Some Layouts from a Gift Album I made

This past weekend I worked on greating a gift album for a young friend whose favorite colors are Pink and Purple. All papers used are from Close to My Heart - White Daisy Cardstock and a Level two paper pack called Whoops-A-Daisy. The colors in that package are Watermelon, Hydranga, and Ocean. This first layout also used CTMH Sparkles and I sponged some watermelon and Ocean onto the white spaces to unbright them a little bit.

This page also includes Bling in the form of dots of Stickles and a brass word from a making memories embellishment pack.

Scrapbook Retreat Pictures

As I have posted I went to a retreat this past weekend. Thought I'd share a couple of pictures.
This is Lisa, Me and Beth (Left to Right)
This is the Historical Hotel we stayed in..was very nice!
This is the building we scrapped in...a converted Barn! Can't wait for next year....not only is our group of 5 going again, but my mom and my Sue are going too! So much fun!

My First Digital Layout

OK...here is my first Digital Layout. The digital elements were designed by Michelle Coleman and are part of the Wild Sorbet collection. Pictures were taken by me.
It's a simple layout, but I'm pretty happy with it. Now I get to search for more digital elements to play with...and see what else I can create. Fun Fun!

Home from the Retreat

I had a great weekend, met some great ladies and really had fun. I completed a gift album, a couple of pages for myself and learned some basic digital scrapbooking skills. Thanks to Shirley for taking the time to walk me through it and for giving me lots of digi links to start exploring. and for teaching me some photo editing techniques!

Anyway, was a fun weekend, but I haven't uploaded my pictures yet...so will post some in a day or two...

Scrapbook Retreat Weekend

Today we checked in at Eagle Mountain House for a weekend scrapbook retreat. On the way here, we did have to stop at the outlet malls....what's a Girls Weekend without some shopping!

I'm working on a gift album for one of my daughter's skating friends who is going to her first Jr. National's skating competition later this month. Once I get that done, hopefully sometime tomorrow morning, I will begin working on some of my own stuff. I'll post a picture or two tomorrow, as so far today I haven't taken my camera out.

We have a great room..it's a small suite actually with a separate sitting room, bedroom and of course bathroom. Even has a small mini fridge. The weekend includes 5 meals and the room for 2 nights. The dinner tonight was buffet style and was really good. I would recommend this place if you are looking for place to a get away.

OK...time to add some artwork

I know it's been awhile since I posted artwork...and I have a new acrylic album to post too...but haven't taken the pictures yet... So in the meantime, I hope you enjoy...
I created this Canvas last year for one of my best friends...using pictures I had taken over the year. I used Sonata level 2 paper pack from CTMH, and Big Pink Flowers are also CTMH. I used my cricut George cartridge to cut the brackets and heart. I don't remember where I got the brown ribbon. I also used a couple of tin words...I think they were memory makers, and a vellumn quote from DCWV and miscellaneous rub on words. Sorry I don't remember from what company I got the words from.