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2011-08-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Such a Boy by Mandy King.

2011-07-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

All elements except for ribbon from the kit Essential Feelings by Lisete Scrap. Ribbon from the kit Lemon Squeezed Bliss by Bekah E. Designs. Glitter from the kit Blossom Fest by the Scrappity Doo Dah designers. Gradient applied to stars featured in a photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

2011-07-19T02:47:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Writer's Ink by Inspired by Dominic Designs. Playing cards from the kit King of Hearts by Joanne Brisebois. Scoring sheet and dominoes from the kit Play the Game by Tempus Fugit. Button from the kit Let It Be by Gabs Art.

2011-07-13T23:49:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kits Tell Your Story and Me'lange Art Journal Kit by Outside the Box Design Studio. Road sign by me. Brick road template by me.

Journaling (follows along the mountain tops): I've finally decided my future lies beyond the yellow brick road.

2011-07-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

To create the background paper, I applied several filters to the large photo. Photo masks from the kit Photo Alterations, Vol. 1, by Kris Myers. Tag and stitching from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.

Journaling: After spending the night at a campground in Montrose, Colorado, we toured the Black Canyon National Park our on way to Moab. The park contains 12 miles of canyon of the Gunnison river. The Gunnison River drops an average of 43 feet per mile through the entire canyon, making it one of the steepest mountain descents in North America. The Black Canyon is so named on account of its steepness which makes it difficult for sunlight to penetrate very far down the canyon. As a result the canyon walls are most often shadowed, causing the rocky walls to appear black. At its narrowest point the canyon is only 40 feet across at the river. The Painted Wall on the north side of the canyon is the highest sheer cliff in Colorado at 2250 feet.

Named for a 19th century botanist, scrub oak is common in the Southwest. The trees rise in clumps from a common underground stem system. Acorns were an important food supply to the local indians.

2011-07-10T10:28:00.000-07:00

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2011-07-08T20:38:00.000-07:00

Papers and staples element from the kit Berry Delicious by Double Dutch Designs.

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2011-07-08T11:22:00.001-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Writer's Ink by Inspired by Dominic Designs.

2011-07-07T19:55:00.000-07:00

Papers, string, tags, staples and stitching from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs. Sun element and ric rac from the kit Lazy Summer by Double Dutch Designs.

2011-07-06T17:48:00.000-07:00

Papers from the kit Liberty by Crystal's Creations. Buttons, ric rac and stitching from the kit Berry Delicious by Double Dutch Designs. Photo mask from the kit Photo Alterations, Vol. 1, by Kris Myers.

2011-07-06T17:45:00.000-07:00

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2011-07-05T08:37:00.000-07:00

Background paper from the kit My Dad, My Hero by Jaya Prem Designs. Book, notebook paper and measuring tape from the kit Old School by the Digital Scrapbooking Studio designers. Greenery from the kit Poetry of the Sea by Marie H. Designs. Sunflower, staples and letter F from the kit Harvest Road by Shabby Miss Jen. Tape from the kit Happy Go Lucky by Shabby Princess. Yellow button (recolored) from the kit Fire It Up by Double Dutch Designs. Pine cone and black button from the kit Autumn Bounty by Vonnie's Digiworld.

Journaling: As a kid, I was always fascinated with fireflies but didn’t actually get to see them until we moved to Missouri in 1993. That was the beginning of something magical...having them in our yard every year, and riding the motorcycle around Lake Jacomo, where Michael would turn off the motor, and we’d sit on the bike in the dark woods surrounded by thousands of those small, blinking green lights.

2011-07-04T21:43:00.000-07:00

Stitching from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs. Hanging tag from the kit My Little Bug by Double Dutch Designs. Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.

Journaling: This morning we drove to Cripple Creek, CO, to ride the narrow gauge railroad there. The remnant of an ancient volcano can be seen in this photo, looking south over the town. The volcano left rich veins of gold, and prospecting began in this valley. The town is a former gold-mining camp located 44 miles southwest of Colorado Springs. The mining district formed on April 5, 1891. In 71 years of operation, the district produced more than 21 million ounces of gold, worth $8 billion in 1995.

Known as the “World’s Greatest Gold Camp,” Cripple Creek eclipsed all other districts in the United States. At its peak, around 1900, nearly 500 mines tapped the gold ore, and over a dozen thriving communities dotted the hills. Three railroads transported the gold to distant mills, and two electric trolleys networked the mines. The underground mines are exhausted, and since 1962 they have been dormant, but open-pit mining has operated since 1994 in the district along Highway 67 between Cripple Creek and Victor.

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2011-07-04T21:33:00.000-07:00

Paper and notebook paper from the collab kit Old School by the Digital Scrapbooking Studio designers. Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.

Journaling: We rode another narrow gauge RR today that runs between Cripple Creek and Victor, CO, on a rebuilt section of the Florence and Cripple Creek Railway, built because of the Cripple Creek gold rush of 1890. Although the original track was laid to 3 feet, the current RR is laid to 2 feet and began operating in 1967. The track goes south of Cripple Creek, CO, over a rebuilt trestle, past historic mines, and ends near the abandoned Anaconda mine. The return trip to Cripple Creek completes a total of four miles.

2011-07-04T21:32:00.000-07:00

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2011-06-16T12:29:00.000-07:00

Using the same template makes the pages go quickly! Traffic sign by me.

2011-06-16T12:28:00.000-07:00

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2011-06-06T14:11:00.000-07:00

Paper and shell by me.

2011-06-06T14:10:00.000-07:00

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2011-06-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Paper and starfish by me.

2011-06-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-29T17:16:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs.

2011-05-29T09:12:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit My Dad, My Hero by Jaya Prem. Staples from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs. Gears and alpha by me.

2011-05-29T09:10:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-22T15:04:00.000-07:00

Papers, elements and alpha from the kit Essential Feelings by Lisete Scrap.

2011-05-18T17:07:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Blossom Fest by the Scrappity Doo Dah designers.

2011-05-09T22:59:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Relax by Sweet Tomato Designs.

2011-05-09T22:52:00.000-07:00

A dry brush filter was applied to a favorite photo taken off the internet.

2011-05-08T07:41:00.001-07:00

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Papers and elements from the kit Autumn's Sky by Crystal's Creations.

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Papers and elements from the kit Lemon Squeezed Bliss by Bekah E. Designs.

2011-05-02T16:48:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Blueberry Swirl Sundae by Crystal's Creations.

2011-04-13T18:03:00.000-07:00

Paper (recolored) from the kit Autumn's Sky by Crystal's Creations. Elements from the kit Sweet Heart by Gypsy Chick. Photo mask from Grungy Masks by Anita Designs.

2011-04-13T18:02:00.000-07:00

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2011-04-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the collab kit Finish Line by Inspired by Dominic and Pixiemama Designs.

2011-04-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

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2011-04-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Autumn's Sky by Crystal's Creations.

2011-03-31T10:58:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Momentos by Lisete Scrap.

2011-03-18T04:09:00.000-07:00

Papers, elements and word art from the kit All Boy by Dream Big Designs. Lego block templates by me.

2011-03-08T02:37:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the kit Party Time by Pure Creativity Designs. Layout based on the template Cookie Time by Piccolina Designs.

2011-03-06T23:18:00.000-08:00

Papers, elements and alpha from the kits All Boy and Child's Dream by Dream Big Designs.

2011-02-24T01:51:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the kit Sweet Dreams by Caged Bird Designs.

2011-02-24T01:32:00.000-08:00

Paper and flower element from the kit Child's Dream by Dream Big Designs. Stitching and tag elements from the kit Boyish, a collab kit by the DSC designers.

2011-02-12T21:42:00.000-08:00

Blue paper and paper clip from the kit All American Country by the Digital Scrap Ink designers. All other papers and elements from the kit Berry Delicious by Double Dutch Designs.

2011-02-10T07:08:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the kit Endless by Armina Designs. Mask (altered) from the kit Birthday Wishes by the Digital Scrap Cafe designers. Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers. Layout based on the template Cookie Time by Piccolina Designs.

Journaling: Highway 128, northeast of Moab, Utah, runs beside and lies within the canyon which has been created by the Colorado River. We found this hidden gem off the beaten path on our way to Moab. Jay and I even waded in the river a couple of times too.

2011-02-10T07:06:00.000-08:00

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2011-02-06T17:55:00.000-08:00

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Tag and stitching elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.

Journaling: The first trip on our vacation was to make the drive up to the summit of Pike’s Peak. The road is unbelievable, with approximately 162 turns, and the average grade is is 6.7% to a maximum 10.5% grade. The 19-mile highway is paved part of the way and is open all year, weather permitting. It was constructed in 1915.

Pike's Peak is the most visited mountain in North America and the second most-visited mountain in the world behind Japan's Mount Fuji. At an altitude of 14,110 feet above sea level, Pikes Peak is the 31st highest peak out of 54 Colorado peaks and the farthest east of the big peaks in the Rocky Mountain chain. Over a half million people reach the summit house every year by the highway, Barr Trail or the cog railway.

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2011-01-30T23:00:00.000-08:00

Papers from the kits Color Pop-Pink and Color Pop-Blue from Caffeine Created Designs. Elements from the kit Color Pop-Green from Caffeine Created Designs. Button element from the kit Boyish, a collab kit by the DSC designers. Film strip created by me.

2011-01-27T08:08:00.000-08:00

Paper and ornament elements from the kit Holiday Cheer by Cinzia Loosemore.

2011-01-26T14:19:00.001-08:00

Elements from the collab kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps designers.

Journaling: We spent a few hours this afternoon walking the Petrified Forest Loop trail at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. We were able to identify a lot of the wildflowers in our guidebook and photographed quite a few of them. I was disappointed that there was no place set aside for digging fossils.

This area was a forest of redwood trees millons of years ago. A volcano sent mud over this valley, burying the bases of the trees. Later a lake formed here, and the volcano deposited ash, insects and leaves on the lake bottom. Those buried stumps, leaves and insects became fossils. They are preserved just under the surface of this meadow and in the hillsides in layers of rock known as fossil beds.

2011-01-26T14:18:00.001-08:00

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2011-01-26T08:09:00.000-08:00

Paper from the kit To Sondra With Love by Michele Stone Designz. Journaling block from Ten Things by Michele Stone Designz. Elements from the kit Home Sweet Home by Michele Stone Designz.

2011-01-25T18:49:00.000-08:00

Another photo taken with the Hubble telescope.

Journaling: This beautiful image was taken by the Hubble telescope and has been termed “a splendid planetary nebula.” To me, this is what the door of Heaven must look like.

"I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, 'There she goes!'

"Gone where? Gone from my sight...that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, 'There she goes!,’ there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts, 'Here she comes!'”

-Henry Van Dyke

2011-01-25T10:11:00.000-08:00

One of the most beautiful cars ever made. Paper and elements by Val C. Designs.

2011-01-25T08:54:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the collab kit Birthday Wishes by the Digital Scrap Cafe designers. Elements from the collab kit Boyish by the Digital Scrap Cafe designers.

2011-01-25T07:41:00.000-08:00

I sat one day and played with the filters in Photoshop. Trouble is, I can't remember the steps I went through to alter this photo!

Journaling: Happiness is a warm puppy. -Charles M. Schulz

Wall-e has brought us so much joy since we got him in January 2009. He is really well behaved and a wonderful buddy.

2011-01-21T08:24:00.000-08:00

Photo of the Carina Nebula as seen from the Hubble telescope in 2007.

Journaling: So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. Genesis 1:27

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Genesis 2:7

God gave man a mind capable of knowing God and thinking as God thinks. God wants us to have close fellowship with Him. That is why He placed in man a spirit that can harmonize with the spirit of God.

God also gave man a heart so that he could love God. God gave man the capacity to feel the emotions which He Himself feels. God can love, hate, rejoice and feel sorrow and compassion. God wants man to love what God loves and hate what God hates. God wants us to love Him with all our heart.

God also placed in the soul of man a will. God permits every man to choose his own path. God Himself has authority to choose whether He will do something or not. God gave to man a free will and the responsibility to choose for himself whether to obey God.

The Eternal God has given each of us an eternal soul. It is God's will that we have a wonderful relationship with Him today, tomorrow and throughout eternity. It is for this reason that God created man IN HIS OWN IMAGE.

2011-01-08T10:57:00.000-08:00

Papers and word art from the kit January Blues from Persnickety Prints.

2010-12-15T20:28:00.000-08:00

Sweet 'n simple!

2010-12-09T15:27:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the kit It's All About the Tree by Scrappin' Mint Designs.

2010-12-09T15:24:00.000-08:00

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2010-12-08T23:42:00.000-08:00

More sweet 'n simple!

2010-12-08T23:40:00.000-08:00

Even more sweet 'n simple! Tag from the kit My Mother's Garden by Scrappin' Mint Designs. Photo corner by me.

2010-12-08T23:39:00.000-08:00

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2010-12-03T09:54:00.000-08:00

Paper and elements from the kit Very Merry by Scrappin' Mint Designs.

2010-11-30T21:19:00.000-08:00

Watercolor element (used as photo masks) from the kit Cool School by Tempus Fugit.

2010-11-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

Papers and elements from the kit Baking with Kate by Scrappin' Mint Designs.

2010-11-29T00:04:00.001-08:00

I recently created a 50th anniversary album and wanted to share some of the pages from it.

2010-11-29T00:03:00.002-08:00

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2010-11-27T22:55:00.001-08:00

I found 12x36 frames from Hobby Lobby which I loved, so the following two layouts were made to fit.

The background paper is blended using various papers. Elements from the kits Autumn Bouquet by Jean Daugherty, At Last by Jean Daugherty, Love Celebration by Cari Lopez, and Thoughts of You by Scrappin' Mint Designs. Brushes from Artist Edges No. 1 by Anna Aspnes and photo mask from a kit by Sabrina's Creations. Click image to enlarge.

2010-11-22T05:54:00.000-08:00

The background paper is blended using papers from the OEscape Designer Collab Kit by OScraps. Elements from the kits Autumn Bouquet by Jean Daugherty, At Last by Jean Daugherty, Love Celebration by Cari Lopez, and Thoughts of You by Scrappin' Mint Designs. Brushes from Artist Edges No. 1 by Anna Aspnes and Decorative Photo Masks by Red Ivy Designs. Click image to enlarge.

You can order 12x36 panoramic prints from Polka Dot Potato.

2010-11-16T21:42:00.000-08:00

Paper and elements from the kit Heritage Builders by Lynn Griffin.

2010-11-16T21:41:00.000-08:00

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2010-11-16T21:09:00.000-08:00

Paper and elements from the kit Baking with Kate by Scrappin' Mint Designs. Alpha from the kit Just the Cookies Alpha by Scrappin' Mint Designs.

2010-10-29T16:21:00.001-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Treats by Wendy Page Designs. Tree element (recolored) from the kit Punkin by Wendy Page Designs.

2010-10-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

Patterned papers and metal scroll (recolored) from the kit Caliente by Wendy Page Designs. Background paper and apple element from the kit Punkin by Wendy Page Designs.

2010-10-27T09:00:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Punkin by Wendy Page Designs. Watercolor element (used as photo mask) from the kit Cool School by Tempus Fugit.

2010-10-20T10:07:00.000-07:00

Paper and elements from the kit Thoughts of You from Scrappin' Mint Designs.

2010-10-18T09:34:00.001-07:00

Paper from the kit Home Sweet Home by Michele Stone Designz. Watercolor element (used as photo mask for bottom photos) from the kit Cool School by Tempus Fugit.

2010-10-18T09:33:00.001-07:00

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2010-10-17T14:07:00.000-07:00

Paper and elements from the kit Tree Hugger by the Digiridoo Scraps Designers. Watercolor element (used as photo mask) from the kit Cool School by Tempus Fugit.

Journaling: We visited Dead Horse Point State Park this morning on our way to Canyonlands National Park but don’t have any photos because our compact flash card broke. We walked on the trails around the Visitor Center and then on those at the Point. What a view!

The overlook at Dead Horse Point is 2,000 feet above the Colorado River below and 6,000 feet above sea level. The Point is a peninsula of rock which connects to a mesa by a 30-yards-wide strip of land called the neck. According to one legend, around the turn of the century the Point was used as a corral for wild mustangs. Cowboys rounded up the horses and herded them across the narrow neck of land and onto the Point. The neck was then fenced off with branches and brush, creating a natural corral. Cowboys then chose the horses they wanted and let the culls, or “broomtails,” go free. One time, for some unknown reason, a band of broomtails remained at the Point. The gate was supposedly left open so the horses could return to the open range, but they died of thirst within sight of the Colorado River.

2010-10-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

Papers and elements from the kit Ooh La Lollipop by the Digiridoo Scraps Designers. Popsicle "i" by me.