Blur--DW 7/06 Challenge

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Blur--DW 7/06 Challenge

This layout was inspired by both the July 6th and July 27th pages. I used my PhotoShop Elements 3.0. The photos are of my DS when he was about 4 years old. I made the background page with the linen texture and then added an overlay by taking a piece of striped paper and cutting it with the cookie cutter tool and then blurring the edges. I blurred the edges on the brush as well to make the page look like it was sanded. I used the cookie cutter tool on the photos as well to curve and soften the edges. The font is Note This and the title was adjusted with filters to give it a blurred appearance. <br><br>My SIL has been fussing at me for not journaling more and this challenge was about making the journaling block the same size so I gave it a go. She's right I need to do it more often. In case you can't read the journaling and are so inclined it says: that’s what your childhood has been, a blur. The double image and blurring of these photos were actually a mix up at the film processing center and not a digital altering trick. I’ve always liked them because they do capture just a little bit of the energy you had when you were a preschooler. It seems like only yesterday that you were this little when in reality these photos were taken around 1986. I was terrible about not writing dates on photos and now I’m left with a huge box of memories without accurate dates. I was also not to good when it came to writing down all the great things you said and did when you were little, if I’d only realized how time would go so quickly. Then again, maybe it’s good that you grew up without me being a scrapbook nut (this being said with fun, not that we're nuts). I took a lot of photos, but if I had spent the time scrapping them then, I might have missed out on the fun we had every day. You were always so energetic and your imagination took us on a lot of great adventures right in our own yard. I love being your Mom and now that you’re off on your own the house is very quiet and I’m left with the memories of happy times with my cherished son and boxes of photos. Yes, there is plenty of time now to scrap–oh but how I wish that time wasn’t such a blur.