Shimelle's 25th of the month class layout

July was the month to play with B & W photos. I desaturated mine to 90% so there is still a little colour in my photos. And I didn't leave a couple in full colour like I was supposed to just 'cause I liked the uniformity of it all being the same. And I didn't get the pictures of my deck and everyday stuff at home, because we weren't at home. We were on the road. The morning was spent in Whistler with Mum and Dad; we'd been there for a couple days. We left after our mornings Starbucks and drove to Merritt to stay with Tanis and her family for a couple days. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins.

Breanna is counting for Hide 'n Seek; not pouting as I was asked earlier today :)

It's hot out there

It's 30* outside. My scraprooms in the basement so it's the coolest place to be right now. I've done 3 layouts today; all of my childhood.

Here's me at 3 months old...


and the puppy we had way back then...


Photo's of a home in progress...


I love the Fancy Pants 'glitter cut' on the right hand side of the Home layout. The papers for all three layouts are doodlebug; loads of texture with the flocking and glitter.

My Daniel

Another layout for Scrapbookers Clubhouse Olympic Crop Challenges. This one had to have arrows and a circle element. The paper and embellies and alpha stickers are all Little Yellow Bicycle.
I jotted the quote down in the back of my planner ages ago and thought it was perfect for this photo of Daniel; Tired and cold after a long, fun, exhausting day on the water.

Grandma Lewall and Breanna

Whistler layout

Scrapbookers Clubhouse Olympic Crop

It's going to be fun all week long and beyond. Here's my first layout for the challenges. Action photos and green...

Mini Transparency Book

This is a quick easy fun little book I made, for my Mum, after our weekend in Vancouver.

Supplies:
• Wallet sized photos
• 12 x 12 transparency
• Photo corners
• Rub-ons
• Stickers(my sheet had hole reinforcers, alphas…)
• Blooms
• Bling
• Ribbon
• Transparent journaling spots

How To:
Cut the 12 x 12 transparency into quarters. You now have four 6”x6” pages.
Stack them and use a hole punch to make 3 holes down the right side. Use hole reinforcers on the outside of the first and last page.

Now design your pages. I used photo corners to adhere my photos. I also made sure to put horizontal photos back to back and vertical photos back to back. Rubons are perfect for transparent pages because they are black on both sides.






If you use transparent journaling spots they can be seen from both sides BUT your writing will be backwards on one side. I got around this by strategically placing my blooms and bling. I would write my journaling on one side at the top of the journaling spot. Put blooms below. Flip the page over and cover the backwards writing with blooms and bling, then write my journaling on the bottom of the journaling spot.

Tie your finished pages together with some pretty ribbon.