Challenge #7

Challenge #7, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

WOW. When I got up this morning, I KNEW I was behind in Shimelle's challenges. To my horror, I discovered I was TWO challenges and several discussions behind!! AAARRGHHHH!!

So I went all clean and simple on this design. I had the layout ready, ran off to church, ran back and adhered it all down.

BOOYAH.

Shimelle's challenge was to use a pocket or an envelope to hold something or hide something.

I chose to make my pocket part of the layout papers. I tucked little tags behind that long strip of blue paper, after journaling about the photo on the tags. I glued down the blue strip, leaving pockets of unglued areas to hold the tags.

I made the tag from a large shipping tag, colored using Tim Holtz's No Wrinkle Distress Technique. Then I punched out mini tags and used the leftover end as an embellishment. (That's the bit sticking out on the left side of the blue strip.)

OK. Gotta get back to creating! Thanks for stopping in!


Craft on!

~Cynthia

Challenge #6

Challenge #6, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

This challenge was to choose another scrapper's page and scraplift it while changing one major component of the layout. Shimelle had a few links to pages she had bookmarked and when I saw this by Lynn Ghahary, my search was over! Love love LOVE her page!!

I followed her layout, with different colors, but I changed the middle section completely. Mine is all handwritten details of the place (Fort Moultrie, South Carolina), not a printed saying (also very cool) like Lynn did.

I love the layout and I will definitely use it again. You could change the colors and the sizes of all the pieces and come up with something drastically different each time.



And thanks again for stopping in to take a look. I have SO enjoyed dropping by to see your creations. VERY inspiring!! =D

Craft on!


~Cynthia

Challenge #5

Challenge #5, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Chuggin' right along here with Shimelle and her super awesome challenges!! I'm having so much fun!! =D

This challenge was to take inspiration from a scrapbook page created by Wilna Furstenberg. She has an amazing style!

I decided to use a panoramic photo like Wilna did. This one is from Hunting Island State Park in South Carolina.

I used LOTS of white space. I broke out my new washi tapes from Walmart. (Note to self: 99 cent washi tapes are really TAPE and they STICK PERMANENTLY. Oops.)

I kept everything kind of monochromatic. I even found some Thickers that matched! (Better in real life than in the photo, I promise!!)

I added a few of the butterflies and embellishment groupings, like Wilna did. I pretty much scraplifted her page, with less stuff. =D


OK, enough talk. I see Shimelle has Challenge #6 up already!!!! ;-) Thank you SO MUCH for stopping in!



~Cynthia

Challenge #4

Challenge #4, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And this page was indeed a challenge! As you can see by my horrid photo...Flickr's photo editing program is not working at this moment. So here's the raw, unedited photo I took in bright sunlight on the deck!

SORRY. :-(

Anywho...on to the challenge. This time Shimelle requested that we use yellow, gray, and one other color. My color being blue!

I think this page will be one of those that gets put into the album, but will forever remain Not Quite Finished.

It needs something. I don't know what, but I have no time to think about it. Challenge #5 has been posted already!! =D


Thanks so much for your sweet comments! Half the fun of Shimelle's challenges is getting to visiting other scrapbookers' pages!

Craft on!


~Cynthia

Challenge #3

Challenge #3, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'm still keeping up with Shimelle and her challenge weekend. This time we were challenged to mix our personal style with a look we've never tried before.

And thus I present....the Julie Fei-Fan Balzer Scrapbook Page.

When I first read the challenge, I thought, "Whose scrapping style scares me?" Why, Julie's of course! ;-)

I really, REALLY love what she does. But I thought I could never achieve her look on a page.

Except for my HORRIBLE handwriting with a paint brush, I think this page is pretty darn cool.

I finger-painted the tags with acrylic paint diluted with water.

OK, that was fun. ;-)

Then I typed the city name and the date. I added a bit of journaling on the side there.

Messy, painty, inky.

Seriously fun!!


Oh and PS: Sorry about the photo. The sun has gone down, so I used a lamp...and this is what happens when you do that. ;-)


Thanks for visiting!!

~Cynthia

Challenge #2

Challenge #2, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

This challenge from Shimelle involves using three different paper collections on one page.

I used Sassafras Lass (Count Me In: Multiply) for the main page and striped border. I used American Craft (Chap: Dave) for the polka-dotted large piece. And Three Bugs in a Rug (Spread Your Wings: Little Red) for the smaller rectangle piece.

I also threw in a bit of K&Co by using the ruler and sunflower borders.

Shimelle used a cute Poloroid kind of photo. I just made one up with cardstock and a seahorse stamp.

And if you're wondering what that black thing hanging in the middle of the air is....that would be Sullivan's Island Lighthouse. The bottom half of the lighthouse is white, which in real life you can see in the photo. :-)

I'm off to see what else Shimelle has cooked up for us. Craft on!! And thanks so much for having a look!


~Cynthia

Challenge #1

Challenge #1, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And here we go with Shimelle's first challenge!!! =D

Shimelle posted a beautiful page by Jaime Warren for inspiration. I used the general outline/layout of Jaime's page, but changed all the colors. ;-)

The photo was taken several years ago in Chillicothe, Ohio, of Adena--the home of Ohio's sixth governor, Thomas Worthington.

The story goes....one morning Thomas and several of his guests arose early for the sunrise over the Scioto River and Mount Logan (which are located to the left of this photo.) The vista inspired the Great Seal of the State of Ohio.


Supplies include: Papers from Cosmo Cricket, My Mind's Eye; Stuff from Colorbok, Studio 112; Inks from Tim Holtz



Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your visits and your comments!! =D

~Cynthia