Catching up on Blogging

The end of the school just took a lot from me. LOL Teaching the 4/5 split class was a lot of work. Then, when school ended, there were visits from Paul and Katie, Loren and his brood, and my brother moved it. Somewhere between all of this, my wishes did come true to find some friends to scrap with. I am not in a card club with gals from the neighborhood, and I have a few friends from school who gather with me for crops. Life is good. Busy is good. So, here are the things I've done since April. Some things are copied, some finished CTMH Album Retreat layouts, and some are color challenges from Jeanette's blog. When I posted on the CTMH site I did give credit where due but somehow, I've lost the original inspiration for most of these and if you see your card or layout here, please chime in as I'd love to acknowledge our talent!

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Tulips from 2005

As I worked on this layout, I realized that Jen and I have seemed to find one day during each of the last 4 spring breaks to spend time together, (almost every year since 2005). In 2005 we went to Mt. Vernon to view the tulips. Here is the layout I finally finished thanks to a color challenge and an Out of Your Box challenge to use specified quotes from my Close to My Heart site. This year we scrapped together but it's hard to take pictures when you are scrapping. The color challenge was to use Hollyhock, Sunkissed Yellow, Sweet Leaf, and Cranberry; Marjorie's 9th color challenge. (Am I behind or what??? She posts one challenge a week, YIKES!) The Out of Your Box challenge is by another incredible consultant, Pam Klassen. She posts quotes and challenges us to use them in our layouts or cards. This quote: Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.

My latest album additions

I've been involved in some challenges lately on the CTMH Artwork Board. In most of my moods, I'm competitive so throw the word "challenge" at me and I'll take you up on it.

Anyway, Marjorie Enro posted an unusual color combo: Vanilla Cream, Taffy, Holiday Red, and Sunflower a while back. I haven't worked with any of those colors in a while and never those together. Here's what I came up with after our Chilly Hilly ride on Bainbridge Island. What a fun weekend that was at my sister Martha's house!






Then my next layout knocked off two challenges: Pam's OOYB (out of your box) challenge to use a chosen quote on a layout, and Marjorie's color challenge. This time the colors were: Outdoor Denim, Cranberry, Olive, and Indian Corn Blue. I added White Daisy. :) Aren't the roses Michael gave me beautiful? Pam's challenge was to use The Rose, by Bette Midler: "When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long, and you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong, just remember, in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose. "



Gotta love a challenge to put you to the test!