In Memory of a Beautiful Friend

It is with deep regret that that a have to tell you that my beautiful friend Katie Renz passed away yesterday morning, Katie has left behind a very devoted Husband Kevin and 3 wonderful sons Hunter, Will and Nate.

Katie was such a beautiful lady and so very loved by all that knew her.

I know that many of you gave so generously to the fundraising and went on to follow Katie's battle with gastric cancer, Thank you dear friends.

When Katie first told me of her illness I sent her a guardian angel necklace to watch over her and she sent me this photo of her.

I wanted to do scrapbook page to keep in her memory…. love you Katie.

I know that many of you will want to send cards. The address to send them to is below.

The Renz Family
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Anyone still wishing to donate can do so here

 

Just Inklined to Hop–Something to give for Christmas

The Blog hop this Month for Just Inklined is sure to get the inspiration flowing for Christmas ideas, this Months theme is Make something to give at Christmas and our host is Heidy and that is where our Blog hop Starts.

You should have landed here with me from the all inspiring Jeni’s blog so be sure to go to each blog and leave a comment as there will be a couple of spot prizes for comment left.

I wouldn’t deny I found this a struggle having lost my MoJo but I’m thrilled how it turned out.

I used Father Christmas from Just Inklined for my project of a tea light holder (battery operated) and here it is all aglow, I used the Tonic Studios gear levered star punch.

I printed out the digi stamp onto a heavy white vellum paper and added one of my snowflake papers as the background then coloured his with Promarkers.

I added stickle glitter glue onto his hat and around the cut out stars on the vellum to let extra light shine through.

Next up is the uber talented Tammy and I know she will have something special to show you all.

Don’t forget to leave a comment at all of the blog you visit on the hop for a chance of winning a spot prize.

Treasuring the Moments

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking this week, having a dear friend suffering with cancer makes you look at things around you in a totally different light, appreciative of moments shared and looking over those special photographs that captures love, fun and beauty in what can seemly be an ugly world.

I have lost much of my MoJo at the moment but I know it will come back, I do have a special Blog Hop tomorrow and I have something wonderful to show you all but my I struggled to get it done.

So I have surrounded myself in family photo’s and continuing to be bowled over with the layouts and creative ways to use them in digital scrapbooking using the My Memories Suite here is 3 I have made whilst browsing my treasured family photos.

The first is on my daughter Lauren's Wedding Day, standing at the church entrance awaiting her arrival, holding Grandson Jack who totally melts my heart.

And Daughter Natalie who was her bridesmaid and is so beautiful inside and out.

And then onto past years and my Brothers, Alan and Russell play acting without a care in the world.

If you would like to try out the software I use don't forget to use my code and it will save you $10 and also get you a $10 voucher code to buy extra papers and embellishments. My code is STMMMS48868 Enter the code on the shopping cart page at My Memories Suite.

I will leave you with a thought, So very often in our world our lives are so busy that we forget to reflect on how wonderful people really are, we all have family and friends that touch our lives and we often forget to tell them just how much we love them. Three little words that can make such a difference in our lives when said sincerely. Go on tell your dear ones I Love You.

Hanging Snowflakes

I found a lovely little craft shop called Creativity Direct which sells some really different craft items, I don’t know about you but I’m always on the lookout for something different to use on my cards, the papers I used on my cards today are Origami papers no cutting out I bought them round, they are double sided too this one is Copenhagen papers.

Now this one was made using Paper Weaving Strips the instructions for the star/snowflake is on the packet they came in, this set is Oslo

Tuscan Colours

Where I am from and who I’ve become has a big place in my life, I love old photography and I even collect old postcards, there’s just something homely and comforting about it all.

So I think by now you will have figured how much I love, love, love the My Memories Suite and playing with all the possible layouts, papers and embellishments to see what I can come up with next.

I started using the photo masks and had a little play with them.

The first is of my Mam and her trusty Dalmatian pet.

the second is my Dads sister, Aunt Alice.

I kept the style of Tuscan colours in tune with my Mams page. As I think they would be perfect for a double page layout.

Not only can you make wonderful layouts from the already loaded programs but you can also use all of your other digital papers and embellishment in the program too.

Use my code if you are thinking about getting the program and it will save you $10 and also get you a $10 voucher code to buy extra papers and embellishments. My code is STMMMS48868 Enter the code on the shopping cart page at My Memories Suite