Mini golf

These layouts are from our vacation last month. Besides boat tours and waterfalls, we took time for a round of mini-golf. Par was 44, my daughter and grandson got 68 and 67 - I didn't play was busy being score keeper and photographer. But we had a great time. Challenge #158 at Lasting Memories is Vacation Time, so the top layout has been entered there.

Nick's Car

I turned the sketch from Artful Delight and used the Black, White and 1 color challenge from About a Boy for this layout of my grandson and the car he bought this summer. He had a 1994 van that his mom bought him, but this is the first car he picked and paid for himself. I know the cardstock looks more rosy in the picture, but it is the same color as the car in real life.

Flutter By Wednesday Blog Hop

Today is the first of TWO Flutter By Wednesday blog hops to celebrate Danni's (the owner/creator of FBW) birthday. Today we have friends of Danni fluttering along to share some amazing creations to inspire you!!

You should have fluttered here from Ruth if not -- start at the beginning of the hop at the Flutter By Wednesday Blog.

Be sure to leave comments at each stop that you flutter to as there are some surprises hidden! You have until September 9, 2013 at midnight CST to flutter along!

We hope you'll also join in this week's challange at Flutter By Wednesday which is anything goes with a butterfly or fairy! A little butterfly told us that if the challenge gets over 100 entries there will be a prize!!

Here's my project for today.

The pictures are of the Picture Rocks on Lake Superior. I used green cardstock, 8x8 music patterned paper, a piece of green "stain glass" paper from a child's crafting kit, some butterfly/flower trim, music washi tape, gold sequin waste, a butterfly embellie and gold bling. The title is thickers, the flower is made from a cupcake wrapper for the base with two white and a gold flower layered on top.

Now you should hop on to Anita.



Don't forget to flutter to the FBW blog tomorrow for another hop full of more fluttery inspiration.

The Sea

When I found the butterfly for 50 cents at a thrift store I knew it would be perfect for the week 4 sketch from Let's Get Sketchy. The photo is of the Oregon coast. I used silver cardstock for the banner, silver washi tape and a piece of gray paper under the blue stained glass paper. The title is thickers.

Picture Perfect

I followed the sketch from Stuck On U Sketches for a layout of the Picture Rocks on Lake Superior.

Alger Falls

I combined the sketch from Artful Delight and the embossing challenge from Frosted Designs for this waterfall layout.  I actually embossed a piece of green cardstock before I knew what I was going to use it for. When I decided to use this sketch I just punched out a couple of circles and the butterflies from the embossed paper. The thickers I used for the title are also embossed but hard to see in the picture. In real life the texture on the letters keeps the title from blending into the background.

The waterfalls is right on the road, so we passed it every time we drove from the hotel into town and back.

A Look Under

I was a little stumped by the coloring of the photos taken from the glass bottom boat and couldn't find a patterned paper that would work. Ended up using black cardstock, green washi tape, black arrow washi tape, silver letters and old anchor buttons. The buttons originally had a shank but my grandson flatten them with a hammer.  I am linking this to the Scrap Your Story "use arrows" challenge.