Christmas in July

It cooled off nicely overnight. We put a box fan in the window and got the apartment down to 64 degrees. Whoohoo! Now I have a fleece blanket around me. Love it! I'm an Alaskan girl all right! Speaking of cold, this is a project we made at my last workshop. It was my Christmas in July project. I saw the idea of cutting out the Top Note die from SU and the swirl Cuttlebug folder on acrylic in a CARDS magazine. For the workshop we used the thick window sheets that SU sells. This could be used as an ornament, or maybe even a card. The possibilities are endless, right?

Here are a few views of what was made.


See all of that glitter goodness?

This is the view out our livingroom window this morning. There are 2 cruise ships here so far this morning. At 8:00 am I heard a bus drive by giving a tour. And I've also heard the clippity-clack of horses pulling a tour around. It's another beautiful day here in southeast! I better soak up the sun while it is out because Ketchikan gets about 12-13 feet of precipitation a year. Yes, FEET! It's definitely a rain forest!

Last night we went out to eat to a restaurant called Shogun. It has Chinese and Japanese food. We got Schezuan (sp?) chicken and it was SPICY! Whew! Quent's face was sweating. Ha! We walked around town and looked like tourists. It's easy to hide in the crowds here.

I have a lot more pictures to share. I took a bunch of pictures of cards I made before we moved. It's the last of my loft photos. Speaking of the loft, I miss it already. Before we left the other night I went up to the empty space and just stood there soaking up the last glimpse of it. I didn't cry, but I did cry when I was up there a few nights before that. It was such a wonderful place with a beautiful view. I miss it.

Happy Sunday!

Hello!

Hello from our new home in Ketchikan, Alaska! Until we buy a new home we are living in an apartment. I'm truly an Alaskan girl because I've been complaining of the heat all day. It's 86 degrees in our apartment and I'm not too thrilled about that. When is it going to be in the 50's again like it used to be in the summer here in Southeast? I know, I know...all of you who love warm weather are 'boo-hooing' me right now. I'd love 50 degrees right now!! Right now I have a 'swamp cooler' type thing going right now. That's what Quent calls it. It's ice in a bowl in front of a fan.

I don't have any pictures to share, but I just wanted to let all of my blog readers know we made it safe and sound to Ketchikan.

Ta ta for now!

Camp Stories

Lots of journaling on this page. That reminds me that I have a lot of journaling to catch up with for this trip. Oops! This is another digital page I created awhile ago. I didn't have a lot of pictures to include for this part of our trip, but I wanted to show a couple even though they aren't super exciting.

Today is the first day of a new beginning...the next adventure! I'm excited to see what's in store.

A new chapter has begun...

Grand Canyon

This was a digital page I created a couple of weeks ago, but I wasn't sure about it. But I decided I'm finished with it. It's funny because I used to not like to scrapbook landscape photos, but now I really like them. It's a good thing because we have a LOT of them!

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...

3...2...

1...

LIFT OFF!

Story

This digital page reminds me of something Ali Edwards would create. I took random photos and made a page out of it.

Most of what I have been posting lately are things I created a few days ago or maybe even weeks ago. Today I started working on a digital page, but I didn't get too far. Our computer is set up in a really warm room and it's on the floor. I'm not too keen with sitting on the floor and typing. It's a bit difficult. Ha!

Tomorrow is lift off.

Joke Book

I was checking out blogs one day when I found this 'tutorial' for making a knock-knock joke book at Nichole Heady's blog. My brother Jacob (age 8) loves to joke around. Sometimes he will call me just to tell me a joke. So when I saw this I knew I had to make it for him. He got the book the other day in the mail and then he called me yesterday to tell me some of the jokes. How fun!

I could send him more jokes to add to his book. What a fun little book to make!

All of our stuff is gone. It's so weird to be in an empty house. It's hard to believe that in a few days we will no longer be living here. It's bittersweet!

I'm really hoping to play along with Dawn's color challenge this weekend once I have all of my stamping stuff again. Who knows, maybe I'll create a digital page. I do have some of my stamping stuff with me right now, but no paper and no stamps.

Try Again

Here's a digital page I created with a lot of the fun stuff from Jessica Sprague's photo editing class from a couple of weeks ago.



The packers are back this morning...it's sad to see everything so empty.

Happy Anniversary

I can't believe I actually have time to do this. The packers/movers are around me packing up our stuff as I type. I am SO thankful for them!!

Here are some anniversary cards I made recently for a couple of my friends who had their anniversaries over the weekend. Happy anniversary Brandon & Rebekah, and Jesse & Carrie!

I remember getting this idea from somewhere, but now I can't remember where. ???

Workshop Challenge Card

Each month I give my stamping club members a color & technique challenge they can participate in. The idea is to encourage them to use the supplies they have and to show what they have made to inspire others. It's been so much fun to see what everyone comes up with. I usually give a prize or sometimes everyone gets something for bringing what they have created.

This is the card I created for the challenge:



The challenge was to use orange, pink, white, and brown. The technique was to use a re-inker for something on the card. I used a couple of re-inkers to brush onto some watercolor paper. Then I stamped these flowers in brown. And then I used Crystal Effects on some parts of the flower, sprinked some glitter, and let it dry. So fun!

This is what I emailed out to everyone. I was inspired by something I saw from Pottery Barn.

Splash

I was going to post a card this morning, but I realized that I need to take some pictures of cards first. Oops! So I'll share a digital page instead. It's fun to have pages and cards ready to blog instead of doing them all at once. I like posting everyday, so this is working well.

This page is following the 'story board' theme that was talked about in the Jessica Sprague photo editing class that ended last week. A lot of this page was inspired by what was learned in the class. I enjoyed learning more about texturing and overlays. Fun stuff!



Today I have a stamping club workshop, so I'll have those projects to share soon. Have a great Saturday!

Log Rolling

Here's the last page I made for the 4th of July. I really enjoyed scrapbooking all of the 4th pictures. One thing I love about digital scrapbooking is that you can make a whole page with just pictures. One of the reasons I wanted to digital scrapbook was to use enlarged pictures. I don't think I even know how to look at a traditional scrapbook page anymore...unless it's dealing with fabric. Ha!

Moving Details

I've talked about moving, but I haven't really talked about about it. We are moving from Wrangell, Alaska to Ketchikan, Alaska, which is about 90 miles south. From one island to another, but the population in Ketchikan is 7x the size of Wrangell (14,000), with a Wal-Mart, McD's, 24-hour grocery store included. Ketchikan is where all of the Alaskan cruise ships stop. During the summer tourist months the city can have 1 to 7 cruise ships a day!

We are excited, but to be honest, it's sad too. We've met so many wonderful people in Wrangell. It's one of those communities where you know what car everyone drives and when you are driving around everyone waves (although I'm not really fond of the waving part yet--ha!). It's an amazing community and we have been so blessed to call it our home the last 4-1/2 years.

Yesterday I called the phone company to let them know we were moving and I was getting teary-eyed, so yeah, I'm a bit emotional at times. But we are excited for our next adventure!

And I have to say this, I wouldn't trade all of the Wal-marts, McD's, and 24-hour grocery stores for the amazing friends here in Wrangell. I love you all so much! (((HUGS)))

I did a post about Ketchikan here and here never knowing that someday it would be our home.

Question for my blog readers

If you were moving and you had to pick some of your stamping supplies to bring with you for possibly 4 months, what would you most definitely pick?

I don't want to bring everything, but I want to bring some things. Ahhh!

For your shower

My cousin Alena's wedding shower is next week. I won't be going, but I made her a card to send with a gift. I love all of the glitter on this card. Something in the current Stampin' Success newsletter for demonstrators caught my attention, and out came this card! Ha! This new medallion stamp is one of my new favorite stamps.


That amount of glitter could possibly scare some people!

The purple is Elegant Eggplant, which I hardly ever use. But since purple is back in my life, we may be seeing more of it!

I've been working on a lot of miscellaneous things the last few days (or maybe my whole life?). I've been in a card-making mood lately. I think there are things I could be doing, but then I'll act like I'm in denial of those things and make cards instead. Ha!

Parade

Another digital 4th of July page. I'm so thankful my husband picked up photography as a hobby because I can scrapbook super cool pictures! Half of the pictures on this page are his and the other half are what I took. It's fun to enjoy a hobby together! I'm definitely not as patient as he is when it comes to taking pictures. I want it to be quick, where he wants to take his time. That's his style, right? It sure does work for him!

9 days until lift off!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 12

I'm back with another of Dawn's color challenges. Let me say that this was definitely a color combo that was challenging for me. I started off making a card that I thought was pretty, but it didn't seem right. When I showed Quent he told me it wasn't my style and I agreed. So I tossed that card over my shoulder (not really), and I started working on this card. Much better! Whew!

The colors for the challenge are moss/celery, cream, bright pink, and dark red. The dark red was what was really throwing me off in this challenge. So the 'hello' became the red for this card. Ha!

I love these dahlia flowers! They are so pretty! Especially covered in glitter. *smile* I put some Crystal Effects on the leaves.

One thing I learned from this challenge (again) is the importance of being true to our own style. The first card I made was like someone else's style (no names mentioned). It wasn't my own style, so it just wasn't working for me. God created me with my style and He created you with your style. Let's stick with the style He created us to have, for it is marvellous and wonderful in His eyes!

Slide Rock Park

These pictures weren't my favorite to scrapbook. There weren't any real bright, fun colors like I usually like to work with, but I do like how it turned out. These are the before and after versions.


{Before}

{After}

I had to sneak the journaling in somewhere, but I wasn't sure where. The 'before' page's journaling was just too much for the eyes to handle. Quent agreed. So I changed things up a bit and I like how it turned out.

July 4th

This is one of 3 sets of layouts I created this afternoon of pictures we took on the 4th of July. I think this page is my favorite. I am excited to share the other pages with you, but not just yet.



The 4th was BEAUTIFUL here!!
So many of the pictures just speak for themselves and I didn't want to add or take away from them.
I love how the colors just flow together on this page layout.
Simple.
Beautiful.
Love it!

Celebrate Life

Hello Sunday! Are you having a good weekend?

This is a page I created a few days ago. It was one of those I was saving to post. The idea came from Elizabeth Kartchner. The picture was taken by Quent, edited by me through Jessica Sprague's photo editing class which just finished. There's lots of texture!

Friday Cards

I guess I was in the card making mood today. I made 4 cards and a little gift (which I won't post until it's received).


I saw a card in the Stampin' Success demonstator magazine that inspired this card. I just really like that little birdie.

I made this card last week, but I never got around to taking a picture of it. It's simple. I like Papertrey Inks Polka-Dot Basics. They have a new set out now, too.

A card from Nichole Heady's blog inspired this creation. The flash is a little 'flashy' on this card. Sorry about that!