The title was created using the Abril Fatface font. For the "I". I added a small bevel and then clipped a paper to the "I". For "flamingos", I clipped a paper to the font and then added a 15px white stroke.

Laly Mille AJ Inspiration, “A Beautiful Story”. I feel like I used too much gesso. But I loved using the torn paper masks!

Done for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #4 found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/january-challenge-4-tic-tac-toe-challenge.36738/ I used the center column: stacked papers, photo, foliage Journaling reads: Felling trees can be tricky business. Mark is as careful as he can be when he is...

Journaling reads: I always love looking for the sunshine peeking through the clouds on a rainy day. It is a sign of hope that the rains will end. It is God keeping His promise to never again send a global flood. 1/19/23 Process: I began with a Quick Page. I enlarged my photo beneath the QP to...

Created with Oscraps products: Music of Earth: Rythyms of Nature Bundle | Sarapullka Scraps Music of the Earth: The Pace of Nature | Rachel Jefferies Designs Photo: My own

Created with Oscraps products: Dreamers Journal October 2022 Kit | Sarapullka Scraps Dreamers Journal October 2022 Brushes | Sarapullka Scraps Photo: My own

Journaling reads: May you have warm words on a cold evening, A full moon on a dark night, And the road downhill all the way to your door. - Irish Blessing I took a picture of this moon on Jan. 6th while we were down at the fire pits and I thought of this Irish Blessing I had used on my siggy...

Created for Rachel Jefferies January 2023 Mixed Media Challenge The challenge is a scrap lift from Rachel's Pinterest board of mixed media art. So much fun! ♥

Created for the AnnaColor Challenge 12.30.2022 – 01.12.2023 Journaling reads: Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing. -Camille Pissarro

I created this layout for the January Challenge #2 – White Space The Five Elements I Used: 2 Frames, Snowflake Scatter 01, Snowflake Scatter 02 (recolored), Single Snowflake 03 (recolored)

Journaling reads: "We huddle together like birds in a storm: It's bitter weather tonight." –Robert Graves (1895-1985), British poet

Journaling reads: Bundled up to keep warm as he works at the sawmill, Mark grabbed some coffee and music and headed out in the cold. Unfortunately, it was still too cold for the mill to work properly. He quickly warmed up and came in to unbundle himself before heading to the woods! I used an...

Finding Balance Collection | Lynn Grieveson at Oscraps Photo: My own, me back in 2003.

Journaling reads: It was time for the dead tomato plants to go.....past time, actually! I had looked at them long enough! The weather was perfect for doing the work; not too cold but cool enough to let me do the work without being drenched in sweat! The vines were so thick that lots of the...

Journaling reads: Today was a beautiful day for doing yard work. I always put it off for way too long but am always pleased when it is finished. It looks so much better now! Even with the chill in the air, the sun was shining and my sweatshirt was comfortable. I piled the debris onto a tarp and...

I've been MIA for a while and forgot I named my last layout Let it Snow, so this one will have to be, Let it Snow 2. We are expecting snow soon, and I sure hope my layouts aren't misinterpreted as wishes, and bring more snow than expected!! :)

Journaling reads: Mark laid the floor to the cabin, 12’ x 16’, back in May of this year. Through the summer/early fall, he built the frame and added the roof. A couple of weeks ago he cut the first tree down. He was able to get five 8 ft. sections cut that he then milled. This weekend he...

Done for the Day 10 Scrap a December Activity Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/day-10-scrap-a-december-activity-challenge.36589/ Journaling reads: What a fun, impromptu snow day we had this December day! Elisabeth and the grandkids were home for the day so they came...

Done for the 2022-12 Designer Get Creative Challenge by Vicki Robinson found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2022-12-vicki-robinson-december-get-creative-monthly-challenge.36685/ Journaling reads: After Deffingers sold the house we were renting from them in Addyston, we found a...