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Crystal Springs Creek is one of the very few extant (not covered up) streams in the inner eastside of Portland. (The other would be Johnson Creek, which Crystal Springs feeds into at Sellwood.) Crystal Springs is about two miles long, and starts from this not-well-known wetlands just west of Cesar Chavez (39th) and between Steele and Woodstock. From the wetlands, it quickly becomes a pond cutting through the heart of Reed College (Reed Canyon). Then it runs through Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden/Eastmoreland Golf Course, crosses 99W and the old SP tracks, and winds through Sellwood/Westmoreland to Johnson Creek.
This was the first time I really explored the source, as the last time I came down this way, things were too overgrown.
Stamps: Sentiment (SugarPea Designs Sweet Treats Christmas)
Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth
Ink: Distress Ink Barn Door, Versamark
Accessories: Stencil (Memory Box Winter Snowflake Lace), clip art image from MyGrafico, crystal clear flat sequins (Rita Handcraft Store), Ranger White Embossing Powder
Techniques: Sponging Distress Ink though stencil, heat embossing
Looks like I can no longer link up to challenges using my Splitcoast Stampers gallery - I get an error message. Very disappointing! Here’s another one of my WCMD cards. I was inspired by these challenges:
Joy Clair WCMD – Pick and Mix with Steph (I went with Technique Distress Inks, Trend Sequins, Theme Christmas)
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Simon Says Stamp – Happy World Card Making Day
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Cardz TV – Anything Goes 17
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Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra – October
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Crop Stop Link Party 33 – Anything Goes (Distress Ink and Versamark sold at Crop Stop)
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Just Keep on Creating – October Anything Goes Link-up
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Sugar Pea Designs – Sketch – Mix it Up 36
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Tuesday Throwdown 364 – Stenciling
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A tiny rock and coral islet with a shallow lagoon in the center, located off the coast of Sawanga in Bacon, Sorsogon. You need to wade through shallow, crystal-clear waters to get to the islet from the beach.
The packing tape with dispenser makes it easy to tape up your items without the hassle of losing the end on the roll or fighting with the tape folding on itself. Standard packing tape is suitable for small and medium boxes that will be kept in storage or during a move.
You may wonder why you don’t see too many pictures here any more. That’s because I spend way too much of my ‘photography’ time taking pictures of jewellery for Jackson Jewellery. I own the company, I update the website, and my photography is now limited to photographs of jewellery.
Product photography is not an easy task. Each picture takes at least half an hour to edit. Crystal is especially hard. I’m experimenting with different camera settings to try to get the best shots. Some work well, others not so much.
The morning walk downhill through rice terraces, lush green farmland and "jungle" and sun dappled wooded glades took us from Ghorepani to our tea stop with a fantastic view of Machhapuchare (Fish Tail Peak).
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Taken from Rails-to-Trails bridge in Downtown Rockford, IL. In the distance is the Amerock Building construction site, which is converting the building into a 4-Star Embassy Suites Hotel. Note that the waters going over the Fordam Dam are so crystal clear that you can see the concrete of the dam underneath the waterfall.