Baby its cold outside!!

Well you know this layout isn't current!! :-)

Here is another page that I did of last years trip to Mistaya. These were taken the morning before we were to heli out of the lodge. It has snowed so much (hence why we were stuck for an extra day in). These are actually photos of one of the outhouses (& Matt), boy someone would be in for a very rude awakening if that snow toppled off the roof!!

I used Donna's Christmas Memories kit to make this page. I can't even tell you how much I love these snow covered trees in this kit, they are fantastic.

Credits for Baby its cold outside:
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES kit by Chigger Lane Designs
Kit available HERE
Template #35 by Amy W Designs
Fonts: WinterNight DB & Bradley Hand ITC
Photos by Angela

Iraklion, Heraklion, Iraklio... Who knows!!!!

How many names can one place have??? Iraklion, Heraklion, Iraklio are all names given to the Capital city of the island of Crete, Greece. As we were making travel plans we were doing internet searches for hotels and things to do and the name kept changing. We never quite figured out why, but we did at least figure out what to search for.

I am a guest team member for Amy Watson this month and I've had so much fun using her templates & kit. I finished the following two pages from our afternoon at the Venetian Fortress in Iraklion.









































Credits for Venetian Fortress:
Jumpstarts #7 template by Amy Watson

http://digibydesign.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=236&zenid=e462b7aca982c0f3c4396eaf53a9c60c

Perfectly Poppies kit by Amy Watson


http://digibydesign.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=396&zenid=e462b7aca982c0f3c4396eaf53a9c60c
Photos by Matt & Angela

Girls rule!!

Just wanted to share the latest page I did of the little one today. This picture is actually from May of 2007 (not 2006 like I said in yesterday's posting, silly me). We had just arrived at the house after meeting Sis in KC to finish the drive down together so the little one was so excited to see her mommy (and maybe us). Mommy brought that adorable red pillow to her and she was bouncing all over the bed and posing for me to take photos! Too Cute!!!

I used Amy's wonderful template and Donna's Circus kit to create the page. I love how the shapes and colors really accent her and her red pillow. I changed the photo quite a bit because she was bouncing on her bed so the background was a bit distracting. I simply masked her to make her show though and applied a effect to the back part of the photo so it came out black.



Credits for Girls Rule:
Template by Amy Watson's Jumpstarts #7 collection {http://digibydesign.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=236&zenid=e462b7aca982c0f3c4396eaf53a9c60c} {http://scrap-a-lot.blogspot.com/}
Day at the Circus kit by Chiggerlane Designs {http://chiggerlanedesigns.blogspot.com/2007/11/day-at-circus.html}
Font: Elephant
Photo by Angela

Just Beachy...

Tropical Storm Noel is still affecting our weather. Last night, the winds and rain picked up and the rain continues today. We did have a break in the rain for about 2 hours this afternoon and even saw about 5 minutes of weak sunshine. We took advantage of the break and walked into Cabarete for lunch and a quick look around the shops. As we started our walk home, we noticed the dark clouds closing back in around us. We came to the gates of our complex and it started raining so we barely made it back in.

So far, we have been really lucky and not too affected other than rain, rain, & more rain. We've lost power some (but thats not unusual) but the generators are working. Our water from the tap is brown and yucky - good thing we don't use it for drinking or cooking. We're being careful and using bleach when washing dishes.

Here is the latest image from the National Hurricane Center:

Here is a picture that I took off our balcony late this afternoon as the storm clouds rolled back in...

Well, I can guarantee that the following pictures are not from today!!! These are actually some pictures we took of each other about 3 weeks after we got here. I actually did this as part of a template challenge. It was really tough for me because I've never done a layout with stars before. Its tough to make photos fit into them. After a lot of resizing and rotating, here is the result:

Credits for Just Beachy:
Template by Amy Watson for Happyscrapz' October template challenge {http://happyscrapz.forumup.com/viewtopic.php?t=399&mforum=happyscrapz}
Papers, flowers, viewfinder & ribbons by Amy Watson's "Summer Fun" Kit {http://digibydesign.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=355}
Hanging star by Schmooangel (http://www.creativescraptreasures.com}
Fonts: Gill sans ultra bold & Lithos Pro
Photos by Matt & Angela

Journaling reads:
Cabarete, Dominican Republic
09-18-07