OBW 120 - BOO!

Okay - I did take some liberties with this photo to make it spooky!

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101915 OBW 119 Gather

This was the first thing I thought of for this week:

Gather... as in the flower on her headband... (gathered? ...well, I'm sure you get it!)

But as the intent is to share our different parts of the world, I chose this instead.

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101715 OBW 118 Weather

I waited all week for some weather.

I thought this was kind of a fun approach!

Through the sun roof...

 

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100615 CKC Challenge #1

Time to put our October CKC kits to use!

Challenge #1: 

YOUR NEXT MOVE: 

Do a project sharing what your next move in life is.  

What is a goal?  What is a dream?  What would you like to do if you could?

This year a lot of milestones we set for ourselves have been realized. 

 Greg retired in May & has all but finished building the cabin.

We took our once in a lifetime trip to Alaska & the Yukon.

We've added another grandbaby to the family.

It's time to set some new personal goals for myself.

It's time to leave the season of loss & mourning behind.

First & foremost, I want my joy back!

And I've got the prescription for it - Psalm 51:10-13

Looking forward to a closer walk with the Lord & joy in serving Him every day in every way.

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100115 CKC October Kit Reveal

Welcome to the October Counterfeit Kit Challenge blog kit reveal post,

only this month? The kit to counterfeit isn't a kit at all! More on that in a moment...

First I'd like you to give a warm fuzzy welcome to our new Master Forgers, 

Kelly Sroka, Clair Rigby & Susan Brochu! A wonderful new injection of creativity & talent.

Thanks so much to everyone that applied for the team. We saw some amazing submissions & are
always so impressed with the calibre of work we see in the Linky each & every month.

Next up is a big hello to our Guest Designer this month, Tina Campbell!

Please click over to the link for her blog & enjoy her creations.

Which brings me back around to the inspiration-kit-that's-not-a-kit...

the ultimate challenge for our new Master Forgers as well as us veterans.

This month, just to tweak our brains & give us an extra nudge at working outside the box,

Bethany has chosen an old CSI challenge to create an original kit from.

The luscious colors & autumn feel of the photo certainly suit my part of the globe.

This became an interesting exercise for me in terms of how I normally "pull" a kit.

I investigated (hehe) the Testimony & made decisions about my projects for the month,

something I rarely think about in advance. This is really dumb since I often forget to include

items specified for challenges, but this month I already felt quite prepared after this first step. 

Next I went down the list of Evidence & pulled punches, embellishments, washi tape, mists,

wood veneers, flair, paint, etc. I even found an ATC card made by a friend which looks remarkably

like the pen & inkwell found each month on the CSI post!

Usually first but this month last but not least, I pulled papers. I started with over forty.

It became obvious which would work together (20) as soon as I laid them all out.
So happy to actually be kitting with real live patterned paper!

This month I won't have my Magic Blue Box since the entire kit is a total ...

Alphas

Extra goodies to paw through when I need them.

Tools

My Forgeries on the Fourth post will go into more detail about how I was inspired by
the CSI info & what I've done with those parameters to create some kit pieces.

Make sure you don't miss ANY of this month's innovation by the team!

Guest Designer: http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/

Lynnette  http://www.sassyscrapper2010.blogspot.com

Margie:  http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com

Susan: http://littlethingsbigdays.blogspot.de/

Stephanie:  http://skylinepaperie.blogspot.com

Susanne:  http://snapsandsnippets.blogspot.com

Clair: http://obstinatepursuit.blogspot.co.uk/

Jemma: http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk

Julene:  http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com

Kelly: http://66.147.244.112/~honeysv0/

Leslie:  http://lcsmithsaved-outofthemire.blogspot.ca

NEXT UP: Lisa:  http://lisahausmann.blogspot.ca

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100115 Archiscraps October Challenge

Another intriguing Archiscrap inspiration this month!

Use MOSAICS

At first I got a little sidetracked with the colors, but then 

a happy accident brought this to me via Whimsical Musings #184

I thought those strips at the bottom could be modified to look like mosaic,

plus I remembered that I had these sweet little Prima tiles.

I was envisioning them smooshed into modeling paste...

funny how far from your original inspiration you can get!

I did use the modeling paste to add this beautiful lace effect.

I raided my 6x6" paper pad hoard for any & all possibilities.

I am trying to remember this grossly overlooked resource!

A few Prima flowers, vellum lace borders a little stitching, and my

favorite die cut of the delicate vining flowers out of vellum fill things in nicely.

Meet my new granddaughter, Adelaide Elise!

Was sooo nice to play with pretty things.

Alaska Trip: Day Thirteen, Cruising the Inside Passage

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A leisurely day ahead...

We will be going through the Narrows & looking for whales.

Humpback

This crazy humpback was going berserk... almost as much as the ranger!
I'm hoping to add a slideshow/video of it.

He ended with a crazy flourish

We got to watch this pod of orcas for quite some time.

 Lori & Serena threw a little AAA farewell party.

Definitely the trip of a lifetime...

...but it's time to head home.

Goodbye, Alaska!

We fly out of Vancouver first thing in the morning.