Create Yourself

Working beyond my download folder and reaching back into the past.... I started with the thought of doing something quirky.. I even extracted the photo... as we all know I rarely end up with anything that even resembles my initial vision LOL

This is Bray.. a San Francisco Musician (who spends more time touring Europe than playing the bay)find his music on itunes or go to his myspace page http://myspace.com/bray





credits:
Qirky Quotes - Existence
from Maya at SBG
http://tinyurl.com/8eqvgy
Sensual Kit
from Maya at SBG
http://tinyurl.com/98acpw
Worn Photo Overlays
by Vera Lim

One Dollar!!

Have you seen what Vera Lim has in her shop for only $1.oo??? Don't miss out... This sale is for a limited time only!

Slide!

Build your own Slide Skin!
I built this one from an upcoming Studio Girls Collaborative Kit (Impressions of Imagination) at Scrapbook Graphics
What a great way to personalize your slide show!

Soldier Boy

ah... photos I snagged from my daughters myspace page... shhhh it's my adorable little grandson on halloween

Did I Say Christmas Card?

well this is what I came up with... this is a full spread... obviously it gets folded in half to create a 5x7 "portait" card... If I upload to the lab today I will have them next week... just in time for mailing.... I think they'll look great on pearlized paper.. what do you think???

outside

inside

btw new playlist 4 songs... i know way past due

Sneak Peek

I'm a bit over-whelmed with the holidays approaching and all... thought I'd give a sneak peek at what I'm working on.... Photo was taken at the Healdsberg Cemetery... I think it will be reworked into this years Christmas card!

WHAT THE HEY

Okay... so what do you do when your house looks THIS

and one day you go outside to find your neighbors house now looks like

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THIS!!!!!

WHAT THE HEY??????

how HEINOUS is this????

more on the house another time

Jessica Mellott (again)

The beautiful and talented Jessica Mellott...

Many thanks to Jessica for the use of her photo. You can find Jessica on my space... stop in and listen to her music, you won't be disappointed http://myspace.com/jessicamellott

credits:
snow drift by Doris Castle available
at SBG http://tinyurl.com/5fvm3v

font - passions conflict

Friendship

i came across this word art while looking for something else on my computer.... i was instantly reminded of this photo my friend sent me many months ago.... it made me laugh , but I was at a loss as to what to do with it, until now... once i got going, the layout just fell together and the poem seemed to write its self

credits:
Paper'N'Niddle By Lotta_designs at SBG http://tinyurl.com/6htuxp
Mother Nature - Page Kit By Manuela at SBG http://tinyurl.com/6pl779
"Scrap" Apple Inspirations {Week 20 2007}
by Sue Cummings at OS http://tinyurl.com/6eexmj
Antique Paper Photoshop Actionby Michelle Coleman at LDD http://tinyurl.com/5vbk44
font - moms typwriter

Babies

I remember 27 years ago as my due date came closer and closer I became more and more concerned about how I would interact with this baby... I had NEVER been around babies, I knew NOTHING about babies.... it didnt take long for me to figure it out though... and now... I just love babies,,, i think they are ALL adorable and take every chance i get to work with baby pictures! this is my cousins adorable new son



credits
Angelic by Sussie m Designs at Scrapbook Graphics http://tinyurl.com/6oxtog
Playing With Word Art Vol.3 By Natali at Scrapbook Graphics http://tinyurl.com/59whhj

Maybe Okay!

hmmm... for feeling like i'm in a funk.... i'm thinking these didnt come out too bad....

my beautiful daughter.. long, long ago

credits:

White Chocolate by Lily Designs at After Five.... http://tinyurl.com/5t9nv2

Heart Strings Alpha By Lorie Davison at Scrapbook Graphics http://tinyurl.com/5ecmkq

font - moms typwriter

my cousins daughter

credits-

Rustic Chalet by Doris Castle available at scrapbook graphics http://tinyurl.com/56o7fa

Trick or Treat

just thought I'd share one of my favorite recipies with you:

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt and toe of frog,
Wool of bat and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork and bling-worms sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good
William Shakespeare - Macbeth: IV.i 10-19; 35-38

and if that doen't do anything for you here's a bit of fun from webshots



to see more fun photos ------>Halloween

Still Searching

for my mojo

what i found was this layout of a myspace friend

and this unfinished layout of my grandson

credits to follow

Mojo

i dont know where my mojo is!

special thanks to Walt at http://www.myspace.com/wcwphotography for the use of his photo... this is again... that OLD friend of mine

ack... i just noticed i have the skier going the wrong way.... be fixin that another time

Talent

Great Quote from one of the General Authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints:

Topic: Be Creative

"You may think you don’t have talents, but that is a false assumption, for we all have talents and gifts, every one of us. The bounds of creativity extend far beyond the limits of a canvas or a sheet of paper and do not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Creation means bringing into existence something that did not exist before—colorful gardens, harmonious homes, family memories, flowing laughter.

"What you create doesn’t have to be perfect. So what if the eggs are greasy or the toast is burned? Don’t let fear of failure discourage you. Don’t let the voice of critics paralyze you—whether that voice comes from the outside or the inside.

"If you still feel incapable of creating, start small. Try to see how many smiles you can create, write a letter of appreciation, learn a new skill, identify a space and beautify it." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Happiness, Your Heritage," General Relief Society Meeting, September 2008


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Loving can cost a lot but not loving
always costs more, and those who fear
to love often find that want of love
is an emptiness that robs the joy from
life. - Merle Shain

Quick Not Short

not short but quick!?

lets see.. one of my beautiful cats is very ill and i think I am going to need to have her put down tomorrow,(she's 16) it makes me very sad and that will make 2 old fluffy friends that we lost this year... The poor rthing has a tumor on her jaw and its causing her teeth to be loose and fall out on that side and she's always drooling bloody spit and now something is making her eye on thaat side pop out and turn red... she cant close it... today she didnt even come down to eat...

One day last week one of my friends from church committed suicide... the funeral is thursday afternoon

Ive done a bit of scrapping while Kalleigh has been sick to keep my mind off  her when I wasnt pushing her food up into mountains so she could eat it and wasing blood off her face, so i'll share some of those

my cousins son in the garden

 

3 versions of a funeral program

the grandson

The Prince of latvia... LOL (myspace friend)

former cat sitter now at the U of U

a birthday card for a friend

scrap therapy!

credits later... sorry (Doris Castle, Lorie Davison, Aneta Branch and Ivy)

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Studio Doris

Picture taken in Napa last year scrapped with the latest from Studio Doris



Whispers of Autumn elements and Papers
by Doris Castle available here at SBG:
http://tinyurl.com/453dsk
http://tinyurl.com/3eetrz

Leaf cluster Blog gift by Doris Castle:
http://tinyurl.com/3zwejj

Folded Ribbon from Eerie Garden by
Doris Castle Availabel here at SBG:
http://tinyurl.com/3w69k3

Stitching from Gathering Hearts by Doris Castle
Cucrrently retired

tiny tag from Little Darlings by Doris Castle
currently retired

Sequins From Bling It Baby by Traci Murphy
at Funky Playground Designs - currently retired

font: Angelina

ESCAPE

My Adorable grandson early this summer at the beach

credits:
Blue Autumn and Twig It by Merkeley Designs
available here at Oscraps
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=20894&cat=0&page=1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=20893&cat=326&page=2

also FREE Taylor-Made word art (spa getaway)
also available at Oscraps
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=20344&cat=0&page=1

FREEBIE

Would you like a gift from Doris Castle?
Receive this FREE Leaf Groupie as a FREE For All at Doris's Scraps of Life Blog.



This groupie coordinates beautifully with the Whispers of Autumn Backgrounds, Embellishments and Quick Page Album

Frustration? (or just Inept)

i JUST DONT SEEM TO BE HAPPY WITH ANYTHING i DO LATELY!

I was suppose to do a layout for one of my designers to put in an ad and I just couldnt get it... so I tried a layout sans photo thinking the photo was distracting me... I still wasnt happy but shared it w ith the rest of the team.. they all said it was great and the artist told me just to drop some pictures in it... well... this is what I have... two different versions

still no photos

then I started playing with some of those pictures I took last time I was in Napa. I LOVE the boat picture... but alas... I thinkk I have scrapped and rescrapped it a dozen times and I still dont like it

and then there are the photos I took last October when I did a shoot for my daughter so she would have beach photos for her Christmas cards last year. At Bodega Bay I was intregued witih this boat... I like where it's going... I'm just not sure it's done... maybe some wordart about ships or seas or something salty

so thats what I got going right now... I sure could use some feedback!

Can't Cry Hard Enough

How about a "wordle"

Going Home

Friday was my moms birthday... I met my daughter in my home town and we took my mom to dinner... by the time it was all over we both we exhausted and spent the night. Saturday morning I got up early and went out on a photo shoot. After all these years I still get home sick.....

her are some of the photos I took

and a layout I'm working on

reworked... both still need journaling

OScraps Designer Spotlight Challenge Merkeley Designs

Photos I took while on a road trip with my mom
last year.

LO created for the designer spotlight Sept 1 to Sept 7 2008
The challenge was harder that at first I thought...
I had to go back 2x and add things.
the challenge can be found here: available here at OScraps,
Fanciful Overlays
by Doris Castle. available at Scrapbook Graphics
http://tinyurl.com/5eyw9y

fonts:
Passions Conflict, Rosewood Std, Times New Roman

Sweet Sixteen

I have recieved some wonderful news from Studio Doris! Doris is comming back to digi! YEAH!!!
And to start things off, she has a little number called "Peaceful Joy" she has done for The Story Tellers Club!
I used "Peaceful Joy" along with pieces of her "Exceptional" kit (previously at Scrapbook Graphics) and her new "Fancyful Overlays" available here: http://tinyurl.com/5eyw9y to scrap another photo I lifted from my nieces Facebook Page.



fonts: Mutlu, Rosewood Std., Times New Roman

NEWS!!

Well I've gone and done it! I have joined a new CT team... for Merkeley Designs she has her own shop And she sells at OScraps here's the announcement

I was a bit concerned when I saw the first kit but I think I pulled it off! The kit is Called "Feet are Funny" and for some reason I just drew a blank... here's what I finally came up with



credits:
Feet Are Funny" Available at OScraps and Merkeley Designs font-passions conflict

Traveling with Mom

OK... so, every year now for the past 9 or so years, my mom and I have taken a vacation together.... just us girls...
Any way.... last year, we thought it would be fun to take the old route 66 from california to missouri, then go up to nebraska and take 80 home...
on the way we stopped in Flagstaff and met up with one of moms 1/2 sisters and her family (hi danielle), my moms home town Quannah texas to do some genealogy and a dallas suberb to visit with my moms full sister and some of her family (shouts out to Jamie, Sandi and Guy) ...
where was I going with this.... oh yea...
on day two we stoppoed in California City for gas, while we were there a dust storm kicked up. There was so much dirt in the air we couldnt see the road from the pump and the wind was so strong I thought it was going to blow the shirt right off this man! LOL
Oh and in case you were wondering what there is in California city.... as far as we could tell... a gas station with a mini mart and a whole lot of dirt!

credit
Digital Scrapbook Artisans Guild August 2008 Kit Woodland Wonders by Dee Bee Designs dirt brush by aneta branch aka sweet made at ashalee and sweet antique photo action by michelle coleman at little dreamer designs fonts, times new roman and New Style Embosses Layer Blended

aka The Prince of Latvia

Most who know me, know when I'm in a funk whether personal or creative, know that if I can bring myself to create I generally will do so with somebody-else's photos, or ones of nature that I have taken... this is one of a couple recently done with photos of an on-line friend... Thanks Kris for the photos!



credits
Urban Boy by Ashalee Wall at Ashalee and Sweet.com

Lost Family

I found a cousin that I haven't seen for over 20 years. The last time I saws her she was just an adorable little girl... She is now a beautiful young mother. In typical Julie fashion, I lifted photos from her myspace page! LOL



credits
Romantic Glamour from Bluebell Scrap Design
Font Occidental
Swirl Brush by Aneta Branch aka Sweet Made at Ashalee and Sweet

Messin Around

just messin around