TSWYL 2b -- Brick Work

Credits:  Template by Jane Howden; Papers: Kimi B. Thanks-2; Irene Alexeeva, Rule my World Kit; Red Leaf Designs, Spooky Paper-1, Halloween Freebie Kit; Summer Driggs, Moments Kit; Star by Heather Ann Designs, Winter Frost Kit; Fonts: Myriad Pro, Happy Daze, and Arial.

 To the annoyance of my husband, the path on the side of our house eventually always has grass and weeds growing between the bricks.   Every two to three years, he removes all the bricks, lays more sand, and re-levels the bricks.  By the time the path is finished, he is exhausted, has lost at least five pounds, and has an aching back.  He considers it worthwhile, but I think he should just cement over the bricks and be done with it.

 

TSWYL 2a -- Remember This

Credits:  Template based on Ali Edwards's Layered Template; Orange paper: Kelly Walker, Moments to Remember free kit; Clock: Anna Aspnes, Art Play Palette No. 6A; Flourish by Jen Wilson; Journaling font: Century Gothic.

Our female postal delivery person is very considerate.  When she delivers the mail my magazine covers aren't ripped, and my small packages aren't crushed.  I cannot say the same for temporary replacements.  We are very fortunate to have her.

The above garden is owned by what some consider to be a grumpy old man.  He really isn't.  He's just very quiet until you get him talking about his love of gardening.   He has kindly given me seeds and gardening tips and always stops me when I walk past his house to talk about my successes in the garden.  The fact that he ignores my failures pleases me greatly!

The birds perched on a tree stump greet me every morning.  I admire them for their changing colors in the sunlight, and their long graceful necks.  I have  no idea what kind of birds they are but they might be blue herons or egrets.

These are the type of things in my neighborhood that I see every day when I take my morning walks.   I try to take my camera with me so I can capture additions to gardens.

TSWYL 1c -- The Welcoming Bench

Credits:  Summer Beginnings Mini Kit by Melaney Violette; Brads--Gina Miller, Country Cottage Kit; Frame by Kimi B. Single Stitch by Jessica Sprague, and the Fonts used are Yukon Gold and Century Gothic.

Continuing on with The Street Where You Live catch-up class for January, I chose one of my favorite spots--the bench outside our front door.  I never realized how convenient a bench was until we got one.  It's handy for quick conversations, relaxing in the sun, and my favorite, a place to pile shopping bags while I retrieve my key to open the door.

My next three entries will be catch-up for February's class.  If I keep going at this pace, I'll be caught up by May's class.

THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE

I've joined in on a class at Debbie Hodge's Get it Scrapped site being taught by Jane Howden.  You can check out The Street Where You Live class here.   (But you may have to register with the forums to use this link.)  It is a year long free class that is a lot of fun.  I'm only two months behind now that I've completed the first month.  Three sketches for traditional scrappers or templates for digi-scrappers are supplied by Jane for each month.  I can do one template, two templates, or all three templates--whatever I feel like doing.  The first month I did two of the templates and here they are:

Credit:  Katie Pertiet papers:  Cotton Easter Red, King Me Paper-6, Vintage Text, and Simple Spring.  Template by Jane Howden.  Fonts are Army Expanded and Century Gothic.

Credits:  Papers--Irene Alexeeva, Rule My World; Gina Miller, Country Cottage; Michelle COleman, Color My World.  Frames by Kimi B.  Label from Song Bird Avenue Charity Kit; Wire Clip by Irene Alexeevba, Rule My World.  Fonts used are Happy Daze and Century Gothic.
I know what you are all thinking...what happened to the Art Journal Caravan?  Well, I discovered I have to learn some of the digital techniques for art journaling before I continue making layouts for that class.  Patti Knox is teaching a digital art journal class at Get it Scrapped, and I've signed up for that.  After the class is finished, I should have a little more knowledge under my belt so that I can do catch up in that class.   I will finish the Art Journal Caravan.  In the meantime, The Street Where You Live is a fun free class that will keep me busy until I start catch up on the Art Journal Caravan.

Pen Tablet Class -- Last Assignment

I'm sad to see the Pen Tablet Class finish.  We learned so much from Jessica Sprague in not only how to use our pens and tablets, but also editing  and extraction techniques. 

Although I did not win the Penscrappers contest, I did win a tablet from Jessica Sprague.  The only thing I had to do is to enter the Penscrappers contest and my name was a random selection.  I can't wait to receive the Intuos 3 6x8 tablet.  My Intuos 3 is only a 4x6 writing surface so the larger surface will be great to work on.

Starting next week, I will get back to working on my Art Journal Caravan weekly assignments.  I really must learn how to multi-task!