Pounce

Pounce

This was straightforward use of kit with template... but I did discover something new while working on the title. First I stretched the font for the title - it's the same as the journaling font. But then I cut the title out of another background from the kit, then I used DSP carved text style on the font layer and then moved the cut paper layer under the carved layer. I really liked the effect!

And I was quite pleased with the photo... I have a heck of a time getting a shot of this cat that looks the way that I see him. Most of the photos look like they were taken of some other cat, but this one looks the way that I think of him...

Sweetheart

Sweetheart

Really nothing too special done here. Used a template and the hardest thing was picking the papers to use. Stayed with the same designer to keep the feel of the LO uniform.

Every year I tend to want to make a Valentine LO... probably because of all the wonderful kits that I see... plus, it's always nice to realize that we made it through another year together...

Happy Cat

Happy Cat

This is one of those layouts where I started with the photo and the idea that I wanted to use a circle and then worked from there. I added drop shadows to everything but the photo and the ribbon. I used DSP carved text for the Happy Cat title and the 2007. I then lowered the opacity for the date about twice as much as I did for the title... I had two layers of the vellum flower and put drop shadow on the bottom layer, then I erased where the cherish word was on the tag so that you could see it better on the top layer.

Turns out that the colors of the kits used match the colors in the quilt that I made... and when I was finished I realized that the LO composition closely matched the pattern of the quilt too... Didn't see it until I was done though...

You are my friend...

You are my friend...

This one was pretty easy... made three layers with the patterned background paper and then put the green background paper behind it. The ribbon came fitting onto the frame. And then I lowered the opacity on the vines and layered the flowers together. The word art style was Wow Organic 15.

I had been waiting for a special feminine kit to come along to use this photo. It was taken in October '06 at our 30th HS reunion. Where ever does the time go?

Worshipped

Worshipped

Used PanosFX sketch effect on the photo... took a long time getting the saturation just right for the color! Then used two layers on the edge for the photo and lowered the opacity on the second layer - used one edge layer on the background and played with opacity and shadow. On the top part of the word art I used Wow Organic 15 and on the bottom part used Wow Metal 15. There is also a 4 pixel black stroke on the photo.

I really liked this photo, but the colors were crazy! The cat in the green cat cave was fine, but the carpet is a pink color and just didn't go with anything. Also, the detail on the cat's fur is clearer in the sketch.

First Snow

First Snow

I used two photos for this LO. One was of a bunch of tree branches with snow stuck to them and the other was of the tree trunks. The branch photo was blended into the paper with the corner fold so that it was just visible. There is an overlay on the bottom paper. I used the DSP carved text style on the year and then lowered the opacity a bit. I beveled at 1 each of the snowflakes and the medium blue flake was made by blending the dark blue paper with the blue bottom paper.

I feel kinda silly being so excited by the snow... but I love the first snow of the year and I had to wait so long for it to come. Generally I'm not a big snow fan... especially when it starts piling up outside in the feet zone. But the first fresh snow fall is always something I look forward to...

Heads

Heads

The main title was made by cutting the letters out of the green diamond background paper and then using Atomic Cupcake's Painted Wood Effect. Then I added a stroke of green to the head part of the title and also to the UCDavis part of the title, which is also cut out of the same background paper and slightly beveled. For the date in the upper left hand corner I used Wow organic 7 for the October ring around the brad and then I used DSP carved text style for the year on the brad. For the journaling text I used DSP metal gold (class download) and then lowered the bevel size. I played around alot with the shadows to get them the way that I wanted them to look...

In the photo are my DS, DH and best friend from High School... I wanted to take my son to where I went to college so that he could see what the campus was like... he already has visited the campus where his Dad went to college!