I tested positive for COVID last week, so it was a week of confinement for me. Fortunately, after the first couple of days, I felt good enough to at least get some challenges and miscellaneous scrapping done.
His Sunset
Journaling reads: Driving home one evening after church on a Wednesday night, I caught a glimpse of this beautiful sunset out the front window of the car. I had to wait for a clearing in the horizon for this picture. What a beautiful picture from the western sky! Thank You, Lord, for making Your glory known in the beauty of Your creation! 7/19/23
“The skies proclaim the work of His hands.” Psalm 19:1b NIV
I used a wooden paper, topped with a shabby solid paper, topped with a pattern paper and then layered another shabby solid paper on top using the overlay blend mode. This gave me a color closer to the orange in the sunset.
I changed the hue and saturation of the color of the bow.
I used one of the paint elements as the photo mask.
Credits list:
Artsy Mix (one) Elements by Digi Art Ventures
Artsy Mix (one) Patterns by Digi Art Ventures
Artsy Mix (one) Shabby Solids by Digi Art Ventures
Artsy Mix (one) Wooden by Digi Art Ventures
Font is American Typewriter Condensed
Photo is mine
Big Bad John
Done for the Songs We Love Designer Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/%E2%99%A5-songs-we-love-%E2%99%A5-challenge-with-joyful-heart-designs-august-2023.38101/
Journaling reads: I remember mom and dad playing this 45 record a lot when I was 7 or 8. They listened to it so often that I had the whole song memorized at one time!
”Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean. The inspiration for the character of Big John was an actor, John Minto, whom Dean had met in a summer stock play, Destry Rides Again, who was 6'5" (195.6 cm). Dean would call him "Big John" and grew to like the rolling sound of the phrase.” ~Wikipedia
Song Lyrics:
Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said, "Hi" to Big John
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the promised land, big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone, big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out, "There's a light up above"
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save, big John
With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
Now, they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man
Big John
(Big John, big John)
Big bad John (big John)
(Big John) big bad John
Credits list:
I created a branch shape in PSE2023 and clipped one of the Summer of Love papers to it.
I also clipped a stamp element to the frame and used some of the stamps blended with Soft light blend mode in the bg.
Summer of Love by Joyful Heart Designs
Summer of Love (stamps and stuff) by Joyful Heart Designs
Happy Grunge (patterns) by Joyful Heart Designs
Font is Arial Narrow
Pixabay - by tunaolger
Don’t Quit!
Done for the Lynn Grieveson Featured Product Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2023-08-lynn-grieveson-august-2023-featured-product-challenge.38113/
Journaling reads: Do you ever feel like giving up on life?
Do you ever ask the question, “Why?”
Do you ever say, “What’s the use?”
Do you ever get sick and tired of being sick and tired?
When I am feeling this way I have to remind myself that I am not alone in my distresses. The Lord has promised that He will never leave me or forsake me (Deuteronomy 31:8b). I believe that, even though this was a promise given to Joshua, it applies to me, too! Hebrews 13:5 says, “Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” The next verse, Hebrews 13:6 says, “So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?” I need to trust Psalm 55:22, “Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.” “And I know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
“I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13
Credits list:
Don't Quit Journal Cards by Lynn Grieveson and Studio Basic
Don't Quit Mixed Media by Lynn Grieveson and Studio Basic
Don't Quit Kit by Lynn Grieveson and Studio Basic
Fonts are Mistral and Arial Narrow
Piece by Piece
Done for the Rachel Jefferies Mixed Media Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2023-08-rachel-jefferies-august-2023-mixed-media-challenge.38114/
Credits list:
Crafting My Own Love Story | Clusters by Rachel Jefferies
Crafting My Own Love Story | Inky Mess by Rachel Jefferies
In a Land Far Away | Messy Marks: Eclectic Stamps by Rachel Jefferies
In a Land Far Away | Secret Garden Mixed Media Artistry by Rachel Jefferies
Font is Arial Narrow for date shown on picture
Photo is mine
In the Good Old Summer Time
Done for the August Momma O’s Challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/vicki-stegall-designs-momma-os-august-challenge.38011/
Journaling reads:
In the Good Old Summer Time (edited lyrics by me)
In the good old summertime
In the good old summertime
Keepin’ cool in our shaded pool
With cousins that are mine
We thrash and splash the whole day long
We have such a good, good time
And that's a very good sign
That we’re keepin’ our cool in the shaded pool
In the good old summertime
Credits list:
SummerTime by Vicki Stegall
Summer Words by Vicki Stegall
Font is Arial Narrow
Photos are mine
A New Beginning
Done for the Vicki Robinson August Designer challenge found here: https://oscraps.com/community/threads/2023-08-vicki-robinson-august-challenge.38128/
Journaling reads: The whole unit of three was split today as Ryan and Abby begin another school year without their big sister, Hannah. Hannah now has an adult job in an adult world after graduating this year from high school. I wonder how they all feel about this new phase of life as they get older and begin to leave their childhood behind. I don’t have to ask how mom and dad feel about this.....I know first hand it is not easy to release your kids into the world. And even though it gets easier as each one grows up and moves on into adulthood, as a parent you never leave that role. But that’s the way it is. 8/14/23
I put the pink flower on the right by itself to represent Hannah. The pink and blue flower next to the picture represents Abby and Ryan. The 3 butterflies near the top represent all 3 flying away into the adult world.
I changed the hue and saturation of the bg paper to give it more blue.
Credits list:
All by Vicki Robinson:
Summerish Take 2 Accents
Summerish Take 2 Masks
Summerish Take 2 Stamps
Summerish Take 2 Words
Summerish Take 2 Kit
Summerish Take 2 Collection
Font is Arial Narrow
Photo taken by my daughter, Elisabeth Palmer, and shared with me
Monthly Review Pages
July
More grows in the garden than the gardener sows.
– Spanish proverb
I decided to not plant any vegetables this year in my boxes, yet we have more tomatoes from volunteer plants than we had last year from the ones I planted!
The goldfinches LOVE eating the seeds from the sunflowers I planted a couple of years ago! And I love watching the flowers sway under the weight of the birds.
Since the steps are broken, Asher had to run around the side of the house to get back onto the deck. He could jump down but it was too high for him to jump back up.
Abby spent the week with us when Hannah and Ryan went to the Arise Bible Conference in Tennessee. We played lots of games and enjoyed her being with us.
Ilene spent 3 weeks in WV. We got together for lunch and went to Carolyn’s to play games when she got back.
I made lots of salsa out of the tomatoes that were coming on like crazy. We took lots of the cherry and husky cherry tomatoes to the people at church. Little Ellie LOVES cherry tomatoes!
Credits list:
All Products by Anna Aspnes
MonthReview Template Album No 7
ArtPlay Palette Vintage Summer
Font is Arial Narrow
Photos are Mine
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