Princess...

Almost December...you wouldn't know it by the temperatures outside. Yesterday +7..unreal. So unusual for Edmonton but I am definitely not complaining. The kids get to enjoy the snow and not freeze! I'm sure it won't last though. Yesterday Raydn got to make his first snowman (there was to much snow last year right off the start)..he was a little upset when the head fell off the first time though.  A little funny for me but probably traumatic for him.

This layout is of my "little princess", my niece Tiana. I used the new prima paper line. This picture was taken for my brothers wedding. I styled her hair, put some makeup on her face and bought her some fancy jewelery. That night she said she "felt like a princess".

On the chipboard, I painted it with mushroom dimensional pearls first, then embossed it with iridescent embossing powder, inked the whole thing with lots of fired brick distress ink and lastly inked the edges with walnut stain distress ink. I loved how it turned out glimmery and all blended. For my flowers, I first inked the edges but the pink didn't match; so I ended up chalking the flowers which turned out to be a more sutle, soft look. For my photo matts I used tissue paper, initially it was to pink so I glimmer misted it with marshmallow and tattered rose. Under the flowers, I actually used a mask. I embossed it again with the clear embossing powder, chalked the edges with pink and lastly blended it lightly with a cream chalk.

In this picture, I love that

Tiana's eye lashes look a mile long :) 

Below: The sun captured the embossing.

Designed and created by

Rhonda Witzke

A Night to Remember...

Have you checked out the new BoBunny line "Enchanted" and the accessories?? OMG! So beautiful. The minute I saw it, I knew what pictures I was using....Vegas baby! These pictures remind me of the fabulous time I had in Las Vegas with my sister-in-law and great friend. My favourite memories were dressing up and going out for amazing suppers (I don't get to dress up to much these days with a 2 year old..) and NOTHING says Vegas though.....than celebrating your great time on a roof top bar that overlooks the strip. A moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life :) The elegant black and white BoBunny paper line was perfect to capture our amazing night out.
In my layout I used the big flower I just learned in my last class and also created a shasta daisy using the Tim Holtz "tattored florals".....my absolute favourite die cut!! The paper layering (3 main pages) I saw on a layout at Urban. I used to layer my pages ALL the time when I first started scrapbooking a while back (when layering was very popular) and I thought I would try it again. I also added some dangling pearls from Tim Holtz as well....a perfect touch. I am actually very pleased with how this layout turned out. While photographing this layout though, I realized it is very hard to photograph black :(



Designed and created by Rhonda Witzke

Frightfully Delightful...

This class was by far one of the best I have attended so far. I was so inspired by this layout that I want to hit my scrapbook room right away and start creating. These flowers we made were amazing, lots of detail, lots of time and totally worth it. They turned out beautifully, the black stickles were a perfect added touch to make them pop. The black on black was pure genius giving you the Halloween feel but with some elegance. There was nothing "ordinary" about this layout, the way Roxanne layered the transparencies gives a cool 3D look and feel AND page two leaves you just breathless..... The collage of the three different kinds of flowers with the black brads, black ribbon and the iridescent embossed stamping gives that special added touch to the page. LOVED IT, LOVED IT, LOVED IT!!!!!!! Such a fun class :) Hats off to Roxanne!

 Above: Transparencies

 Above: Cluster black on black

Designed by Roxanne Olsen and put together

by Rhonda Witzke

When Dinos Roamed the Earth....

This was a VERY fun day! These pictures were taken at Jurassic forest, located by Gibbons, Alberta. This was Raydns first time seeing Dinos and to say the least he had a blast!!! He is now in-love. If your child loves Dinos, this place is a must see for sure. They have everything from walking paths with motion censored moving dinos to a huge sand area for the kids to play in and dig up "fossils". Super fun!!
When I saw this paper by basic Grey I knew it was a must buy to show how special this day really was. I always tend to use flowers in my layout...I can't help it...and I was really trying not to. I tried using buttons, didn't look right, I tried wood veneer, didn't like that either. I was stuck....so I used my some of my decorative grasses from my vases :) Bingo, I loved it. I just love layouts with lots of 3-dimension. You can almost keep any piece of ribbon, saying or button and incorporate in into your layout; Imagination is limitless when scrapbooking, Pretty cool!
Tonight I have Roxannes class and its gorgeous...I am so excited to learn how to make some new flowers ;) I will hopefully post it soon for all of you.

Designed and Created by Rhonda Witzke

Memories...

Feels great to be finally scrapbooking again, did two classes and finished a layout of my own in the last month and a half. For this one page layout, I used the Prima paper line "Printery Collection"; such beautiful paper. I scored the filmstrip chipboard from the Scrapbook fair this past weekend in Edmonton. (Even though the fair was a quarter of the size from last year, it still never stopped me from finding some great products....but that's never hard, I can always shop). On the chipboard filmstrip, I used perfect pearls..... I LOVE using perfect pearls. I made the flowers using kraft glassine, I then used alcohol inks to colour them. The folds on the kraft glassine really hold the colour, super neat. I learned this technique last weekend from Roxanne. I coloured the brads with alcohol ink and touched the flower edges with smooch pearlized accent ink. Under all the layered cardstock I also embossed the paper with iridescent embossing powder for a added touch.

Designed and created by

Rhonda Witzke