Collaboration

Luke and I worked on a page together on Sunday. He cut the circles, pasted them where he wanted and I helped along the way.

Geez - been ages

So, believe it not, this is the latest. Been ages, but these are all I have to show for the time. Simple pages, inspired by others. Severine in particular - cause she rocks.

Ok, I give up

I've learned that I don't usually go back and mess with pages that I wasn't happy with in the end. That's the case with this one that I did on my birthday. I'll post it cause I know I'm not going to mess with it anymore. I may scrap that picture again, but I'm done with this so-so page.

Vacation over

It's already over and I've only got 2 pages to show for it.

Paper pages

These paper scans are cut at the bottom - but at least they're up here!

I've always wanted to do birthday pages for Luke's b-days, but I believe this is the first one I've actually completed. The section at the bottom is a pocket that has the invitation, the list of gifts received and the receipt for the party. I can't wait to see if is 30 years we're going to think - geez, that was CHEAP! An enormous thanks once again to Luke's Nana who made it all possible.

Tonight's page. I've been working every night and needed a break.

Ski Day

We went all over yesterday looking for skis. Luke didn't get any, but Fred did. So we had to hit the slopes today - and we did - despite the conditions. It was rough, but totally worth it. Here's the journalling (sorry for the caps): SKI SEASON HAS BEGUN AND YOUR DAD WAS FEELING THE PRESSURE TO GET YOU ON SOME SKIS. WE SPENT YESTERDAY GOING FROM SHOP TO SHOP CHECKING OUT THE OPTIONS. YOUR DAD FOUND SOME SKIS, BUT YOU CAME HOME WITH ONLY THE POLES AND THE SHOES. WE DECIDED TO RENT IN ORDER TO SEE HOW YOU GOT ON AND IF YOU LIKED IT BEFORE COMMITTING TO THE SPORT. YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED NOT TO HAVE YOUR OWN, BUT THE SHOES MADE FOR SOME GOOD FUN. THE FORECAST WASN’T GOOD WHEN WE LEFT, BUT A REPORT ON THE RADIO GAVE US SOME HOPE. ONCE WE WERE UP THOUGH, IT WAS CLEAR WE WERE IN FOR A COLD, WINDY, SNOWY TIME. WE ALMOST TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME BEFORE GETTING OUT OF THE CAR. YOUR DAD REALIZED HE’D FORGOTTEN HIS COAT HALF WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN AND WE WEREN’T SURE HE WAS GOING TO LAST LONG. BUT YOU WERE GUNG-HO AND WE REALIZED WE WEREN’T GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME WITHOUT GETTING YOU ON SOME SKIS. WE SET OFF TO HOOK YOU UP. AND YOU TOTALLY ROCKED!!! YOU CAUGHT ON STRAIGHT AWAY AND WERE ALL FOR HAVING ANOTHER GO ONCE YOU GOT TO THE BOTTOM. I TOLD YOU THAT WE’D BUY YOU YOUR OWN SKIS IF YOU DECIDED AFTER YOU HAD TRIED IT THAT YOU LIKED IT. THE FIRST THING YOU SAID TO ME AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FIRST RUN WAS: “SEE MAMAN, I LIKE THE SKI. SO WE CAN BUY IT...THE SKIS FOR ME?” WHAT COULD I SAY? YOUR DAD WAS AMAZED, AND RELIEVED. YOU CRIED WHEN WE SAID WE HAD TO GIVE THE SKIS BACK. ONLY A PROMISE TO STOP BY THE GAS STATION SO YOU COULD PICK OUT A PIECE OF CANDY GOT YOU MOVING TOWARDS THE CAR. THAT AND A PROMISE TO LOOK FOR YOUR OWN PAIR OF SKIS AND TO RETURN TO THE SLOPES VERY SOON.

Portrait of Love

Friends

I'm still on the paper kick. I have just no time these days so it's amazing that I got this finished. Leaving for China in just 1 week!

Taking it easy

So I found some cool stuff from Vinnie Pearce and Designer Digitals. The stuff is free and this is practically a cut and paste of what's on offer. Just added my pictures and text and voila. Too cool.

Nothing special

Been ages, but it's good to be back. As always, I set out to do one thing and I end up doing another. Thanks to Vinnie Pearce for the kit and the layout. Yes, it's a blatent lift, but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Madness

What can I say? Thank heavens he's just a bit crazy!

Recycling

My recent paper pages, using Manue's scraps. Merci pour les "dechets" - ca me motive a faire quelques vraies pages ;-) And I know, I've reused the picture of Luke since I like it so much. Thing about digital is that I can stick in a different picture when I get another that would work just as well...

Shine

Another tutorial creation. 8 1/2 by 11 this time. He looks so sweet here.

Tutorial Time

Saw this tutorial today and just had to give it a go. Came out pretty cool...

Erik and Ryan

Finally getting this up. School pictures of my nephews.

Aline's B-Day 2-Day!

It's Aline's 2nd birthday! Be thinking of her all day! Happy Birthday kiddo!

34 today!

I wanted to finish this page tonight, so I'm done with it. No more messing around. Time for bed.
And, in memory of our late winter.

Love grows

Out like a light

Luke and Fred had a big morning in the snow. I came home at lunch to take over the babysitting since the sitter is off this week. Luke fell asleep on the way home from the store this afternoon and he's been sleeping ever since. It is now 8:30pm and he's been in bed since 4:30pm. Fingers crossed he'll go the night.

But it's all good for me. I got a few pages done. I 'll probably need to do another page with the rest of the Easter pictures, but this is for Luke's album. The background makes you think of chocolate, huh?
And this is one from an inspiration I got on the train this morning...

And finally, the number 1 game these days: hide and seek.