title: My Girl (scraplift)

 

date: December 7

my simplified version of Sylvie’s ‘My Girl’ layout for the ScrapbookGraphics challenge, using her Make a Wish kit, and lots of blend modes to create the background from a combinations of papers and the starry border

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title: Bloom - Hope

 

date: November 30

I used Michelle Pearson’s Lighten action for PSE to adjust the exposure, then ran one of Holly McCaig’s Purty Pics actions to slightly pop the colours - very cool, huh!

paper, ribbons and flowers from TracyAnn Robinson’s Streetwear - Chill, Bloom word from TracyAnn’s Random Hearts, photo edge is from Katie Pertiet’s SnapFrames, date stamp from Meredith Fenwick’s contribution to the StudioGirls Basics Collection

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title: November 17 2006

 

date: November 18

papers from Michelle Coleman’s Think Pink, string ties and hearts (recoloured) by Meredith Fenwick, torn notepaper by Taran Conyers, flowers by Christy Lyle, paper tears by Steph, Schmootzie Alpha2 by Nancie Rowe Janitz, font is KGD Saxon
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title: Kate at 14

 

date: November 15

I’m trying to take photos of the kids on their birthdays, and this is one of the lovely ones I got of Kate. papers and elements from Amber Clegg’s Scrapartist Apprentice the Gazebo kit, circle stitching by Karen Hunt, fonts are 2Peas Magic Garden and My Old Remington

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title: Robinson

 

date: November 15

this is one of my favourite old photos from Nanna’s stash. papers and elements from Robyn England’s Return to my Roots kit, fonts are National Archive and Aquiline Two

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title: Remembrance Day - Norman

 

date: November 15

I was prompted to scrap the beautiful in Flanders fields poem by John McRae, which was recited as part of the ceremony at the primary school service last Friday. This is a photo of Ray’s great-uncle Norman, who served in the Australian forces (some research for me to do).

paper and frame from Robyn England’s Apprentice kit, Return to my Roots, poppy-field photo by tomalbrigh at stock.xchng, font is National Archive by Harold’s fonts

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title: daughter

 

date: November 11

I loved the doodles and colour combinations of this kit by Lisa Whitney - Beautiful Mess. Something a bit different for me.

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title: the littlest nativity

 

date: November 9

a simple layout using TracyAnn’s I Believe kit, to scrap my smallest Christmas creche, I bought this group last Christmas, these gorgeous little figures are less than 2-inches tall, and totally adorable

journalling: this is what Christmas is about - Kneeling in wonder and reverence by the cradle of the King

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title: Holly Jolly C&G

 

date: November 11

more photos from last year’s Christmas photo shoot, papers and elements from the DigiChick Holly Jolly kit

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title: Holly Jolly Caleb

 

date: November 9

photo from last year’s Christmas photo shoot, papers and elements from the DigiChick Holly Jolly kit

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title: Christmas Santa 2005

 

date: November 9

Shabby Princess Christmas kit, Holiday Joy

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title: Christmas beanies

 

date: November 2

I’ve been collecting these guys for a couple of years, I love buying another xmas one (or 2) each year to add to our xmas decorating!

Pickleberrypop’s Magickle Holiday kit (”beanie” alpha recoloured from the kit), staple is mine, journalling font is MB JackOLantern, title font is Rebekah’s Birthday

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title: normal day 

 

date: October 19 

this quote came through one of my email subs, and it just HAD to be scrapped straight away, this is just perfect for the title page in my ‘everyday moments’ album that I’m kinda putting together

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. -Mary Jean Irion

bg paper from TracyAnn’s shabby cream (desaturated some); fabric strip and flowers from TracyAnn’s Vivid; photos ‘popped’ with HollyMcCaig’s Purty Pics - All that Pops actions; font is Pea HeidiQ

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title: {defining me} treasured things

 

date: October 18

this one for the PickleberryPop {defining me} project. I tried to keep this simple, had to take quite a few photos to get one that worked, and I’ve been fiddling with this for over a week!

our rings - my engagement ring and Ray’s wedding band - tucked away in a box safely, but still treasured. Ray doesn’t wear his for safety at work, and I stopped wearing mine when the diamond fell out and never got back into the habit of wearing it.
We went into Melbourne to buy my engagement ring, we sought out the store where my Mum’s ring was crafted - Paul Bram - and chose a simple single diamond in a classic setting, just like my Mum’s,just like I wanted.
When Kate was a baby, I lost the diamond from the setting while out shopping at Fountain Gate - I was devastated, inconsolable. Three weeks later I found the diamond tucked into my chequebook wallet, and was beside myself with joy. Stored safely, ring and diamond sat in the cupboard until our 9th anniversary, and Ray surprised me with the re-set ring.
Now I just wear my wedding band, the symbol of our union. But these beautiful rings are still treasured, stowed safely, and taken out to be admired from time to time.

black paper from TracyAnn’s M collection - Mignon; cream paper from TracyAnn’s Shabby cream; polaroid frame from TracyAnn’s Shabby bits; tied string from Amy Knepper’s Leaps and Bounds; hearts by Meredith Fenwick; tiny tags from Michelle Coleman’s Lighter Shade of Pale; paper tear by Steph; title font is CK maternal; journalling font is KGD Lindsay

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title: hand-me-downs 

 

date: October 16 

title alpha is from Peta’s Color Me kit (Little Possum Designs at the PickleberryPop store), the rest is my own (mostly scanned LOL); journalling font is KGD Lindsay

every spring and autumn, the rearrangement of cupboards from warm clothes to cool ones and back again. with the four boys it is quite a task to keep track of the hand-me-downs, and there is often the addition of recycled clothes from Jenny and now Jenny Nixon too. this feels good, to have done the changeover from winter to summer clothing already, boxes sorted and labelled, three boxes from the shed now merged into the inside cupboards, and two huge bags of excess or too-small-nows handed on to the op shop. still no cupboard doors. and no mention of my slight tendency to OCD behaviour!

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title: colour my world *template/sketch

date: October 14

created with a template by Rachael Giallongo for the DigiChick sketch challenge - lovin’ the circles! kit used is Color Me by Peta Stokes (Little Possum Designs - available in the PickleberryPop shop) 

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title: got lilac?

 

date: Octpber 6

my garden smells just wonderful at the moment

binderclip is my scan, font is KGD flowergirl, everything else is from Dani’s Bewitched kit

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title: puddles

 

date: September 26

Feeling very apprehensive for the summer ahead after a dry autumn and winter, praying for rain, almost an inch fell over the weekend, and we feel a little more hopeful. Praying for more puddles. September 24, 2006

credits: kraft paper is mine, title alpha is Gina Cabrera’s Shabby Cottage alpha, string ties from Katie Pertiet’s Magnolia kit (DST gold member kit for August), patterned papers from Katie Pertiet’s Winged No1, font is KGD Lindsay

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title: trinkets

 

date: September 26

another layout done while my internet was down, another one prompted by the Slice of Life Scrapbooking too

paper from TracyAnn Robinson’s Just Papers, title font is arriere garde, journalling font is CK Road Trip, flourish is mine 

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title: {defining me} 10 things I’m kinda ok with

 

date: September 25 

always hard for me to do these kind of layouts, and in my current ‘down’ not so easy to see much good in me, but I did my best

journalling
1. I’m almost happy in my own skin.
2. I’m game to be grey haired, or to dye it purple.
3. I’m doing an ok job as a Mum.
4. I can make nice scrapping stuff on the computer.
5. I can keep our farm accounts (almost) in order.
6. I’m doing an ok job at keeping house.
7. I’m learning to say no.
8. I can be more real with people than ever before (not so much trying to be what they expect me to be)
9. I’m in a happy marriage for almost 20 years (that’s gotta count for something)
10. I’m helping build good memories for my kids.

credits:
papers and photo corner from my Girly Shirts kit (in PBP store),
hearts torn from those papers using Atomic Cupcake action for PSE
staple from One Perfect Day kit (in PBP store)
kraft paper by me
‘things’ is the alpha from Serendipitous Days kit (in PBP store),
10 is CK Military Stencil font, other title font and journalling is KGD Flowergirl

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title: everyday moment - washing

date: September 22 

inspired by Slice of Life Scrapbooking, papers and elements from HeatherAnn’s Bloomin Butterflies kit

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title: once in a while

date: September 16 

once in a while, you stop squabbling long enough, and quit bugging each other, and I catch a glimpse of how you love each other after all.

papers and stitching from Sandra Boddington’s May Flowers kit, torn edges by Steph730, title ONCE done with elven font and atomic cupcake stamped letter action, journalling font is sf-happiness. photo filtered with Virtual Photographer to disguise being slightly out-of-focus (grin)

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title: why I scrap

 

date: September 16 

this one was prompted by the contest at Scrapartist and the kodak ad (I love it!)

paper (Gentle Dreams) and stitching (Blooming Stitches) by Sandra Boddington - fonts are LDJ Zoo script, SP-purkage, FT Hey Diddle

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title: the Mother’s Day photo 2006

date: September 16

I got DH to take a photo (or 20) on Mother’s Day, thank goodness for photo editing! I thought this might make a nice family tradition, to get a group photo each year

papers and beads from Sandra Boddington’s Gentle Dreams, stitchings from Sandra’s Blooming Stitches, torn edges (straight and hearts) from Stephanie Krush (steph730) at Digital Paper Tearing, fonts are American Writer and LDJ Zoo Script (title)

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title: cousins *template/sketch

 

date: September 7

thanks to Faer Oak for the template-sketch for this month’s challenge at Pickleberry Pop, this came together so easily! papers and elements from my Not Just Dirt kit, date stamp by me too  font is KGD Flowergirl

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title: bittersweet *sketch

 

why do they have to grow up so fast? while I am so blessed to be able to watch my dd grow into a beautiful young woman, childhood passes too fast!

thanks to Carole at Digi Scrap Shak for the template, kit is Rosemary’s Garden by Faer Oak, alpha by me, font is KGD Lindsay, photo conversion in Virtual Photographer 

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title: cheaper by the dozen *scraplift

date: August 28

I saw this layout on Jenn’s blog a few weeks back, and was inspired to take a photo of all the shoes sitting at our front door, so the next step was to scraplift the entire layout when I found she was the scraplift choice at the sweet shoppe . all papers and elements from my One Perfect Day kit, chipboard 9 by Gina Cabrera

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title: A Perfect Man

 

date: August 16

bits and pieces from my “One Perfect Day” kit at PickleberryPop, fonts are Elven (title, with Susie’s Hand) and Pea HeidiQ (journalling). Inspired by Sharon Kenealy’s layout Hayride

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title: sweet girlies

 

date: August 3

ok, this is my first layout in PSE (I’m a PSP gal!), and my first layout using one of Jen Caputo’s layered templates (grin) - an old photo of my 2 dds and their cousin in their christmas dresses. papers are from Ashley Olson’s Charming Country Girl pack, Jen’s template for the layout and the flowers is at SS Reflections, chipboard alpha for the title is mine, font is pea jenny script

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title: sisters (October 2003)

date: August 2

journalling: she’ll always be your sister, so just get used to it!

kraft paper, stem doodle and dotty border by me, flower doodle (it’s a template too) by Christine Smith at the DigiChick, papers by Ashley Olson (Charming Country Girl pack), stitching is from Gina Cabrera, fonts are Suzie’s Hand and CK true type 

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title: Kate at 10

date: July 30

a simple layout to document Kate at ten years, inspired by the memes that go around the blogs. papers and elements (slightly modified) from Annette Farrelly’s Brand New Day multi-kit contribution at Pickleberry Pop, font is verdana

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title: June 2006

date: July 25 

credits: background paper from Trish Jones’ Journalling My Style, other papers from Trish Jones’ Forever Natural, title art from Kristy Nerness’ Art Journal calendar

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title: the littlest

 

date: July 22 

credits: Poor Isaiah gets left out when the boys have Michael over to play. I heard him crying outside, and asked him if I could take his photo to make a page about his troubles (sniff) - papers and sticker from my Not Just Dirt kit, fonts are LD letterpress and FG Adam

journalling: Sometimes it’s hard to be the littlest one. You can’t keep up with the bigger ones, you have to run when they go on a walk, and you can’t go on bike rides ‘cos you can’t ride a bike yet. You can’t join in when they are wrestling or even bouncing together on the trampoline, because the littlest one always gets hurt (cos they just don’t know their own strength). And sometimes they just won’t let you join in, cos they’re meanies.

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title: Seaside 1969

 

date: July 12

credits: poem snippet by Robert Louis Stevenson, papers and photo-turn from Sandra Boddington’s Down to the Sea, stitching by me

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title: Pretty in Pink

 

date: July 11

credits: Kate loves this jacket she inherited from Pam’s daughter - papers and elements from Kylie Clark’s Pink Cotton kit (at Clikchic Designs), title cut from pharmacy font, title font is pea jenny script, paper tears by Steph Krush 

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title: us 2  - July 2006

date: July 10 

credits: the kids wanted a photo of us together, how neat is this! me and my hunny (giggle) not bad for almost 20 years. most everything here from Trish Jones’ Forever Natural, messy photo frame was a freebie on her blog ages ago, stitching is by Gina Cabrera, paper tears (straight and hearts) by Steph Krush, font is pea jenny script

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title: love you (scraplift)

 

date: July 8 

credits: The layout is a shameless lift of Jessica Sprague’s layout for her photoshop Friday blog tutorial (I don’t use photoshop, but the principles and techniques worked for me in PSP no problems). papers from Kylie Clark’s Pink Cotton kit, font is pea jenny script

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title: Girlfriends

date: July 6

credits: I can’t believe this clean-and-simple scrapper is freestylin’ it! my Kate and Kara last school holidays. kraft paper by me, Funky Flower doodles by Fee Jardine here at the DigiChick, paper tear by Steph Krush, flowers and buttons and bits from Trish Jones’ Kraft Stash Flowerz, font is TKdoodle by Taran

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title: all there is to it

date: July 5

credits: another just because layout, Isaiah had been eating blue smarties when I got this photo. papers and elements from Trish Jones’ Access All Areas - Backstage, font is bastardus sans

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title: Smallish things

 

date: July 7 

credits: another gorgeous baby photo from stock.xchng - this one by teveblad1 - makes me think I need to have another baby and get all these wonderful baby shots that I never got when my others were babies (giggle). papers and elements from Ashley Olson’s baby girl mega kit, fonts are ck true type and pea jenny script
 

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title: Adorable

 

date: July 5

papers and elements from Ashley Olson’s new baby girl mega kit, beautiful photo by rrss at stock.xchng, font is susie’s hand
 

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title: Hope’s birthday 2006

 

date: July 3 

credits: papers and elements are from my contribution to the charity kit, A Whisper of a Dream, inked edges done with Atomic Cupcake action, fonts are pea jenny script and LD string bean 

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title: Sleeping dream - Jessica

 

date: July 2

journalling: first glimpse of our new family member first child of my little sister, precious neice and new cousin for my children, first cuddles of a sleeping dream. -
everything here is from the “A Whisper of a Dream” charity kit at clickchic designs, paper tears by Steph Krush, font is pea jenny script

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title: Being 3 and a half (scraplift)

 

date: July 2 

credits: this is a scraplift of Mindy Teresawa’s “birthday girl” layout at Sweet Shoppe Designs, papers and elements from MandaBean’s Citrus Breeze, fonts are century gothic, ck road trip 

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title: Sweet smile *scraplift

date: July 1 

credits: this is a scraplift of awesome sugarbabe Tiffany Hix’s layout “Love that” at Sweet Shoppe Designs. papers and elements from Mindy Teresawa’s Happy mini kit. fonts are 4990810, century gothic, pea jenny script, adler 

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