Oops a Daisy!

One of the things two year old Charlie has been doing this summer is run around and then pretend to fall, just like a professional football player does.  I had my camera handy and caught him in action just recently.  Here's my page recording this for posterity.

The kit, i.e. the colourful background and elements, is once again Lil Layette by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals.com.  I'm really getting my money's worth out of this kit.  The template is by Kstudio, yet another freebie, at Catscrap.com.

A couple of weeks ago ...

... I took Nicholas to the canal where we had a picnic lunch.  It was a gorgeous day.  I took lots of pics of him and made this scrapbook page from just a couple of them.

I love the photo blended into the layers look. 

The kit, Hey Boy by Ondesigns at After Five Designs, was on clearance sale at 75% off the original price which made it only $1.50.  Apart from being a freebie, kits don't come much cheaper than that!  And, of course, I can use all these elements and papers time and time again.  Also used June Template by Tinytoes Designs at Catscrap.com

My Header

Credits:-   Papers - kevinandamanda.com, the chalkboard is from Ondesigns at After Five Designs as are some of the  elements, also Re-creation 23 Add-on is a newsletter freebie from Creative Designs and last but not least the cupcake is another freebie Kimds Designs at Oscraps.com. 

I have to say there are tons of freebies out there from some very talented and very generous designers, you just have to scour the digital scrapbook websites and look for them.

Charlie again.

Charlie was playing in the garden in the sunshine.  I took picture after picture of him

and I just loved his expression in this one.

I really am enjoying using this Little Layette Kit by Katie Pertiet.  I love the colours and the elements are just perfect for little boys.  The layered template is another great freebie from Tinytoes Designs at Catscrap.

Sunshiney Day

The weather has been beautiful lately.  Yesterday found us at the beach with the Goodall side of the family.  The Williams' had gone to Knowsley Safari Park for Charlie's birthday treat.  Here's the page I made to remember the sunshine and fun on the beach.

I've used elements and papers from various kits in this layout nearly all of which can be found at Designer Digitals by designer Katie Pertiet.  The layered template is a freebie by K Studio Designs at After Five Designs. 

The little sailboats are a nice touch don't you think?

Charlie's 2nd Birthday Page.

Here's Charlie's birthday layout.  I've been loving this kit, Little Layette by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals, for some time now.  I kept seeing other people's layouts in the gallery there and couldn't wait to use it. Charlie's second birthday was the ideal occasion for it.  The template is a fantastic freebie by Tinytoes Designs at Catscrap.

I love the way it turned out and will be using it a lot.  By the way don't you think this little boy is cute?  I do!

Heritage Pages

Here are a few of the heritage pages I've been working on recently.

Here are my parents with their first baby, Bernard. If you'd like to read the details clicking on the page will enlarge it.

The above pictures are all of my family and I in the 1950s taken in the country in Ireland, except the two on the ferry of course. We would spend a week in the country i.e. Cloneygowan, Offaly at Uncle Tom's cottage and a week in Finglas, Dublin at my Aunt Mag's house. They were magical holidays and the memories we have of them are priceless. We were very lucky to have these holidays at all, money was not plentiful in our house, we were a big family - 8 kids in total. My mother must have been gifted in the household accounts department is all I can think.

Template by Katie Pertiet at DesignerDigitals.com, Papers by Kevinandamanda.com

Template by Katie Pertiet at DesignerDigitals.com. Background papers etc are freebies from Amanda at http://www.kevinandamanda.com/