Kerlovich Easter... with bird houses

At the recent Itsy Charity Crop, I created this layout using really sweet birdhouse paper and some matching scraps to create the little pennants tired with bakers twine. I pop dotted a few of the bird houses, to stand out, which you cant see. Perhaps by clicking on the photo, it becomes larger, you might be able to see the details.
As a side note, I won the twine as part of my raffle prize, which was a sewing kit. Since I never win anything big I was quite happy.
Our family got together for Easter at my cousins in Windsor Ontario. They have a great back yard with an enclosed deck and the weather was perfect all afternoon for sitting and munching . The photos for this layout are a combination of black and white, and colour, which makes it unique. I love seeing the kids enjoy our family times as they all get older. Great memories.

Grad Exhibit layout . Proud of her!

My daughters grad class had an art show to celebrate graduation so I created this Fanshawe Grad Exhibit layout, showing the Google style grad brochure whish showcases the artists and their works. Featured is the painting my daughter sold to Fanshawe College in London for their permanent collection. My daughter is into paint manipulation, which is taking thick pieces of dried paint and shaping them and adhering them onto a canvas. It is unique. She will be attending OCAD in Toronto in the fall to pursue a bachelors degree in Fine Art.
I used chipboard for the pennant and some bakers twine to tie it together. Colours are orange, turquoise blue, and neutrals. For the patterned paper I kept it simple, to keep the focus on the art. I chose a paper that has an architecté drafting look to it. You can see some of my tools and my little tool bag that stands in front of me whenever I scrap book. Also some Tombo adhesive. I go through an entire Tombo every time I do a days worth of scrapbooking. Its worth it. Its fast and it holds and I can control the amount.

october celebrations

I had a lot to celebrate in October. This layout contains pictures from two fabulous birthday dinners in London Ontario , with my family at Maggies Jazz bar, and at The Only on King, prior to a Michael Jackson Cirque du Soleil show! It was a great month.
These layouts were basically single photo layouts, with some white space on the perimeter.
I added some small black and white photos along the bottom for fun, which also help tell the story in a bit more detail.

Happy 19!

My son Colton turns 19 this week . I enjoyed making him this pennant inspired card that I cased from Vicki Wizniuk. The felt letters and chipboard pennants, circles, and numbers  are from Close to My Heart.

Time to party with Da Boyz

This is the last of the Prom series of layouts.


My son Colton's good buds from high school are in these two pictures.
You can just see by the smiles how happy they were to graduate together and
celebrate the day!
They arranged themselves into this great vertical shot. It was like someone had given them a script for posing. I just positioned myself in front of them and shot the camera.

I hope you had the time of your life

Oh my oh my . I used the lyrics to this song by Green Day to present the mood for the last 2 pages of Coltons prom layouts. I used pictures of his best friends and teachers. The final photo of Colton and his 2 buddies leaning on the veranda rail is amazing. I love it. They are so young and happy and such good friends. I feel wistful every time I view my son in this phase of his life. The end of a very successful high school era, it was time to say good bye to most of his buddies and enter a whole new world at university, yet in his heart I know he treasures these friends above all.

Of all the prom layouts, this one is the most `funky` in style. The rest were more formal and plain.
But I felt the song lyrics and subject matter of friends warranted a different style.

Once again

Blogger is posting my wide photos sideways :(

I still havent solved this problem.

Here are the lyrics to a great song. It was played during the power point slide show at the Grad ceremony.

Another turning point a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable but in the end it`s right

 I hope you've had the time of your life

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos and memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while

Its something unpredictable but in the end its right

I hope you  had the time of your life.

I used vellum for the lyrics, and some stamped pennants and soft lavender cardstock to complete the design.

Butterfly class

thank you Lasting Impressions for another beautiful classs.
Kathryne K and I enjoyed ourselves creating these delicate cards.

I  like the sponged ink effect on the second card.