Moments in Time - Shirley

This is my favorite page that I did this weekend. At first I was a total mess with it. Slowly, I found things here and there. I began all of these pages at home and completed them at work. I guess having supplies at both places helps to add to the complete page. Anyhow, it isn't a page with any "line" on it, I gathered things from different lines, places and some are years old . . . but worked perfectly for the page.

Building the Cabin

I finally figured out the dates on the pictures with a little explanation. Anyhow, between clearing the land and getting the utilities in, it took quite awhile before the cabin could be constructed. I added some dark blue ribbon to match the title and then I added some brads that look like screw heads across the page. I felt the framing paper and the blueprint paper matched the colors in the pictures well.

Theresa

This paper came in very recently. Again, the colors worked so well with the pictures. I got to use my new punch again. Then I cut out the flowers and added some stickles to the centres of them.

Eliza

These patterned papers are from a line of my favorite paper. I have used it before with a page of Sky in ballet. The colors worked really well with these pictures. I added some bling in some of the flowers.

Brooke

This is a Basic Grey line that has always caught my eye. Luckily it worked well for this layout of Brooke. It works well when you have a lot of pictures with a lot of colors. I included some of the chipboard . . . which I hope to use on some of the other layouts as well.

Lee

We got this wonderful new paper in for boys and it worked so well for these pictures. I added some metal to it and then I was done.

ABC 123

This is one of Dwynn's favorite pictures of Alyshia. She has such beautiful blue eyes and looks so innocent in this picture. I wanted to keep the sweet look she had on her face on the rest of the page. It ended up being a real baby girl page. The bottom tags say "Heaven Sent" and her name "Alyshia".

Dallas

These are a few of the school pictures they had of Dallas. I have always found school pictures to be a bit difficult because of the various colors. Usually I change all of the pictures to the same size and turn them black and white. However, this page seemed to work out alright. I even got to use some of our newest boy paper and stickers.

Emma Lake

Too bad there is such a glare on these pictures. The cabin was beautiful and I tried to include all angles of it here, including a picture of the inside. From what I can see from the photos, this was a labour of love to build and a great memory for the Forsyths.

Shirley & Ted

First of all, I don't know why I titled this Shirley & Ted instead of Ted & Shirley. Maybe because she is on the left in the picture . . . I dunno. I just couldn't change it once the stickers were down. May be a faux pax back in the 40's; but today I think it will be okay. Anyhow, these are what I received of the wedding pictures. The one on the left is the only color one and the rest are quite faded black and whites (as you can see). I tried to blend them in to the page with the use of white flowers, ribbon and letters. I put the date on the top of the one picture because some of the top of the picture had been ripped off. Can't tell now, can you? Well, this is what I got done this weekend for this book. I intend to continue through the week when I work. Hopefully it won't take too long. But I am having fun with it.

Playing at the Lake

When I first glanced at these pictures, I thought they were my two oldest daughters. Faith, the older one with brunette hair looks like Terralynn and then the little blonde beside her looks like Jade . . . but is Alyshia. Crazy, I am sure they had some of the same clothes . . . especially the smiley face soled rubber boots. Anyhow, this is the beginning of the grandkids. I have a Judah one started at the store. I enjoyed the colors in this page and the Fancy Pants paper worked just perfectly.

Fall

I loved these pictures as soon as I saw them. They are of Shirley and Ted at the lake in the fall. The colors are beautiful. Luckily, we just got some of the Basic Grey line "Indian Summer" and the colors were perfect. I added some Basic Grey chipboard and rub-ons, a scalloped edge and some bling in the scallops. I will have to get some journalling ideas from Dwynn for some of these pages. If Shelley or Heather have something they would like to have written on any of these pages, please leave a comment or Dwynn has my e-mail address.

Dwynn

Well, this picture was taken a long time before I knew him. But then again, up until a month ago, I hadn't heard from him in 32 years. This is Dwynn, ya . . . my first boyfriend . . . back in the '70's. Anyhow, I used some Cosmo Cricket and Fancy Pants paper, buttons, ribbon and a die cut saying "Keep shining my BRIGHT and shining star". Boys, boys, boys, it would be so much easier if we could add flowers . . . but nooooo! Oh well, "cute as a button" they say.

Shelley

I did this page of Shelley next. These pictures are so wonderful to do because they are black and white and I could do almost anything I wanted to. The flourishes on the patterned paper are black velvet as is the black ribbon on the sides of the paper. I have cherry blossoms on the page as well as her name glimmer misted with silver. Isn't the new punch I bought to do the sides great . . . a scallop with holes . . . fun! Now I can scallop any size paper I want to.

Heather

I am going to begin my blogs with this page; because I did this page first. I am creating a scrapbook for an old friend Dwynn's parents on the occasion of their 60th Wedding Anniversary. What do you get for people who have everything . . . a personal scrapbook of family. Dwynn's sisters Heather and Shelley (who also thought the idea was perfect) have permitted me to add these pages to my blog. Thank you two for that. I have been having a blast creating these pages and will post them as I do them so Dwynn, Shelley and Heather can see them as I do them. Hope you like them.