Beautiful Images.

 

This is a great resource for scrapbookers, cardmakers or just crafty people. The Graphics Fairy has an amazing selection of vintage pictures, signs, labels etc. Some of them are just beautiful! And she shares them all with us...her images are free!

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

More pages completed!

I've been busy working in my album again. A few more updated pages from last summers vacation. Just a couple pages left and I will have filled the whole album! I have so much more to do though....I'm sad to say that I think I've only gotten up to year 2 in Sully's album...he's 8 now! Why is it so difficult to keep everything organized?

First picture are my pages from our visit to Battleship in Wilmington NC. A really cool tour through a WW2 Battleship. I'll never forget the 90 degree temps below ship with no air.



Second picture is the Boardwalk in Myrtle Beach....very fun.









Third picture is from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel in Virginia. A very cool series of bridges and tunnels to cross the Chesapeake bay, but still allow the big ships through. Very scenic.






Fourth is Cherrystone Family Resort. Such a beautiful scenic place. The boys especially enjoyed the crabbing and fishing.











And fifth is Knoebels Park in Elysburg PA. A wonderful family amusement park, with the added bonus of camping.

More album pages...

Turtle Crossing....how to make a page with just two pictures. I guess it was more about the story than the pictures themselves.

How how often do you get a chance to use surfboard paper??? I think I bought the paper to make boy birthday cards but never got around to it!

I really like how the Sunset Beach page turned out. I love the colours, and of course the subject!

The Pirate page! Again, not a subject I would normally work with! Some great pictures to work with though. I printed the skull and crossbones from Google images.

More new layouts

A few more layouts finished!
As I flip through the pages, it is nice to begin to see the colours coming together and the theme emerging.

I've been using the same typewriter letter stamps from Close to My Heart and I really like the way it pulls everything together from page to page...and it's a lot cheaper than sticker letters!

I love the way the horseback riding pages turned out. Don't you LOVE this paper from Cosmo Cricket??? I bought it a long time ago just cause I loved it and it was on sale. Who would have thought the colour and theme would be perfect?























Okay....stock cars really don't thrill me. So it was a challenge to do something with all these car pictures. But I knew it was important to Brad and the boys.
This collage look is my favourite way to get lots of pictures on one spread.

Alrighty....stay tuned...more to come!
Bit of a snowstorm today....perfect for scrapping.

The Beginning of a New Album

I've been trying for about 4 months now to start this new album of our month long trip this past summer. I know if I don't get moving on it, I won't remember all those little details that I wanted to journal about.

Part of the problem was finding just the right album. I finally found a K&Co. album on sale at Michaels. The thing I like about it is that it comes with all kinds of accessories to go with it....ribbons, mat pads, sticker letters etc. I really wanted that cohesive look through out the whole album...so it was perfect!

I find it hard to find papers that aren't too feminine or flowery. Although that is probably what I'm drawn to, I don't think my boys would approve!.


I wish I had taken more actual travel picture. I just had a couple . But I was able to fit my list of car plates that we saw along the way!














I really love this paper....I think it makes the
whole page! I have been trying to do more
pages with few pictures to allow more space
around them. My usual style would be to
cram as many pics as I can on a page!













This was another tricky one...it covered quite a few pictures of stalactites etc. that I didn't think the majority of people would find that exciting....but our memories just the same. I think the circles kind of make it a bit more interesting.

I really like the way this page turned out. I like the mix of all the different papers...almost collage like. And I really like how it's on a bit of an angle...I'm going to have to try that again on another page.

That's it for now....gonna keep plugging away at this...I'll keep you posted!