Dixie Downs

I did this for the Ad Challenge at Digitals, you're to take this ad and interpret it into a page.
So here's my take on it.

I used a kit from Michelle Pieters called Garden of Dreams, it had just the right shades of brown and beige to accompany my photos. These were shot on Saturday at Dixie Downs which is a very small horsetrack in Hurricane, Utah. It was a fun experience and there's nothing like being up close to these magnificent animals! These were the trials for the races with a purse on the 18th. Apparently there are races in small towns like this around the state so if time permits we may venture on to explore another town and see another race.

Ordinary Day, Extraordinary Lady

Here's Momma last month when I visited. Isn't it a wonderful photo of her??? I did this for the Let's Talk About Challenge this month at Digitals. You were to create a layout and use a definition in it. My definition was age:

age -- noun, verb, aged, ag-ing.
–noun
1.the length of time during which
a being or thing has existed
2. a period of human life, measured
by years from birth,
–verb (used without object)
1. to grow old

Journaling reads:

Why is it Momma when I look at this picture I can’t seem to find the right age, at least not the age that fits the years you’ve been here. To me you are just you, the Momma that answers my questions, helps me solves my problems and always encourages me when I’m down. So age really isn’t a number is it? It’s more a perception of life.
Age
97 years 9 months = Momma


I used this new kit from Glenda Ketcham called Ordinary Day Layered Quickpage. It's sort of a mini kit and QP all rolled into one. I also incorporated things from a couple of her other kits in the page, check out my gallery page at Digitals for a full list of supplies.

Grown' Up

The Creative Team at Cottage Arts was given the challenge to create a page with Perspective. I had taken several shots while we were at Navajo Lake last fall of the road. I had this picture of Eddie learning to ride his bike and thought the two would work well together (see the individual photos below). I used a lot of Cottage Arts supplies for this effect. Check out my gallery there for a list.

Sorry!

While home visiting I had camera in hand most of the time. I just sat and took shot after shot as they played Sorry. What fun, I loved the pics of Pyper's hand and foot. Beth Rimmer's Fashionista! The Embellies and The Papers was just so perfect for this page of Pyper. I wanted to find the same font that is used on the game but settled for Ringbearer, close enough.

Don't Feed the Squirrels Martha!

Just having a little fun tonight with another new Action from Alessandra Designs called Mischievous Owl. I also used some bits from her new Country Home Kit, just released at Digitals. The photos are two I took last Sunday in Kolab Canyons. I've added them below so you can see how the squirrel was extracted. Extraction and masking is so much fun and opens up so many possiblities with your photos. If you haven't tried it please do, just remember to start small, go slow and have fun. And the undo button, it's there whenever something just doesn't look right. That's why I most often use a mask instead of the eraser, I can always paint something back in with a mask, once it's erased it's gone forever.

Carol's Garden

My sister recently bought a new camera with a zoom on it and is sending me the most wonderful pictures of the birds and animals that visit her front and side yards (she lives in Washington State). I just had to use them with this new kit of Joyce de Jonge's called With All My Heart. Don't you just love the heart frame? So perfect for this type of photo.

My poem reads:
In my sister's garden lies a wondrous delight.
Little birds and animals come right within our sight.
Dancing on their little feet, scurrying all about,
Munching from the feeders day in and day out.
It's fun to watch them as they come, and take a picture or two
I want to reach out and tell them, I glad you came, thank you.

Zoie Remember

Zoie, what a great thoughtful pic I snagged!
All supplies from Cottage Arts

Desert Contrasts

Photos of the Red Rocks and flowers at the Redstone Trail Head in the Lake Mead Recreation Area, Nevada. I used all products from Cottage Arts.

Daffodils

Here's my second page for Spring using Cottage Arts supplies. These Daffodils were blooming in Amber's front yard and she was sweet enough to take some shots yesterday and send them to me last night. There is nothing like a Daffodil to make you feel like Spring is just around the corner.

Spring Visitor

Finally a new page! I've been away visiting family, which is where I shot this photo of the bird feeding in my sisters front yard and the background paper of the Pussy Willow trees out my Mom's bedroom window.

I did a lot of playing with kits from Cottage Arts, blending, masking and tweeking to get this result. Check out my gallery there for a full list of supplies and techniques used.