Retreat - Road Trip

Oh yes, I'm STILL scrapping Road Trip 2008! I keep finding parts of the trip that I've not covered and need to be in the album(s).

Jerome was one of those places that we never intended to visit, but we needed a post office and this was where we ended up. We hadn't researched the place before we went, so we didn't know it was "America's Most Vertical City" and the "Largest Ghost Town in America"! One of the places we put on our (rather long) list of places to be revisited.



Leaving the Wigwam Motel after a night listening to the trains chuffing loudly by.

The tears were actually accidental. I tore the paper a few times when distressing the edges, so I used that layering technique to fix it and I'm quite pleased with it.

The last picnic before heading back to Las Vegas and the flight home.

Weekly Challenge Time

Another week, another challenge over on UKS.


Two photos, Stamping, Bunting and using up scraps. The paper actually came from Susi, so it's actually using up her scraps, but I'm sure that still counts. Also used up scraps of BGs Lime Rickey and Liberty by Scenic Route. The cardstock is scraps as well.

Last years summer barbecues. I got rather drunk at the first one and discovered I was pregnant a few days later! The second BBQ was a sober affair.

Mojo Jar - February Dip

My February inter-team team was "Scrap a Favourite Holiday" from Janet. So, of course, I went for a photo from my Road Trip!

The Corsair at Pima has its wings up, which is a bit of a shame, but I took it's picture anyway.

Cowboy!

Another Scrummy Stash Cafe challenge done. This one was to do a boy-themed layout, so I chose this "dead" Cowboy from Tombstone, Arizona. I've semi-scraplifted this layout by Scrap, Paper, Scissors.

I've tidied up all my stash over the past couple of days, so I'm trying to use up bits that I had tucked away and had pretty much forgotten about. So, ribbon, brads and random alphas.

Also made this over the weekend:



This is my Father in the City of Rocks looking out over the endless desert of New Mexico.

Is it a Card? Is it a Mini Book?

Well, I think it's a bit of both. When I started I thought it would be a fold-out, multi-photo holder to be stuck on a layout. Then I realised that if I gave it a front cover I could use it as a birthday card for my Dad, or maybe a Father's Day card, or maybe my Mother would like it. Anyway, it's sort of a mini-book to be given as a card!


The pictures aren't brilliant as the best light comes through the back of the house and that's been blocked off and is crawling with builders!






Made it for the latest Scrummy Stash Cafe challenge.