SEEING THE BEAUTY.....

Today I finally got to use some photos I took back in July of some very twisted trees at Lums Pond State Park.  I thought it was amazing how the limbs wound around each other and themselves.  The shapes were amazing.

Over at Soul Scrappers challenge QC42 Confuscious Say challenged us to use some sayings of the wise Confuscious and I thought this one was just perfect for those trees...

'Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it...'

The November 7th sketch over at Stuck on U Sketches that was just perfect.

Here is the sketch:

 

 

and here is my layout:

 

 



I hope you have enjoyed this brief glance into my walk that day at Lums Pond.  There are lots more photos to share so keep watching!

FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLY

Tonite I am giving you a sneak peek of my latest layout.

Challenge #6 from the Scrapping Everyday Miracles Mini Crop (MY challenge!)

I used the August 29th sketch from Stuck on U Sketches.

The sketch - 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Mini-Crop Challenge #6 

Tic-Tac-Toe

(MY challenge!)

I chose the center vertical row - Nature, Use a Sketch, Black & White.

and my layout - 

Thanks for stopping by.  Don't forget to stop by Scrapping Everyday Miracles on Friday for the Welcome Back Mini-Crop.

RINGING THE LIBERTY BELL

Yes, these photos are of my children and they were taken in Philadelphia and they are ringing the Liberty Bell - but it is not the original one but the Normandy Liberty Bell at the National Constitution Center.  This is an exact replica of the Liberty Bell tuned to the same E-flat note that the original one made before it cracked.

This Liberty Bell was created to coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasions.  This bell was first rung on June 6, 2004 on the shores of Normandy.   If was first rung in the United States on July 4, 2005.  It was rung by my children also in July 2005.

To create this layout I used a sketch from StuckonUsketches as my inspiration.  This was the sketch: