WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

We love taking car trips.  This time we traveled over 5200 miles.  It was a fabulous trip but I am glad to be home again and grateful for being able to travel safely.  Living out of a suitcase for 3 weeks becomes a little old after a while.  Here are a few pictures showing the highlights of our vacation.

 

Mesa Verde in Colorado

 Grand Canyon in Arizona (We went to the North and South Rim)

 

This male elk was right outside our room with a female and several young ones.

 

 At the North Rim of the Grand Canyon we met Jaime Gomez from Spain

 

 It's impossible to capture the beauty of Zion National Park.  Our next stop was Bryce Canyon but it was raining.  We had been there before so I wasn't real disappointed.  There are lots of spires formed by the rocks which are called Hoodoos........they almost look like a lot of funny statues.  It's the only rainy day we had the entire time we were gone. 

 

 In Salt Lake City there was a protest going on in the State Capital Buiding

 

We went to the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. How fun to see the ski jumps!

 

 Antelope Island is a little North of Salt Lake City.  OK.....so this is a buffalo.  I do know the difference.  :)  We did see antelope and a coyote too but didn't get great pictures of them.

 

Lasting Impressions is where I used to purchase brass stencils and papers products for resale.  I visited there one other time but didn't get to meet one of the ladies that I talked to frequently on the phone.......Kaye Humphrey.

 

 Our entire trip had been planned around being in Salt Lake City on a Thursday because that is when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir practices.  They normally practice from 8:00-9:30 PM.  The night we were there they practiced short bits and pieces of songs for 45 minutes.  Then at 9:00 they blessed us with a mini-concert until 9:30.  We were so fortunate because this was only the 2nd time all year that they had done this.  AWESOME!!!

 

 El Capitan at Yosemite National Park

 

Our last site seeing was at Canyonland National Park and Arches National Park which are next to each other.  This picture is one of the many arches formed....the Sand Dune Arch.

ANOTHER ALL OCCASION CARD

Isn't this a cute jar of flowers?  We made these cards at the SU workshop.  The flowers were stamped and punched with a circle punch to add to the stems.  I like the way the white layer is angled under the Raspberry cardstock.

 

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ALL OCCASION CARD

Another card which was made at the SU workshop in August.   I really like this card, too, and will definitely be making additional ones.

 

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JUST FOR YOU

I just love this card! It is another one made at an SU workshop.  I know I'm going to use this layout and idea  on additional cards using other small designs and in other colors as well. 

I don't think this needs a lot of explanation, but if you have any questions, just email me. 

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USING COORDINATING PAPERS

I recently purchased a paper pad that had coordinating tape and butterfly dimensional stickers.  I don't have the paper pad handy to tell you which one it was from but I combined three different papers and a strip of the tape before adding the Spellbinders Lacey Circle with the dimensional sticker on it.  I really love coordinating papers.  They make cards very easy to put together.

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MUSICAL BIRTHDAY WISHES

At the most recent Stampin' Up workshop that I attended, the hostess had supplies for all of us to make this very unique birthday card.  The keys were made with an SU punch and the large black layer was made with an SU die.  I think it is just too cute (and I can say that since it wasn't my idea).

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SUMMER DAISIES

OK, I didn't disappear completely.  I hope I haven't lost those of you who have been following my posts.  I guess we all need a little break now and then but it's time for me to start sharing some cards again.

It has been a while since I made this card so I'm sorry I can't tell you paper I used for the front of the card but it was cut to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 to fit the front of the white card base.  It believe it was from a paper pad because I used a coordinating paper for the squares which were cut out using a die from PapertreyInk.  I added these great little dimensional daisies to each square and added them to the front of the card.  The sentiment is from Paper Inspirations.

Right now I can't promise a posting every day but I will be trying to get back to some more regular posts.  Explanations will be made later.  :)  (So there is a little teaser.)

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