A photo from each of the states we hung out in

 New Mexico

Tennessee

Arkansas

Arizona

Nevada

California

Idaho

Oregon

Washington

New Jersey

Ohio

North Carolina

South Carolina

Florida

We are currently in Carrabelle Florida waiting

on a happening once we get to

Jacksonville and attend our favorite nephew's

wedding.

After that we'll be hunkered down in our winter home

in Arcadia where we'll cram a year's worth

of doctoring in 3 months.

It's a gift LOL!!!

We are currently looking for more "permenant digs" a place

we own and can hang out in any time want or need.

I'll keep ya posted on that.

Falling into Autumn Finally

It was a grey, overcast, rainy day and we went out to explore

mostly because we were getting squirrelly from 

hanging around a few days while the

weather insisted on being crappy.

We blew through the Chatooga Forest and the back roads

that was a lot of fun.

Bummer on not seeing any wildlife.

Love these ghost and goblins hanging around.

Smoke on the mountain in the foothills.

And the colors so bright and beautiful.

The Chatanooga River.

(I think).

I really need to take notes on our rides.

It was a lovely chilly rainy day and we topped it off with

delish BBQ in Cashiers, SC.

YUM.

 

Scrappy pages continues with more from Saguaro NP

 

There is an east and west side to the park on different sides

of town which allows for different

plants and species.

Also some exciting roads getting too and fro in the park.

 

Above and below was when we hung out and had

lunch at Jerome which is a totally cool

place to go. Also taking back roads and hanging on

Route 66 - so many things from yesteryear.

 

We also took the long - short cut to the Grand

Canyon. As we've been there 3 or 4 times - first time

for me on our honeymoon 💗

and it never fails to be it's beautiful self.

Not too much journaling on the canyon 

but I did get chatty 

about the drive over.

I also found I liked the pamphlets going that

direction, however, I'm afraid there may be some

inconsistencies. LOL.

 

Scrappy pages in my 6x8 album

 

Actually, all the parks have pamphlets of some sort

and it tells so much more than I would

wanna chat about in the journaling

which as you can see not.real.chatty.

 

 

 Then there's OMGEE put stuff on the photos.

I like to think I was over that a long 

time ago, but alas, I don't really mean it LOL,

 

So just to keep things steady on in my mind

for these photos I didn't add too

much embellies.

I did flip the pamphlet only because I punched

the holes on the wrong end but

found I love it because it sort of encompasses the 2 pages.

 

I do have to say, that the 3x4 page pockets

also present a challenge.

The majority - and I mean majority of my photos

are landscape.

Had to do some tricky photoshop although

I do admit that cactus are perfect for portrait.

I'm getting better.

 

 

Scrapping in my new 6x8 album w/page protectors

I'm really excited to start this album. 

It works perfect in my space and gives me a break from

Travelers notebooks.

I love them - but I want something more to

protect my photos.

They have several different protectors

which is a challenge for me.

Sure, I could get just 6x8 but where's the fun in that.

So you may be aware of this first page as in the challenge

my friend Brooke and I were challenging

each other with sketches and embellishments.

We did four and are on the blog.

This is a 2 pager in which the 2nd page is behind

this one. 

Don't ask....

because they're glued together.

😐

 

 

So I love collecting ephemera and the National Parks

are quite generous with it.

If you're a senior- buy the National Park pass

we get into each and every one free.

Just sayin....

 

I also buy NP ephemera - they are totally getting with it

now and have a bunch of really cool stickers and patches and

they have a date stamp (for the passports). 

Love how it's turning out.

You can see the entire album cover here

You can see Brooke & I's challenges here, here, here & here

The 4th Scrapbook Challenge with my pal Brooke

 

It was a fun challenge, again. I find all challenges fun, more or less LOL.

Buttons, tags, stamps, ribbon and doilie and the sketch below.

She totally nailed it.

I think this one is a favorite.  

Love the photo of her son and hubby. 

My "doilie" was a cool thing I had from pink paislee.

Brooke sent Today at 9:29 AM

I love Thickers. The loves part of my title are foam thickers.

Brooke sent Today at 9:29 AM

My tag is the arrow patterned paper....cut it up and used it to layer

 

 

 

 My challenge from Brooke gave me a 2 spread - which I only did one

and thought what the heck - lets do a 2 page.

See that photo with my big mouth open - only a long lost

cousin I haven't seen in 40 years took it.

Love that nothing changed since we were kidlets.

 My challenge from Brooke was the sketch below and 

patterned paper only, 6 buttons, 6 eyelets, ACK!!! 3 stamps different mediums

WHICH IS TOTALLY OVERLOOKED THAT - SO FAIL!

and handmade flowers.

Also FAIL on eyelets - I had NOT A ONE - so I used whatever

brads I had remaining - which wasn't many.

I think I had 7 and they were all different - so I used them anyway

and they totally worked.

I was so worried about brad and eyelets forgot about stamps.

Sigh.

 

You will also see this page in my new 6x8 album that you can

read about here !! It turned out so pretty I think.

Can't go wrong with oxides and stamps.

 

Saguaro National Park - East Rincon

Meanwhile in the other side of the park

things seem to be a bit more lusher and taller.

And don't forget the mountains everywhere.

Prickly pear cactus.

A blurry cholla. 

Still cool.

If you see a hole in the cactus - that's where

birds are nesting.

How cool is that.

Love the drive through - it's still pretty and

hasn't gotten old.