New Camera

I got a new camera... Panasonic of course ;oD It's small, so it fits in my running shorts pocket. It's light, so it doesn't pull my shorts down. It takes good night pics without a flash AND it has a really COOL panoramic mode. Check this out!



Hold the button down and pan the camera around to capture the picture... no having to piece the picture together later, no seams, no having the panorama cut short. I LOVE it!

My friend, Mary asked me to take pictures of the inside of the trailer, so she could see it. Jim just redid it. He has the option now of leaving the bed down in a twin size while still have seating for two at the table. I've been busy sewing covers for 9 new cushions for the last 3 weeks. He gave it a test drive this week at the desert and said that it worked great. Of course, if we both go, we'll still have to take the table all the way down to setup the bed, queen size.

So, using my new, very COOL panoramic mode, here is the view inside standing in the door way:



Here is a view from the other side of the trailer looking back to the door:



I had a little extra time after finishing the cushions to take an old t-shirt of Cheryl's and turn it into a t-shirt for Jena-girl. Our neighbor always said that she looks like a hippie... so here she is, our hippie-girl:





While camping, she wears her shirt and curls up into her blanket at night, and she's toasty warm :oD

I hope that everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend!

Feb. Card Kit - part I

This card kit from Beth this month was WONDERFUL!!! Since I'm entering my cards in so many different challenges, I'm splitting my card kit reveal up into 4 posts.



This is my first project and the one that I had in mind when I first looked at the card kit. It is a gift box and tag for my niece's birthday:







No challenges for this one. It's just pretty packaging for my niece. She and her friends thought it was pretty, so that is better than a challenge win :oD
Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check out my next three posts for other kit projects!

Feb. card kit - part II

Here is another card using the Scrappin' Mojo February card kit from Beth.

This is a birthday card using the card kit and a freebie digital image from All Dressed Up. I also used the sketch from the All Dressed Up blog and will be entering this in their challenge.





Thanks for stopping by!

Feb. Card Kit - part III

Here is another card using the Scrappin' Mojo February card kit from Beth.

This is a birthday card using the card kit and a cute digital image from Dilly Beans called Amalia's Heart. I designed the card and Cheryl put it together, since I was so busy working on the trailer cushions. She did a GREAT job and I really LOVE how it came out!







I'm going to enter this in the Dilly Beans Hearts and Love challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Feb. Card Kit - part IV

Here is my last project using the Scrappin' Mojo February card kit from Beth.

I started with the speech bubble die cut. I decided that I wanted to use the outer portion of the bubble, but I wanted it printed. I took out my stamps and decided that since my background stamping leaves a lot to be desired, that I would print a pattern on it. I taped the frame to the paper and printed out a nice blue design. When I pulled the frame off... SURPRISE!... I had this cool reverse print.



Well, that left me 3-speech bubble options. I was inspired and made 3 cards:










I'm entering these in the Crafty Creations Keep it Simple challenge.

Thanks for stopping by! Please visit the other ladies in the card kit to see what they have created:

Beth - bethiejs.blogspot.com
KimP - Mojo Card Kit Reveal
Diane - mumblebeedesigns.blogspot.com
Terri - jazzyscrappertidbits.blogspot.com
Mary - justanotefrommary.blogspot.com
KimO - Mojo Card Kit Reveal
Jan - Mojo Card Kit Reveal
Niki - ellenaspaperhouse.blogspot.com

Art Envie

This week I won this FABULOUS envelope from the stamp designer Roc.



She has inspired me to create my own envelope art... Here it is:



I picked a couple cute bunnies out of the LINE UP stamp by Kira Nicols as my focal image.

I'm entering this envie in the Stampotique Perfect Pairs Designer Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
And Thanks Roc for the WONDERFUL envelope and the inspiration!

Happy Valentine's Day

A Start of a Season

Tonight as the first Galaxy game of the season... well, the pre-season anyway. Galaxy played Shirak (an Armenian team) There were more Shirak supporters there than Galaxy!

It's been a while since we drove to Home Depot Center. Tonight we got a glorious sunset on our way:







Wait a minute... who are those guys?!! Galaxy made a lot of changes. We have some new names to learn...



Cheryl says... "Mom your camera sucks!" Yeah, my camera doesn't take very good pictures in the dark. Thanks, Cheryl! I think I deserve a new camera ;oD





Thanks for stopping by... Oh, and Galaxy won 2-1! Go Galaxy 2014!!!

Thank You

There is a new challenge blog on the block called Sketch N' Dies. I used MFT oval scallop die and LJD Pretty Poppies stamp set to make this card.





Visit Sketch N' Dies to see some other great cards and inspiration. Thanks for stopping by!

Chalkboard frame

Start with a regular wrapped canvas, cut out the middle, spray with Dilusions Ink, add a blackboard painted board in back, embellish, add a cute girl stamp from Julie Nutting and here is what you get:



I LOVE how this turned out! I'm entering this in the Off the Rails Scrapbooking Challenge.

Thank-you for stopping by, and I hope you have a great weekend!

Welcome to Death Valley...

... where it is 70F during the day and 40F at night. It took us 6 hours to drive to Death Valley, thanks to the road closure on the South side. We had to drive around and enter from the West. Then our campground was all the way on the North end of the valley. It was out of the way, but a great little campsite!

We didn't have much daylight left on Thursday, but we managed to see Ubehebe Crater which was caused by volcanic activity in the Park a few hundred years ago. This was my favorite site in the Park. A short .5 mile hike uphill took us to a view of the smaller craters.



We also drove up to Scotty's Castle. This was a family's vacation home in the park and cost them 1.5 million to build in 1906. We arrived after the tours ended, but that's okay... taking tours of inside of houses is not my "thing."



The next day was a hiking day (I LOVE me a good hiking day :oD ). Our first hike was through Golden Canyon. And the walls of the canyon were a yellow-y color... I guess you could call it gold... or maybe there was gold discovered here. We don't know for sure because we didn't pay the 25 cents for the interpretive brochure. We made it 3 miles round trip to the Red Cathedral.



Our next hike was through a canyon that we hiked about 15 years ago called Mosaic Canyon. 15 years ago, we got there so late that we didn't make it to the end, and I really really wanted to make it to the end... it was such a beautiful interesting canyon. The walls and floor of this narrow canyon are made of smooth white marble. It opened up into a wash and ended at a dry waterfall... 4 mile round trip.



We also drove past a couple interesting spots... Artist Pallet where the hills are infused with soft watery colors (I took that description out of the tour book):



This is Salt Creek. There is actually running water in Death Valley and it's supposed to be full of Pup Fish... not a pup fish in sight...



After our 7+ mile hiking day, the next day was a driving day. We took a drive out to the Rhyolite Ghost Town in Nevada. My favorite building was the house built out of 30,000 bottles from the local saloons.



Our drive back to Death Valley was though a narrow one way trail. It's hard to see the majesty of the scenery from these shots. It was really breath-taking!



Here are a last few pics from the campground... and Jim's 62nd birthday! Happy Birthday, Jim!



Thanks for coming on our trip with us!