MORE BUTTERFLIES!

Back in August 2013 I saw more butterflies than I had ever seen in my life before or since.  I took some amazing photos of them at Lum's Pond on August 17th and at Mount Cuba on August 30th. This layout is from photos I took at Mount Cuba.

I was inspired for the design of this layout from Shannon's Comic Book challenge over at A Cherry on Top.  

Believe it or not THIS is a comic book!  They sure have come a long way since I was young.

Here is the layout I designed as inspired by that comic.  I had that paper line by American Crafts in my collection for ages.  I was so happy to find the perfect thing to use it on.  I fussy cut several parts of the paper.

And here are a few close-ups-

Two different species of butterflies feeding 

on the same bush at the same time.

some cute tiny little buttons-

a few other buttons -

my favorite photo of the batch!

I hope that you have enjoyed these butterflies as much as I have.  I am also going to submit this layout to Word Art Wednesday for challenge #182 as the butterflies are such a beautiful reminder of the wonder of God's amazing creations!

BACK TO WORK AND A FRESH SUBJECT

I still have several more photos from the Disney 2010 vacation as well as from Winterthur (and of both my kids growing up) but sometimes you just need to work with a fresh batch of photos.  These just arrived the other day from Shutterfly (first time I used them - I prefer the immediate gratification of seeing them the minute I print them and being able to work with them right away but when you have no car you do what you have to do!)  

This is the entry to Nemours Garden and Mansion - another of the big gorgeous DuPont places here in Delaware.  This one belonged to Alfred I DuPont.  The estate is on 222 acres and the 47,000 square foot mansion has more than 70 rooms.  

I rotated Sketch #3 from Scrapbook.com's May PageMaps 1/4 turn clockwise.

The sketch:

This is also for Turtle Soup Inspiration challenge #1 - use black and white plus one other color and Inspiration photo #242 at Just Us Girls as well as for Sketches4all Stacy's May Stash Challenge to use black.

The Inspiration:

I also used some fun feathers that I got from The Pinque Peacock as my unusual embellishment (as well as some glitter, ric rack and a button) for Lasting Memories challenge LM#190.

Nearly forgot to add the layout!

Hope that you are enjoying this long Memorial Day weekend and I hope to have more creations to add here soon!

A LITTLE BIT OF PURPLE

Tonite's layout has a purple theme going wtih it.  It started with the Purple Passion challenge #259 at Allsorts and the photo inspiration at Inspired By #115, the color palette #241 at Just Us Girls and the PageMaps Sketch #4 from Scrapbook.com.

The Inspiration Photo:

The Color Palette:

The Sketch:

And here with a few more photos from Winterthur - my layout -

I may do a tad more creating tonite but probably will not finish early enough to create add to this post as I am doing my best to get on a better bedtime schedule.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

INSPIRED BY...

Today I have a layout to share with you.  I used the inspiration photo from Colorful Creations new Blogspot and a sketch from Scrapping Everyday Miracles.

Here is my inspiration:

and the sketch:

and here is my layout:

Please be sure to stop at both sites and find out how you can particpate in these fun challenges. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.