Sting like a bee

Sting like a bee, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Quick post today! Monday is always House Cleaning Day around here and I still have tons of things on my To Do List! But I do love a clean house! ;-)

I made this page as clean and simple as possible. I used a bit of leftover stripes--all the paper is from We R Memory Keepers new Chalkboard collection. LOVE the colors on this one!

I was running low on creative titles so I simply used letters to spell out, "sting like a bee" since the rest of the pictures from this hike are all about butterflies.

Get it?

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali said, "I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee."

Ha ha ha!!

I added a few dots, some washi tape and then I called it a day.


Happy Monday to you! I'm off to vacuum. What exciting thing do YOU have planned for today?? ;-)


~Cynthia

Oh Jaime Warren!

Oh Jaime Warren!, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

When I saw Jaime Warren's scrap pages over on Cocoa Daisy, I was floored. Man, she's so incredibly talented!!

So, naturally, I shamelessly copied her design! ;-)

I used punches and stencils and Distress Inks and wood veneer and banners and ink blots and metal dots and the kitchen sink.

OK, not really the sink. But I threw everything else at this page! It was darned fun, let me tell you! I'm usually the clean-and-simple type, but lately I've been having fun making ART.

Or a mess.

Whatever you'd like to call it! =D

The photo is another in the series I took at my friend's pond of the amazingly gorgeous dragonflies. I got super super close to this one. You can see the literally see the hair on the back of his neck!

Or whatever dragonflies have for a neck. Heh.


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (white cardstock); Tim Holtz (Lost and Found pad); Little Yellow Bicycle (Fern & Forest); Cosmo Cricket (unknown snippet); Graphic 45 (unknown snippet); page from old accounting book
Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Salty Ocean and Broken China); Dylusions (Spray Ink: London Blue and Stencil: Diamond Border)
ETC: Marvy Uchida (circle and square punches); Nestabilites (Pinked Circles die cuts, Labels die cuts); Studio Calico (wood veneer); Prima (wood veneer); The Paper Studio (epoxy stickers); Heidi Grace (metal dots)


Happy Friday, everyone! The chilly, rainy conditions here continue. Good thing my hobby lends itself to such weather. I would hate to be a golfer or a baseball player! ;-)

Have a crafty weekend!!


~Cynthia

Tarry but for a moment

Tarry but for a moment, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Apologies for the odd angle on this one. I totally didn't notice it til just now. Heh. We shall blame that darn photographer, shall we?

Anywho. Another scraplifted page today. Today's victim is the ever-talented Marcy Penner. I love her style! I shamelessly copied this page over on the Studio Calico gallery.

I titled the page "tarry" because I tarried alongside my friend's pond. I sat down on the edge of the water, not moving and barely breathing, until the dragonflies got used to my presence. Then they flew quite close to me and landed here and there. I got some wonderful zoom lens close-up shots because I took the time to sit still and tarry for a bit.


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (white cardstock); Doodlebug (Flowerbox); Echo Park (Everyday Eclectic: cut apart sheet, manufacturer's strip and various snippets); Pink Paislee (House of 3: Music); paper ripped from an old accounting book
Ink: Ranger/Adirondack (Lettuce); Dylusions Spray Ink (Lemon Zest)
ETC: Thickers (Rockabye); Tim Holtz (Vial Labels, Chit Chat stickers)


I would like to take a moment here to publicly thank God for inventing the cold front. It's August 15 and it's a ridiculously gloriously chilly SEVENTY-ONE DEGREES here!! Unheard of!!! And the SUN is SHINING too!!! LOL!!!! =D


~Cynthia ;-)

Seymour

Seymour, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Here's a second shot of the dried Tiger Lily seed pods. The first one can be found here.

When I showed my mom the photo, she immediately said that it looked like that huge plant in the movie, "The Little Shop of Horrors." Apparently, one of the most quoted lines is, "Feed me, Seymour!" The plant says this to Rick Moranis' character, Seymour.

I was running out of snappy titles for my flower shots and thought, "Feed me, Seymour" sounded like as good a title as any!

I love the graphic block design scheme that's so prevalent right now in scrapbooking. I cut the little Polaroid type photos from a BoBunny 12x12 sheet of paper. I just used the blue, green and yellow ones. The green matches the background paper pretty well! ;-)


Supplies:
Paper: BoBunny (Family Is...); We R Memory Keepers (Country Livin'); Bazzill (black cardstock)
ETC: October Afternoon (Mini Market stickers); Thickers (Amy Tangerine something)


So happy Monday to ya! Have a wonderful week!!

~Cynthia

Zinnias

Zinnias, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Catching up here with a few pages that I made before Shimelle's challenge weekend. This zinnia is another picture from the group I took while hiking back in July.

The papers are all from We R Memory Keeper's new line called Chalkboard. There are several papers in the collection with this dreamy watercolory look to them. So pretty!

I added some washi, a few dots and an alphabet card from Tim Holtz that I've been hoarding for several years.

I also made a little flair button from some cute Doodlebug Designs paper. Then I threw in a few fun puffy Thickers letters and I was done! =D


Thanks for visiting today! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!


~Cynthia

Fire-wheel

Fire-wheel, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'm pretty sure I scraplifted this from somebody...I just can't remember who. Probably Shimelle. I'm a tad brain dead after all the challenges this weekend, so you'll have to cut me a little slack, OK? ;-)

I wanted to have a wild page for a wild flower and grabbed some paper from Bazzill Basics called Lucy's Crab Shack.

Oh sure. This photo was taken in a garden, about 200 miles from the beach. But it worked. Or at least it does in my head.

Roll with me here, eh?

I cut up a journaling card and adhered it on the top and bottom of the photo. The card with the bike on it is another journaling card I cut up.

I used some wild washi tape and some fun glittery yellow letters too.

Fire-wheel is the common name of the flower in the photo. :-)


Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill (Lucy's Crab Shack--paper and journaling cards); unknown bingo paper from Michael's
ETC: Thickers (letter stickers); Bella Blvd (washi); Queen & Co (washi)


And that's all from around here! =D


~Cynthia

Embrace the White Space

Embrace the White Space, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

Soooo, first of all...this is what happens to scrapbook pages when they are outside in 100% humidity.

They warp.

And secondly, this is what happens when it's a gray, cloudy day and you're trying to photograph white stuff.

It comes out all weirdly yellow and blue.

*sigh*

So you'll just have to squint and think happy thoughts on this one, OK? ;-)


When I saw Shimelle's challenge to accentuate the white space, i was super happy. Yes, I love the white space.

And when I saw guest designer Els' page, I was super excited.

SO excited that I just scraplifted the heck out of her page.

Yes I did.

I used happy little scraps from the Echo Park kit I have been using for the past few layouts. I added some drippage and some tiny embellishments and called it a day!

I really, really, REALLY wanted to use some sparkly title letters like Els did, but I loved Shimelle's idea of going tone-on-tone.

So the white--and they really. are. white. in real life--won out on this page. I think it works here because all the focus remains on those super fiery zinnias.


Supplies:
Paper: Echo Park (Everyday Eclectic); stash (old accounting book page)
Ink: Ranger/Adirondack Spray Ink (Lettuce); Ranger/Dylusions Spray Ink (Bubblegum Pink)
ETC: Martha Stewart (butterfly punch); Tim Holtz (Chit Chat sticker); EK Success (Sticko letters); Bella Blvd (Pickle Juice washi)


Can this be the end of Shimelle's challenges?? Stay tuned to find out!! ;-)


~Cynthia