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Hello!

This week I worked on some old pictures of my grandfather. The first layout, with photos from the late 20's early 30's, is based on sketch #315 from Scrapbook Challenges.

I always have a hard time with masculine layouts. I have a hard time embellishing them! I used wooden letters and banners, which I colored with a distress marker. Added some wooden buttons and a chipboard star.

The second layout is based on the October sketch by Kristine Davidson for My Scraps and More. 

This layout features a photo of my grandfather in 1960. This is the grandfather I remember. He didn't change as he got older! You can't see the journaling very well as it's on the dark red paper, but I used an old typewriter that I just inherited from my parents. They wanted to get rid of it, and I wanted one for my journaling! Perfect match!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're having a great weekend! Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in family, layouts, My Scraps and More, Scrapbook Challenges, sketches

Well I don't know about you, but it sure has been hot here lately! To put myself in a wintery mood, I scrapped pictures of my trip to the Christmas markets in Germany last December. This page is about the market in Dresden. It's based on this sketch by Ashley Horton, which I rotated to fit my landscape pictures. I used Basic Grey's Nordic Holiday collection. I did the page for a chipboard challenge over at My Scraps and More. I inked a chipboard snowflake, then added Diamond Glaze and a rhinestone in the middle.

That's it for now! Hope you're keeping cool!

Martine

Posted in Ashley Horton, Christmas Markets, layouts, My Scraps and More, sketches

Hi there!

I just have a few quick layouts to share with you today.

This one is about my mom. It's based on a sketch by Becky Fleck and was done for a challenge at My Scraps and More.

Another heritage layout, this time a double pager about my mom's family.

This was me, 40 years ago! A layout about growing old...

It's based on this sketch by Kristine Davidson and was done for a challenge at My Scraps and More.

That's it for today!

Martine

Posted in family, layouts, My Scraps and More, sketches

I have a couple of layouts to share about our trip down south in the winter of 2011. I made the first one for a challenge at Let's Capture Our Memories' Birthday Bash. It's based on this sketch by Nicole Nowosad. We had to use the number 3 somewhere on the layout (for LCOM's 3rd birthday).

My layout is about three things I'll never forget about Cuba. I used some Fancy Pants papers and transparency.

My second layout is based on this sketch by Kristine Davidson for a challenge at My Scraps and More.

The title means: From This to That, with a picture from the plane leaving Montreal and the snow, and another one arriving in Cuba. Quite the contrast! It was my first time going down south during the winter and experiencing that difference! I used some My Mind's Eye papers for this one.

Finally, one last Cuba layout.  This one is a scraplift from Anna Mills for a challenge at My Scraps and More. I hadn't used paper tearing in a layout for a long time. It was fun to do!



Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in Cuba, layouts, Let's Capture Our Memories, My Scraps and More, sketches

I love challenges, and right now there are tons of them out there! First up is Let's Capture Our Memories, which is celebrating its 3rd birthday with a birthday bash full of challenges, prizes and sales! I made this layout for the first challenge, which was to use one of the sketches from Let's Capture These Sketches and have a "birthday" theme. I used sketch #134 by JJ Sobey.

And this is my layout. It's about celebrating the 4th year of our tiny yard's make-over!

Next up is the summer long contest at My Scraps and More, called My Scraps Got Talent II. There has been two pre-contest challenges so far. The first one is based on this sketch by Kristine Davidson. We also had to use misting.

And here's my layout. The title means "Those Eyes", because I fell in love with this kitty the first time I saw his big green eyes! (I rescued him from the streets 6 years ago. He's now one spoiled cat! lol!) I tried the confetti thing for the first time on this page.



The second pre-contest challenge was to use this other sketch by Kristine Davidson and add some stitching.

I made this layout, which title means "Growing Old". I have a hard time with white space, so I filled it up with confetti again!

I hope you'll join in on both these events! Tons of challenges and lots of fun in store!

Happy scrapping!

Martine

Posted in layouts, Let's Capture Our Memories, Let's Capture These Sketches, My Scraps and More, sketches