Family Wreath 2008

Credits to Creative Victorian Designs for the following kits used
Wintertide Reverie:
blizzard, glitter berry branch, loopy ribbon, pine branch, ribbon twirl, ribbon frame, pinecone spray, ribbon wrap (recoloured), twig frame 1
Christmas Innocence:
Stocking 1
Christmas Exquisite:
Stockings 1, 2 & 3
Christmas Around The World:
Poinsettia 1, 2, 3 & 4, Ornaments 1, 2, 3 & 4

And Jacked-Ur-Scraps for
CC’s Christmas Bits:
Snowman 1 & 3, SnowBank, felt ornaments 4 & 10, felt bulbs 1 - 6, felt snowflakes 1-8, felt stars 1-4

And a HUGE thanks to palemice for the inspiration!!!http://www.creativevictorian.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=324

Here's the latest challenge I posted in the Creative Victorian forum/gallery. "Build a Christmas Workshop." I was truly inspired by our friend "palemice" and her "Christmas 2007" layout. So I asked if I could lift her idea and spin it. The challenge is to create a Christmas article from scratch...tree, wreath, candy cane, gingerbread house, whatever your hearts desire... let your creative juices flow. Can't wait to see what you all come up with!!! And above all HAVE FUN!!!

My little family, clockwise from 12 high...my hubby Jerry, Me , Joshua, Matthew, Droopy Dawg, Jazzpurr BratKat, and Queen Toostie. Yeah...we have a much bigger family...so I'm showcasing the ones living under our roof at the moment.

I pray you all have a happy holiday season!!!

And remember JESUS is the REASON for the SEASON!!!

Theresa Renee

Unicorn Nights kit by Creative Victorian Designs
(with borrowed recoloured rose for Nuptial Serenity)

Theresa Renee Ellis

December 15, 1962-March 11, 2005

I remember many family functions spent together as children. We were like sisters then. In our teen years we didn't see much of each other...yet our paths seemed very similar...battling drug addiction. Fortunately I found sobriety and Jesus Christ. Theresa tried to find sobriety, but never found Jesus. Her death in 2005 was devastating to the family. Especially when circumstances came to light. Theresa was clean and sober and looking for work. She landed her dream job and failed the hiring drug test. She knew she was clean, but feared that her family would think she was lying. She faked working for a few days, seemingly happy and upbeat. On March 10, 2005 she rented a dive motel room. She wrote farewell letters to mother, father, daughter and brother, and she ended her life. A close friend confided in her mother (my auntie) about the failed drug test and that the drug test was fixed in order not to hire her and allow someone else to fill the position. So cousin Theresa went to her depression driven grave feeling lost and alone and like the world was against her. I wish that Theresa would have known the love of Jesus. And I pray that in her final hours she found peace and the love of God.

Butterfly Dream

Used are Creative Victorian's Simplistic Papers
Photo is of a neighbors beautiful garden
All butterlflies are extractions from pics taken on a field trip to Seattle Science Center.


Butterfly Dream...is the title of the mid November challenge. It's all about butterflies. Whether it's a shape, extractions, scenery, frames... etc... Let your creativity soar...

"Wings so full of color, as intricate as lace

Working the air as they glide full of grace.

We watch in amazing wonder, pause to sigh

If only we could catch a ride on the wings of a butterfly."

- Stacye Blair

Can you spot all the butterflies???

Hubby and Sis revisited

Jerry was watching me recolour the baby photo of myself...and he asked if I could do the same with the portrait of he and his sis Tracy. The portrait was taken in 62-63 sometime.
Here's the original:

And here's the recoloured version:

I'm loving my PSE... this one turned out so much better than the photo of me that I recoloured...practice makes perfect...the next one will be even better ;)

Wonderful

Wintertide Reverie kit by Creative Victorian Designs
Photo from the Krista Lea Collection

In response to the scraplift challenge... Special THANKS to Edeena aka naughtsncrosses for the amazing layout we got to lift ;)

Precious Moment

Victorian Allure kit & Alpha Builders 1 by Creative Victorian Designs

Photo is none other than me at 18 mo. I recolored the black n white...and hope I didn't do a terrible job. Doing this reminded me of when my mom gave birth to a little sister, and she didn't like that my baby photo was black n white along side Antia's color photo...so she recolored mine with colored pencil with the percision of a kindergartner...ruining it forever. ARG!!!
Here's the original photo:

DeMischelle & Tiger

Perennial Harmony kit by Creative Victorian Designs

This Hodge Podge Challenge is to make a non-square layout. And that I did. This is my GodSis DeMischelle and her beloved pet Tiger. Again I put my new skill of blending to work (gonna have fun with that one).
I'm making up for lost time here...as with working and Sunday school, I don't have alot of extra time on my hands... So will probably do mass posts of layouts I manage to get created between postings.

Toddler Mom

Perennial Harmony kit by Creative Victorian Designs

My entry in the Heritage Challenge. This week's challenge is to: use a new (previously un-scrapped) photo of your mother/grandmother/great-grandmother - create a main photo
duplicate the photo but blend it into the background - keep it monochromatic but give it a bit of a kick of colour.

So I learned 'how to' blend using PSE and it was great. The photo is my mother at age 2 or 3.

Winter Wonderland

Wintertide Reverie kit and sketch template
by Creative Victorian Designs

What an amazingly fun kit to work with!!!

These are my babies Joshua at age 2 and Matthew at 5 months. How I long for the days when they were so young and innocent.