Layout: Ice Storm

We got our electric back late last night after it had been out for just over 30 hours. It is amazing how much you don't really appreciate electric until you have to go without for a while. I was having laptop & internet withdrawal! We had an ice storm earlier in the week and I managed to get some photos of the sun reflecting off the ice before the 2nd ice storm took out our electric. I used Snow Much Fun by Paris Designs at Deco-Pages. It was the perfect kit for this layout!

Layout: Christmas Eve Miracles

O-scraps had challenge 4 of the ADSR. The challenge was to "Spill It". This was my layout.

Journaling: It was Christmas Eve and Dad had gone out to the garage to start a fire in the woodstove so he could wrap a Christmas gift for Mom. He went back in the house for a few minutes to give the garage a chance to warm up. He started back outside and saw smoke billowing out from the back of the garage. He ran out to the garage, opened the door and although he was pushed back several feet by the blast of hot air he wasn‘t burned (Miracle #1). As he turned to run into the house he fell. Amazingly, he did not hurt himself during the fall (Miracle #2). He ran into the house and told Mom to call the fire department. She called and there happened to be volunteer firefighters already at the station (Miracle #3). She hung up the phone and immediately tried to make another call but the phone was dead. At least she had been able to make the phone call to the fire department before the phone wires were damaged (Miracle #4). My brother’s semi-tractor was parked in the driveway in front of the garage. A stranger who happened to be driving by stopped and offered to move it because he knew how to drive an 18 wheeler. (Miracle #5). My brother’s motor home was parked next to the garage. Dad noticed that the overhead garage door had opened and he started to go into the garage to get the keys for the motor home when the door came smashing down. If that door had remained open any longer he may have entered the garage in an attempt to get the keys and would have been trapped inside (Miracle #6). A neighbor saw the blaze and arrived with his tractor and was able to pull the motor home to safety (Miracle #7). The fire department showed up just as the heat from the garage fire had begun to melt the siding on the house. The firefighters were able to contain the fire to the garage and save the house (Miracle #8). The garage and all it’s contents were destroyed and the siding on the house is buckled from the heat, but Mom & Dad are alive and well.

Credits: Digital scrapbook page created in Microsoft Digital Image Suite for ADSR Challenge #4. Background: my own design. Elements: black prong from A Touch of Turquoise Kit by Brittney Ferguson Designs; black button from Buzz A Bee Kit by Tracy Collins; stitching from Pixie Stitches by Wendy Page; bow from Country Potpourri by Paris Designs. Font: Nyala (journaling) and Orlando (title)

Layout: Tammy - October 1966

I made this layout with a new kit Brittney Ferguson has in the store at Digital Arts Cafe . It is called Victorian Baby. And, yea....that is me when I was 2 years old.

Layout: Esther May Felker

I just got the Lucky In Love kit by Mary Ridgeway yesterday and I already have one layout done and another one started. It is a great kit! Be sure to go to Deco-Pages and check it out!

Layout: Kathy and Shep

I made this layout for Deco-Pages Holiday Challenge. The challenge was to have everything in your layout in different shades of green. It was a lot harder than I expected it to be but I am pleased with how the page turned out.


Journaling: This picture has been in our family for 4 generations. Ivan & Charles found it in an abandoned house and took it home to their mother because they thought she would like it. When she passed away it was handed down to her daughter, Esther. It hung at the base of the stairwell and Kathy grew up believing it was a picture of her and their family dog. And, although it isn’t really them, the family has come to refer to the picture as Kathy & Shep. After Kathy married and had her own home Esther gave her the picture. Kathy passed away and it now has been handed down to me.

Credits: Digital scrapbook page created in Microsoft Digital Image Suite for March 2008 Holiday Challenge at Deco-Pages. Background from Carolina Haven Kit by Eva Kipler Designs. Elements: button from Victorian Baby Kit by Brittney Ferguson Designs; stitching from Pixie Stitches by Wendy Page; swirl (color altered) by Wendy Page, overlay (color altered) from Delightful Girl Kit by Melany Violette; frame from Freebie 11 May 07 Kit by Doolally Designs by Bry; overlay (color altered) from Hearts Delight Kit by Kim Hill; tag from November 2007 Color Challenge Reward by Dana Conditt; lace from Lucky In Love Kit by Mary Ridgeway; bow & ribbon from Country Potpourri Kit by Paris Designs; bow from Ever After Kit by Paris Designs. Font: PT Impressive Bold