Work in Progress

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I started this blog on June 14, 2012. I plan to post my previous scrap pages, from the most recent > working backwards; and add new scrap pages as I create them. It could take awhile, as I'd scrapped nearly 400 pages prior to starting this blog. Each one was the best I could do with the photos I had on the day it was made, and each has special meaning to me.


Monday, September 17, 2012

Cotton Candy


Yesterday we went to the 160th Annual Niagara Regional Agricultural Society's Exhibition aka the Welland Fall Fair. I just love these kinds of good ole country fairs. I split a cotton candy with Dennis. $5.00 for a lot of air and some sugar, lol. It was the first time I had cotton candy (or "candy floss" as we used to call it) since I was about 10 years old ... so half a century ago. (Egads!!) It's pretty to look at but I don't mind waiting another 50 years to have it again. :)

Apparently, a typical serving of candy floss on a stick is approximately one ounce/30 grams and contains roughly 500 calories. I'm glad I let Dennis eat most of it, haha.

I took almost 200 photos at the fair ... so that should keep me busy for awhile ... or until next weekend. :)

Kit: Country Fair bundle (Sherwood Studio)
Template/Sketch: Fuss Free FreeBee38 (FDDD) *modified

Sunday, September 16, 2012

How Beautifully Leaves...


Kit: Fabulous Fall (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Paper Lovers 3 (Kimeric Kreations) *highly modified

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Fabulous Fall


Kit: Fabulous Fall (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Yabba Dabba Doo (Jeanye Labaya Designs) *modified


Friday, September 14, 2012

You Smile, You Laugh


More Facebook pics ... my youngest grand-nephew Tyler. He looks soooooooooo much like his "older" brother Hayden (who's only 14 month older than him). They are both adorable.

Kit: Summer's End (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Bumbershoot (Jeanye Labaya Designs) *modified

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Spread Your Ears and Fly


These photos of Rudi (a handsome English Springer Spaniel, the best breed of dog on earth, lol) are from a lovely lady from Sweden named Britt Marie Webster that I met on Facebook. I told Britt that I loved her photo and wanted to make a page about Flight and her photo of Rudi with his ears flapping was perfect.

Britt said she was flattered and said I could use her photos. She also said that she really like that picture too, and it won a photo competition in her local newspaper a few years back.

So I happily made this page and sent it to her and she posted it on her blog Julita-Rudis Blogg.

I posted this page on GingerScraps yesterday, Wednesday (September 12th). This morning I got a message that it was nominated for Baker's Best 9/9-9/15

Update: On Sunday (September 16th) I got a message from GingerScraps that this layout was nominated for LOTW (layout of the week) and voting commenced. There are some truly gorgeous layouts this week, so I don't expect to win, but it is an honour to be chosen none-the-less. :)

Credits:
Photos of Rudi taken by his owner, Britt Marie Webster (Sweden) and used with her permission. Thanks Britt!
Primary kit used: Take Flight Collab (Kimeric Kreations and Sweet Digi Scraps).
Paw print border, green background, leaves and journal oval from 'Cats and Dogs' (Connie Prince). Orange mushrooms from 'Fall Frolic' (Marie H Designs).
I made the text bubble with an SVG shape and did the extraction of Rudi on the bottom right. :-)
Note: In the pic on the left Rudi is laying in a patch of moss and wild mushrooms.

Oh and I should mention, the Swedish text in the thought bubble says, "I have my own wings.", courtesy of freetranslation dot com, haha, but Britt said it's right.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Let the Sons Shine


My niece posted this photo on Facebook and I just had to scrap it. Love, love, love --- my grand-nephews Tyler and Hayden.

Kit: Summer's End (Kimeric Kreations)
Template/Sketch: Revisited 3 (Scrapping with Liz) *modified

Monday, September 10, 2012

Walk A Little Straighter


I made this page for the September Lyrics Challenge on TDC. You were supposed to "scrap a LO using song lyrics about fathers". Sadly this is the song that came to my mind, "Walk A Little Straighter Daddy" by Billy Currington. After I made this layout I decided not to post it for the challenge after all. It's just not a happy page, but it's real.

To be fair my dad wasn't a bad guy. He always managed to keep a job and he wasn't physically abusive. He actually had a lot of pals, but not the kind you'd bring home to meet your kids. He just had one main problem, which affected our whole family. I'll do a happier page about him someday. He passed away 29 years ago at the age of 64 due to alcohol abuse. RIP Daddy. I hope you eventually found what you were looking for.

Kit: Howdy Ma'am (Boutique Collab by The DigiChick *Designers)
Template/Sketch: September FB Fan Freebie (Kimeric Kreations) *highly modified

*Participating Designers: Alamama's Pressed Petals, Charm Box Studios, Dawn by Design, Elise's Pieces, eNKay Design, Etc. by Danyale, Girl Boy Girl Designs, Kimeric Kreations, Lifescapes Templates, Quirky Twerp, Sherwood Studio, Stellajane Designs, Wishing Well Creations