Sunset

The sky was so pretty tonight - I grabbed my camera and took several shots.

Trains, Trains, Trains

I'm in the running to be on the CT team for Butterflies and Bluebells.  There's some stiff competition and I'm keeping my fingers crossed!  Her latest kit is Autumn Song available at the Digital Design Den.  It has lovely fall colors and elements.  I did these two pages with it.

There was only one chance to get photos of this engine and we were lucky to find a good spot. Photo by DH - my camera was accidentally left behind so I just got to enjoy the sounds and sight of steam.

There were actually two steam engines running on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic RR this year - for several excursions over a two-week period. This is just one of the engines and we had a blast chasing them both up and down the valley for photos.

Click on the photos for a larger view.

Another Champagne and Chocolate Page

Just finished another heritage page using the gorgeous Champagne and Chocolate kit by Lady Bug Designs.  I'm finding this kit to work extremely well with these heritage photos.  The layout here features a photo of my DH's grandmother and friends taken way back in the early 1900's.

News!

I've just become a CT member for Lady Bug Designs.  WOW!  Exciting times for me.  Her first kit, Champagn and Chocolate will hit her store within in the next couple of days.  It is a lovely blend of creams, pinks, and browns - just perfect for vintage layouts, or anything else!

Here is the preview:

And here is my first layout:

 This is a photo of my mother probably taken sometime between 1935 and 1940.  People always say that I am her "spitting image" but I don't really see that much resemblance!  LOL

And this is the second one - one of the many picturesque trees at the Grand Canyon:

R is for Rain

I did this photo for a Flickr challenge.  There are two textures by Jerry Jones of Shadowhouse Creations and I used a clipping mask by Rita of Coffee Tea Photography.  It was actually raining at the time the photo was taken but it didn't show up very well so I found a tutorial on the web and and made a rainy overlay.  Isn't technology wonderful!!!

DDD Color Challenge

The Digital Design Den has a color challenge going for the month of August and I decided to give it a try.  Thank goodness for folks who are willing to share their talents - textures, patterns, styles, brushes.  I don't know what I would do without them.

 
This is the kit.  There are two files because I only have a free account at MediaFire and this way it doesn't take so long to download.  Hope you like it, and if you do download, a comment is much appreciated.

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The Beach

Way back in May DH and I went to the Headlands east of Cleveland.  I just finished a layout for the Digital Design Den with some photos from our trip there.   Yes, the Den is back and there are many happy people.  It is a great scrapbooking community and new members are welcome.

This is the layout using a template by Maggie May Designs.  I made all my backgrounds and elements and thought I would share them with you. 

And here is the kit I made for my layout:

If you like it you can download it   (Sorry, link expired)