some lovely flocked poinsettas from Fiskar's Kimberly Polson line. The title is Felt Alphas from Making Memories. And the circles behind, well, that is from Allie Edwards and I just love the look.

Give Thanks to God

I should have taken more picture on Thanksgiving. Somehow, being the chief chef and all, I only got a few. We even had special guests and I didn't capture a picture of them. Oh well, sometimes you just have to make do with what you have. I found these five to be acceptable and actually made a pretty nice layout. The paper is Sassafras Lass and I love the attached die cut borders. I copied their flower embellishments but made my own because I needed orange. The chipboard swirls were left over from a large package by Making Memories I think. The rubon title was some of the easiest rubons I have even used. They were by Arctic Frog. The inspiration for the title came from watching Rick Warren on Fox News the other night. He said lots of Americans give thanks, but not too many give thanks to God.

Very merry

A Christmas layout for class this week. Most of the product is Making Memories' FaLaLa collection. Fun and easy layout that brought back lots of memories of our last Christmas with my dad (2006). Cherish your family times, they are precious.

Wild Animal Petting Park

This layout holds 18 photos! Amazing. I wasn't happy with it until I added the flowers to the sticker on the journaling block. Speaking of the journaling block, loved using the new Allie Edwards acrylic offered by Techinque Tuesday.

brookings

Today's layout for class. My students wanted a beach layout, which may seem strange this time of the year. But usually we are scrapping pictures from a few months ago. The stores don't seem to get this. Right now, everything is Christmas. But those pictures won't be taken or scrapped for two months. Anyway, this is nice thick glossy card stock by Stamping Station. This time, I actually used the matching sticker sheet - unusual for me. But I like the big 'Oregon Coast' lettering behind the Li'l Davis Design invisible letters. The chipboard swirls (I forget who made those) were painted with acrylics. Had fun mixing colors on those. Playing with paints is something I need to do more. This should be a quick easy page with five 4x6 photos, two of which were slightly cropped. For the first time, I did my journaling on an embossable laminate sheet. After printing on the computer, the ink is wet and I immediately sprinkled on black powder and heated. I like that. Sorry, it doesn't show. I took the photo before I added the journaling. But it is located to the left of the big swirl.

Autumn

A layout for class two weeks ago - love the white overlay under the cut out leaves from Creative Imaginations. Was trying to show the techinique of "clumping" embellishments.