Christmas Cheer

My friend Airynne enjoying some Glühwein at the Christmas Market in Aachen, Germany.

Resources:

Christmas Morning Wordart by Beth Nixon
Merry Christmas by Heather T

Magical Snow

One of these magic moments....
Picture taking in the backyard of my old house, Jan 2004, in the middle of the night.

Resources:

Santa Baby (Dec Mystery Mega) by Scrap Orchard Designers

New Years Reception 2008

Airynne and me at the Saceurs New Years Reception, Jan 2008.

Resources:

Template 12 Days of Christmas Freebie by Designs by Sine (adjusted for 8.5x11)
Inspiration Challenge 3 Kit by Pineapple Plantations

Couch Time

My hubby on one of his "Couch Time" Days :)

Resources:

Template Challenge 6 by Designs by Sine
Summer Lovin by Ellie Lash and Pineapple Plantations
Wordart Blog Freebie by Elegant Wordart by Bethany

Christmas Newsletter 2008

I sent this out with our Christmas Cards for this year.
And am I ever so proud that I actually did sent cards this year :)

Resources:

Holiday Grunge by Kerri Erickson
Fairy Dreams by Nicole Young
Cranberry Night by Nicole Young
DSP Birthday Bonus Kit by DSP Designers
Fairytale Wordart Blog Freebie by Heidi Larsen
Family Gazette Template by Suzanne C Walker (adjusted)

Aachen Xmas Market - Bracket

For the Paper 2 Digi Challenge at GetDigiWithIt
Scraplift of paper LO by SelenaKimsey from 2Peas

This was a little out of my comfort zone
However, I made my own bracket frame and gave it some zing with a nice paper.
The background is a blend of two papers, since I liked the texture/pattern in one of them, but the color of the other fit better with the LO.
I also tried to make the ribbons look like they glue down the frame, kind of wrap down over it.

Resources:
Twas the Night Before Christmas by Duchess Designs

Big Blue Sky

Speed Scrap Layout - Dec 06, 2008 - GetDigiWithIt.com

I chose a picture of me *gasp* to scrap

Resources:

Antiqued Memories Kit by Connie Prince
Stamp Frames I by Eclectic Scrap Style Designs
Spooksville by Melissa Bennett and Amanda Dykan
Wordart Freebie by Elegant Wordarts by Bethany

Josh & Danna

Two of my friends, Josh and his wife Danna, on our day trip to Parc Paradisio.

Resources:

Yuletide Harmonies by Lauren Bavin

Antiquing Pack by Lauren Bavin
Freebie Valentines Wordart by Tina Chambers

Thanksgiving: The small things

I made little chocolate covered Pilgrim Hats for Thanksgiving :)

Resources:

Darn Dirty Overlay by Tina Chambers
Beautiful Holiday by Tina Chambers
Christmas Remember Template by Tina Chambers

Airynne - Smile in my Heart

Pictures I took of my friend Airynne.

Resources:
A Touch of Flair Embellishments by Beth Nixon
Smile in my Heart by Beth Nixon
Lined Up Template by Beth Nixon
Oh so Happy by Beth Nixon
Love Live Beth Nixon

Bruges Nov 23 2008

Pictures from our day trip to Bruges, Belgium.
We missed the Christmas market by just 6 days, but in exchange we got a lot of snow :)

Resources:

SO Multiple by Designs by Sine
Santa Baby (Dec Mystery Mega) by Scrap Orchard Designers

30th Birthday

For my birthday my hubby and friends took me out to our favorite Japanese restaurant - Osaka's.
I had such a great time and the food was marvelous!

Resources:

Block O'brad by Designs by Sine
Attic Antiquities Page Kit by Irene Alexeeva
Sushi Bar by Irene Alexeeva

Oktoberfest 2008

A couple of pictures from our very own Oktoberfest on Base here in Belgium


Resources:

SO Framed by Designs by Sine
Weeklendar by Irene Alexeeva
Venetian Charm by Irene Alexeeva
Playing with Denim by Irene Alexeeva

Birthday Girl Rebecca

We had a great birthday dinner for our friend Rebecca at my favorite Greek restaurant - including a bottle of fancy wine and a yummy yummy dessert!

I used 2 8.5x11 templates by Sine and dragged them onto an 17x11 canvas for a double page.
I adjusted the size of some of the elements and duplicated one of the frames twice to make space for all the pictures.Just love how easy it is to play with Sine's templates and to make them my own with so little effort!

Resources:

SO Angled by Designs by Sine(Template 2+3)
Can Can by Irene
Alexeeva
Versailles by Irene Alexeeva
Cabernet Punch by Irene Alexeeva

Bachelorette Outing

Some of my girls back from my school days took me out the night before my wedding.

We didn't party, but went and had cocktails chatted and overall had a relaxing and great time.

Layout inspired by:

Mermaid Weddingby Cathiemarie

Resources:

Cranberry Night Freebie by Nicole Young
Windy Day by Nicole Young
Zoobaloo by Nicole Young
Life's A Circus by Nicole Young
Tangerine Dream by Rene Bross
Into the Blue (Club Digital June 08) by Lauren Bavin
Wordart Freebie by Tina Chambers

Halloween 2008

Some of the costumes from the Halloween Party we attended.

Resources:

Template Pack #3 (Double Spread) by Duchess Designs
Spooksville by Melissa Bennett and Amanda Dykan

Previews:

April 1980

I ran across this picture of my mom, out in town with me while being pregnant with my little brother and just had to scrap it.

Resources:Time for Templates - Challenge 5 Template from GetDigiWithIt
Passages by Colleen Lynch

Preview:

Weeds are Flowers too

My husband and my best friend....
Weeds to others, the most beautiful flowers to me.
Different, but beautiful

Resources:
SO Angled too 2A by Designs by Sine
Just so Minikit by Irene Alexeeva
Wordart by ALP

Preview:

I love my Mom!

Recent events have shown me how fast and unexpected I could lose the one person who has always supported me, always backed me up, and always believed in me.
I love my mom, and I vowed to tell her until she gets sick of it <3

Text:

"We only have One Mom,
One Mommy,
One Mother in this World,
this One life.
Don't wait for the Tomorrow's
to tell Mom, you love her. "

Text behind the picture:

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon
us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with
us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she
cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the
clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~Washington Irving"

The background is a blend out of the two lined papers in the kit, and I added the white border with a brush.
I played with the layer style to get the gel like look to the frame.

Resources:

June Bugs : Mixed Fruit Mega by Scrap Orchard Designers
Actions to fix up pictures by Kubota

Too Cute to Spook 2007

My friend Airynne and me on last years Halloween Party.


Resources:

Brown Town Blues by Designs by Sassy
Antiqued Memories by Connie Prince
All Hallows Eve Freebie by KJ Conners Design

Believe in Magic ATC

This ATC is all sbout me :)


It has a wordart about books (since you will never find me without one, wherever I go), a wizards hat (for my love of fantasy and magical tales), a cell phone, a cup cake, a kitty, stars, my fav carebear, snow, rain, and chocolate.
It is blue, purple and green, all colors I love.


Resources:

Quirky Kind Of Christmas by Nicole Young (hat, recolored)
Freedom Kit by Yardbunny (stars)
Cupcake Sampler by Princess Lala
Carebears kit by Unkown (if you know who's this is, let me know!)
Wonderful by Michelle Coleman (glitter splatter recolored)
Frosted by Michelle Coleman (background recolored)
Hot Chick by Irene V. Alexeeva (cell phone recolored)
Get Kitty by Irene V. Alexeeva (kitty)
Dripping Wet by Kim Liddiard (rain drops)
Magic Wordart by Tina Chambers
Yummy Chocolate by Melothria (chocolate wordart)

Pretty on Canvas

I had a sadly way to grainy picture of my friend Airynne and me...
I changed the blending mode to darken and partially erased the background. I then created a path around the picture and painted on it with a brush to create the frame.
The ribbon is three parts from the original, blending mode set to darken again.


Resources:

Miss Marple by BooLandDesigns
Life Unexpected by R. Fritschmann (pin)

Fonts:

Queensland
ParkAvenue BT

Airynne

My friend Airynne showing off a pink wench costume on a girls night in with me and Danna.

Resources:

Template by PixelPalette
Lula Belle by Sara Ellis and DigiDesignz

Operation Beautiful Day

Hubby and I were watching Burn Notice on Dvd when theLogo screen suddenly inspired me to use the technique for a LO.

So here it is

No kit used at all, but I did use a great action from Kubota's Artitic Actions Vol II and adjusted it to get the glowy effect over b/w after I duplicate the picture way too many times to go from a landscape to a portrait sized picture (meaning: top and bottom third are duplicates from the middle).

Font:

BankGothic Md BT