Outasite!

I found this picture of Angi and Derik in amongst the Christmas ones for 2003. The photo was cool but Angi's face was too dark and I couldn't get the colors right. I started playing with the blending modes and ended up with the one called Hard Mix. I love the effect. I'm going to try it again for a large photo for above Angis sofa, as soon as she finds what she wants, then we'll print and frame it and see what the reactions are. Boy the possibilities are limitless with Photoshop!

I used two kits from Maddy Fernandez (at Digitals) Rock & Roll and Funky Farmer.

Another - It's Raining Men Free QP!

Here's the latest quickpage I created for Beth Rimmer's It's Raining Men. You can scoop it up HERE. Better yet scoop up the whole collection HERE! Hurry it's 30% off right now at DIGITALS! (Sale may end at any time)

Here's the page I made with it, this is my Mom and Dad and the small photos are my big sissy, Carol and big brother, George. The other photos are places from out home when the folks still had cows and picks and fields of hay.

Granny Goose and Me

Glenda Ketchum shared an album she just finished and I loved how she wrote the pages from the baby's perspective. When I went to do this page of Mom and Evie I thought I'd try it and was really happy with the way it turned out, besides documenting this trip they took.

Here's the Journaling:
My sister Alyssa and I (my name is Evie) live in Virginia with my Mom and Dad. Daddy is in the Navy and he has to go out on the ship, sometimes for weeks at a time so then it’s just us three girls that get to play together.

Mommy and Daddy decided we should make this big trip across the
United States to see my Grandma and Grandpa Johnson. After we broke in their house and scattered all our stuff around they took us to Longview where our Great Grandma and Grandpa Mahnke live. Wow all these Grandmas with all these hugs and kisses. I’m a really big star here in Washington, well Alyssa is too, but I’m the newest one in the family so I’ve really been getting a lot of attention.

After we played with Sparky, Great Grandmas fluffy little bundle of dog, they decided we should all go see another Grandma, how many can a girl have I wonder? This time it was to see Great Great Grandma Coulter, sure are a lot of Greats in her name! My Grandma always calls her Granny Goose and I think I kinda like that name too, so from now on she’s going to be my Granny Goose who lives in Washington. They say Granny is old, she’s 96 but I don’t think she looks old. She can still hold me in her lap and hug me and play with me, so that’s not old, I don’t think they know what they’re talking about.

We sure do have a BIG family in Washington, my Auntie Krysta that’s my Mommy’s sister) still lives in Vancouver with Grandma and Grandpa. Then there all these other Uncles and Aunts and they all have that Great name in front of theirs again, it’s so confusing for someone my age.

I think I’ve decided I like them all and they all seemed to like me too!

This was done with Maddy Fernandez's Sugar n Spice kit and her Frilly Border Templates & Doodles (this is a cool kit with endless possibilities, you should check it out!). You can find all of Maddy's things at Digitals.

Tooting My Own Horn!

Stacey Kluczny at 3Scrapateers has asked to use my page Winters at Home in their next EZine issue (available December 1st). How exciting! It's so nice to have your peers like something that you enjoyed making. This pictures is so special, I didn't even realize I had it until I was recently scanning old photos into the pc and ran across it. This was taken out home on Bunker Hill. There are so few snowstorms like this one anymore. Dustings are more like it now. I just loved the pristine softness of the snow here and just the glimpse of the house. Always makes my heart feel happy to look at photos from home.

I have Joyce deJonge to thank for her Tenderness kit which I used here and Sue Jones for her Children's Word Art. Both Sue and Joyce sell thier wares at Digitals, please check them out they have someone wonderful items for sale.

I loved these photo of the girls and thought it was cool that I could do one with 'Mommy' and one with 'Daddy'. I think the girls had fun carving the pumpkins!
This page was done with Spellweaver's Old Fashioned Halloween kit available only at Digitals.

Pyper's page was done with a group of kits all available at CottageArts.net. I just love these new Power Borders by Julie Mead, who is now also selling at Cottage Arts. I just merged a paper into the scrolled border and this was the result, pretty cool!

New Digital Scrapbooking Area at Action FX

The new Overlay section is now online in the members area at Action FX! If you aren't a member you should check it out. Al's site is an absolutely fabulous site for Photoshop resources. One yearly fee can buy you access to the WHOLE site! Brushes, actions, shapes, styles, video tutorials etc etc etc! (Besides the site check out his two Yahoo groups, he has a fabulous new scrapbooking Yahoo group and is always around to help with your questions or perhaps your scrapbooking wish list!)

There are 34 new 12x12 inch overlays, sized to match your digital scrapbooking pages. Multiple cloth patterns, lace and leather... plenty to choose from, add to your designs or manipulate as you see fit. Members can download them all immediately! Check out the examples on the main page:
- 34 Custom Overlays/Transparencies
- Multiple cloth and texture overlays
- 12 in x 12 in
- 300 PPI
- .PNG Format (zipped for easy download)
- Transparent Background

The Three Kids

My Brothers, George and Billy and my sister Carol.

Created with Michelle Shefveland and Doris Castle's Scrap Frames 2 - Michelle Shefveland, Julie Mead and Doris Castle Bountiful Blessings Page Pak both these are available at CottageArts.Net The font is 2 Peas YoYo

Mom and Dad

More photos found and scanned this weekend. I love this photo of Mom and Dad together.
Journaling Reads:
Mom and Dad, had five children, one who passed early in life. They worked hard, in the early years raising pigs, chickens and cows. They had huge gardens to provide food for the year, milk and cream from the cows and chickens well I can still remember the block for the chickens demise in the back yard, icky! Hard working people who cared for their family with all they had and cared for each other with a special kind of love that lasted over 50 years.

Again everything here created with Beth Rimmer's It's Raining Men! Collection at Digitals.
Check it out here.

Brotherly Love

The newest in my Heritage Album, Brotherly Love. I spent the day scanning in old photos and found this great one of my brother and sister. I love to remember this story that I journaled on the page: Oh how I wish I had a picture of the day (teenage years) when Georgie fell at the foot of the stairs in front of Carol whithering around like he was having a seizure, when he knew she was close to tears (or maybe already there) he jumped up laughing, Yep that’s my big brother!

My brother is 9 years my senior, as a child he was this towering giant who made me quiver when he was around, as I grew older I saw the softer inside side that he doesn't show a lot. But he can still get me with this serious note to his voice and tell me some wild tale that I'm just about to believe until I see his eyebrow quiver. The one tell tale sign he's pulling my leg yet again!

This is made with Beth Rimmer's - It's Raining Men Collection at Digitals. I love these kits, they just put themselves together for you!
Check it out:

• Papers
• Embellies
• Backpack
  

Quick Page - It's Raining Men! Freebie

I created this new Quick Page for
Beth Rimmer's new Collection -
It's Raining Men! available at Digitals.

Papers
Embellies

She's kindly decided to offer it to you all for Free. Click here to get it. (If you have a moment I'd love to hear how you like the QP's!)


You might want to check out her newest addition to this Collection -
It's Raining Men! Backpack