Layla Grace

If you haven't read/heard about this little girl, please take a moment to go to the link below. She and her family could really use your thoughts and prayers. It is stories like this that make me appreciate my family and friends and all I have, because it could all be taken away. 

http://laylagrace.org

 

 This picture is circulating around facebook, but I believe it was taken by Christie Lacy--a Houston area photographer.

Scrapbooking Challenge #6

Scrapbook Challenge #6--Digitally Alter a Photograph
I love taking photographs and challenging myself by doing cool things with my photo software. I'd like to challenge you to do the same.

The photo, as is, before anything was done to it.



My layout with the altered photo.

I could have just changed the pic to black and white, but where's the challenge in that :) I changed the photo four different ways, using Photoshop Elements. Top left has a reticulation effect. Middle left has a conte' crayon effect. Bottom left has a graphic pen effect. And the large photo to the right is just black and white.

The template for this page is by Connie Prince and the kit is "Gypsy Love" by Creations by Rachael.

Elements-Digital Scrapbooking Challenge

I used a template by DigiDiva Designs, which I modified. I used the kit "Loveable" by Crisdam Designs. The element to use in the layout was hearts. I used heart accented papers, heart buttons, floating heart scatters and an "epoxy heart" button. The font used is LDJ Sneezes

By the Numbers Digital Challenge

Template by Connie Prince, and "Love My Boys" kit and alpha by Creations by Rachael. Both available at Gotta Pixel. The challenge was to use 7 pictures, 2 papers, 7 elements (could be used more than once) , 1 alpha and journaling.

Simply Sketchy Digital Challenge-February

Layout template is available as part of the Simply Sketchy Challenge by Laura at Gotta Pixel. The kit I used was "Starcastic" by Connie Prince and the font is CK Template.

Scrapbooking Challenge #6

Scrapbook Challenge #6--Group Four Photos
I love creating one-photo layouts, but sometimes I have more than one photograph to feature on a page. I like to take four (or more) photographs and cluster them together in a group. This makes them appear almost as one large focal-point photo but allows me to display more images at one time. Try it!

Here's my version! These photos were taken in October 2007 by Maple Park Studios in Mapleton, MN.

There's a Party in my Tummy!

Helping Out a Great Cause

June 20th, 2009, the day before Father's Day, Matthew and Jodi Ware of Greenville, SC, lost their precious daughter, Emily Sandra Ware, to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Emily would have been 6 months on the 29th. Matthew laid Emily down for her afternoon nap and she never woke up.

Throughout this horrible tragedy, Matthew and Jodi have been examples of strength and human goodness at its best. They have chosen the road of hope to deal with their grief, and have organized the Peacock Strides for Babies Walk/Run on March 13, 2010 to help raise awareness and funds for SIDS research. Your generous donation will benefit the CJ Foundation for SIDS in its entirety.

They know that Emily would want them to be happy and this walk is a way to preserve her memory, and ensure that this tragedy does not happen to another family. Emily was a beacon of sunshine and happiness. Her full head of red hair, just like her mother’s, was always sticking up in the back, just like a peacock’s, hence the nickname.

If you are available on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 please register for this race.

If not, please consider being a Spirit Runner/Walker.

My friends Anthony and Kim Cato are good friends with the Wares and are raising money on their behalf. If you would like to donate to this worthy cause, please click on the link below.
Thank you for your support.



http://cjsids.donorpages.com/PeacockStridesforBabies/KimCato

Scrapbooking Challenge #5

Challenge #5--Embellish a Floral Accent
No matter what your page topic, I bet you can find a place for a flower accent in your design. But take it up a notch. Embellish the center of your flower with a mini clock , a tiny thread-tied button , or patterned paper. And don't be afraid to turn a large flower shape into a photo frame.

I chose to make my own flowers and then used a piece of patterned paper and a heart shaped button accent. These pictures were taken in June of 2007 and Xander is about 10 days old.
My family had come to visit us after Xander's birth.