Another Butterfly Photo

Another Butterfly Photo, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Well, I'm embarrassed.

Normally I write down all the supplies I use for a scrap page because by the time I get around to writing it up on the ol' blog, I've totally forgotten.

Looks like I just totally forgot to write the supply list down this time.

Oops.

It'll be a guessing game of sorts. Maybe I should run a contest....guess the papers, win a prize.

No?

OK.

This is another photo of the dearly departed butterfly which appeared on an earlier post. I got super-dee-douper close-up on this one. I love the colors!

The title is the Latin name for the butterfly--a Red-spotted Purple. Even though he has no red spots or purple coloration.

Go figure.


The Guessed at Supply List:
Paper:  Prima (Canzone: Divine); Little Yellow Bicycle (the green snippets and the brown piece from Fern & Forest); KaiserCraft (the butterfly strips from 75 Cents); Bazzill (white cardstock)
ETC: BasicGrey (all the die cut stuff, Carte Postale for the most part); The Crafter's Workshop (Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's Four Feathers stencil); Dylusions (orange spray ink); Thickers (letters)


Not bad, eh? Oh, wait. I vaguely remember shamelessly copying someone on this page. Ummm. Thank you?

And that just about covers my embarrassment. :-0


Carry on crafting!


~Cynthia

Hey There

Hey There, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I thought I would go in a totally different direction on this page and use tons of layers and embellishment goodness.

Because it's not like I have a shortage of paper over here or anything! ;-)

I used up lots of snippety-sized papers too. That's always a good thing!

Also, the reason Mr. Butterfly is so quietly posing for me....well, Mr. Butterfly had gone to the Great Flower Garden in the sky when I found him. And so he gave me no problems as I took pictures of him! ;-)


Supplies:
Paper: Bella Blvd (green chevron); Little Yellow Bicycle (Fern & Forest line); Simple Stories (24-Seven 6x6 pad); BasicGrey (Carte Postale--Mulholland Drive)
Ink: Ranger/Adirondack spray ink (Espresso); Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Gathered Twigs)
ETC: Thickers; Bella Blvd (washi tape); Prima (wood veneer butterflies); My Mind's Eye (enamel dots and word stickers); Doodlebug Designs (polka dot washi tape); The Paper Studio (acrylic domes); and maybe some other stuff I forgot.


Whew! It was a lot of fun to dive into layer heaven! Thanks so much for joining my on the journey! ;-)


~Cynthia

Sweet Photo Opp!

Sweet Photo Opp!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

This tiny photo goes along with the previous page I posted--visits from teeny tiny bugs! ;-)

I have no idea what kind of insect this is, but they are very friendly and very inquisitive. They like to sit on my skin for a long time, just hanging out. Then, for no reason I can discern, they fly off.

I layered lots of stuff under this photo. I think I've got a bit of Bazzill cardstock and some KaiserCraft in there. The rest is just snippets.

The feather is a Julie Fei-Fan Balzer stencil. Man, I love that stencil!! =D

Then the little speech bubble and "together" sign are from BasicGrey. The word sticker (Photo Opp) is from Me and My Big Ideas. They have packets of clear stickers specifically for adhering to photos, so it looks like you printed it out that way. They come in black lettering and white.

Very cool.

I made a few splots with Adirondack spray ink (Espresso) and threw on a few lovely lime green enamel dots.

I love enamel dots almost as much as I love that feather stencil.

OK, maybe more than I love that feather stencil.

Heh. ;-)


I've managed to get quite a few scrap pages done the past few days. I'll try to be a better blogger and actually get them ON the blog!! =D

Have a wonderful, scrappy week!!


~Cynthia

Remember the Moments

Remember the Moments, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I loved making this page.

I do not love that I have completely forgotten from whence I stole the idea for this layout.

Arrrrgh.

Said the pirate.


Super simple to make. I found a round metal saw blade thing in the workshop and used it as a template to make the circles of ink. I just unscrewed the tops of 2-3 spray inks and used the tube to make circles.

Very therapeutic.

Then I adhered my two photos and some die cuts, added a feather and a bit of journaling, and called it done.


I saw a scrap page Marcy Penner had done where she wrote not only the date, but also the day name (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and the exact time she took the photo. Not only had she recorded a memory, she had recorded a MOMENT in time.

I loved that.

So I'm trying to record more moments of my summer as it slips into autumn.

With that idea in mind, I took these two photos with my cell phone. The one on the right is a little spittlebug who landed on my Bible while I was sitting outside reading. The photo at the bottom is a butterfly who landed on my bookmark and stayed quite a while.

Simple, small, quiet moments of summer.


I used lots of different stuff for this page...Bazzill cardstock, BasicGrey die cuts, MAMBI stickers (that's the big one in the middle), Dylusions spray inks, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer stencil and various enamel dots.

And someday when I stumble upon the original page again, I will credit the person.


Thanks for the visit today!

~Cynthia

WITL--Day 7 (Saturday)

WITL--Day 7 (Saturday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And here I am at the end of my Week in the Life. Ali Edwards runs hers Monday-Sunday, but I did Sunday to Saturday.

So Saturday found me outside quite a bit. A lovely cold front came through and we got our first taste of autumn.

Left side...

Having fun taking photos with my cell phone (Leaves on the porch)

Right side...
Having fun taking photos with my cell phone (Leaves on the porch and shadows of my feet on the brick steps)

Yes, my Saturday was full of no work and all relaxation. Well, I did rake up some leaves and order the pizzas. I think that should count as work on a Saturday, right?? ;-)


Even though I grabbed this album at the last minute, it worked perfectly. I even had one page left for a bit of a round-up of the week's events.

And the album is fat.

I love fat albums.

It says I went places and did stuff and lived my life. And took lots of pictures along the way.

Thanks so much for joining me on the journey.


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 6 (Friday)

  

OK, so Flickr wins another round.  Now it won't even let me upload photos *to* Flickr.  I am, once again, blogging without a net!  ;-)

BUT...my photo is here and therefore I have defeated the evil Flickr Empire once again!

(Insert evil laugh here.)

So Friday found me...

Left side...
Eating Nature Valley granola bars (The Pretzel ones are just so-so.)
Wearing flip-flops while filling up the bird feeders and bird baths
Taking pictures of our second resident bat (He's that little brown blob there in the lower right.  He's jacked up between the house and a downspout!  Way cuter in real life!!!)

Right side...
Taking a lovely morning hike
(When I made this album a few years ago, I conveniently added a waterfall-type photo holder.  Good thing, because I had lots of photos from my hike and I put lots of them in the album!)
Me and my boots on the gravel road (I hike that section to look for wild turkeys.)
An oddly over-exposed shot of a thistle flower (Very sunny morning!)

Yeah, that's right--two feet shots!  That's for Sally!!  =D

Friday has one other page for morning stuff and then three pages for evening stuff.  This part of the day was the prettiest!  ;-)


Only one more day left for me!  I started my week on Sunday and I'll finish Saturday.  Thanks so much for stopping by--especially if you're here via Ali Edwards' site!


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 5 (Thursday)

Sorry for the horrible photo, but it looks like Flickr isn't working at all this morning!  I'm blogging this without a net, so to speak.  Or editing software.  Whatever.

But...welcome to Day 5 of Week in the Life.  I'm playing along with Ali Edwards and a bunch of her friends!  ;-)

Thursday found me...

Eating Chinese food (that's the menu sticking up on the left)
Weathering a Severe Thunderstorm Warning (we only got sprinkles)
Photographing the lawn boy through the curtains  ;-)
Wondering why my neighbors are having a party and I wasn't invited (Ha.  Not really!)
Loving the fluffy white clouds drifting lazily by
Rereading the book "Just Like Jesus"
Wondering why I continue to photograph my feet (I've done a foot/shoe pic everyday this week!)

On the right side (which isn't completed yet because my photos are still drying) I'm putting a little photo homage to "Burn Notice"--a TV show that ended Thursday night.  I've watched and loved that show for 7 long years.  And I'm not ashamed to admit I cried at the end.  Cried.  Over a TV show.  But if you're a fan of Michael Westen, you totally get that.  :-)


OK, enough crying over spilled TV shows.  LOL!!   Thanks for dropping by today!

~Cynthia

WITL--Day 4 (Wednesday)

WITL--Day 4 (Wednesday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

So Wednesday (Day 4 for me in Week in the Life) involved more errands.

And more chocolate.

Cuz that's important.

This is page 2 and 3 of a four page spread for Wednesday.

Left side:
Grocery list
Photo of strip mall
Photo of grocery bag

Right side:
Photo of local scrap store
"Receipt" telling me how much I have left of my store credit
Wrapper from Dove chocolate (It says "Relaxation by Chocolate." Yes, please.)

The first page has a photo of a flag at half-mast at Chik-fil-a.
And the last page has a photo of my crossed running-shoe shod feet. Because, for some odd reason, I feel the inexplicable need to photograph my feet in all the different shoes I wear in all the different places I go.

And thus ends Wednesday.


Now. Go forth and document your day. It's not too late to join us over at Ali Edwards' blog!!


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 3 (Tuesday)

WITL--Day 3 (Tuesday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Oh, Flickr, Flickr, Flickr.

Must you be so mean to me?

I tried 5 times this morning to edit this photo and get it on my blog.

Sigh.

But I have triumphed in the end, you crazy Flickr!

;-)

This is Day 3 for me--Tuesday. Here is the last page from the day's photos.


My boots. I spent a little time hiking out in the hot sun.

Papa John's. Oh, how I love cold pizza!!

Ice cream. Yes, Breyer's Thin Mint *does* taste pretty darn good. (Note to self: Use bigger bowl next time.)

Cryptoquote. Must keep my brain young!

Outside. Man, I love autumn!


And that's it for Tuesday! Don't forget you can check out all the inspiration on Ali Edwards' blog here. Thanks so much for dropping in! =D


~Cynthia

WITL--Day 2 (Monday)

WITL--Day 2 (Monday), a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Here we are with Monday's Week In the Life. It's day 2 for me--I started my week on Sunday.

If you've dropped in via Ali's blog...welcome!! =D

So Monday found me mostly running errands and doing housework. On the left page is my alarm clock and part of my morning routine--checking the weather, including what tropical storms are lurking. Then a fun trip to Walmart for groceries.

Heh.

The right side shows my poor finger--I do believe I broke it. It's also a pain in the bum to type, I tell you!! ;-)

The (oddly appropriate) heart-shaped leaf is covering my mom's face cuz we all like our privacy! =D Then yet another shot of my feet in the sun. I did that for Sunday's page too. I think I'll make it a daily thing! LOL!!

And the next two pages (not shown) are about laundry and making a card and mailing it off and reading and dinner and watching "Fast and Loud"--I love that show! ;-)

OK, that's it for Monday for me! Thanks so much for dropping by! You can also catch up on my album and Sunday's pages by clicking over on the Blog Archive on the right.


~Cynthia

PS:  Oops!  Forgot to mention that the cute day cards (lower left corner) are from Creativity Prompt.  Avital has tons of free downloads--lots of cute stuff!

WITL-- Day 1 (Sunday)

WITL-- Day 1, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Week in the Life started Sunday for me. (Ali Edwards started Monday.)

I decided to print my photos small--2x3 inches. I know I'll have some cell phone photos too and I wanted them all roughly the same size. And my album is only 5x7.

So Day 1 finds us going to church in the morning--that's the bulletin on the right with two shots of the church.

On the left is a shot of my alarm clock and a wrapper from a piece of Dove dark chocolate. Dove chocolates have little messages in them--this one says, "You make everything lovely." Awwwww, so sweet!! :-)

The next page has photos of: sitting in the sun, watching Hitchcock movies and a visiting snail...along with more journaling.

I think Ali will have a link-up thingamajig on Tuesday in case you want to play along or check out other crafters' albums. It's always fun to see what others are doing!


~Cynthia

Week in the Life

Week in the Life, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

OK, you're probably wondering why I have a picture of a skeleton on here.

See...what happened was...

Several years ago, my not-so-local scrap store went out of business and sold everything. And I mean EvErYtHiNg! Including these really awesome paper portfolio things made by the French Paper Company. They use them to showcase their papers to customers.

Every. single. one. is a work of art.

This portfolio contains the line called French Muscletone, which is apparently "so sturdy you could use it to build a house." (They have a wonderful sense of humor! Check out their blog for some awesome eye candy too!!)

I bought many of them. Then ripped the paper out and turned them into journals. This one has two machine-sewn signatures of scrapbook papers that are hand-sewn into the portfolio.

The papers are from Momenta--an old paper pad full of muted and distressed greens, blues and browns.

So all that to say...this is my journal for the Week in the Life project which (for me) starts Sunday. Ali Edwards is starting hers on Monday.


And that's the end to my shameless plug!! ;-)

Have a great weekend!!


~Cynthia

Grape Arbor

Grape Arbor, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I vaguely stole the idea for this page from Trina over on the Citrus Twists Kits blog. I don't subscribe to their kits, but the design team members are always fantastic sources of inspiration!

I used the daisy stencil from The Crafter's Workshop and Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's feather stencil, also from The Crafter's Workshop.

I made a big batch of the feathers using Tim Holtz's Distress Ink in Black Soot, then cut the feathers out to use on projects. It was a bit time consuming, but I was watching an Alfred Hitchcock mini-marathon, so I quite enjoyed my time! ;-)

I slapped on a bunch of snippet layers from Graphic 45, My Mind's Eye and Memory Box.

I added some splots and enamel dots, a bit of sewing and called it a day!

This photo is from the grape arbor in the garden at my local hiking spot. My journaling is about the shadows the vines make on the arbor pieces. So cool!


In other news, if you're interested in playing along with Ali Edwards' "Week in the Life"---it's next week! Check out her blog here for more info. She starts on Monday, but I always start my week on Sunday. Play along if you can! =D


Stay crafty, my friends!!


~Cynthia

Birthday Time!

Birthday Time!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Finally. Birthdays and with that...birthday cards to make!! YAY!!

And with cards to make comes shameless copying! ;-)

This time it's Bonnie over on Stamping with Klass. She's so sweet! And incredibly talented!! Check out this card and you'll see why I HAD to CASE it!

Basically, I just used Bonnie's layout. I added the twine, just in a horizontal way. And deleted a layer.

Cuz this card needs to go out today and I'm running a little behind.

Heh.

I used some Echo Park "This & That" 6x6 paper and a Stampin Up stamp. Throw in a McGill sun punch and some Tim Holtz Black Soot ink and you're done!!


Later gators! Gotta hit the mailbox! ;-)


~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for September

Tim's Tag for September, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'd like to subtitle this month's Tim Holtz tag as "I Threw Everything at This Tag but the Kitchen Sink."

No, really.

I did.

I used Distress Stains, Distress Inks, Distress Markers. I used Ideology brads and Chit Chat Stickers. I used stencils from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, Dyan Reaveley and Jaimie from The Crafter's Workshop. I used a tag, some stencil paste, a bird stamp, a hunk of cording and a bit of seam binding.

And I threw in a bird feather for good measure.

Ta da!  =D





The tag is meant to invoke the bittersweet passing of summer and the arrival of autumn...and also the swift passing of time.  Here we are again in September.  We've come around again.



Thanks so much for dropping in!!


~Cynthia