Thanksgiving Card

OK, I'm very hopeful.  My trial run has been successful.  The photo editing bit is going to take a bunch of practice, but still...I'm hopeful!

Here's one of the Thanksgiving cards I made.

Unfortunately I mailed the others before I took photos.

Duh.

 

Pretend you don't see those spots.  My windows need cleaned.  Heh heh.

Anyway.  I shamelessly copied the idea from one of my favorite card makers, Bonnie, at Stamping With Klass.  I used a bunch of Distress Inks to stamp the leaves and distress the paper edges.  And then I called it a day!  It was actually kind of meditative to stamp all those leaves.  ;-)

And I'm crossing my fingers again that this works!

~Cynthia

Testing 1-2-3-4-5-6.........

OK.  Well.  The grand Picasa  experiment didn't work so well.  So I've had to go the old school route and just upload the photos with no online album.

Boo.

So.  Maybe this will work better.  This is the view from my computer desk.  =D

Fingers crossed here....


~Cynthia

Testing 1-2-3

I hope this works.  I have officially given up on Flickr, since they are no longer speaking to Mr. Blogger (as Jules calls him!)  Sooooo, this is a bit of a test for Picasa.

Happy Monday and I hope to be back to regular blogging soon!!  =D


~Cynthia

PS:  This is a shot of Tahquamenon Falls in Michigan!  Such a beautiful place!!

CASEing Celine

CASEing Celine, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I saw these hot pink flowers sticking up in some waist-high fading grasses a few weeks ago along a path I hike often. I knew I wanted a funky page to go along with the photo so I took a 'lesson' from Celine Navarro. She has an amazing style!

I printed the photo out in a small size and kept the embellishments to a minimum.

And slathered paint all over the place.

Yep.


Thanks for stopping by!


~Cynthia

Simple Heart

Simple Heart, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

I'm back to scrapbooking today! =D

I found this sweet little heart-shaped leaf the other day and just HAD to photograph it. I also wanted to keep the page super simple, just like the leaf.

I rescued several pieces of paper from the snippet basket. I had used one for another project, punching stars out of a corner.

I added a page from an old book and a tiny Polaroid-type frame. For a bit of grounding, I slipped another snippet under the layers.

And that was it. No ink splats, no washi, no stamping.

Just one simple heart. :-)


~Cynthia

Plan C: I Win

Plan C: I Win, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

So.

After almost a WEEK of journal wrangling, I have mastered this dollar bin purchase.

I brushed off Plan A's failure and I sanded off Plan B's failure.

I was left with a very textured and scuffed up journal cover.

So I took a cue from Larimore2, who so kindly left a few suggestions for me on Tuesday's blog post.

I pulled out the dreaded Red Line Tape From You Know Where and liberally taped up the cover. Then I cut a piece of BoBunny Christmas paper that I have been hoarding for years. I carefully smoothed it on the cover.

It looked very nice. So I covered the back cover too with the other side of the BoBunny paper.

I added some silver glitter letters to spell 'Advent' and a piece of washi, then placed three silver nail heads on the washi. I also distressed the edges just a little with an emery board.

So.

This was NOT what I had in mind when I started.

But...it's starting to grow on me. ;-)


Happy weekend!!


~Cynthia

Plan B goes awry

Plan B goes awry, a photo by HikerCynthia on Flickr.

So.

My battle with the journal cover continues.

(You should totally say that out loud with a Darth Vader accent.)

Plan A was to cover the journal with gesso and then with Rock Candy Distress Crackle.

Chaos ensued.

I brushed the mutant junk from the cover, which took all of 30 seconds.

*sigh*

Plan B was to cover the journal with Distress Paint.

Unfortunately, I did not pay any attention to WHICH Picket Fence product I grabbed and proceeded to use Distress STAIN instead.

You see that picture up there???

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE DISTRESS STAIN.

After the first coat, I touched the dried Distress Stain and was immediately covered in tiny white paint/stain flakes.

*sigh*

But I will not be defeated by the Dark Side. I will see victory.

No, really. I will. I already have Plan C in the works.......


~Cynthia