'77 Corvette

I have all of these beautiful pictures of this Cal's corvette. I just had to scrapbook one because I needed something different to scrapbook. As it ends up, I don't like the page . . . but I still like the picture.

I Want It Off

Lucas had his cast on throughout the summer. All he wanted was to have it taken off. We had to go to the hospital and have it re-exrayed and wait for them to decide whether it could come off or not. In the end, it was taken off and he was very much relieved.

Honor

I absolutely love the colors and patterns of this line. This is a tiny original picture of my parent's wedding. I guess that would mean it is 50 years old. I used some old architecture metals on it which worked well.

spud

Another line of basic grey. This was the .... whiskers line. Can't remember the name . . . max or something. Anyhow, I didn't use any of the pet paper; but used the patterns and I like it very much.

July '91

This is some more of the New Basic Grey paper that Ralna and Deb brought back with them. I really do like some of the new colors and patterns. They really match pictures and are easy to work with. This picture is of Faith and her cousin Gavin . . . way back when . . .

Dance

One of the perks of working at Just Scrap It is getting some of the new lines of paper before it is out for sale. We got some samples this week and us lucky girls got to put some pages together with it. this is from Basic Grey. These are my three daughters many years ago when they took Ballet lessons.

Happy 75th Dad

We are so blessed to have had my Dad around for his 75th Birthday. His family came from everywhere and we celebrated his monumentall day. We call ourselves . . . the original six.

Friends

Whenever Dionne sees a camera, she grabs it and snaps a picture of her and a friend. She has a ga-zillion pictures . . . because she has a ga-zillion friends. I got to use up some of my stash again on this page . . . Doesn't she have an amazing smile?

50 Years

On January 16th my Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary. We had a small party for them at the nursing home with family and friends. Of course, it gave me the opportunity to take a few pictures to preserve the memory. Way to go Mom and Dad!!!

MOM

Every once in awhile, I get a good picture of my mom. I think she is like me . . . we look in pain in pictures. But, luckily this one I like and I think she will too.

SK8R Boy

I took this picture at Gramma and Grandpa's 50th Anniversary party. These are his favorite clothes. I used his favorite colors in this layout. It had to have some lime green with the blues and turquoises.

Christmas 2009

This was our last Christmas at my parents house. My mother has sold the house and bought a condo. I tried to take pictures of those certain things we always did at that house every Christmas Eve. These are just a couple of the pages and the cover.

Love of My Life

Donna and Jim are a very funloving couple. They get along so well all of the time. I had to take this picture of Jim, he always falls asleep after a meal and Donna is just . . . well . . . Donna.

IPod Apps

Dale couldn't figure out how to get the camera part of his IPOD working so my kids came to the rescue. Faith and him finally figured it out (I think).

Hot Look for a Cool Chick

Faith had to try on Gramma's hat . . . and I had to take a picture. Nice huh?

Another Headlock

Whenever Jim and Lucas get together, there is always a bit of wrestling and Lucas ends up in a headlock. One of these days, Lucas is going to get Jim into the headlock. That will truly be a picture worth taking.

I'm A Big Kid Now

This is one of the funniest pictures ever. Faith must have been two. She had her favorite pajamas on, she was carrying her little purple purse and she had put on her pantyliner. She was really ready for the day.

wESTsIDE & SKY 15

Sky turned fifteen and got her braces off all at the same time. Her hair is lighter and she looks happy and beautiful. Lucas was happy to come out for a birthday supper with us and Gramma.

I don't know what it is . . . but this line of Me and My Big Ideas papers is so perfect for my kids. The colors in this paper work well for this picture of Sky. Of course, you can see that she is growing up and becoming such a beautiful lady.

A Walk Down By The River & Dress Up Faith

I like the new Basic Grey line called Origins (I think). I have had these pictures of a hike we took quite a few years ago. I'll put the year in the bottom right corner when I remember the year. It was just one of those pages where you add and add and add until you feel it is finished.

This is such a cute picture of Faith. She is wearing a dress her Gido bought in Mexico. She has on her golden high heeled shoes and on her head is a shoe bag. She felt like a princess. She looks like a Baba.

KISS - Again

A pyrotechnics page. I got some of the confetti from the concert. It got caught in everything and I'm still finding it in the weirdest places.

I had to make a Gene's face page. The background didn't work out as I planned; but it's okay.

This is my favorite picture of Paul Stanley. Had to add a bunch of stars and by luck, the tickets matched the page perfectly.

KISS

These are a few of my KISS pages. Gene was crazy for these pictures and then he flew up onto the rafters.

These are also some of my favorite pictures of Paul. He flew onto the sound stage and then I got these pictures.

The last page was a bit difficult to make. Eventhough it is a bit old, I cut all of the pictures into 1" squares and put them all together.

KISS

Sorry I haven't been on here lately, I have been busy. Last night I went to KISS. May have to do a few pages of my pictures. These are a couple of the 256 pictures I took. We Rock 'n Rolled All Night!

Moments in Time - Sweet

I loved the colors in this picture. I found so many papers that matched. I ended up with these two and then added ribbons and flowers. The actual page looks so good.

1963

You can't tell from the photo, but there are hints of orange and blue in it; which is why I chose these colors for the layout. The strips are paper and the diecut matched perfectly. This is Dwynn at 1 year old.

Shirley and Estelle & Ted

These are pictures of Shirley and Ted when they were little. I used my favorite baby paper from Graphic 45 and added some flowers, metal, ribbon etc. I cut the flowers out of another sheet of the same paper and popped them off the page with pop dots and ink around the edge of the flowers. I added some leaves that had the same tones.

Family

I used the plaid on Terralynn's dress when I was deciding on this page. I seemed like the one thing that really stuck out. It slowly grew from there. The red flower ribbon has black brads in the centers of the flowers and the white flowers are a felt ribbon.

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.