NSD Challenge #14

NSD Challenge #14, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

For Challenge #14--"try a double page"--I joined this one with the page I did for Challenge #12--"write a letter".

I used the same layout, color scheme, photo location, and letter writing technique. And I once again channeled my inner Julie Fei-fen Balzer.

I love the super-clean, slightly wonky look of these two pages.

And speaking of wonky...I ran out of the letter "o" and needed two, so I cut up a lower case letter "g" for each of the missing letters. Cool, eh? ;-)


Craft on!!


~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #12

NSD Challenge #12, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

All righty! We're up to Challenge #12, playing along with Shimelle Laine's National Scrapbooking Day...Day 3 for me! ;-)

Number 12 is to "write a letter" to a person or place.

So I wrote my letter to my favorite hiking trail--Cottonwood. So named for the Cottonwood trees that are numerous along the banks of the river.

So I told Cottonwood how much I loved him.

While channeling my inner Julie Fei-fan Balzer.


And that's that.

Oh and PS: Sorry about the thumb shot. The sun has finally reappeared and now I have to contend with the shadows from all the trees. I thought about standing in the middle of the road, but my neighbors already think I'm crazy for dropping stuff on the grass then leaning over it and pointing my phone at it. Heh.


~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #10

NSD Challenge #10, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

And my final challenge for today is #10--"use a mood board," says Shimelle!

I shopped around Pinterest a little bit and found a cute mood board full of hearts and primary colors. It also had seed packets, which I thought would be really cool, but the ones I had were pastel colors.

I just went with the hearts and primary colors.

Then I took the mood board thing to the literal extreme and actually used cork board paper.

Get it? My mood board page IS a mood board!!

OK, look. It's late. The later it gets, the goofier I get. ;-)

Anywho. This picture is a shot of our resident Eastern Bluebird Big Daddy. He's currently feeding Big Momma and the Little Kids while waiting for them to literally leave the nest.


Stay scrappy!

~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #9

NSD Challenge #9, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Challenge #9 on Shimelle's blog is to "do some fancy cutting"!

I did the fanciness two ways. The first was die cutting the words "Hello, Friend".

I used a Cuttlebug die cut. And...I just realized I forgot to add the bling over the letter "i" on each Friend. Ha ha ha!! Better do that before I forget, eh? =D

The second way was to hand cut the feathers. I sprayed both with Mr Huey's Shine, but the camera made the bottom one look blue. Definitely black. :-)

And that's it for me for the moment--I seem to have missed dinner in here somewhere!!


Off to dot my letter i's!!

~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #8

NSD Challenge #8, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

First off...the photo apology. It's been raining cats and dogs here, so the light has been non-existent, but now the sun is setting so the photos are just getting worse. SO SORRY!! :-(

But now back to the fun part! For this challenge, Shimelle wants us to "scrap about yourself"!

Since I rarely take photos of myself, I decided to go into the Way Back File and find one of me as a child.

As you can clearly see in the photo, even as a small tot, I was always trying to escape!! My mom wrote on the back of the photo (which I added as the journaling): "Caught ya! Always talking to the neighbors over the fence!"

Even as a child...always misunderstood! =D I was really trying to find some help to get out of my crib!!

I thought the ESCAPE paper was rather perfect! ;-)


So how did you approach this challenge? Did you use a current photo or did you too delve into the Way Back File??


Craft on!

~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #7

NSD Challenge #7, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Number 7 was a fun challenge! Shimelle said to "use unexpected supplies"! I spent a little time thinking before it came to me....

Unexpectedly I used playing cards!

I had altered two playing cards for a project I never finished. I glued pages from a French textbook and distressed them with ink and Crackle paint. Then they sat in my little tray, waiting. I thought they would be perfect for this challenge!

I layered the playing cards with a bunch of fun stuff from Simple Stories. Love their products!!

The photo is the view at "knee level" on a bridge over a local creek.


Thanks for visiting!!

~Cynthia

NSD Challenge #4

NSD Challenge #4, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Next up is a journaling challenge! Shimelle wants us to "write with repetition"!

I loved guest artist Lexi Bridges' scrapbook page and kinda, sorta used her idea...just on a much smaller scale.

Instead of repeating the words across the page as Lexi did, I used one word just three times in one small area.

Also, one of the things I love most about scrapbook supplies is that if you look hard enough, you can mix and match different lines and even companies together for a fun and cohesive look.

Prime example on this page: Old, OLD BoBunny paper matches on the dot with newish Authentique letters while Bazzill paper matches rather well with Adirondack spray.

All that equals....LOVE. :-)


Happy scrappin'!!


~Cynthia