My daughter recently got married and these are some of her engagement photos from their weekend in Orlando. She was not especially eager to take this photo as she felt it was cliché, but I love it. I appreciate their fun spirit and sense of adventure in picture taking. With this in mind, I wanted a light-hearted design for the entertaining image.

Details of Life Beginner Project By: Gayle Martin Zoom in to view this project closer Make this project: Step-by-step instructions Mail a link to this project to a friend

 

This page was created for a technique-based challenge. The experiment was to use stamps in different ways on your pages. I also followed a sketch for the page which gave me a much simpler design to work with.

Together Orlando Beginner Project By: Gayle Martin Zoom in to view this project closer Make this project: Step-by-step instructions Mail a link to this project to a friend

 

This photo was unusual and vibrant with color so I wanted a young, trendy design for this page. Again this is my daughter and her fiancé. I started by layering Creative Imaginations paper and putting Rosa Moka wood grain design in key areas to show through.

Happy Together Beginner Project By: Gayle Martin Zoom in to view this project closer Make this project: Step-by-step instructions Mail a link to this project to a friend

 

While I would like to be organized and know everything I am using on my page, that usually does not happen. My process is to pull the items that I think I want to use and then add or eliminate items as I work thru the design. The page is never a concrete image in my mind.

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I’m Gayle Martin and I have lived in Florida almost my entire life. I recently moved back to my hometown to be near my family. My children are grown, I have no grandchildren, but my children have blessed me with their collection of animals. Fortunately I live on 10 acres and it is beautiful with an abundance of birds. There is rarely a week that goes by that I do not see a deer some where near my home. TheNextStepChallenge.blogspot.com is a place for scrapbook and mixed-media artists alike. We hope you will visit the site and join us weekly for challenges and discussions.