This is a fairly straightforward layout detailing an afternoon last weekend when Gary brought the boys round to visit.
The journalling tells the story of the pictures. I like this multi photo kind of page with just a little decoration to give a bit of interest. The template, a freebie, is by one of my favourite designers and photographers, Cinzia Loosemore.
Kathleen.
It was my youngest grandson, Charlie's, third birthday last week. He had a full busy day with an outing to an Open Farm, lunch at McDonald's and a birthday party later in the day. I'm a lucky Nanny and was in on all the fun with my camera in hand to record the happy day.
I seem to have spent quite a bit of time dithering over this layout. I just couldn't decide on anything and I mean anything at all. I knew I wanted to put several photos on the page and use the paint splatter effect behind the photos and that was all I knew really. So I did what I usually do in cases like this and trawled through my stock of digital kits etc. and waited for inspiration to hit me. Considering the method I used and lack of any plan I'm quite happy with the way things turned out.
Credits: Photo layout from Remember Today Template - Blue paper from Mon Petit Ballon Bleu Solids - Worn Safety Tags, all by Katie Pertiet; little aliens from Lil Monster kit - Cinnamon Designs at After Five Designs; Grey background paper from a collaborative kit found at Sugar Hill co; "All About" wordart from Definitely Defined Bright Kit by Nicole Young at Digital Scrapbook Place.
Nicholas turned four years old on the 17th April. I know it's an over-used phrase but where does the time go? It can't be four years since Nicholas was born, can it?
Anyway, I came up with this page to celebrate the event.
I love the main picture where Nicholas and his friends are chasing bubbles. The smaller photos show him at home opening presents and also at Jitterbugs, the indoor play area, where his party was held. I think he had a great day.
The layered template and background paper I used here are from Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals. The elements are all from one of my favourite kits, Birthday Magic by Kitty Designs and can be found at Oscraps.
Kathleen.
..with my recent pages.
First this one to remember our recent weekend with William's sister and her husband in Wales. I love this worn page look and I use it a lot. Credits: word strips, tags, papers, all by Katie Pertiet; boat - Little Enamel Elements by Katie Knox; worn page edges - Lynn Grieveson; all at Designer Digitals.
Then this one I made, mainly about things Charlie has been up to while I've been looking after last month. Credits: template Creative Juice No. 23 by Biograffiti.com, papers and alpha from sugarhillco.com/blog. All freebies. Like I've said before digital scrapbook designers are the most generous people you will find anywhere!
And this one about our day at the beach last Sunday 3rd April. Credits: template Outlined No.4 - Fei Fei's Stuff newsletter freebie; papers, elements - Katie Pertiet; flag and birdhouse from the heyboy kit by ondesings - After5Designs.com.
Here's a page I forgot to post. George came round for a visit after school and just chilled out!
He didn't bat an eyelid while I snapped away. I find the best time to take photos of our little boys is when their attention is taken by something other than me and the camera. The something else in this case is the television.
I'll be back tomorrow with the details.
Credits: template by Vinnie Pearce - Twopeasinabucket.com; papers, alpha, heart element - Sock Monkey Kit by Lynn Grieveson, tags by Katie Pertiet - both Designer Digitals; at this moment I've no idea where the string came from but when I come across it I'll be back. I hate to leave any designer's names out.
Kathleen.
Sunday 20th March was an especially good day for us. All of our family was able to go out for the day together and it was also William's birthday.
We all set off for Hinchliffe's in Huddersfield and these pages are full of the photos I took that day.
After coffee and cakes on the decking at Hinchliffe's we travelled about another 15 minutes or so to Castle Hill. A high, windswept hill it is too.
Exhilarating is how our time up on that hill could be described. We had a wonderful time, the only mishap being when Nicholas fell head first down a little hill. We all thought he'd hurt his head or neck (scary) but no. He'd hurt his leg. That's why he's hopping in the picture above.
For these pages I used a couple of free templates, altered slightly here and there, from one of my favourite designers Cinzia Loosemore. Her pages and photography are an inspiration. The "Life" wordart is also from Cinzia.
The background paper is by Kristen Designs at After 5 Designs. The little date tag is a Kitty Designs at Oscraps. The "extraordinary" sticker is from a Nicole Young kit at Digital Scrapbook Place.
Until next time,
Kathleen.
The photographs on this page were taken the morning after the Crafty Afternoon photos (see previous post). It isn't often that I have all three boys together for breakfast. Pancakes were on the menu and they all helped to make them. It was fun and recorded for evermore on this scrapbook page.
Here I've used a storyboard type page from Cinzia Loosemore at Oscraps. Yet another freebie! Cinzia is a very talented designer and photographer. I love looking at her family photographs. Take a look at her blog here.
The background paper and elements are from Kitty Designs-One Sweet Thing kit at Oscraps with the exception of the worn ribbon strip which is by Lynn Grieveson at Designer Digitals.
Happy scrapping!
Kathleen.
