Beautiful Adventure

Hello again, back with another hiking layout.  I'm playing along with Lasting Memories #731.

The DT has asked us to focus on our arrangement by using a sketch as your starting point

 

I choose to use the sketch below from Sketches in Thyme

I changed it up by adding a third cluster and dropped the title below the journaling.  I decided not to use the photo corners since my one cluster would cover it anyway.  

Thanks for stopping by to take a look

 

Go big- Hike

I'm back with another hiking layout.  I picked all the papers and colors from the matching knit hats my daughter and I were wearing.  We did a very short hike in the Thurston Hills area.  Some of the trail was for mountain biking but it had been so wet that the trail had been closed to bike traffic.  Lucky for us we went when we did because the week after that area was absolutely destroyed by an ice storm

I'm on a roll and happy to be sharing another Anything Goes at Challenge Yourself

 

Parker Falls

 For my birthday this year, I did a quick solo hike in the Umpqua National Forest to Parker Falls.
Nice quiet hike on a very cool morning.  Can't wait to get in a few winter hikes this Christmas break.

I'm excited to share another layout with Challenge Yourself after being selected last month as the random prize winner.  

Ice storm 2024

We are well into December and experiencing much cooler weather. So far, there have been no major storms, but we still have the rest of the month and January. Last year, we had a significant ice storm in mid-January.  Freezing rain followed by a brief thaw and another round of freezing rain to create a thick layer of ice on everything.  We escaped any major damage but the southern end of the valley was hit much harder

 

Dry Creek Falls

 Wow, it's been a while since I've shared anything with you all.

Life has been busy here on the farm, but when isn't it?  I thought I would have more time if I had only one child still living at home with us! So, wrong...

Anyway, I'm here to share with you a layout from a winter hiking trip last year.  My adventure buddy Tami and I usually get together for my birthday to go hiking.  Unfortunately, we had to delay a week as a huge storm dumped snow and ice throughout Oregon.

Here is my layout 

based on Rochelle's December challenge

I added two extra photos to create a grid as I'm also playing along with Challenge yourself

and Stacy Tic Tac Toe

I went diagonal with Tag, Sticker, and Die Cuts

and last but not least I'm going with a second chance at Lasting Memories by creating a layout about my current  (#708) favorite topic: Hiking

June S.I.D

 

Welcome to the June Challenge at Stick It Down.

This will be my last post for the Double page team

Have you ever really wanted to use a sketch but the background paper you are using won't work?

That's what happened to me.  I only had a single page of each of the patterns and the print is directional so rotating it isn't an option, as you can see below.

Instead of going with the "V"  I made diagonal stripes across the layout with the patterns mirroring each other 

I made my photos smaller plus added an extra to both sides

 to document our travel days to Victoria BC and back.

To make my title stand out and add texture I stitched over it

Thanks for stopping by to take a look.  Remember to join us at Stick It Down

Victoria BC and a sneak peek

I have a sneak peek for you.  This little snippet will be for my final layout with Stick it Down in June.  I'll be stepping down from S.I.D. as I won't have time to commit to a design team this summer.  My daughter is graduating from high school and we have an epic trip planned for the summer.

  Here is the sneak peek Victoria BC

1st day in Victoria- Japenese Garden

We stayed in a cute air bnb across the street from this amazing Japanese Garden.  In the evening there was a farmers market where we got fresh fruit and baklava for dessert our first night.

!st day- Fan Tan Alley

after the garden, we took the bus into downtown Victoria and spent some time checking out Chinatown

1st day- late-day bike ride

Rented bikes late in the day and biked up the coast for about 2hrs

day 2- High tea

Tea at the Empress Hotel.  Blue suede shoe tea was amazing and the treats were very tasty

I have a few  Royal British Museum photos still to turn into a layout

day 3- bike and beach

biked along the coastline to Oak Bay for the afternoon

Also, have some photos from the Art Museum to do as well but that's most of our trip to Canada

 

Sketches in Thyme 5/1/24

 Finished the last of my photos from our trip to Canada using the May 1st sketch from Sketches in Thyme

I turned this sketch into a two page spread as well as added some extra photos and moved the journaling to the second page of the layout.  I tried to balance brown and green photos evenly between the pages.  I also added bits of paper in place of titles.  I typically don’t do a title

Thanks for stopping by to take a look 

BC Transit

 Real quick share here with a layout from my trip to Victoria with my daughter.

TSR May Jumpstart

 I'm a little late for NSD.  

Busy day yesterday celebrating my Seniors last Prom and my son's sixteen birthday party with six teens.  Better late than never.  I'm creating with the scrap room jumpstart sketch for May.

I used squares that are larger than the sketch so I used less of them. Still has the same overall layout which works well with my photos from the Royal BC Museum.  We popped in for a bit before heading to the Empresses for tea.  I was gifted the papers this past week and am excited to have been able to put them to use so quickly. I still have a few more photos from the trip that I hope to get done in the next few days.

Need to get them done before life gets even busier.  30 more school days left this year. Even less for my senior.  If the weather would warm up and dry out I might be able to get the yard and patio in order for the grad party.  Hope you enjoyed my take on the sketch

Concert Fun

 The kids got to go to two concerts in 2023.  Journey in April and Star Catcher in July

I only have one very dark photo of the kids and my husband at the Journey concert but it's one more memory documented

The star catcher layout was fun to create with all of the rhinestones I stuck down 

Scandi Run

I love creating with #allisondavis sketches

Here's my take on the sketch.  Lots of layers

Thanks for stopping by to take a look

Summerween

 My middle daughter Jessica missed Halloween 2022 due to her semester abroad so she made it up to her friends with a summerween celebration.  We pulled out the decorations and bought some watermelons for carving.

The design was a challenge at the retreat I attended in April.  I used some really old Creative Memories 8x8  Halloween paper, so it is pieced together in spots.  I also used some older embellishments to pull it all together.  The tiny circle punches are of the carved watermelons.

May SID

I know we are in the midst of spring but I'm still working my way through my son's scout photos and they just happen to be of his November campout.

I stretched the photos and added some extra thin banners to fill the gaps.

 I used an embellishment cluster with a phrase in place of a title 

 

Birhtday Boy

 Can't believe this guy is sixteen, especially since I just got this layout of his 15th scraped.

Happy Birthday Eric

The entire layout is made with bits and pieces of birthday kits that I have mixed and matched. 

 Love using up my stash

Hiking Layouts

 Now that Spring is upon us and I need to get back to doing some training hikes for this summer's adventure here are some layouts I made of last year's hikes.  The following layouts were completed at a spring retreat at the beginning of the month.

Troop hikes- Spencer's Butte and Mt. Pishgah

The troop went on two training hikes similar in elevation gain to the ones they would be doing in Switzerland.   

Eagle's Rest

I did this hike twice.  Once as a solo hike in the rain and then again with Danielle when the sun was out.

McDonald Research Forest -Corvalis

Danielle and I were enjoying some outdoor time while Jessica attended an event in Corvallis.

Iron Peak/ Cone Mountian

Beautiful wildflower hike with the City of Eugene.  Not sure I want to do more trips with EP&R

Fall Creek

This entire area burned in the Bedrock fire twelve days after this trip.

Divide Lake

Nothing better than getting a hike in with your adventure buddy

Vivian Lake

8-mile hike with the kids.

Wild Iris Ridge

Super hot, dry, and smokey hike in town.

I still have photos from the big trip to Strawberry Basin to scrap, but for now, enjoy.

April S.I.D.

This was so quick to put together and the sketch was a good pairing for the photos other than a few size adjustments. Also changed the banner location do to the larger photos.  

Mixed and matched CM paper and stickers.  Glad to use open more of my stash