biker brother

This is my husband's brother Rick and his wife Kim on their biking trip up the coast of Oregon.

Products:

Bo Bunny Press
Mama-razzi cardstock stickers
Mama-razzi patterned papers

Prima
SIIP Swirl with Lace brown
Guava Peony Collection
Sugarplum Roses Cinnamon

I made the teal roses using a large 6 petal flower cut with my Silhouette and a small layer of 4 punched flowers using the water distress method you can find a tutorial for here: water bloom tutorial

Prima and Graphic45 - gotta love it!

LAUGH OUT LOUD

My niece Paige and her BFF Ashlyn.

The first two Prima pages are the front and back of a single piece of patterned paper.

Products:

Prima:
Shabby Chic "Morning Poetry" patterned paper
Bronte Blooms
E-line flowers
floral vine

EK Success
sticko flourishes (a gift from my friend Deb-doodle)

The doily is cut from the flower packaging. The pearl is home made with liquid pearls and transparency paper. The quote is a KaiserCraft rub on and reads, "The shortest difference between two people is laughter." I scanned the pp and cropped in the butterfly. I than printed it out on cardstock and hand cut it, folding the wings up for dimension.

LOVELY

My niece Page (far right) and her long time friend from Utah (far left) and her high school friend from Phoenix.

This is the other side of the patterned paper.

Product list:
Prima
Shabby Chic "Morning Poetry" patterned paper
Bronte Blooms
floral vine
chipboard

Zva Creative
bling flourish

Bazzill
cardstock

My Little Shoebox
overlay title

DOMESTIC GODDESS

My sister, niece and nephew with the breakfast the kids fixed for thier mom on Mother's Day.

Products:

Graphic 45
Domestic Goddess collection papers and embellies

Martha Stewart
border punch

Hand made flowers
Using Silhouette cut flowers and water distressing method

So cute!

The photo is of my darling little niece Keilani and her great big goofy friend Ray.

Products:

Bazzill
white and gray cardstock

Martha Stewart
scalloped heart border punch
ink pad set

Prima
paper - Raspberry Tea
Chipboard - Raspberry Tea
Flower embellishments
E-line pearls
butterflies - hand cut from patterned paper

Puffy glue - green

Quickutz - Silhouette
banner
alphabets

Thanks so much for dropping by.

The Journey Begins

This is my support network as I begin my journey to acceptance, healing and peace... my husband, my three sons and their families, though all of them were unable to be there for this photo, they were with me in thought and love.

Products:

Clip art
butterflies

Prima
patterned paper
chipboard title

Silhouette
alphabets
leaf swirl

Handmade flower
water distressed flower

AMAZON WOMEN

These are the strong, compassionate, generous and loving women who saw me through my darkest nights. My sister, Catherine, her life partner, Brooke and my sweet little niece, Keilani.

Products:

Adorn It
tiny black alphabets

Karen Foster
final touch - clearly stickers (black flourish)


Martha Stewart
flower punch (base of handmade blue flowers)

Prima
patterned paper
chipboard embellishment
flowers

Puffy Glue
white swirl
(I scanned a Prima swirl, placed a sheet of transparency paper over the top and applied puffy glue to the pattern.)

The Healing Room

I recognize that this is an uncomfortable subject for most people, but I think the best way to change that it to talk about it. Talking about it is also a way to help me heal. I am an incest survivor who thought I had recovered my memories almost 20 years ago. But as I spiraled deeper and deeper into depression, I realized that something was still very wrong. Just recently I have begun to have panic attacks again and I was also experiencing night terrors and reenactments of a far more intrusive and violent abuse. I went to stay with my sister and her family in Phoenix to undergo a week of intense EMDR treatment for PSTD. These are the gorgeous flowers they had in the bathroom for me in the beautiful, serene, environment they arranged in my healing room.

I used KaiserCraft papers and my homemade water distressed flowers.

My Creative Scrapbook DT for Sept.

I just love the Main Kit from My Creative Scrapbook for Sept. It is so versatile that it can go from the soft elegance of a wedding page right to the pool! This photo is of my husband Russ and his daughter Katie on the occasion of her wedding.

The pink flower is another of the crepe paper flowers.

BREATHTAKING

Although only one of these girls in my niece, they both call me Aunt Jackie. Ashlyn may as well have been family.

"The flowers are homemade using the water distressing method I posted earlier under the title "Water distressed flowers."

WISHFUL SWEET SUMMER DAYS

My oldest son Bryant and his wife, Danielle. Danielle had just cut her hair to donate to "Locks of Love."

FALLING STAR

My middle son Ben enjoying the sunset at Cleveland Reservoir.

FRIEND

Ashlyn and Paige out on Huntington Lake.

La Romanitque

"This is my beautiful step-daughter Katie on her wedding day."

Creative Team work for "Gone Scrapbooking" at Examiner.com.

Product list:
Bazzill
- White cardstock

Graphic 45
- Le Romantique patterned paper

Martha Stewart
- Border Punch

Prima
- Tea Rose Collection, Sweet Teal
- Lilliput Rose Collection, Lime Cooler

Webster's Pages
- Lullaby Lane patterned paper

- Life's Portrait patterned paper