Tresors de Luxe Layout

Back again dear friends to share my next Design Team layout using the gorgeous Tresors de Luxe lace.  This layout is very special to me as it is my dear niece, Samantha all grown up!  Her sister Dani Ulstad has a photography business Ronny & Rene Photography Design Studio, and they had a fun photo shoot.  Stay tuned for more gorgeous pics of this gorgeous, amazing young lady. 

Sam chose a vintage lace dress for this bridal shoot, so I had a blast using all the gorgeous Venice and beaded lace from Lucy Oh's Etsy Shop.  I started with a background paper from 13 Arts, and adhered the gorgeous lace on the right side. I used a Creative Embellishment chipboard antique clock to anchor the photos, and painted it with a Metallic Rust paint from Lumiere. 

99% of the flowers are from 49th and Market, with a few little rosebuds, ferns, bits and pieces of more gorgeous lace and clock faces.  I can never get tired of clocks.  I wanted this layout to have a vintage, Seattle chic look, which is not easy to do!!!

Down at the bottom left-had side I used another piece of antique clock, flowers, and a sweet rhinestone trinket from Tresors de Luxe.  It's a stem with sweet clear and blue sparkles, very sweet, and perfect for this layout!!!

Here are more close-ups of my layout!

I really hope that you enjoyed you visit today.  Stop back by for more inspiration from the other DT gals.  They are all so amazing!  And, here's a link to Lucy's Etsy Shop....warning you can't leave without buying something LOL! 

Here's a big Alaska Bear Hug!

Kathy

Party Time

Last week I had a miserable failure with one of my layouts.  I was so bummed.  So the next layout is my attempt to recreate what I wanted.  This is a photo of my son and daughter having fun at Octoberfest.  I wanted to create a party lo which reflects their love of life and love for each other.   I may have gone a little overboard, I just couldn't help myself.  The White Rabbit represents me, watching my clock till they come home, only this time it's cause I'm the babysitter!!!  I did quite a bit of die cutting, splattering of paint, etc.  I used the January Kit - Karen's Valentine from Scraps of Darkness.  It is just full of all kinds of fun from Bo Bunny's Star Crossed collection.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  The sun has finally popped its head out today.  Have a wonderful week, and don't forget to take time out to enjoy the special moments!!

Kathy

New Layout

Hello Dear Friends:

I am so excited about sharing a layout that I created of my son, Patrick.  He is studying to be an engineer, so I wanted this lo to be structured.  I had such a blast creating this one.

Patrick's friend Marcus took this photo, and I just love it!

Hope everyone is doing well!  Big Alaska Bear Hugs from me to you!!

I'm Back !!!!!!!!!!

Hello dear friends!  Yes, it's been almost a year since I have posted.  So many things have happened, I guess you would call it life in general.  I took a break from scrapping for awhile so that I could focus on family and work.  I needed to replenish my creative energy and enjoy the world around me.  After having 4 inner ear surgeries in 2 years, I was pretty depleted.  Then in October my mother passed away.  And, I lost one of my sweet dauschunds (sp?), Sarah.  Needless to say, it's been a tough year.

I started scrapping again around August and will be sharing some of my work over the next 2 weeks. I hope that your year was wonderful!  Spring is coming soon, not that we have had much of a winter. It has barely snowed all winter, not a good sign.

Talk with you soon!
Kathy

Scraps of Elegance April Kit

I am so behind on my posts!  Boy, have I been busy between real work and my DT duties.  I'm sharing with you a few of my los using the Scraps of Elegance kits.  This past month was titled "Flutter" and was filled with the gorgeous "Primrose" line from Bo Bunny.  Here are a few of my los. 

 

 

Design Tech Layouts for Scraps of Elegance February Kit

Love is in the Air

 This layout is a photo of my son, Patrick and his girlfriend, Katie.  Used Pan Pastels for the first time in the background (it's the soft pink).  Loved using that stuff.  I also went crazy with my Sizzix dies.  I just can't find the right layouts sometimes to use them, and they are so much fun!

Celebration of Nana's Life

Katie's Mom passed away suddenly last year.  This is a photo taken at Nana's Memorial Service.  The family had just taken a vacation to Hawaii, and spent the best time ever.  So, as a celebration of Nana they wanted to remember good times in the sun at her service.  It was a truly sad day, but they were happy as well knowing that she was in a better place.  

That's all for now on my February layouts.  Thanks for stopping by, and here's a Big Alaska Bear Hug from me to you!!!

I have a few layouts to share with everyone that were created using the Scraps of Elegance February Kit, "Love Always".

Cutie Pie

This is a photo of my son's girlfriend's daughter.  I've never cut out a photo before, and had a wonderful time adding all the texture to the background.  I just stamped away, added lots of mists, modeling pastes, stenciled until it came together the way I wanted it.  I'm really pleased with it!!!

Scraps of Elegance Design Tech February Kit

February Scraps of Elegance Kit

I'm so excited about our February Kit.  Andddddddd...... here it is!

And, here is the gorgeous sketch we have to share from our own Charlotte Jenkins (aka Suepup)





I've already created one layout from the kit.

It's me and the Hubby, Kip.  We were on one of our rare vacations about 8 years ago at Seaside, Oregon with my sister, her hubby and kiddlets.  What a glorious day, so warm and sunny.  We were so filled with the joy of having each other.  Aren't we a cute OLD couple.  I can't believe this year we will have been married 42 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't do anything special on this layout, just some inking.  The little envelope on the left side will have a tag with a special note to my Hubby (sorry, it's private, hehehehe).  The beautiful scroll frame is actually a transparency from Kaisercraft.  I just love using transparencies.  I think they are pretty cool.  The gorgeous rhinestone brotch (sp?) in the flower cluster is a gift from my dear friend Renea Harrison (aka Reneabouquest).  She is such a precious Southern gal to me.  I love her to pieces!!!!

Reveal Day for the SOE will be on February 14th, so don't miss seeing all the wonderful creations the Design Tech have created.  I think this month is going to be extra special!  I will be posting mine with the DTs at that time.

Have a wonderful week......don't ya just love Mondays??????

Till next time, here comes a Big Alaska Bear Hug from the Far North

Kathy

February Round Robin at Scraps of Elegance and Scraps of Darkness

Hey there!  I think I might be getting the hang of this blog idea!!!!  I want to share a layout with you that I created for our February Round Robin challenge.  I am hosting it this month and there is a $10 gift certificate to our amazing SOE/SOD Store.  You don't have to be a kit or club member play. I really hope that you will consider joining us.  It's such a blast!!


So, here is my lo for Team #1

The photo is of my youngest grandson, Cameron, age 2 1/2 years old.  We were at the Alaska State Fair, and I taught him how to jump in puddles.  His Momma was so mad at me!  I just laughed and thought....pay back!!  Heheheheh....it's good to be Grandma!!

Gotta say this is one of my favorite los!!  I stamped, misted, stenciled, inked the background first.  Then I cut a big piece of twine and just dropped it on the page to form the circles you see in the background.  The rest was all fun and games adding the embellishments.  I've been dying to use the Tim Holtz View Finder Die Cut, but just haven't had the right lo for it!!  The little piece of black and white swirls at the bottom left is actually cut from a package that my sweet friend, Renea Harrison uses when she packages her butterflies which she sells on Etsy at Reneasbouquets!!!!

I did a lot of work on the photo.  I'm not a Photoshop pro, but am trying to learn.  I really like the way this one turned out!

I really hope you enjoyed stopping by today.  Here's a Big Alaska Bear Hug coming your way......

Kath

Scraps of Elegance January Kit

This is the last layout I'm sharing today.  I am a Design Tech for the amazing Scraps of Elegance Scrapbook Kit Club.  I feel so honored every time I share that!!!

This photo is of my precious grandsons, Chase and Cameron playing at the Talkeetna River.  I think is it so special.  My daughter took it with her IPhone.  Amazing little gadgets those phones....

I did a lot of distressing, painting, masking, and stenciling.  The phone mat was folded up like a fan and then released.  I really like the effect.  I added fish netting, shells, and glass droplets.  It wasn't an easy one for me to do.  For some reason my Mojo has flown out the window this month LOLO!!!

I hope that you are able to create something beautiful this week.  I'm sending you Big Alaska Bear Hugs!!!

I LOVE WINTER!!!

It's true, I live in Alaska because I can't tolerate the heat (and I'm from Texas originally!) I also collect snowflakes, but found that less is more on the next layout.  I used this amazing die from Anna Griffin, that I adore!

This is a photo of my family taken in 1995.  Patrick was on his way to college and Jenny was about ready to graduate from High School and on her way to the Seattle Art Institute.  I wanted to capture everyone before they scattered to the wind.  Alas, I am so lucky, they landed right back here in Anchorage.  What a joy to have your family so close by!

Once again, the lighting is horrible.  I'm still learning the in's and out's of Photoshop and other gadgets so that my photos will look better.

Talk to you real soon!!!

I have another layout that I created this month that I want to share with you.  It's a photo of Cameron, my DGS and his little cousin Willo.  I just couldn't resist scrapping these little angels!

I'm sorry that the lighting is not up to par, it's that time of the year in Alaska....very little daylight or sunshine I should say!!!

Thanks for visiting me today, hope you come back!

One More Time!

I did it!!!!! This is a layout of my daughter, Jennifer and my second grandson, Cameron. They are in a boat going very fast down the Descha River. I just adore this photo, but was not happy to see that Cam wasn't wearing any shoes. It's the grandma coming out in me!! I didn't do much different to this layout, but I did find some cork that I used for the mat for the photo. It's very cool stuff!! I was even able to punch the corners. I also used some red burlap with gold threads in bits and pieces. I did try something new!! I made a twine flower that is behind the white gardenia in the top left hand corner. That was fun and something I've wanted to do for some time. Hope you enjoyed the lo and thank you so much for your visit! Until next time......

Post Holiday

I can't believe that the Holidays have come and gone, and I didn't share any of it with you my dear friends! My only excuse is that I was trying to keep up with everything and still recover from the surgery. I want to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! And here's a few los that I have been working on with the January Scraps of Elegance Kit!

My 3rd lo for this month is a Round Robin lo. I followed the very talented Aubrienne and did a very take on her lo! Most of the lo was made with the November kit "Thankful". The little critters were fussy cut from an old Kaisercraft line called "Party Animals". The photos are my hubby and our second grandson, Cameron. I took the photos last year, and can tell you that he is the sweetest, stubborn little guy. He loves to laugh, and is really close to his Grandpa!!! They were playing tickle, tickle, tickle during this photo shoot!

Thanks so much for visiting me my dear friends. And here's hoping that you have the best Thanksgiving ever!!!

My second lo has to be one of my faves!!! I think it's because I love the photo. It's my 1st grandson, Chase that I took on Pumpkin Carving night just before my surgery. I really love the frame within a frame design. There was a lo on Scrapbook.com by Oziem (aka Maryanne) that I really liked, and used as my inspiration. I did quite a bit of stamping and inking on the background paper. It was tooooo much fun. Isn't he just the cutest??

Chase is about 4 and 1/2 years old now. The whole time I was making this lo I was smiling, looking at the sweet little angel!

I was really late with my Sketch Challenge layout due to the surgery, but I did get it in. It's a picture of my hubby, Kip and I on vacation with family in Bend, Oregon. I love this photo!!

I didn't take any close ups, still working on being better at that!! I did do a lot of work on the background papers. I used one of my favorite stencils of a birch tree forest and used spray paint mist in a copy of colors on yellow cardstock to give it a woodsy effect. I then used modeling paste an a stencil we got in our kit last month of little petals to get the effect of leaves falling down. We got a beautiful set of Prima leaves in our kit, so I used the old-fashioned method of glittering around all of them with Martha Stewart's beautiful brown fine glitter. I cut a piece of cardboard, put a little gesso on it, then added a square of rust colored burlap from a roll that I got at Michaels. On thing I love to do is "pop up" various parts, elements, photos, etc., of my layouts to give them dimension. I love using my scissors to cut cardboard, glue it to the back of whatever I am wanting to "stand up" and then gluing it down. I do this on just able every layer of a layout and on EVERY lo. You could call me the "Pop Up Queen", LOL!!!!!!! I so hope that you are enjoying your week!

Scraps of Elegance November

It's been so hectic around my house....I had my 4th inner ear surgery in 2 years. This one was realllllly scary as they had to drill behind my ear into my skull, through the ear canal into the endoplasm sac, puncture it and them put in a shunt. Can you say ouch!!!! LOL!! It's been 2 weeks, and I am getting stronger every day. I'm so excited to share with you today the Scraps of Elegance Sketch and kit called "Thankful".

Furlough Time

Hello dear friends!! I've been so remiss in keeping this blog up-to-date! I'm still learning the wiles of creating and maintaining one! I've been caught up in the Government Shutdown and have been furloughed! It's not the first time, but this one really feels different. They better get their act together by payday which is next Tuesday, or there will be a major riot on their hands LOL! It's given me some time to get caught up on my layouts for the October Scraps of Elegance Reveal. The first one I did, I didn't like at all. The worst part is that I fussed and fussed with it, but to no avail. I think it's because the pic I used of the lo on Scrapbook.com is out of focus, which I didn't notice until after the fact. I just finished my second one today, and will be starting my 3rd tomorrow. I find that when I have more time, I really enjoy myself! However, my mind has been elsewhere.....I found out that I'm going to have to have my 4th inner ear surgery at the end of the month. This one is more evasive, they tell me, as they will be drilling into my skull, through the bone in my ear, decompressing the endolymphatic sac and putting a shunt in. Can you say OUCH!!! The doc says he will be exposing my brain, so I asked him to inject some smart cells into it! Sooooo, needless to say, I have been a bit preoccupied, and not as creative as I normally am. I really hope to get this blog up to snuff before we have to go back to work....more later.