Bump In The Road

Hello Everyone,

I've been out of touch lately, and hope to get back into blogging regular.  Right about the first of July I stepped off my stationary bike to run a dog off that chases my old cat. I was in a hurry and broke my hip. I didn't realize it at the time. It hurt for a couple of days, then felt a lot better, then at the end of that week it started hurting again so I went to the doctor. I walked in, and the went out in a wheel chair. Two days later I was in the hospital getting a new hip put in. After three days in the hospital I'm home learning how to walk all over again.

All in all I'm doing well considering the circumstances. I really never thought I would be so ready to do dishes or laundry or sweep the floor! I suppose I should enjoy it while I can, but you can bet it's NO FUN!

Butterfly

This was the last picture on my camera today before my batteries quit. Some days you get lucky.

credit -

AJC 2011 # 25 Catch

One more Art Journal page. The photo in the center is Tom one early morning in Sante Fe Lake . The sun was obscured mostly by smoke from the wild fires. Thankfully it has started to rain a lot here this week.

New Journal

I've been working on making a journal for the last few weeks. I have tons of bird pictures and I decided to use them to make a journal. I made my pages skinnies. I took a drawing pad that belonged to Mom ( A Strathmore Alexis Drawing Pad 400-8 18 x 24 - 24 sheets - bought for $3.82 at Looboyles) and tore 8x8 pages. I took the bird pictures and various other digital products using Photoshop Elements, worked up the pages and after much frustration with my printer printed the pages on the 8x8 sheets. They all were made and printed very lightly so as to be background pages to be used for journaling. I designed the cover and and used gel medium to glue it to thin card board. I used the Coptic Stitch for the binding which allows the book to lay open flat to work in. I don't think the pictures do it justice. It looks much better in person. This was a fun project and I'm sure I'll make more!

Cover

Inside Cover

Just a few of the many pages -

Credits -

Sandi Kreiger - Brushes_Distressed Out and French Laundry.
Rhonna Farrer - Labels Brushes
Nancie Rowe Janitz - Collage Brushes and Chalk Overlay.
Shadow House Creations  - Grunge Brushes
Gypsy Chick - Junkmail Overlays
Laurie Anne Higdon - Photo Masks
Deviant Scrap - Color Splash TWD Mask
Easy Elements - Music Brushes
LivE - little bird
Studio Q - little bird
Alexeeva - tall bird
Catherine Designs - journey bird
Fidget - Texture Pack

Doves

Close to the finish of the work on the pond , the birds were getting used to us being out in that side of the yard. It is so dry and hot here and we have two bird baths by the pond that they visit often. It is hard to get this close to doves. I had been sitting at the table resting for a while when this one flew in.

MIA The Pond Project

I've been away from the blog for a few days. We've been working out in the heat and the smoke redoing our pond. I don't know why we just had to wait till it it got so hot but we did.

It was looking pretty bad for a while - no water, just a little mud at the bottom. 'Somebody' shot a hole in it trying to get rid of a water moccasin ( no, it wasn't me).

I Won !!

I entered the

May Mixed Maniacs Challenge from Studio Tangie  

and I won the challenge! The prize is a whopping $25.00 of digital products in the Studio Tangie Shop at Scrapbookgraphics!     Here is my submission -

The requirements of the challenge and products used -
#1 Recycled Item - Cashew Tin,  #2 StudioTangie Products -AJC2011 Parcel 20, Splatter Grafitti - Pause, A Door Opens, Collage Fodder - Quotes Paint. #3 Found Object - Knob for lid and side dangles #4 Fabric - Scrap piece around knob. #5 One Word - Fly