My plans for this layout changed twice. First, I was going to go with a very beachy page. Then I decided to do a selfie. I finally landed on this art journaling page. For the blended water photo, I used the same photo twice. The bottom photo has a Blend Mode of Overlay. The top photo layer is...

This is my gorgeous niece. She loves mermaids & when she saw this page she wanted to become a mermaid & had a bit of a angry moment. So I guess my work evokes strong emotions to my target audience. lol. She does like it thankfully & thought I’d show it off. I’m hoping I get better with...

This seems to be the week for blended photo. I wanted more sand for the beach, so I added a 50 pixel feathered edge to the portion of the photo I used and then set the blend mode to darker color.

Created for the June Big Photo Challenge

Not a typical topic to work with, but we are very excited to get municipal water. It needed it's own page.

This layout was created for the May Creative Technique Challenge at Oscraps . I used a total of five papers for this page.

You sold me on the lens and the megapixels. I didn't love anything about it at first, but I didn't see any better options, so each day I got a little more familiar with the new menus and buttons. It was bigger and heavier. As I explored I didn't fight it and soon started to warm up to it.

Made using foxeysquirrel’s Rememberance kits

Made using foxeysquirrel’s Rememberance kits

Template and wordart by Sue Cummings Font: Century Schoolbook

I was inspired to use this photo of sea gulls after viewing Seagulls by CCC in this gallery. Credits -- Paislee Press: Paper from Fresh Linens. Jan Crowley/Paislee Press: (Round) Stamp2 from Zippy Hippy. Paislee Press/TaylorMade: Frame from Fram Vol.2 Frames. Jessie Edwards: Wavy dots...

Journaling reads: "Could it get any better than this? A tiny motu island in the South Pacific, a tropical shower and the most beautiful warm water for snorkeling. " All papers and elements from Ashalee Wall's "Yeah Whatever" kit available at Oscraps and...

Paper and frame from Nina Designs Magic Sparkle Overlay from Anna Aspnes Confetti Stars from Genevieve Sass I've been taking monthly photos of this lovely pond near our home to capture the change of the seasons. I waited until the last minute of March light to snap this photo. I had hoped...

font SF Scribbled Sans Papers and elements from Icy London ****by Lisa Majewski****

Here's another page for my Tahiti album. All elements from the Oscraps Thankful collaboration kit, except alpha from Dani Mogstad. Journaling reads: "Our first dip in the beautifull South Pacific. What a wonderful drive around the island and an idyllic first stop. Matt forgot to take out...

Here's another one of my favorite honeymoon photos. This was taken at sunrise in Cook's Bay on the island of Moorea. This LO is a scraplift that Ashalee challenged us to make of this LO by duniascrap...

This was a LO from a playdate that Elizabeth had with a friend's little boy that is about her same age at a fountain in front of our City Hall. Credit: AZ Summer Splash kit by Traci Thompson @ makeitscrappy.com Clusterd Template by Tracy Drane Fonts: SkaterDudes & Casual Contact

This was a second LO from a playdate that Elizabeth had with a friend's little boy that is about her same age. Credit: AZ Summer Splash kit by Traci Thompson @ makeitscrappy.com Template (modified) from DSW Fonts: SkaterDudes & Casual Contact