Lagging behind the Creativity Parade!

I can't believe so much time has passed since I last made a post here! It's not that I haven't been creating... But Where do I start? I guess I should go back to last summer and start posting some of the layouts I've done since then.

So! Here's an even dozen.

 The challenge for this layout was to use song lyrics as the journalling. The Rascal Flatts song Stand suited the thngs happening in my life at the time so I opted to use it. I took the photo of the candle, and I created the book with the torn-out page - NO books were harmed in the creation of this layout. Looking at the layout now, I think I should shadow the journalling blanks so they look more like vellum...

 ... and a movie poster.

 I did some very complex clustering here! The photo is from Darci's university graduation in 2006.

 This layout is a counterpoint to the one I did of Carolyn Dawn Johnson.

Bucket list, anyone? Who knew when I did this layout that I'd be planning a trip... to walk in the footsteps of my ancestors... before a year had passed?? I sure didn't! But I'm planning a bus tour of Ireland for June 2013.

 I managed to use a rather feminine kit for a layout with Adam's photo in it and it doesn't look too girly at all.

 These photos seemed to go well with the papers I selected for this Twisted Pixels layout. I like this template so maybe I should use it again.

I recoloured the word art to pick up the colours in the kids' clothing - and to make it work in a two page spread with a blueprint challenge from DHD.

Oh, another concert layout! I love to do these. I blinged up the font so it looks like sequins. Not that Keith Urban is a sequin-y kinda guy...

 I took these photos out in the country east of Cold Lake when I was there for my sister's retirement luncheon. The layout needed to be simple so that the photos would be the focus.

Trixie Scraps Designs used to run a monthly Show Me the Mini challenge. The goal was to use only the parts of the mini-kit - but to use them ALL on a layout. (Handsome is a SMTM layout too.) This mini kit had 4 papers in it that I layered for the background. Then I clustered all the embellies.

I don't know if all the flowers on this Twisted Pixels layout really belong. I wanted the photos to stand out and I think they do.

This journalling challlenge layout was the first one I used a Jumpstart Designs template for, if I remember correctly. It's hard for me to write about myself.