Peekaboo Ella!

For this LO I used a picture of little Ella (my friends daughter), that I took while babysitting.
She was playing peekaboo behind the couch.

I used the stitched circle and the cardboard frame from the page kit to create the illusion of a red couch/love seat.
I recolored the stamp to frame the title and erased parts of the different elements to fit the page.

Resources:

Oh So Sugarlicious Freebie by Nicole Young
Journaling Helpers Stamps Freebie by Suzanne C. Walker

Font:

LD Sketch

Green is Beautiful

I am having a really really hard time with white space layouts...
I am such a clutterer!
Also, I seem to be stuck on feet lately...
Airynne's green toes for this one!

Resources:

Sweet Medley by eNKay Design (borders)
Wild Weekend by Miss Mint (splatter, recolored)
Anniversarysticker (butterfly) by Brenda Mascari

Font:

Melanie BT

Sexy Dress

My friend Airynne modeling one of her gorgeous dresses.

Resources:

Just Hangin' Out Overlay Stax Set Freebie
by Kim Liddiard
Ghostwriter Alpha Freebie by Amber
Grey
P.O.S. Lens from Tra2 - The Revenge Actions

Font:

Prefix

Another Perfect Day

I made this mostly with stuff from Shabby Princess.
I just adore her freebies!!!

Journaling:

"A Perfect Day

Another perfect day
Because I woke up alive
Another perfect day
With you by my side"

Resources:

Totally Rad Actions: Slice like a Ninja, Super Fun Happy
Festival by Shabby Princess
Harvest Spice by Shabby Princess
Express Yourself by Ronna Penner

Ella's First Birthday Party

I took this picture on my friend's daughter Ella's first birthday party, a smiling picture that is in focus and not too dark or overexposed, yay! (believe me, the place was a challenge light wise :) )
Butterfly Cake for the win!

Quote:
"Happy birthday to me.
I like what I see!
There's plenty of junk food,
and the presents are free! "

(by Mike Artell)

Resources:

Promise Collection by Shabby Princess

Font:

DSP Tays Mom

Ken and the Ocean

This Layout was created for the Fonts 8/31 - 9/13 challenge at GetDigiWithIt.


I didn't do much to this LO. it just flew together!


I duplicated the background, set it to soft light, lowered the opacity and then moved it a tad.
I then added the pictures and faded it out with gradients on a mask.


Quote:

" I dropped a tear in the ocean and when they find it I'll stop loving you, but
only then."

Resources:

Taking a Day off! by Kristy Krouse

Font:

Kaileen

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Wedding Add Ons

I wanted to scrap all the little things about my wedding that you can see in my pictures, but would not know the story of without writing it down.


I had trouble finding a paper that fit the theme but was low key enough to highlight the pictures and textures. Finally I blended 2 beautiful papers into one and desaturated the result to get my background.


Journaling:

"My Mum made beautiful decorations in red and white. I loved the fresh flowers,
arranged in glass vases, accented with painted clay hearts on wooden sticks.
Some said “I love You”, some just said “Love”, and some were without words."

"The day before the Wedding we blew up red and white ballons. The white
ones did not survive long though... But both Ken and my Mum decorated some of
the red ballons.
Some in Silver, some in Gold.
But all of them with “Ken & Mara”. "

" My Mum, Viola, made all the red decorations by hand
adding her personal touch to our Special Day.
I especially love the way she put together the tea light holders:
Wrapped with red ribbon, decorated with cute poofy stickers, completely adorable! "



"Norbert and Volker started BBQing early in the day, while we were still at the Court House.
The “Pig on a Stick” was more than delicious!
It was also the first food that
was gone, instantly devoured by all party goers ;) "

"Our Cake traveled all the way from Belgium to Germany, transported safely by Airynne despite minor
highway scares.
The Design was drawn by Ken himself, but sadly the colors came out a little off.
The choc/vanilla sheet was yummy though!"

"In addition to the meat, my mum had ordered different kinds of salad, made Tzatziki
and organized Turkish Pita Bread to go with it.
She also made oodles of yummy dessert, Tiramisu and Raspberry Cream, and the latter went splendidly with
the chocolate cake :)"

Resources:

Wedding by Karen Foster
Ribbon from Annika's Dress Freebie by Samara Gugler
Template by Janet Phillips (adapted)

Fonts:

LD Quick Note
University Roman LT

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Wedding by Karen Foster

Ken

This layout was prompted by the GC: September- To the EXTREME... and the September Weekly Freebie Challenge at DSP.

Quote:
“No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won't make you cry”

Resources (all Freebies):
Old Bo Back Pack Freebie by Marcee Duggar
In the Pixie Forest 2 Freebie by Nicole Young
Zoobaloo Freebie by Nicole Young

Fonts:
A Damn Mess, Bearpaw

Beach Day Dancing

This was made for the September Weekly Freebie Challenge at DSP.

This plopper was just perfect for my Beach pictures
I adjusted to for 8.5x11, by resizing the length to 11, then duplicating the plopper and moving it into place to then mask the left 3/4 of the page.
I also masked a part for the journaling so that it looks cut out.
I copied the frame on the bottom,enlarged it, and masked the parts on the plopper that I needed for the inside of the frames.
Also added a drop shadow.

Journaling:

"Anne and Airynne
Oostende, Belgium

July 27, 2008"

"The most
memorable thing about
our Trip to the Beach in Oostende,
is Airynne and
Anne, carefree and
relaxed, singing “I kissed a Girl”
while dancing
towards the Ocean.
Priceless."

Resources:

Beachy Plopper Freebie by Meryl Bartho
DSP Mel's World Font (Club Digital August 08) by
Suzanne C. Walker

Godmother

This one was made for the DSP DET Contest Round 1.
I didn't make it to Round 2, but I got this gorgoeus LO done, with pics that I have been wanting to scrap for ages.


I picked my favorite pictures from the baptism of my godson for this LO.

Title in Romana Bt:

"There is a special love
for a Godmother,
for she was chosen."

Journaling in DSP Tays Mom(Club Digital July 08) by Suzanne C. Walker :

"May 28, 2006 was the Day that I became Godmother
to the most precious, cute
and mischievous
little Boy there is: Elias."
"SHAPE, Belgium. May 28,
2006"

For this LO I used one paper as the background and cut another one into strips and layered them on top.
The frames I duplicated twice and rotated them a bit to create the layered frames I used with all three pictures.
I rotated the photoclips and fixed the drop shadows to look more realistic.
I added a drop shadow to the text in cream, but not to the one in black.
The bottom picture was actually two. I like myself better on the first, Elias was cuter on the second. So I fit them together.

Resources:

Family Time by Rene Bross
DSP Tays Mom(Club Digital July 08) by
Suzanne C. Walker

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