Song

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song" Maya Angelou

This is one of the cute little sentiments for Quotopia. I used my new Inque Boutique paper - Cabana. I cut out the squares with my nestabilities and stamped the sentiment. I added some white grosgrain, some paper flowers, some white brads, some buttons and finished it off with a cute little bird from the Kim Hughes set - Pretty Birds from CHF that I stamped on B&T paper and cut out.

Karma... Listen to your inner hum...

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Be an Explorer

The universe is filled with wonder and magical things.

I bought this stamp from Impression Obsession. It reminds me of the Oregon Coast when we go crabbing at Yaquina Bay in Newport. Oh! and the fresh buckets of Oysters ! Nothing like a freshly shucked oyster pulled from the bay! We order a bucket every couple of years and have them fedexed to our house. They're better fresh from the shop and pan fried!

This card is made using Inque Boutique paper - Cabana. The sentiment is from Quotopia from Inque Botique, also. I water colored the image with my twinkling H20's on water color paper. I embellished with some ivory ribbon, a CTMH ivory pin, acrylic accent and lilac brad. The paper flowers are Greenhouse brand and they have a cute little yellow button and water baubles. The background paper is CTMH petal and colonial white sponged on the edge with bamboo.

Karma... Ask thoughtful questions...

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Imagine

Julie has a great scrap page on her blog. She really inspires me so I decided to make something similar using my photoshop.

Carter goes to the softball games with his parents. Jenn played ball in school and even pitched on a mens team a couple of years ago. Maybe he'll be a star someday.

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Thank You

I've had this Impression Obsession stamp - Damask Flowers since Last Fall. It's been awhile since I've used it. I embossed the main image with gold detail powder on White Daisy. The Background paper is CTMH - Free Spirit. I used small shiny gold grads and tied an ivory ribbon around the stem. The image is colored with Twinkling H20's.

This angle of the picture shows you the shimmer of the embossed image and twinkling H20.

Karma.. downsize, so that you can support your lifestyle with work you enjoy..

Mom

My Mom lives in North Idaho and I only get to see her a few times a year. It's not a quick drive to visit so it doesn't happen very often. Its been hard on the family having her live so far away and I know its hard on her. She's coming to visit this week! We're all exited for her to get here and visit. My Handyman has a pot roast waiting in the freezer for her. He says she cooks the best pot roast he's ever had! She's a fabulous cook and It's not often I get to devour her cooking . I love her newest post. A few things I've learned about life... All so true! Go visit her and tell her Hi.

Edited: I just found out today is National Parents Day... :)

Love you Mom!

Creative Photography #7

Here is my entry for Rogers Creative Photography Contest #7. Check it out HERE for the other entries and you can even enter one of your own! I'm not much of a photographer.. I just do it for fun and hope I have my camera with me when a good shot comes along..

This is a picture of my card I posted earlier. I used my Photoshop Elements program and Solarized the photo. Its amazing how one click of the mouse changes the picture so much!

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Digital Images

I found this blog that sells digital images. You download them either blank or colored, cut them out, assemble and you have a great card! Go visit her blog Fred She Said . This is the faux foldy flowers. You can even get in PNG format so you can use on your digital scrap pages.
I used CTMH Black, Daisy white and Watermelon CS. CTMH stamps - Say it in Style,
and some various black ribbon. Bigger Brads - Yellow.

Karma.. find religion..

Shared with a Friend

This is the first Flourishes stamp set I've bought. There are alot I would like to have but this is the first one I chose. Coffee with Friends. Paper is from Basic Grey - Euphoria. The ribbon is a lilac polkadot . Bigger Brads are CTMH . I stamped the large coffee cup on the paper and cut it out. The sentiment is stamped on daisy white and stacked on CTMH Baby Pink and Petal. Stickles - Frosted Lace and Lavendar.

Karma... ask thoughtful questions..

Happy Birthday

Here is another masculine card from Our Daily Bread's 'Fishers of Men' .
I stamped the image on Colonial white cardstock using Black Stazon ink. The image is colored in with Prisma color pencils and Twinkling H20's. I used the CTMH paper packet - Simple Pleasures. I finished by embellishing with CTMH ribbons , bigger brads and some Robin's Nest - Water baubles.

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Give Thanks

I received my new Our Daily Bread stamps. This card is created from the new set ' Give Thanks" I stamped the background with CTMH Cocoa ink then colored in the image with Twinkling H20's. The paper is from the CTMH packet - Enchanged. Colors are Purple Pansy, Autumn Terracotta, Olive and Colonial white. I stamped the sentiment with Purple Pansy. I finished off a garden green spiral and CTMH ribbon .

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Weekend

I had Carter 3 days over the weekend while Eric and Jenn went camping. It was his first time spending the night. We pretty much just played with toys, read books and ate! It was a fun time. OH! and he started crawling. I know his parents have been waiting forever for this to happen. He has this funny little army crawl that he pulls himself around, and he's very fast at it. Friday night he decided to get up on his knee's and move around. He thought it was pretty funny. He'd crawl a little then stop and laugh. He's such a cutie.

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Creative Photography #6

Our skies here in Boise have been pretty smokey the last couple of weeks. Its been blowing in from the California fires and settling in the valley. I noticed last week a couple of times driving in to work how blood red the sunrise was. I had Friday off so I grabbed my camera and snapped the morning sun from my back porch. This is about 6:30 AM and straight from the camera. No alterations. I decided to enter it in Rogers Creative Photography contest. Check it out HERE

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21

I created this digital scrapbook page using products from the Sweet Shoppe and Photoshop Elements. This is Scissorbella when she turned 21 last year. She is wearing the crown..

larger version HERE

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Catch of the Day

Here is another masculine card. This one was a little easier because I like to fish and so does the recipient of the card.

I used my CTMH stamps set C1277 - Catch of the Day. Paper is X7070B - Simple pleasures which include CS colors Cocoa, Desert Sand and Twilight. I colored the fish and fly with my twinkling H20's and wrapped the image with some string.

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Relax

I've mentioned before that I have a hard time making masculine cards. I don't have very many stamps for this theme. Now that I work with a bunch of men in IT.. I've got to look for new stamps and new ideas.

I created this card using MFT - Lets Hear it for The Boys stamps. The CS is CTMH Chocolate, Twilight, and Sweet Leaf. Paper is X7092 B - Good Times. I stamped my image on white, then cut it out and attached to the striped paper. I colored with my prisma color pencils. I punch stars from one of the papers and embellished with some twill ribbon, a large brad and a bitty brad.

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Fresh Cuts

This is my first attempt to create an acrylic card. It doesn't fold flat so it was kind of hard to stamp on it with my black stazon ink and not smear the ink.

I stamped a couple of silhouette stamps and Wish Big sentiment on the outside of the Acrylic. I then attached some CTMH White Daisy Just Blooms Z1300 that I colored with my twinkling H20's and emblished with Robins Next - Flame baubles. I attached some buttons to the bottom.

The inside of the card is made with CTMH X7090B Silhouette paper. The image is stamped with SU - Fresh Cuts and colored a couple of the flowers with my Twinkling H20's I finished off with some black gingham ribbon.

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My Handyman

My Handyman doesn't understand blogging. He tells me I better never post a of picture of him on here! I sneak a couple in here and there but not alot. Everytime I try and take a picture of him he dodges the camera, then gives me the evil eye. A couple of days ago I told him if he won't let me take a picture of his face then I would just take one of the back of his head. Of course he doesn't want the entire world to know that his hair is thinning and you can see some skin. He figured if he made this gesture that would stop me! He should know better by now!! Isn't he special???

Swan Falls

Here are more pictures as promised. When you leave Kuna south on Swan Falls Road you're in the middle of the hot barren desert. About 15 mile south you reach Initial Point . Established in 1867, a US Geological Survey brass marker on the top of this prominent lava butte is the starting survey point in the State of Idaho. Further South you enter the Birds of Prey Conservation area at Dedication Point.

If you take Kuna Caves road west.. You can explore a huge underground cave, which is basically a huge air bubble from the lava flows, underground. The Bureau of Land Management discourage the public from exploring them. But the locals all know where the Kuna Caves are.

About 23 Miles south of Kuna you reach the Snake River Canyon. You drive down a windy road and enter a park to view the dam. There is a small park for picnicing and fishing. If you head West you can drive down a dirt road along the river, entering further into the Canyon. You can catch Bass, Rainbow Trout, and Catfish in the river. There is also Sturgeon but they are protected and cannot be taken out of the river.

These pictures were taken at the top of the canyon and while we were picnicing in the park.

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Photo Editing

I read this tutorial on Jessica Spragues newsletter so I thought I would give it a try. ShaZam your images! What do you think?? Give it a try

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