Some new Layouts for you...

"52 Blessings"

Made this LO using a self-portrait resulting from a practice session of Jessica Sprague's "Photo Editing - Good-to-Great Workflow" class. Turned original photo to B&W, then added tint and cropped (lessons 2-4). Not too shabby -- I've always looked good in blue ;)

CREDITS ~

Paper: Jen Wilson Designs

Flourish: Anna Aspnes

Stamped Block: Katie Pertiet

Luxe Overlay: Traci Murphy Designs

Buttons: Miss Tiina

Fonts: Stamp Act (52), Century Gothic

Words in oval done with Wordle.net

"Saturday Wildlife"

Did this for a "chat challenge" at the Designer Digitals website. The challenge was to use the kit contents of the designer we were chatting with. The kit consisted of the background paper, red striped paper and paperclip. All the other elements were from different designers. Photos taken by me.

CREDITS ~

Papers: Lynn Grieveson

Triple Photo mat: Katie Pertiet

Overlays: Katie Pertiet

Sunflakes: Danielle Donaldson

Tag: Jen Wilson Designs

Glitter Flourishes: Iliella

Font: CK Ali's Handwriting

"Lovliness and Laughter"

12x12 all-digi LO featuring a pre-wedding photo edited from color to sepia and blended with two texture overlays.

CREDITS ~

Editing Program: Photoshop Elements 6

Paper: Carola Mondini

Brushes: Kaffaleen

Overlays: "Stamped Block 5" - Katie Pertiet; Flickr texture - Ishkamina

Poem: Ruth Bell Graham, found at Two Peas in a Bucket

Fonts: Century Gothic and Mistral

"KISS"

Feautres photos from the wedding I shot in Colorado last month.

CREDITS ~

Template: LindSan

Papers: Katie Pertiet (black), Anna Aspnes (white), Jen Wilson Designs (background), Miss Tiina (heart paper)

Alpha: Alice Koh Designs

"Kiss" Stamp: Miss Tiina

Stitching: Katie Pertiet

Font: Century Gothic (title, date and journaling)

~ klb

Recent Digital Layouts

Sorry I haven't posted lately - been busy and just not making time to update my blogs... Here are my three most recent LOs. The first and second were done for a "quick page exchange" at Creative Dreams (http://creative-dreams.net) Credits follow each layout.

"With This Ring"
The main photo is one I took at the wedding I shot this past weekend. I changed the original to B&W, added another photo to it (floral arrangement) and blended it in, the blended in a texture overlay. I also added a white sanded overlay to the tissue paper (behind the word art). All other elements and papers are from one kit (listed below), but the tissue paper, photo corners and ribbon borders were re-colored and the opacity was lowered on the tissue paper and photo corners. The bride's wedding colors were red, black and white.

Credits --
Papers, stamped frame, ribbon borders, photo corners, photo turns and word art from the "Cherry Cheesecake Kit" from Creative Dreams.
Texture overlay by rephotography (found at Flickr)
Font (on photo): Mistral

"Gramma Mary"
This is also for the "quick-page exchange." Photo is of my maternal grandmother when she was about 18 years old (mid-1930s). Page design is my own.

Credits --

All supplies from the "Cherry Cheesecake" kit by Creative Dreams

Fonts: Texas Hero (name), Papyrus (journaling), The King and Queen Font (tags)

"Kimmie @ 4"

This last LO was done for the "52 Week Challenge" at Scrapbook.com. The challenge for this week (week 5) was to use a "visual triangle" on our LO (the three flowers). Photos are of me and were probably taken by one of my parents.

Credits --

Template (slightly altered): Ellie Lash

Papers: Lauraskathi, Jessica Sprague, Jen Wilson Designs, Joyful Heart Designs

Grunge Overlay: Katie Pertiet

Flowers: Patti Knox

Glass Hearts: Jen Wilson Designs

Brush: Grunge by Ila

Fonts: MA Sexy, Honey Script

TFL :)

~klb

Feb 1 ~ "Snow"

Made this LO for a challenge at www.jessicasprague.com - the challenge was to use an equal number of words for the line they are on. For example: the first line has one word, the second line has two words, etc... I'm not thrilled with this LO, but am not sure why, exactly. The title, maybe?

Photos of Cully are ones I took today and the page design is my own.

CREDITS ~

Papers: Dana Zarling (re-colored)
Brush: Katie Pertiet
Snowflake (in title): Sherry Ferguson
Fonts: Abusive Pencil (title), Hiccups

~ klb

"Always Loved"

Made this LO for weeks 3 & 4 in the "52 Week Challenge" group at scrapbook.com. The challenges were to use chipboard (wk 3) and the colors navy, yellow/gold, "dull" lime green and white.

CREDITS -

Papers: Lauren Bratcher (navy); Grace bennett (green); Carola Mondini (yellow)

Chipboard: Jen Wilson Designs

Buttons: Crystal Wilkerson

Fonts: Abscissa (journaling); CK Ali's Hand (date on photo)

Page design is my own; photo is one I took 21+ years ago and is a copy of a 6 yr old scan, which is why the quality isn't great. BUT...it's one of my favorite photos of my son, which is why I used it anyway :) TFL.

~ klb

"Snow Buddies"

Made this page today for a template challenge at the Faith Sisters site (http://faithsisters .com). I took this photo of our middle children - Jen & J - 21 years ago... aren't they so cute ?! I altered the template just a bit, by lowering the center portion (papers, photo, journaling) - it had been directly in the center of the page, originally.

Credits --

Template: Crystal/aka DigiScrapalicious
Papers: Meredith Fenwick (red pattern); Carola Mondini (blue pattern); Claudi (background)
Snowflakes (altered with PSE filter): Meredith Fenwick
Snowman: Meredith Fenwick
Brush (used to burn papers' edges): Grunge by Ila
Fonts: Myriad Pro (journaling) and A Bite (title)

TFL!

~ klb

"Aa Po"

Created this LO for the "52 Week Challenge" group at scrapbook.com. This week's challenge was to make a page using a pink flower with a brad.

The title of this LO is pronounced, "ahh-paw" and is Cantonese for "maternal grandmother." The photo is of my maternal great-grandmother, Ah-Li Ching. I'm not sure when the photo was taken, but I'm guessing sometime in the 1920s. My mother's heritage is rich with stories that I hope to one day share in a mini-album.

Template: LKB

Papers: Danielle Englebretson

Flowers: Ellie Lash

Brush: Grunge Ila

Word Art: Mary Ann Wise

Fonts: Chow Fun (title); Papyrus (journaling)

~ klb

"Sweet, Sweet Baby"

Created this 12x12 all-digi LO for a new group I joined over at scrapbook.com called "52 Week Challenge." This week's challenge was to do an orange-monochromatic layout. I had fun choosing my papers and embellishments for this project, but boy - it takes me just as long to assemble a digital LO as it used to do a paper one! For those of you who might think that digi-scrapping isn't "real" you are greatly mistaken! I have a son who feels this way - he says I'm "cheating" because it's all done on the computer - he obviously doesn't have a clue ;D

Credits:

Papers: Anna Aspnes, Ana Reis, Jen Wilson, Kristin Cronin-Barrow, Zoe Pearn, SugarPlum Paperie, Trish Jones

Flowers: Claudi, Corina, Amanda Geils, Isyndra

Photo Mask: Anna Aspnes

Brush: GrungeBrushes by M Babic

Word Art: Mary Ann Wise

Hearts: Robin

Photo: me; this is my daughter, Jenni, when she was four months old (she'll be 25 next month!)

~ klb