I started with Template 3 (reused), added the letter text over the fotoblendz (adjusted/filled with light color) and clipped photos to the masks. I placed Strom Solid Paper for the foundation and blended another textured paper above it w/Blend Mode Screen. I filled the stains with dark brown...

LDavison Journey, Hoppin, You Make My Heart Sing, Prince of the City,

My parents on their wedding day.

ArtPlay Studious Collection I used a plain paper for my foundation. On top of that I placed an artsy transfer and a transfer. I used the frame from elements and clipped my photo of a hummingbird to the mask. I used the divide blending mode on just the frame layer. The embellishment is from...

*Whispers Of Summer* by Daydream Designs

I am always on the lookout for masculine kits... and using a template is a great way to jump start a page. Here I resized one of the masks and duplicated the framed photo in the top left to add one more photo to the page. Thank you for looking.

Cleora Pauline Preece Hisel My 3rd cousin twice removed, Hugh William Troy Hisel, married Cleora Pauline Preece. Hugh was born October 10, 1914 in Murray, Oklahoma to Hiram Alexander Lawrence Hisel and Ivy Troy, and died June 17, 1983 in Imperial, California. Cleora was born August 3, 1921...

kit "Love Life" by Palvinka Photos by Pezibear -pixabay

Kit used Hold This Moment by Emeto designs Awailable at Oscraps: https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Hold-This-Moment-Kit.html Thanks for looking!

Eden and Friends | The Complete Mixed Media Collection by Rachel Jefferies at Oscraps Photo: My own Journaling reads: These pretty little dainty flowers, Cerastium Tomentosum (Silver Carpet, Snow in Summer, Chickweed) were growing along the brick wall in front of the Grasmere Parish Church, and...

This is the companion page to one of my previous layouts (see below). I enjoyed scrapping it immensely, but couldn't help wondering why I chose this particular kit in the first place - of why I keep using kits off-theme... I must have been in trance while making the first page - there is too...

August Challenge #2 - Copy Cat https://oscraps.com/community/threads/august-challenge-2-copy-cat.38076/

KIT | Learning is fun by Sweet doll

Created for week 1 of the Art Journaling challenge here I love notebook layout and I believe that one of the coolest things I've learned to do as a scrapbooker is to build a notebook from scratch, complete with cover and shadows. There are multiple tutorials on YouTube and all it takes is just...

Ivan and Jacob,taking a break from swimming.

Love My Dog is Karen Schulz's Featured Product for August at Oscraps and it is one of my favorite kits to scrap with. In this week's HAPS newsletter, her ad included the idea of creating your own dog stamp using her Sketch Action which I had to try, of course! The action was super easy to use...

Nature presented me with some color challenges on these days. The full moon brought high tides (flooded the harbor area, but it's safely 60 feet below us) and crashing waves and exciting scenery! I placed my photos - the easy part - chose Vagary ArtPlay Palette frames for 3 photos and an MM...