In the Orchard

     Alexis emailed a bunch of pictures from an apple picking adventure; Brian and I both loved this one.  It was fun to spend some time scrapping after putting in 57 hours at work this week.

 

 

Loads of Stuff Template by Lilly Lane Market
Things I heart about you by Studio Blagovesta
Font: Pea Gemini Jen

 

An October Challenge

     This challenge was an art journaling challenge at Jessica Sprague.com.  This may seem dark and brooding and sometimes the preparation for a new year is just that...other times it is light and airy and bright and cheery -- but that is for a different challenge....

What Fall is to Me

Melle by Rebecca McMeen Word Art & Labels by Allison Pennington; Karla Dudley; Julie Billingsley; Forever Joy; Yellow Butterfly; Birgit Kerr; Ashalee Wall; Vicki Stegall Fonts: Before the Rain, Bebas

It's been a long time...

     I have been SO BUSY at school and tired by the time I get home, I haven't even had a desire to scrap.  But today I finally finished a page -- about school!  The kit was a freebie.

Before and After

iRead by Pixel Gypsy                                                                         Font: What a Teacher Wants



Walk The Dog

   Layout #3!!  This one is about a fabulous game we play with Ewan.  I found the game at Value Village.  It has 69 little dogs and cards.  Brian plays the game with Ewan and me whenever he is home.  Ewan caught on to the strategy of the game right away.  We love to play it.
     I opted for a full page photo so the dogs in the game could be seen all stretched out in the long line.  I set up my Canon 60D on my new tripod so we could all be in the shot.  Even though there is a lot of background distraction in the photo that I couldn't camouflage, it is a fun photo anyway.

Woof by Echo Park
Fonts: A Bite, What The Teacher Wants

The BANGS have it!

     WhooHoo!  I got to scrap another photo this weekend.  It has been so relaxing and fun.  The title just happened to be the phrase that popped into my head when Lexie sent me this photo, so I just stuck with it.  Again, the biggest challenge was selecting the base papers and the color scheme.  I worked on clustering in the lower corner.  To add balance I added some small details to the upper edge.

 

You Are My Sunshine by Mye De Leon
Treasured Moments by Cinzia Loosemore
Photo Wall by Yoshiko Design
Fonts: A Bite, Too Much Paper

 

Evidently, even Princesses watch TV

     Loved this photo of Vivian watching TV -- such rapt attention and delicate pose...  I also thought Alexis' caption was just so funny, so I used it as the title.  It took me a LONG time to settle on the colors.  I like all the white space, so the focus is on the photo.

Made by Three Paper Peonies
Font: KG The Last Time, Some Weatz Swashes

 

 

     I feels really good to finally scrap a page again.  I've been so incredibly busy with school for the last 5 weeks that this was my first chance to get back at it.  I forgot some of the steps for saving to the web and had to go back and redo it.

Peeking in....

     Thinking about the previous post, I remembered an odd photo I took of Brian through the window at Starbucks when I was meeting with James to inspect his 24-70 mm lens.  Brian had leaned over to look inside the shop and I just happened to be snapping sample pictures.  It is an odd angle, but since Brian was not in his gray sweatshirt, I decided to scrap it.  Plus, it tells a story of something that we did.  I used another Cinzia Loosemore kit.

 

 

Every[day]Life 3 by Cinzia Loosemore and Gina Huff
Font: Ask My Flashlight

 

     I'm thinking I maybe should have made the photo b/w so his t-shirt wouldn't compete with the colors of the kit.  Maybe I'll try it.  Wait a minute....    Okay, I'm back.  Tried it without the color and DID NOT like it at all.  The photo disappears into the gray background paper.  So this is it!