Long time... Back to school

Well, once again it has been a long time since my last post.  So much going on lately that I just haven't been in much of a mood to scrap.  At least until today.  Today I managed to get 2 layouts done.  One for each of the boys using their "back to school" pictures.  Let me tell you, they are night and day when it comes to taking pictures anymore.  I'll show you the layouts now and let them explain it for me.

For both layouts I used the same kit, by Jennifer Labre.  I didn't want them to be carbon copies of one another, but I did want them to flow so they would look good placed opposite one another in a photo book.

Lilacs

I have another one to share today.  This one is about what is probably my favorite flower.  I absolutely love Lilacs, but sadly they are only here with us for a week or two each year.  I wanted this one to be more about the journaling, but also to show some of those gorgeous flowers so I used them at the edges and softly blended into the background.  The photo was taken from my lilac bush out front, where I have spent quite a bit of time the last week sitting and enjoying the perfumed air.

Credits:
A day in Provence by Steph.designs
Dis-moi un secret by Steph.designs
Chatterbox templates by Little Green Frog Designs

Not doing so hot

Wow, I had all good intentions for being more active on the blog this year but I'm not doing so hot. I have one to share today, and will hopefully have even more in the days to come.

I have recently joined Steph.designs Creative Team as a guest and today I played some with one of here kits. The kit is Gameplay, and I can probably come up with a dozen or more layouts on that topic! I decided to start off with one that I took the pictures for last October, where Colin decided to be a bit sneaky. Here it is.
Hopefully I'll be back with more to share soon! Take care!

New Year, Fresh Start

Well, its another new year again. While I'm a little late for posting a New Years post I guess that is kind of what this is. I scrapped for the first time since my car accident back in October yesterday and man did it feel good. The pages are still a bit on the simple side, yet then again mine usually are. I plan to try and learn how to do better embellishing / clustering this year. I love the look but have not really been comfortable when I have tried it to date.

Here are the two that I did yesterday. The first is actually a picture from 2 years ago that I have always loved looking at, but had never scrapped or printed it.

And secondly is one of my niece and nephew that I was sent last year in an email. I just loved the picture as it was, but decided to play with it a little and make it B&W. And wow do I love the results!!!

Hopefully my posts will be more consistent this year (yes I know I always say that).