Sleepless Scrapper

Lately, I've been having trouble sleeping. I don't know why...does this just happen as you age or do I just have too much on my mind? If anyone has any suggestions on how I can get some much needed R.E.M sleep, please let me know.

So, lastnight I was extremely tired but, I set out to pick paper and embellishments for three spreads I have printed pictures for so I could take it all with me to Philly this weekend. I already had patterned paper picked out for the "Funny Face" spread you see below, but I needed to pick coordinating colors to go with it. Brown was an obvious choice for this patterned paper, but I needed another color to make it all pop. Deborah recently completed a spread using this paper and I didn't want to use the same color combinations she used. She added brown, red, blue and white (flower embellishment).

As you can see, I didn't just pick paper I finished the whole damn spread... I know, I know...I kept telling my self as I was doing it to put everything away and go to bed...my body was begging me to go to bed, but I was on a roll and just wanted to finish.

As you can see I also picked brown and blue but added yellow for the pop effect. I also did something on this spread I never thought of doing before, but it just came to me while working on this spread. The letters are the Sizzix Funky Brush die-cut. I cut the letters out in both blue and yellow and layered the yellow over the blue for a shadow effect. I'm not sure you can tell from this picture though. Maybe I will take a close up and post it later. I know, I covered up alot of the patterned paper but the words on the paper can still be read.

The journaling reads:

These pictures show Lenny’s funny side. He’s just a BIG KID at heart. He is so cute and loveable. I took most of these photos and he took the one of himself where he is holding his hand up to cover his face from me. I really love these close up pictures of him being silly…it showcases the playful side of his personality. We compliment each other very well and we always have so much fun together, no matter what we are doing. This is just one of the many sides of Lenny I love.

This Weekend's Scrap Pages

This weekend I went to visit Deborah to catch up on the goings on in each of our busy lives and to scrap...something we both love to to but seldom have enough time to do. I worked on the pictures I took on my Birthday weekend in Philly and she finished up on the Central Park pics that her sister Mary Beth took on her visit here to New York in April (2 spreads) and she also worked on her Central Park Zoo pics. On Sunday, she also completed yet another spread (way to go Deb!) that she entitled Downtown New York. All her spreads look great as usual. Below are the pictures of my spread entitled "The Philadelphia Museum of Art". Lenny and I took these pictures outside of the Museum. I will soon be working on a spread that will feature all the art work I found interesting inside the museum.











The Spread below, I started working on, after returning home from Deborah's on Saturday night. I must have been on a roll, because I originally sat down at my computer just to complete the journaling for the Philadelphia Museum of Art spread and ended up picking paper and then working way into the next morning on this spread entitled "Birthday Night Out". I didn't get in bed until 3am...unbelievable! Anyway, these pictures were taken at Dave and Busters, the night of my birthday. Lenny and I met up with some of his friends and their wives. Unfortunately, not everyone is pictured. Also present were, Buddy and his fiancee Nicole. The ones who are pictured are Dennis and his wife Kiz, Chuck and of course Lenny. This is not a very flattering picture...It was so dark I just snapped the picture and didn't realize that Lenny had his eyes closed and Chuck was being silly by opening his mouth which was full of food...uhh! In any case, these are the pictures I had to work with so they made it into my spread. Notice I used my favorite color which I also happen to be wearing...purple.







I know it's hard to read the journaling. This script font makes it hard and my camera doesn't always do a good job on the close up shots of journaling text.

Life is Sweet in the Passenger Seat Spread

These are pictures of me that Lenny took in the car when he got hold of my camera. I thought the pictures would look good in black and white and was able to fit the log title in by utilizing a cobination of different techniques like using stamping and die-cut letters. I love how this spread came out.

Summer Love Spread

This spread includes pictures of me and my sweetie Lenny in the Chestnut Hill section of PA.

Exploring Astoria Park Spread

This spread includes the Pictures Deborah and I took one beautiful summer day. We walked over to Astoria Park armed with our cameras ready to shoot some pictures we could use for a scrapbook spread. I titled this spread "Exploring Astoria Park"

On The Suggestion of a Close Friend...

On the suggestion of a close friend and blogger, I am setting up this blog to display anything I do that includes my creative touches (hence the name of my blog). My friend Deborah, recently created her blog and suggested I do one for my scrap pages. I thought it was a cool idea, so here I am typing my first post. Iam calling my blog, "Lisa's Creative Touches", beacause although this blog was originally thought of as a means to display and share my completed scrapbook pages, I though I could also utilize it for any other creative things I might delve into in the future. For example, I am a very creative person and have many other creative interests such as, photography, graphic design, cooking, and decorating. Who knows what my creative ideas might lead me to in the future. I have actually been asked to work on a few creative projects by some friends and family, so who knows...I might post future projects other than my scrap pages here.