Thursday, August 11, 2011

Cactus Fruit

Seems to be an aphrodisiac to Woodpeckers.
Yes this is a red necked woodpecker which you can't see
because of the angle.
 He sat on the "fruit" and pecked.
 It was evidently worth it and delicious!
 Must've had a sweet tooth going on.
 Totally relentless in his pursuit of the "fruit."
What I missed was - he was so excited to get this piece of fruit.
He pecked at it til it fell to the ground.
You have to use your imagination because alas I missed the shot.
My bad.
It was really really funny. 
Puzzled and shocked doesn't cover it!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Chillax

Got to play with mists and inks, my new sissix die and some stamps. Woo hooo!!!

CHILLAX= Chillin' + Relaxin'

Took these pix at sunset. Can't help but love a beautiful sunset. Can't help but make it more special with friends.

I have to say grrrrrr to some people. At our end of the beach we were the ONLY 4 people there. I'm standing behind our friends relaxing in the chair and I want to take that with the sunset. Along comes TWO people that couldn't HELP but see me with a BIG camera. And they walk in front of me. Really? I was close enough that they couldn't walked BEHIND me those few steps but NOOOOOOOOO!!! they walked right in front of my shot. It took all I could do to SNARK at them. And I lost what little sun was left. Annoyed doesn't begin to cover it. And DH is like people can walk on the beach and I was yeah. We're the ONLY ONES here and they had to walk in FRONT. Really. Sigh. People are so rude.

Rant over. LMAO......

So that is Recollection Kraft paper, blasted with mist and ink. Unknown patterned paper & rick rack. Autumn Leaves journaling stamp, Stampendous, and I picked up some shells from the beach and added them to the page.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

USA!!!! America the Land of Freee!

Yes! Again. It just seemed fitting really. For some reason, my mojo wasn't up to snuff on how to scrap the USS Midway.  I wanted it to be a little special, after all dad was a sailor back in the day when they were rowing to the beat of drums (just kidding dad).

I had the best time roaming the decks and spent hours interacting with the volunteers, most who served aboard. They were not only proud of their service but of their ship.

As they should be.

I wanted to get a lot of pix on the page, because I took a lot of pix! LOL! And by now, you KNOW how much I LOVE (insert eyeroll) two pagers. So what's a scrapper to do. WELL!!!! Since I don't have windows explorer anymore with its vast array of collage templates, I downloaded Picassa. Gasp! It's free and swings both ways - MAC or Windows and its pretty good for free photoshop software. You can do all the basic things PLUS - collages!!! And its easy....choose your pictures, template and hit da button and wa-la.

I actually did this collage TWICE. The first in color which I found too distracting. The colors made it chaotic and your eye would've burst (dramatic I know). So I changed them to B&W (and it was a push of button) - except for one pix that slipped in. Sigh. However, NOW, no REAL big distractions or wiggy eye movement!!

The paper is YEARS old! Around the Block - Liberty. Covered up most of it but enough was left to get the drift and it really made the pix pop (say that 3x's fast-LOL).  QK- yes, I used that die again - only the negative part so you can SEE in the background. A tag with journaling tucked in and some photo turns, along with brackets and Cosmo Cricket tiny types.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Saturday in the Park............

You can thank me for that song running through your head.
ALL
DAY
LONG!

You're welcome!!!
Turns out its gonna be a hot one.
In Florida - which shocks a lot of you I know.
Got up a little late, stayed out and played a little late.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Continuing with the challenges.................

Sometimes its just fun to do a "lift".
Not a lot of brain cells involved to get awesome results.
This was a lift of Diana's on Sneak Attack Thursday over at Moments.
I love the photo and design.
Basic Grey of course, with some QK, 7G's, and EK.
Water boy is my version of a sketch for Fast Track Friday. 
It's a lot of fun, and if you not doing anything on Friday's from 7-9 
just jump on in with us. Again, some of the work is done
for you and helps jumpstart the mojo just in case said mojo has
packed up its suitcases and headed for parts unknown.
Can't ever go wrong with Cosmo Cricket.
Working in 8x8 sizes here. 

It has come to be a favorite again!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Taking on the challenges at Moments...

I decided to combine TWO; the color and one-little-word challenges.
The colors are navy, red, tan a combo which I love 
AND OLW is Be!!!
This is also a loose lift on one of April's pages.
Bazzill, Jillybean soup, EK bookworks, Sixxix
Brush alpha, QK Journal #, 7 G's &
Studio G stamp.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Pool Rehab = June LO Tag Reveal!!

here at Moments!
It took a lot of  twists and turns 
with all the different perspectives and styles!
Fun to watch!

It only took a couple days.
If felt like forever til we got our pool back.
It looks and feels amazing!
Bazzill, My Mind's Eye, Ephemera (a tag from Dh's fishing shirts) and some QK splats. Journaling: It was 17 years in the making to get an ugly pock-marked, leaking pool. The help of one kidle who will be nameless, surfing int he pool with his brother's surfboard and roughing up the tile made it necessary to go for..... Pool Rehab!

Also, the challenges for the 1st of the Month
are up at Moments today!!
For lots of inspiration and awesome challenges
go check them out! Here.....
and join us!!!