Journaling reads:
Summer, fall, winter, spring,
The seasons rotate as each brings
Its special beauty to this Earth of ours.
–Edna Frohock (1906–1997)
Credits list
ArtPlay Palette Explore by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Explore.html
Photo is mine processed in Deep Dream Generator
Liliturf
Journaling reads: Mark
saw this cluster of flowers when he cut grass but he did not cut them down so I
could take pictures of them. I searched
for a long time before I decided they must be Liriope. Liriope is a genus of low, grass-like
flowering plants from East and Southeast Asia. Some species are often used in
landscaping in temperate latitudes. It may be called lilyturf in North America,
although it is neither a true grass nor a lily.
I created the background by placing a dark paper on the
bottom, a lighter paper on top of the bottom one and giving it a Vivid light
blend mode. Then I placed a 3rd paper on
top using the Saturation blend mode. I
was trying to get a purple close to that of the photo.
Credits list
MELLOW
DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING KIT BY LYNN GRIEVESON
Photo is mine
Helen’s Flower
Helenium amarum - Bitterweed, Bitter Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks,
Spanish Daisy, American Sneezeweed.
Common weed found in meadows, along roadsides, and other disturbed
areas. Some authorities consider it to
be weedy or invasive. If cows eat them
their milk will have a bitter taste.
This plant is a native of the United States. They are in the Asteraceae (Aster) family.
Bitterweed's yellow blossom is a typical aster with a
cluster of disk flowers and separate ray flowers. H. amarum typically
has five to ten ray flowers hanging down from the dome-shaped disk.
This is var. amarum, which is the more widespread of the two Helenium
amarum varieties. The other variety, var. badium has a brown
central disk, and is found only in Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina.
Credits list
All products by Anna Aspnes
Wildflower
Artsy Layered Template
Photos are mine
Captured
Journaling reads: Sometimes
we ride our bikes to a restaurant on Sunday afternoon with our good friends
from church. However, rain was in the
forecast today, so we opted to drive. We
went to Ruby Tuesday for their steak special.
After spending a good hour talking and eating inside, we talked for
another hour outside enjoying the fellowship.
It only sprinkled a few drops.
I used 2 papers and used the Pin Light blend mode on the top
paper so some of the pink from the bottom paper came through on the right. From the template, I used every element but a
couple and applied papers to the painted areas behind the photo, which you
really cannot see much of after adding the cluster.
Days
Like These Digital Scrapbooking Elements by Lynn Grieveson
Days
Like These Digital Scrapbooking Mixed Media by Lynn Grieveson
Days
Like These Digital Scrapbooking Paper Pack by Lynn Grieveson
Solitude
Digital Scrapbooking Page Templates by Lynn Grieveson
Myriad Pro font for journaling
Photo is mine
Sisters
Ellie and Heidi live close to their Grandma and Great
Grandma. They can walk across the
driveway to Grandma’s house and walk up the driveway to Great Grandma’s house.
Credits list
All products by Anna Aspnes
Reverie
Artsy Layered Template
Photos by the girls’ grandma, Joy Fleshman
Storms of Life
Journaling reads:
When the raging winds and tempest,
And the noxious clouds of sin,
Whirl around me like an army,
And my faith is wearing thin,
In a whispering distant thunder,
Comes a voice like morning calm:
“Fear not, I am with you ever,
Till the world shall see its end.”
Richard W. Adams
I blended my photo into the background paper using Linear
Burn blending mode. I added other stamps
and elements between the photo and background.
The white elements are on top of my photo.
Credits list
City of Shadows by MagicalReality Designs https://www.oscraps.com/shop/City-Of-Shadows-by-MagicalReality-Designs.html
Title font is Jasmine Sunflower
Journal font is Arial Narrow
Photo is mine
Our pastor mentioned this song in the Sunday service last
week. When I got home I searched for it on the internet. I wrote the lyrics
down and it inspired me to do a page that represents God motioning to the
Archangel Gabriel that it is time to blow the trumpet signalling the return of
Christ who will break through the Eastern sky!
Gabriel’s Already Standing
Song by Lonesome River Band
Lyrics:
Gabriel’s already standing,
Gabriel’s already standing…….
Earthquakes, rumors of war
We’re closer than we ever have been before
He told us in Matthew 24
When you see these things you’ll know
Gabriel’s already standing.
Angels are waiting with a mighty band
Gabriel’s standing with a trumpet in his hand
Waiting on the Lord’s command.
Look up, brother, the time is nigh
It’s all going to happen in the blink of an eye
When Jesus splits that Eastern sky
The saints go marching in
Gabriel’s already standing
Angels are waiting with a mighty band
Gabriel’s standing with a trumpet in his hand
Waiting on the Lord’s command.
Wake up sinner we’re short on time
Just open your eyes and see the signs
You don’t want to be one left behind
When you hear that trumpet blow
Gabriel’s already standing
Angels are waiting with a mighty band
Gabriel’s standing with a trumpet in his hand
Oh, Gabriel’s already standing.
Angels are waiting with a mighty band
Gabriel’s standing with a trumpet in his hand
Just waiting on the Lord’s command.
I don’t know if angels have wings. The Bible does mention the cherubim having
wings, but I don’t know what type of beings they are. But I think they are different from the
angels that do God’s bidding.
Matthew 24:30, 31, 36, 42
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory… And he shall send his angels with a great
sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
winds, from one end of heaven to the other…
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only… Watch therefore: for
ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Credits list
Angel
Wings Kit by Lynne Anzelc
One
Fine Day Kit by Lynne Anzelc
Melodic
Sounds by Lynne Anzelc
Jasmine Sunflower for title
Arial Narrow for journaling
Siblings
My inspiration from the lift of Myla's example page was the
picture of siblings.
Kim, Raymond (a friend), me and Joey in 1963 in California.
Credits list
All products by Anna Aspnes
Times New Roman font
Journaling reads: Mom hated to have her picture taken. She was a pretty lady with a pretty smile, but I don’t have many pictures of her because of her camera shyness.
Credits list
Vintage
Elegance Kit by Manu Design Studio
Times New Roman font
Web inspiration.
Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at
the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7b
I filled the floral and greenery from the kit with white so
it would be a silhouette against the dark background. The lighter journaling was blended with
Overlay or Soft Light blending modes.
Credits list
Vintage
Elegance Kit by Manu Design Studio
Times New Roman font
My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and
earth. Ps 121:2
Credits list
All product by Regina Falango
Fonts
You Can Do This – “LORD”
Winter Moon Regular for the script
Arial Narrow for Scripture reference
Inspiration is from pinterest
Behold the beauty of the Lord. Psalm 27:4
Credits list
All product by Regina Falango
JasmineUPC Regular font
Jasmine Sunflower
Inspiration is from pinterest.
A friend loves at all times Proverbs 17:17
Credits list
All product by Regina Falango
JasmineUPC Regular font
Script is Holiday Meladine Slant Reg
Inspiration is from pinterest.
I love the watercolor feel and the blues and greens
together.
Credits list
All product by Regina Falango
Script font is Jasmine Sunflower Regular
JasmineUPC Regular font
Inspiration is from pinterest.
I love the watercolor feel and the blues and greens
together.
I layered a darker paper behind the flower print paper to
give a border. Behind the center wreath
I created a circle to clip a light paper to so the text would be more visible.
Credits list
All product by Regina Falango
Script font is Brilliant Soulmates Regular
JasmineUPC Regular font
Journaling reads: God has promised to supply all our needs. What we don’t have now, we don’t need now. Elisabeth Elliott
Credits list
Charming
- papers by emeto designs
Charming
- elements by emeto designs
Charming
- clusters by emeto designs
Nostalgic dream
by emeto designs
Font is Iris UPC and Amelinda Script
Journaling reads: Having cleansed your souls, now love one another deeply, from the heart. 1 Peter 1:22
Credits list
Charming
- papers by emeto designs
Charming
- elements by emeto designs
Charming
- clusters by emeto designs
Font is Giddyup
Time
This is a reminder for me to be patient in those times that
I am waiting. I don't wait very well.
Journaling reads:
No matter how long it takes,
WHEN GOD WORKS
It is always worth the wait.
Toby Mac #speaklife
“Good Things” come to those who wait on the Lord. Isaiah 40:31
Credits list
Artsy
Layered Template No. 298
Another page inspired from Christian Book Distributors
I love the watercolor feel of the flowers and plan to print
this to frame.
Credits list
Flora
and Fauna by Lynne Anzelc
Word art:
Jasmine UPC Regular for the script
Angelika Playfull for the rest
Be Still
My inspiration for this page came from Christian Book
Distributors
I love poppies and plan to print this to frame.
Credits list
Sentimental
Summer by Emeto Designs
Fonts used for word art:
Angelika Playfull for Psalm 46:10
Adulsa Script for the bold script words, Know and God
Jasmine UPC Regular for the rest
A "Just for Fun" Page
Journaling reads: Cat
Nights begin on August 17. This term harks back to the days when people
believed in witches. A rather obscure old Irish legend said that a witch could
turn herself into a cat eight times, but on the ninth time (August 17), she
couldn’t regain her human form. This bit of folklore also gives us the saying,
“A cat has nine lives.” Because August is a yowly time for cats, this may have
prompted the speculation about witches on the prowl in the first place. Also,
nights continue to get longer. Cats, crepuscular creatures, are nocturnal
hunters. Their superior night vision means that the nights belong to them.
Taken from almanac.com
I blended a paper from each kit to create the background,
adding paint elements in between the layers.
And I blended the Pixabay image into the background. I copied a portion of the cat’s ear and
placed it on top of the hat so it would appear to be coming through the hat.
Credits list
Cattitude
Scrapbook and Art Journal Kit by After Midnight Designs
Zen
and the Art of: All Hallows Eve by Maya de Groot
Amelinda font for title
Arial Narrow font for journaling
Witch and cat image from Pixabay
Journaling reads: Jessica came down with the kids for one last visit before time for a new school year to begin. She spent the weekend at her sister’s home since I was still recouping from a rough case of COVID. When she checked to see if the weekend was a good time to come I told her yes, as long as I didn’t have to do anything! Thankfully, Elisabeth was able to accommodate Jessica and the kids. Mark and I went over for a couple of the meals and played games and watched TV or just sat around and chatted. The kids played games with us, too, but mostly just hung out together. It was a good weekend of pampering for me and just visiting with my girls and grandchildren! 8/5 - 8/7/22
Credits list
ArtPlay Palette
Care by Anna Aspnes
Artsy
Layered Template No. 297 by Anna Aspnes
Open Doors
by etdesigns
Photo is mine
Black-Eyed Susan
Journaling reads:
Bright and cheerful Black-eyed Susan
It seems you grow all over;
In gardens and beside the road
Happy flower, quite the rover.
- Sam Kauffman
I changed the color of some of the elements to better match my photo flowers.
For the checked background, I used the striped paper twice, rotating the top
one and using the Hard Light blend mode and that changed the color from orange.
Credits list
July 2022 Color Play by Natali Designs
Sunny Day Kit
Sunny
Day Overlay
Sunny
Day Brushes
Times New Roman font
Photo is mine
Journaling reads:
The farmer hastens from the heat;
The weary plough-horse droops his head;
The cattle all at noon retreat,
And ruminate beneath the shade.
–George Moses Horton (ca. 1798–ca. 1883)
Credits list
52 Inspirations 2022 no 30 Lovely Day Scrapbook Kit by MLDesign
52 Inspirations 2020 No 33 Framed Clipping Masks 01 by Karen
Schulz Designs
Agestin font for title
Arial Narrow font for journaling
Photo is mine
Journaling reads: Mark found the injured butterfly by the
road, figuring a car hit it. We tried to save it, but it didn't survive. I
thought it interesting that the underside of the butterfly is actually a bit
more patterned and colorful than the upperside.
State Butterfly of
North Carolina: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
by Michelle Czaikowski Underhill and Amy Kemp
NC Government & Heritage Library, 2017.
The North Carolina General Assembly designated the Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) as the official State butterfly of the State of North Carolina. The bill was ratified on June 11, 2012 and approved on June 15, 2012.
Selection as the State Butterfly
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail was selected because it can be
found in all 100 counties of North Carolina and is easy to locate and
recognize.
About twenty-eight other states either have official state butterflies or have butterflies as their official state insect. Delaware, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia all either have the Eastern tiger swallowtail as their official state butterfly or as their official state insect.
About the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are yellow with black stripes,
and have a wingspan of three to six inches. They can be found in many habitats,
including woods, fields, near rivers and creeks, or in gardens. The butterfly
larvae eat leaves, while adults eat flower nectar.
The female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail will lay single green eggs on leaves, which then hatch into caterpillars. The Caterpillars are brown and white when they are young, but as they grow they turn green with orange and black false eyespots. These spots fool predators into thinking the caterpillar is much larger than it truly is.
The Eastern tiger swallowtail is native to North America and is generally considered the first North American butterfly to have been drawn. The first drawing of it was by John White. White was an artist, cartographer, and is also known as the governor of the Roanoke Island colony that came to be known as the "Lost Colony."
This information taken from ncpedia.com
Credits list
ArtPlay Palette Natural Instinct by Anna Aspnes
ArtsyTransfers Natural Instinct by Anna Aspnes
Arial Narrow font
Photos are mine
Journaling reads:
On the coldest nights
I'll look for your glow
among the burning embers
of your fiery soul.
I'll sift through the ashes
in search of the spark
that ignited my mind
and lit up my heart.
Christy Ann Martine
This is a deserted homestead I took a picture of while on one of our bike
rides. It always makes me wonder what stories old, deserted homes could tell if
they could talk. I think of the burning embers in the poem as being life for the
old house and the house is waiting for someone to sift through the ashes in
search of just a small spark that would bring life back into it!
Credits list
All Products by Anna Aspnes:
Embers FotoBlendz No. 1
MultiMedia Branches No. 17
Embers WordART Mix No. 1
Embers Artsy Layered Template
ArtPlay Palette Embers
ArtsyKardz Embers MultiPack
ArtsyTransfers Embers
Photo is mine, processed in Deep Dream Generator
Journaling reads: Be comforted, dear soul! There is always
light behind the clouds! Louisa May Alcott
Credits list
Wishing Well Kit by et designs
Wishing Well Playing with Brushes by et designs
Wishing Well Solid Papers by et designs
Wishing Well Clipping Masks by et designs
Wishing Well Clusters by et designs
Wishing Well Frames by et designs
Arial Narrow font
Photo is mine
Journaling reads:
Dark grey clouds hovering
As distant thunder rumbles
A storm is brewing
Credits list
Rain Dance Kit by AFT Designs
Arial Narrow
Photo is mine
What do you think? Besides doing the regular monthly challenges at OScraps, I have tackled almost all of the Designer Challenges, too! And the month is only one week old!
Karen Schulz Designs Use It All Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/use-it-all-challenge-with-karen-schulz.36010/#post-635071
I stacked all 3 papers on top of each other. The middle paper has a blend mode of
Exclusion and the top paper has a blend mode of Soft Overlay. I changed the color of two of the painted
elements to match the colors in Addy’s top.
Chart Your Own Course Mini by Karen Schulz Designs for the
challenge, found at the link above.
Fonts are Foundation Regular and Franklin Gothic
Photo was shared with me by my son, Nathanael Day
Anna Lift found here:
Journaling reads: I
got these beautiful red flowers from our granddaughter. She and her classmates were selling flower
and vegetable plants as a school project.
The marigolds I know, but the other flower I do not know the name
of. I put all 6 plants in one pot and it
did very well as long as I kept it watered.
But thoughts of watering went out the window when my husband and I got
sick a couple of weeks ago. So, they are
no longer very pretty. I don’t know that
I can even bring them back from their disparaging looks at this point. But at least I have some photos to remember
them by.
Credits list
ArtsyTransfers Wildflower by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyTransfers-Wildflower.html
ArtsyKardz Wildflower MultiPack by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtsyKardz-Wildflower-MultiPack.html
ArtPlay Palette Wildflower by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Wildflower.html
Wildflower Artsy Layered Template by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Wildflower-Artsy-Layered-Template.html
Grow WordART Mix No. 2 by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Grow-WordART-Mix-No.-2.html
MultiMedia Flowers No. 12 by Anna Aspnes https://www.oscraps.com/shop/MultiMedia-Flowers-No.-12.html
Lilach Oren Template Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/lilach-oren-august-2022-template-challenge.35989/
Journaling reads: Family.....the
most important unit in life we are blessed with. It is a fascinating journey of unique
individuals brought together by the greatest of all fathers, our heavenly
Father, the LORD God Almighty! Each body
adding its special talents to the collective whole. Just the right sassiness, spunk and
quirkiness. The right amount of brain,
brawn and beauty. Each and every one
growing and maturing into the individual the LORD has purposed to complete His
plan for our good and His glory!
Family.....I love you to the moon and back and back again!
We gathered for Memorial Day weekend, 2022. My sister, Kim, came to spend the week with
me. When that happens, my kids and
families come from near and far to gather for the weekend. The weather was great and we were able to gather
in the woods for the fun and games, food and fellowship all weekend. We had a marvelous time together. Alas, the weekend always comes to an abrupt
stop as the time rolls around for everyone to go their separate ways and head
back home. Our times together are too
few and far between!
Credits list
Pocket
Scrapping May Pocket Cards by Lilach Oren
Pocket
Scrapping May Stickers and Flairs by Lilach Oren
Pocket
Scrapping May Pattern Papers by Lilach Oren
Pocket
Scrapping May Solid Papers by Lilach Oren
Lynn Grieveson Featured Product Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2022-08-lynn-grieveson-august-2022-featured-product-challenge.36007/
Journaling reads: Female
Ruby Throat Hummingbird guarding “her” nectar from the nearby trees. I may be little, but I can take care of
myself!
Credits list
No
Big Deal Digital Scrapbooking Paper Pack by Lynn Grieveson
No
Big Deal Paint for Digital Scrapbooking by Lynn Grieveson
No
Big Deal brushes and snippets by Lynn Grieveson
No
Big Deal Digital Scrapbooking Elements by Lynn Grieveson
Arial Narrow font
Photo is mine
Buffalo Heritage Days
Journaling reads: (Most
of this came from, “West Virginia: The state that said no” written by Preston
Williams on April 12, 2011 for the Washington Post)
In 1861, leaders from northwestern Virginia established a
new Virginia state government that remained loyal to the Union. This government
then carved out territory to create a new Union state. On June 20, 1863, West
Virginia became the 35th state - the only permanent change in territory due to
the Civil War. They were a state born
for advocating for and defending the United States of America rather than the
seceded states of America. Western Virginians were very committed to the Union
in a state that left the Union.
After Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Western
Virginia delegates, two-thirds of whom had voted against secession, gathered in
Clarksburg and later Wheeling and decided to carve out their own territory and
create “a new Virginia.”
“People of North Western Virginia, why should we thus permit
ourselves to be tyrannized over, and made slaves of, by the haughty arrogance
and wicked machinations of would-be Eastern Despots,” asked a committee of
Western Virginia politicians in an open letter in the Kingwood Chronicle in May
of 1861. “Are we submissionists, craven cowards, who will yield to daring
ambition....The Union under the flag of our common country....causes our bosoms
to glow with patriotic heat, and our hearts to swell with honest love of
country.”
Jessica and Tim dressed and ready to attend the Buffalo, WV
Heritage Days celebrations in 1998. Tim
borrowed his Union gear from a pastor friend, Chris Dumford, from Ohio. This picture was taken in the church yard
behind the Buffalo Baptist Church where Tim pastored from 1997 - 2008.
THE
CIVIL WAR by Idgie's Heartsong
Arial Narrow font
Photo is mine
Vicki Stegall Momma O’s Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/vicki-stegall-designs-momma-os-august-challenge.35958/
Journaling reads: God
inspires my reverence and admiration!
This last verse from the book of Jude says it all..... “To the only wise
God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.” Jude 25
Credits list
Lucky
and Blessed Collection by Vicki Stegall Designs
Angelistya Regular Script
Arial Narrow
Photo is mine
Rachel Jefferies Mixed Media Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2022-08-rachel-jefferies-august-mixed-media-challenge.36005/
Journaling reads: The
patient fisher takes his silent stand,
Intent, his angle trembling in his hand:
With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed,
And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed.
–Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
Abby and Ryan fishing on Hidden Creek in the Spacious Skies
Campground in Marion, NC
Credits list
Carefully
Curated | Whatever the Weather Mixed Media Artistry by Rachel Jefferies
Carefully
Curated | Whatever the Weather Misc Mixed Media Paperie by Rachel Jefferies
Carefully
Curated | Whatever the Weather Journaling Prompts + BONUS by Rachel Jefferies
Syngnathidae
| Mixed Media Artistry by Rachel Jefferies
Syngnathidae
| Journal Prompts + BONUS by Rachel Jefferies
Syngnathidae
| Mixed Media Abstracts & Collages by Rachel Jefferies
Arial Narrow font
Picture taken by my daughter, Elisabeth Palmer
Vicki Robinson’s Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2022-08-vicki-robinson-august-challenge.36013/
Dare to pause and be thankful for the small things. Female Ruby Throat
Credits list
Artful
Expressions 03 Collection by Vicki Robinson
Story Starters by Vicki Robinson, provided for challenge at
link above
Font is Arial Narrow
Photo is mine
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