Brace Face

Journaling: You were understandably reluctant to get your new braces, but you couldn't tell that based upon your smile afterwards. They make you look so grown up!

Credits:

Papers from School Spirit by Blushbutter

Fonts: Snap ITC (title), Matura MT Script Capitals (Journaling), CK Racer (date), Tw Cen MT Condensed Extra Bold (Before & After)

Software: PSPX2, Alien Skin Eye Candy 5 Impact plug-ins: Brushed Metal (behind journaling tag) and Gradient Glow (Title)

Other: Journaling Tag outline from Atomic Cupcake Pretty Shapes

Thanks for looking!

Childhood photos of Dave and I

My husband and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago. He gave me a pretty photo album as one of my gifts. The title on the book is “With every step love grows” so I thought I would work on a book of us. It holds 2-4X6 photos per page. It’s so different doing 4X6 scrap pages. Here is my first pair of pages.



Credits:

All papers and elements: Unicorn kit by Blushbutter

Font: Gigi

Software: PSPX2

The Boys with Scruffy

This is a stray kitten that my parents "adopted". The boys love to play with him.



Credits:

Blushbutter Unicorn Kit

Font: Freestyle Script

Software: PSPX2 and Alienskin Xenofex2 Burnt Edges

My Parents' 40th Anniversary

My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last year. That's such an incredible milestone. Here's a layout with their wedding photos and a photo from their 40th Anniversary Party.



Kit: Blushbutter's Unicorn and Fairy clipart kit

Fonts: Fiolex Girls (40th and dates) and Quill (Your Love...)

Software: PSP X2

Thomas D. Oviatt

This is my great-great-grandfather, Thomas D. Oviatt.



Journaling:

Thomas D. Oviatt

Thomas was born July 22, 1838 in the town of Jackson, New York. He was the second of two children born to Samuel and Lydia Loudon (McMillan) Oviatt. Thomas’ mother died when he was only three years old. His father remarried and had another child with his new wife.

Thomas married Isabelle R. (Arnott) on December 7, 1869. They had six children together—4 boys and 2 girls.

He was listed as a farmer in the census records. His daughter, Margaret, said that his chief occupation was going West very often and bringing back a carload of horses, farm horses, driving horses, etc.

Thomas did have his teaching certificate, but by the time he wrote his will (two days before his death) he could no longer even sign his name. He died October 6, 1887 and was laid to rest in Woodlands Cemetery at Cambridge, New York next to his beloved wife.

Credits:

Feather pen, plaque and vellum from Blushbutter's Good Men Kit

Book from Blushbutter's Craft Scrapbooking Kit

Rest from Blushbutter's Gentle kit.

Fonts: Edwardian Script ITC (name) and Pristina (journaling)

Software: PSP X2

My Lil' Fisherman

I was so excited to win a drawing at Digi Shop Talk. The kit is Missing the Tails by Sweet Digi Scraps. I think it's about the cutest kit I've seen, so I had to scrap about the cutest kid I've ever seen! :) My sincere thanks to Sweet Digi Scraps for the RAK.



Papers and elements from Missing the Tails by Sweet Digi Scraps

Font: Tall Paul

Software: PSP X2

Isabelle (Arnott) Oviatt

Well, here's my first page for my great-great-grandparents.



Journaling:

Isabelle was born October 19, 1846 in Cambridge, New York, to Francis Hamilton Arnott and his wife, Margaret Rea. She was the second of eight children born to the couple.

Isabelle married Thomas D. Oviatt on December 7, 1869. They had six children. The first were twin sons, Francis and Samuel (named after the grandfathers), born September 10, 1870. They both died in September of 1871 of Cholera Infantism. The other children were George (1872-1947), Alexander (1873-1893), Lydia Margaret (1877-1960) and Margaret Arnott (1883-1977).

Isabelle died November 22, 1886 and was laid to rest in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, NY. Only one year later her husband, Thomas, died as well. This left their remaining children, all under age, to be split up and passed from home to home.

According to her daughter, Margaret, Isabelle was a beautiful sewer. She had made appliquéd quilts, plain quilts, etc. George received Isabelle’s piano, silver, bed and table linens and other household goods when he married. The daughters received nothing from the estate.

Credits: All papers and elements from Blushbutter's Gentle kit.

Fonts: Brush Script MT and Vladimir Script

Software: PSP X2