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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Straßenbahn

I finally got my LO done for the Heritage Topic for the Week 3rd - 10th September is "Transportation" at DSP.
This one targets one of my main transportation means when I was a teenager and sick of bikes (or if it was simply too far or too nasty out to bike).


Journaling:

"A Straßenbahn (tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar) is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks
running primarily on streets."


"I used to take the Straßenbahn to go shopping on Main
Street, before we ever had even the smallest mall in town.
I would take the Nr 2, or jump on the
Bus 40/41 to catch a Nr 3 tram. I always used the
back compartment, separated from the driver, like a trailer.
Today, the trams have just one, all sleek."

Resources:

Dripping Wet by Kim Liddiard
DSP Tays Mom(Club Digital July 08) by Suzanne C. Walker
Pictures from the Internet
Template by Janet Phillips (adjusted)

Kit Preview:

Trusty Sneakers

This one was made for the SAS-y Layout Design Challenge - Week 1 at SAS.

I tried to keep the LO simple, well because my sneakers and I are fairly simple too ;)

Journaling:
"Do you remember the Song “These Boots are made for walking”?
Well, my Sneakers are made for Dancing. And Hanging Out. And going to the Movies, or to Dinner. They love to go Shopping, go get Icecream, and visit with Friends.Overall, my Sneakers are made for Everything that is Fun."

(Capitalizing words like that is a habit of mine to change up the text visually... and to quiet my inner German that keeps screaming "Nouns need to be capitalized!")

I did not introduce any outside elements, actions or styles into this LO.
I used a mask to show the white background behind the paper, easing the parts of it that I did not want to show (which essently means to use a paintbrush with black, painting over the parts that are supposed to vanish. black=invisible, white=visible. it's is easier to correct mistakes if you use a mask because you can just paint over your mistake with the other color. also, you can use brushes set to less than 100% opacity to blend and fade), creating the crumbled white edge.
I then used another mask to cover up all the parts of the picture that I did not need (stone floor with moss).
Then I tried a trillion fonts for the title, settled on Bernhard BdCn BT, and started playing.
I overlayed it with 2 different papers (dotted one and darkest paper). I erased parts of the darker paper to make it look sprinkly and dark around the edges and oversharpened it a lot. Also adjusted the contrast to make it even darker and get an inky edge to the title.
I probably used 10 layers all together and some things I plain don't remember... ;)I then switched to another font and wrote down the journaling, referring to the song that jumped into my head and sparked the whole layout.

Resources
JulieO - Feeling Welcome

Fonts:
Bernhard BdCn BT
DSP Mel's World Font (Club Digital August 08) by Suzanne C. Walker