It was a fun manic Monday in cyberscrapping

God Bless those who lost their loved ones this day 11 years agao and God Bless America. This day will always be remembered.

Always a lot of fun creating with friends and technology today makes it easy.

I got 2 pages done and I'm happy about that. Jill sent this picture of Q totally engrossed in the paver, abandoning the toys and its a great shot.

Basic Grey came through and I took the wrench from Obscure collection and cut it down to size and found some sort of nut/screw/thingamabob that just implies manly stuff. OOOO and that punch I made into a cog. More or less. These pages are for an 8x8 album and sometimes doing squares is boring to I have an 8 in template that fits just right. I love this shot I took. I know. Swoon. Broke out a new background stamp that looks like bricks and my watercolors. Kaiser Kraft totally works.

The hardest part is waiting for everything to dry...

oH yeah!

The OLW challenge this month. Yeah. And it worked perfectly with this amazing photo my cousin shared with me. It's a picture of his dad, Albert, my uncle, with my great grandparents or his parents. He tells me they were visiting Hershey Park. Evidently there is a 4th person behind the camera and I'd love to know who that was because what a perfectly gorgeous shot. And they're dressed up to go to a park. 

I know you're surprised to know I used Authentique. 

And Tim Holtz. 

Basic Grey.

PRIMA.

Funky and Fun!

So I had this bill of laden from a hardware store in Lehigh Valley where we are all from. But it was distracting so I removed it. 

It was HUGE. 

I'll work that baby in somewhere else. 

Hmmm..........because my cousin shared more photos.

Fun Friday at ScrapNChat and getting some

challenges done! Gotta love that! this is the recipe challenge that has a lot of items to go on, utilizing all except I changed out the ribbon for the netting. I've had this page in my head ever since I took these pictures while on vacation. I love shrimp boats. I adore them. I did post these pictures that I took from the window and some outdoors at a restuarant called the Shrimp Box in Pt. Pleasant, NJ. I could barely look at the menu and eat because these amazing boats were right out my window. And yes one of the photos is instamatic. Doesn't instamatic make you swoon? Bo Bunny!

This one was the journaling challenge and utilizing blocks. I did slide 3 in there however stealthy. LOL! I wanted to show my efforts for riding a tram way up the mountainside and well the entire world knows I'm not fond of heights. But I did it. I rode the tram up and walked to the top of the observation tower. And I took pictures. Not looking straight down of course, but looking and not wigging out. Twas a good day. Authentique - surprise!

This is a lift of a page by Fevver on 2peas. Another challenge notch. I wanted it girlie and this is enough to make your teeth itch. Really. I finally used stash - that KI memories - lasercut. I wanted to play off Amelia's girlie dress. Left the primas white because I was looking for that monochromatic look well except for the title. 

MADDAWG'S MADCAP at S'NC.....

See these Bo Bunny stickers? I really couldn't figure out how to use them as they are.

So I took them (not this one actually but I whacked the other up before I thought to photo it) and whacked them up.

Like this. BB makes pretty realistic looking tags and stickers which I think is totally cool.

So some embellies that had been laying around and taking up room, are now slapped on a page. I stickled them up. It got messy because I forgot they weren't dry and laid my hand on them.

 I know you're shocked.

So the challenge is to take some embellies you have laying around and will never ever use them in their current condition and whack them up and then jazz them up and slap them on a page or tag or card or.......

Scrap N Chat...

AT the Shrimp Box....

which is in Point Pleasant - a lovely dining spot with a view. Shrimp boats.

Watch me swoon. So while perusing the menu and I was making use of my camera and iphone camera. Everyone was patient. 

It was a lovely dinner with Tom and Ginny. And the food was great.

But oh my my the view.

And it kept changing. The sun played peek-a-boo all day between showers.

Yes, it was dark and moody. Because it seems that follows me.

And I made another new friend. Who let me get quite close actually. Posers make me swoon too.

We will be heading for home tomorrow morning. I'm ready...........................(Oh instamatic pix are on facebook)..............

Together on Labor Day...........

is a fun, different venue, coming together on the shore. It has become an important a holiday as Thanksgiving. Lucas has devilish eyes.

Watching all the kidlets grow and change so much is mind boggling. And little Darla with her blingy harness was a hit. Other than babies, nothing like a 4lb puppy to turn adults and kidlets alike to mush.

The cheetos were a total hit and you could tell what the little ones were eating just by looking at their faces.

Lucas will be starting kindergarten this year. 

And Frankie is almost as tall as me - which really isn't saying much - although for awhile I was taller.

Another cheeto fan.

Including dad. 

Cousins playing together - finally.

Ending with a rousing game of peek-a-boo. 

Beachin' it at the shore............

Annie in the sand........

 Owen sifting.....

Annie sharing her rake and building castles.

And making a break for the water.......

Family fun at the water's edge.

More fun..........

Loves the water.....no fear.

Thinking about maybe kinda sorta going in.