A bit of background texture

Starting with some Tim Holtz and Jenni Bowlin stencils.

And of course mists.

I love the paper and the small blue pattern,

 it just needed a little something something more

and I finally got to use my spilled coffee stencil.

It's really a versatile stencil.

It's not just for coffee.

And those bows. 

When I have no mojo and lots of

2 sided scraps in the box,  I roll it through the diecut 

and just sit and make bows.

It's amazing how randomly making them and find they actually match.

 This combo was a "tag" I made ahead of time 

and it totally worked perfect with this page.
I watched an Inky Quill vid where she just pulls stuff out
and makes tags that can be used whenever.
So I made three - I didn't want to be an over achiever LOL.
So there are 2 left but I can only find one.
Maybe I used it already. hmm....

 I love those bows - they make me swoon and

of course those glitter hearts and

itty bitty enamel dots just set them off and really what more
is needed. Those itty bitty dots are Nuvo crystals that I
happened to pick up at my LSS and bought 4
colors, black was a given, and I also have the pink and gold (shown here too)
and some green, so I played around with different
sizes of all the colors on some wax paper and let them dry overnight
BUT before they dried the wind blew and ruffled some
stuff on my desk and some of the colors
got a bit mixed and squashed.
Anyhoo, I love them, so far.

The entire page needed something to bring it all together

and I used my cutter to cut these really really thin

pieces of cardstock to outline frame the page as 

I didn't want something overwhelming and these are perfect.

 The title is made from some word die cuts I got from Hobby Lobby
and I have used them previously as accents like word stickers.

Love this photo of Miss Amelia, she is so adorable and wild.

She needs to be a model.

Studio Calico & Bella Blvd papers.

2016 Leaf Peeping travel album completed!!

Yay!!!

I did have to finish it at home - mostly due 

to boondocking a bit too much

and our batteries ran down

and because we would hook up at night,

eat, clean up, go to bed, get up, eat, clean up and leave.

Not necessarily in that order. 

SO......

What I didn't mention before is that this smash book was

for a wedding. So I pulled out all the pages

that didn't work out and some I glued in to cover up a page

that really didn't go.

These are the ones I didn't fill up and I really

didn't want them in the book blank.

 Tommy Traveling Pants had a map that was out of date

so I whacked it up to put in the beginning

and at the end. 

 There were notebook pages that I used

them to journal as we went.

What is written on the page does not at times

necessarily correspond with the 

page next to it.

I'm okay with that.

 Smashed a couple of receipts.

And I did photograph campgrounds so we can

 return if we want.

 The card in the bag I left as is because I really

loved the sentiments on it

and the actually went with everything.

I tried to keep it simple and I also used a few

things that didn't travel with us

when I completed the last few pages at home.

I'm okay with that too.

Love how it turned out.

Used an assortment of papers, punches, die cuts and stamps.

Wordy background paper

I really loved this paper and it really rocks the photo I chose

 but its wordy.

So in looking at the photo which is adorable by the way,

I went through and squared (instead of circling LOL) phrases

that I loved and work with the photo 

down the left side of the page.

Because of the circled phrases to the left I put my cluster to the right.

 I wanted to use that "oh boy" because it just fit-especially the colors.

 I scattered some stars about and really kept things simple.

So when I finally got passed the adorable faces and really

looked at the photo - Sam and Lou have

paint brushes in the hands - and look like they're on a mission 

which should put fear in any adults heart LOL.

Studio Calico again- using the August and September kits up.

Handmade tag, Basic Grey and Pink Paisley.

Studio Calico, Basic Grey, Pink Paislee.

Five photos in sequence

Love those birds and for no reason except for that they grace the page.

 Have a cluster going on that I love and also have a cupcake for no reason.

 Love the cut aparts in this kit and they're the perfect accent.

This is a sequence of Miss Amelia learning to skate.

I think the photo size are 3x3 or close to it.

I highlighted a couple of photos as you can see using insta frames.

This is kind of different for me and I love it.

I really didn't over think it and tried to just glue as I went

that in itself was very fun.

Studio Calico again with some sissix and spellbinder die cuts going on.

Ice and Dramatic skies

Right off the Blue Ridge Parkway there's an exit

for Mt. Mitchell State Forest.

Elevation 6684.

And we went to the top.

And it was 23 degrees and icy. Just a tad nippy.

And really quite pretty.

Nice little detour but just a little bit of autumn going on here.

Fall on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Pretty colors and more dramatic skies.

I gots the hang of photo transfer now.

Hopefully no more drama on that end LOL!

Everything was just starting to turn colors

As we fall into autumn on our leaf peeping tour.

Just to get it out in the open - I managed to blow and entire day away

of photos that I took going through the Cherokee Nat'l Forest.

And didn't that just annoy me.

Since we continued on through the forest

I managed to get a few more.

Some color - some old structures and dramatic skies.

Enjoy!

Dramatic skies seem to follow me wherever I may roam.