Mating Season

When I was on my photo walk a couple of weeks ago I noticed all of the geese chasing each other and starting to build their nests and lay eggs.   If you’ve read my blog long, you know that I love geese.   I even have a few decorative pieces hanging around my house and have even painted a few.

Well Hello!

I also noticed a few other critters.

 

Here is a another photo of downtown Boise taken from the Boise Depot at the top of Capitol Blvd.    I zoomed in to get a closer detailed shot.  

Isn’t the fresh snow in the foothills pretty?

The Boise Depot

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Les Bois

I went on a little photo walk a couple of weekend ago.

This is a view of downtown Boise from the Boise Train Depot looking down Capitol Boulevard.

Not much traffic on a quiet Saturday morning.

 

 

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Genuine

Authentique is a fairly new paper company.  I love their product.  This paper is from their set Genuine.
I don’t know what it is but it makes me feel young. It kind of reminds me of the 70’s when I was a teenager.  The colors, the denim feel, the pretty little flowers.

I used the Verve stamp set and matching die cut – Making a statement.

I distressed the edges of the flowers with Distress ink – Wild Honey.


Products used:  Authentique – Genuine. Verve – Making a statement.  Die cut. Distress ink – Wild honey, Faded Jeans. Buttons. Twine. Sewing tool.

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Week 12 – Sparkle

 

This weeks theme for M4H Project 52 challenge is Sparkle.   I’m a little late posting.  My computer monitor went out and I had to buy a new one.  It’s always something.  

I grabbed my Droid Razr and took a picture driving in the rain today.   The raindrops on my windshield sparkle from the oncoming headlights. 

You can find the Flickr group Here.

 

 

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Design

I’ve been working on a new blog header for my friend Paige.   She has been on an amazing and inspiring weight loss journey and is half the size she used to be.  She’s recently started blogging about it.   You’ll find recipes, motivation, inspiration and maybe even a few tears.  Click on the picture to read more.


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Forget Me Not

This was taken from by a talk by Deiter F. Uchtdorf ; October 2011.  You can watch this fabulous talk HERE.

This is a little reminder I made for my journal.

Go ahead and copy it and print it for your own use.

I will never forget that I am a precious daughter of God.

Our greatest fear

I’ve loved this quote for several years by Marianne Williamson.   I shared it in a talk I gave in church a couple of weeks ago.  I decided to create a digital image to print.  I didn’t want to go too overboard with the embellishing since the focus is on the quote.  I hope you enjoy.   Go ahead a copy the image to print. 

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This is what 50 looks like

Well…   It’s hard to believe that today I turn 50!  I’ve never really had an issue with age.  It’s just another day and I’m celebrating that I’m alive and healthy.   

It’s been awhile since I’ve made a digital page.    I found this set – Vitamin D from Sweet Shoppe.  It looks so warm and sunny I had to get it.  

I snapped a quick photo of myself to add to the page.   So…..  Now you know…. This is what 50 looks like!

Here is the black and white version

This was taken last night at my birthday party..  with my sweet grands. I also found out last night from my brother that life begins at 40. That means that I am only 10!! YAY! I always knew I was just a big kid.

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Week 11 – Blue

The theme for the My Four Hens  Project 52 this week is Blue.   There are many ways you can interpret this word.  It can be a color. It can be a feeling, or it can be so much more.  

I had an idea what I wanted to do.  I left the house early this morning and headed down to take some nature pictures.   (I’ll share more of those some other day).    This picture that I’m sharing was not my original intention.   That darn illusive bird that I was trying to capture was nowhere to be found.  

While walking around the park, I found this flag for The City of Trees.  Les Bois.  Boise.

 

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Verses

These are a couple of extra pages I made for my Scrap*Life*Journal.   There isn’t a lot of embellishing or fancy stuff.  I just wanted to add a couple of scriptures and will continue doing so throughout the year.

Products used:  Cosmo Cricket. My Minds Eye. Distress ink – Vintage photo, bundled sage. Copic Markers. CTMH – C1408 – Live inspired. D1412 – Noted Backgrounds. Zig marker. Book of Mormon.

 

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Love You Mother

My Mom had a birthday a couple of days ago,  along with her clone, Aunt Dolores.
I created this card for her.

I recently purchase this stamp set – Love you Mother from Crafty Secrets along with a couple others that I am anxious to ink up.  They sent me some very nice free stuff too. 

This is another new paper set from CTMH – X7153B – Florentine. I love the colors.    I colored the image with Twinkling H20’s.  I love the soft, shimmery, watery look of them.

Products used:  CTMH – X7153B – Florentine.  Twilight. Gold Rush. Crafty Secrets – Love You Mother. Spellbinders – Labels 4. Seam binding ribbon. Robins Nest baubles. Vintage button. Twine. Twinkling H20’s. Distress ink – Vintage photo. Sewing tool.

 

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Out of this World

If you had the chance would you take a trip into space?    Even though the universe totally amazes me… I’m not so sure I would go.

My husband and I like to sit out on the back patio on a warm summer night and watch the night sky. We watch for satellites, pick out various constellations and hope to see a falling star.

In a bright city the naked eye can only see about 100 stars. We in Kuna when looking at the dark starry night we can see about 5000 stars. If you’re in the Boundary waters of Northern Minnesota you can probably see about 10 times that amount and I hear it feels like you can reach out and touch them.

Astronomers have attempted to count the number of stars in the universe. One group in Australia estimates that the number of stars within range of our telescopes is 10 times greater than all the grains of sand on the world’s beaches and deserts. That would be around 70 sextillion, or a 7 with 22 zeros behind it. Isn’t that amazing?

Products used:    CTMH – X7154 Cruisin, Black, Cranberry. Technique Tuesday – Out of this WOrld.  Copic markers. Button. Twine. Distress ink – Soot.

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A Month of Talents

I mentioned a few days ago that the focus for the month of March in my Scrap*Life*Journal class is Talents.

I made a page listing talents that I have been blessed with.   Have you taken the time to sit down and think about your talents.  They don’t have to me musical or artistic.   We all have them and they should be shared.

I had to add several vintage buttons!  old string still attached.

I tore out an old book page, spritzed it with glimmer mist then wadded it up.  I opened it, distressed the edges and attached to my base page.   I cut out several little strips of card stock and wrote out some talents using my Zig marker.

Products used:   Cosmo Cricket. Old book page. Vintage buttons. Twine. Antique brad. Jewel brad. Seam binding ribbon. Distress ink – Vintage photo, Tumbled glass. Zig marker. Crafty Secrets – Keys of Life.  Glimmer Mist.

 

 

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