A little autumn color for you

I'm totally getting this one posted under the wire tonight!  I don't know where my day goes anymore!  ;-)  I get out of bed with such good intentions--and a long To Do List too.  HA!

Here's my make for the day.  I took the photo back in November when the trees were in full color on my local hiking trail.

I used a bit of We R Memory Keepers paper, a piece of Simple Stories paper and a tag from Chick Tags.  The super cute feathers are from Studio Calico.  Then I added a few enamel dots and some splats of Dylusions spray ink, plus a BasicGrey brad.

And that's it for me tonight...or probably morning by the time I hit Publish!  ;-)

~Cynthia

Snowy Tree

Happy Monday to ya!  I can still say that even though I'm coming in under the wire tonight!  ;-)

Here's one of my Christmas cards.  I got the inspiration for it from Loll--she makes the prettiest cards!

It was kind of like working on one of Tim Holtz's tags...I didn't have any of the supplies Loll used so I had to improvise.  Just like Tim's Tags!  LOL!

Here's my MacGyver-ed card:

 

I used a Memory Box die cut for the trees (brown Bazzill cardstock.)  Then I dusted on some snow (Picket Fence Distress Paint) and a bit of sparkle (Gelly Roll glitter pen) and I stamped then fussy cut the bird (Impression Obsession--I think.)  I'm pretty sure that's a KaiserCraft sentiment stamp along with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I made several of these, assembly line style.  Each time I adhered the bird (using PopDots) to a different branch and moved the sentiment up and down a bit.

The weather here has been dreary for days, so I haven't been able to take photos of my December Daily album yet.  But I *have* managed to keep current with it!  Maybe the sun will come out this week for a bit!

Thanks for visiting today!


~Cynthia

Fuzzy Little Seed

The other day I saw this bit of fluff on the floor.  At first I thought it was a down feather from my comforter.  When I picked it up I saw it was one of those floating, fuzzy seed things.

Naturally I photographed it.

Because I always pick junk up off the floor and take pictures of it.

Like, don't you??

So I did a super close up shot of it and got this.

 

If you look closely, those tiny tentacles have fuzzy BARBS on them!  Who knew!!

I got the idea and layout from Lexi Bridges over on her Two Peas in a Bucket gallery.

The little Chic Tags stamp up there from on the right corner says, "Nerd Alert."

Heh.

Supplies used in random order cuz I really can't remember what I used anymore:

Bazzill (black and cream cardstock); Chic Tags (stamp and journaling tag); vellum; Tim Holtz (tissue tape); Mister Huey's (sparkly mist stuff)

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Cynthia

Tim's Tag for December

It's December 1st and you know what that means!  Tim's Tag Time!!

Woo hoo!!

And of course I had absolutely none of the products Tim Holtz used for his gorgeous tag.

And I do mean none.

So I went all MacGyver, as usual.

Check it out....

I tried really hard to capture the cool layers and the depth of the colors, but the Shrink Plastic I used is too shiny.

That's right.

I used Ranger's Shrink Plastic and didn't shrink it.

Heh.

I stamped and fussy cut the poinsettia and I die cut the leaves.  I used alcohol ink pens to color them.  To make the veins in the leaves, I drug the tip of a kinda dry alcohol pen down each leaf, removing the color.

I used 3D Glue Dots to adhere the flower and flat glue dots to adhere the leaves.

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and used black embossing powder.




Thanks so much for dropping by today--especially if you're visiting from Tim's blog!  And happy first day of Advent!!  =D


~Cynthia

Flood Stage

So.

This is Round Two of Mr. Flickr versus Mr. Blogger.

And Mr. Flickr keeps winning.

I had to resort to Super Secret Stealth Mode to post this photo.

Shhhh.  Don't tell Mr. Flickr and he will NEVER KNOW.

I took this photo several weeks ago, when we had a ton of rain in a very short time.  The trails I normally hike were covered in water.  The top left photo shows flowers--normally two feet or so high--covered in flood water.  The bottom shot is of a bridge.  Normally the bottom of the bridge is 10-12 feet above the water, but the river had risen so high it shoved debris into the steel supports under the bridge.

That's alotta water!!


I'm once again crossing my fingers that I've found a posting method that actually works.  ;-)




And to all my American friends....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

~Cynthia

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