Age Of Innocence

I honestly think I could scrap every single picture in my niece's photo shoot!

I edited this one slightly to make it more of a close up than the original and made it black and white. I think the color change works very well with the blue and black combination in the layout.

The background piece is from Heidi Swapp. These come in white and you can color them with ink in a variety of colors to make a really unique piece.
The other papers are plain solid card stock and a swiss dot piece for the circle.

I used a piece of lace ribbon tied in sections to make a really pretty bottom border.

The swirls are hand drawn and were done with a white Gelly Roll pen.

As I've mentioned before, editing programs are the greatest for changing the color of a photo, size and overall appearance. Try out Picnik if you are looking for an editing program that offers many options! It's the one I use and I highly recommend it!

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Photo Shoot Layouts!!

Well...I have completed two layouts so far of Ruby's new pictures. Her Mom just posted more, so I have a feeling....I'll be in my scrap room for a while!

Both of these layouts were done using K & Company paper from the Charlotte line. These papers have a wide variety of greens and pinks...perfect for making very beautiful layouts!

The Photo Shoot!

My niece Ruby just completed her professional photo shoot for her portfolio! These are some adorable pictures! Her Mom said she didn't freeze up, but just did what Ruby does! She's a natural, but we already knew that!

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Falling To Pieces

Scrapping is not only a hobby for me, but a form of therapy.
This layout depicts my everyday struggle with pain, life, situations and emotions. Some days it seems that everything is just coming undone..that life is unraveling at the seams. It's in these times that I feel my faith is being tested. How much can one person endure before falling to pieces? How much pain is enough? It is in these moments when I am feeling down that I need to look UP more than ever.


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Just a Reminder

As the holidays are approaching, I thought I would re-post a layout and story that is so significant to us all. As you look at the layout and read the words..go also to my playlist and choose song number 4. This is the song that I used as the title and the reason this layout means so much to me. Be kind this holiday season...you just never know........


I took this picture while on my Honeymoon in Hollywood in 2008. Being from a small town in Michigan, I had never really seen a homeless person before. However, each time I did, I was reminded of this song by Joan Osbourne...What if God Was One of Us? What if God visits us every now and again in the form of a homeless person to test our faith and compassion? Would it make a difference? Would we treat this homeless man different if there was even a chance he could be God? Just a little food for thought.....

These are the lyrics to the song:

If God had a name, what would it be
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with him in all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that you would have to believe
In things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints and all the prophets

And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if God was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
He's trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in Rome

And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in Rome.

Take a moment today to help someone....
open a door for someone.....
say Good Morning to a stranger....
donate something to Goodwill....

You just never know!!

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Live the Life You Have Always Imagined

This is my friend Jocelyn in yet another of her cute poses from her profile page. I wish her all the best as she graduates and truly hope she does get the life she always imagined !!

I used a lot of different elements on this layout from inking to stitching to punching holes in it.
Because the layout was photographed laying down , it's hard to see that the holes are not covered in the back. It is a very cool effect!

All papers are from K & Company in the Ancestory line.
Flower is by Flora Doodles.
All scrolls and the butterfly were cut using the Cricut.

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