Traveler's Notebook - Met up with our pals

We had a great time in the town of Winthrop.

Very quaint and really cool to walk.

Paul & Sharon are our pals - that we've known for years

and we picked their brains prior to going fulltime

in the RV and it's fun was we all criss-cross

the USA to meet up.

 Of course when we meet up, ice cream is involved.

We're having a great time hanging out and exploring together.

Pink Paislee, Studio Calico

Traveler's Notebook - A lot of pink going on

Hmmmm....No title.

Doesn't really need one actually, but seems

weird not to have one.

This is about me and BFF since 1972 meeting

up in her new hometown of Port Angeles.

A very cool port/town and we enjoyed hanging out together.

 Of course, the time is never enough but we packed a lot in.

Hanging out and catching up.

Hanging out and exploring.

Pink Paislee is the highlight here - love them and

that deer is a fussy cut stamp from my

pal Holli. She does keep me supplied with the cutest stuff.

Anyway, I had a lot to say, so a tucked tag

was needed and I actually filled both sides.

Love the glassine bag - it's perfect for the tuck.

Still having a printer with a mind of it's own - with a b&w

photo which is great actually - makes us look

really young. LOL!

Traveler's Notebook - Enjoy the journey

I figured I was WAY overthinking this and I know you're

surprised. So my last few I've changed things up

and I even enjoy the process more. 

Who knew.

I did keep the Nat'l Park map - it really fits nicely in the

notebook - AND I shall continue to use a ringed notebook.

My printer is still doing goofy things and for some

reason printed out 2 b&w photos.

In a mindset, not to be wasteful, I decided to use them anyway

and b&w can be cool.

We've been to Olympic - Hurricane Ridge a few years ago

and I have a ton of photos of the ridge and of 

course, have already been scrapped so I rolled with this deer.

It was by the side of the road, and I hopped out of the car

to get a good shot, when the deer started strolling

towards me. So of course, I kept on snapping, but was mindful

of the deer getting ever closer. I finally had to hop in the car and

I could reach out touch (which I didn't) as she strolled on by.

Very cool experience.

Studio Calico, Pink Paislee

Traveler's Notebook - Here comes the sun

We waited a long time in Oregon for the sun to come out.

Oh, and for decent internet as well which is

why my posts have been sketchy.

So of course, the page had to celebrate the sun!

and Studio Calico had the stamp.

 Structures around the town - swoon.

A lighthouse a mile or so out in the middle of the Columbia

River off the Oregon Coast.

 Previously I die cut some shells, anchors, and nautical things

perfect for this page.

 I tried everywhich way to photo this.

Sigh.

Not the best in the world.

BUT - I have been so overthinking Traveler's Notebook.

I'm still overthinking it.

Relating it to more of a scrapbook page rather

then a documenting page.

Working on it.

Patience grasshopper. 

LOL.

Studio Calico, Quikutz, not sure of the alphas.

Mixed Media - Rock on

Used some water colors in the background, and now I'm

wondering why I didn't use them on the journaling tag page.

Doh! 😑

Anyway I painted some rocks.

I did turn them lose on unsuspecting people at 

a campground in Oregon.

It appears I really, really, really need to keep it simple.

I am not a good draw-er.

And it shows.

The grinch is okay and the smiley face (can't mess that up) and

the pink one with the eyelashes isn't bad either,

I have no clue the black with goofy face - your guess and

the other is a mountain, with sky and a sun

I can't decide if they're clouds or snow LOL. 

Sigh.

This was the first round and I think I may try a second round

and look to pinterest for some inspiration.

Those are dylusions paints and a matte finish gel to seal.

The rest of the embellies are Pink Paislee.

Traveler's Notebook - Take the Scenic Route

National and State Parks rock and they are chockfull of information

on the history of the area.

Fort Clatsop is in the Lewis & Clark Nat'l Park and had

a "mockup" of the actual fort and outbuildings giving

a view into how life was back then.

Rugged.

The accommodations, while sparse to us, were like

 a palace to them, especially after concluding their journey

across the United States.
The details of L&C notes are minute - down to drawings
of the peoples, animals, and tools used in their lives.

Memento & Jillibean Soup wooden embellies.
Studio Calico

Traveler's notebook - field notes

I love how this turned out.

The red, white an blue thing just evolved because

that's what I had in my stash.

I made the fields note tag ahead of time and

I wanted to use it for these 2 photos.

 I decided to put one of the photos on the tag.

 And the other one on the envelope.

I love those envelopes - I'm gonna be so bummed

when I run out.

 Also added some journaling on the back of the tag,

So this was on the Columbia River that is right

next door to the Maritime Museum.

We went to the museum today and it was amazing.

Lots of really neat stuff.

So I put the tickets with this - because it's like two birds

one stone. I didn't feel the need to scrap the museum

so I wrapped them together.

Studio Calico, quikutz, punches

Travelers notebook - Whale of a time

I used the canon printer feature and printed all 4

photos on a 4x6 and I like doing that

as it saves space and if I get it right I can tell a story.

Did a bit on each photo using punches and

die cuts.

We had a great time and saw lots of

blows, rolls and flippers.

We were in that little raft boat that was so

much fun to glide over the water.

Told hubby we needed to get one of those.

 And we took a trip to see the Astoria Column

and while I did get pictures of it

I also got literature about and it fits

rather neatly in my traveler's notebook

So I made an executive decision that I don't need

to print a photo and make an actual page

if I have literature and I can find a place to journal

if I need to. 

I like being flexible like this.

In keeping with the big sun flower theme

Because I fussy cut quite a few.

My pal Holli allowed me to stock up on these using

her stamps before hitting the road.

And I was in a fussy cutting mood because nothing

else was happening.

 Anyway, this photo is on paper like the one in Friday's post.

Happens to be my 4th great grandmother and her

granddaughters. Got it off ancestry.

How cool is that.

So there is an official heritage page in my ancestry albums.

But I knew the photo would be great with the big flower.

This is Tim Holtz all the way, except for the flower.

And maybe the diecut/stamp lady.

I also used the new TH stamp & stencil set.

Mixed Media page - Greats

This is my album where I do what I want

no rhyme no reason.

Anyway, I was playing around because I had

run out of mojo and started fussy cutting

things out because I needed something to do.

So this is a photo of my great grandmother and great uncle.

It's printed on regular printer paper, actually scanned - I think.

I did a bunch of them because one of the creative

geniuses that I follow Suzanne Rose (I think) had the

idea of doing B&W's of your heritage or any photo actually,

on regular paper so it can incorporated into

a junk journal - use your relatives instead of someone else's.

So I did.

I thought the fussy cut flower and bee and the photo

just went together.

The orange paper with holes is a TH die cut. 

I'm not really sure what to do with it but I used both
negative and positive space.

Laid down some water colors and wa-la.

A bit of mixed media

Going on this page in the album formerly known as

campground, is a photo that didn't print

well because I think the printer was all shook up.

It does ride well - it's in a good spot but it was doing

goofy things. 

 Is that crab not the cutest?

You'll be seeing in a lot.

 So I put the journaling on the tag in the bag

and mostly whined about how I was

gonna use this photo to do something different.

I did nothing different.

So I carried on about it in the journaling.

Sigh.

So the bit of mixed media is some dylusions paints

behind the photo. 

Got some layers going on.

And not quite the look I was going for. 

LOL!!

Studio Calico, Quikutz, punches

Traveler's Notebook pages - Just Us

This adorable baby raccoon was just

staring out of the bushes at almost sunset.

Thankfully, the lady I was chatting with spotted him/her

because I was busy looking at the sunset.

Lots of Studio Calico going on and did my

journaling on how I found him.

He sat quietly for about 30 minutes, not saying a word

but it was obvious that someone is feeding the animals which is

so not good, and I think he was looking for dinner.

Studio Calico

Mixed Media - Aquarium

It was a cold, rainy, damp day so along with everyone else

in Oregon we decided it was a good day to go to the aquarium.

It was an inside/outside aquarium so apparently

none of thought this through, however, in our defense none

of the brochures mentioned it was inside/outside.

It was an okay day.

The fish cooperated - not so much the sharks.

I did break out my sissix in order to get fun quickutz embellies

that are all about the sand, sea and surf.

I did tuck the receipt in the envelop and I need to add some journaling.

Studio calico,  love my Martha Stewart alphas, sissix, quickutz,

Tim Holtz,

Mixed Media - Snapshots

Love hanging out at the South Jetty in Yaquina Bay.

There are working and pleasure boats hanging

around and of course the lighthouses.

But...

there are also the sand dunes, walking and biking paths

all waiting to be explored.

Of course, the golden hour makes it all look new and pretty.

Couldn't resist our shadows.

Tom couldn't resist the bunny ears.

Studio calico, Tim Holtz stencil & stamps & camera, Memento.