Distress? Did someone say DISTRESS? I love to distress, but it's one of those things I sometimes forget about - like rounding corners. So on this page I distressed everything!!! HOWEVER, I am 97% anti-photo distressing. Even though the pictures are digital, it still bothers me.

So here's what I did: 1. rubbed my Heidi Swapp Edge-Distresser around 12x12 CS. 2. Ripped out two rectangles of lavender CS. 3. Rubbed MM distressing block over lavender (textured) CS and outside of 12x12 to smooth edges a bit. 4. Mixed a light grey paint and painted edges of 12x12 and a little around border. Painted chipboard letters. Oh yeah, and my favorite part: I flicked the paint onto the purple 12x12. This was fun but challenging due to the fact that I was using a FOAM BRUSH! Dummy! 5. To adhere the letters, I used my favorite dimensional "adhesive": more chipboard! 6. After writing the journaling, I sorta wish I had done it on the back. Darn.

Another planner page. My 6yo learning to ride her bike without the training wheels! :(

PP Lily Bee/CS Bazzill/Stickers AC/Pen Sakura/String

Who Woulda Thunk Thursday-Found Photo

Found these old photos in a photo album my mom had made of my childhood. I think I'll add a title..but journaling says:

A summer time picnic with neighbors, the Laktiewiczs. We were at Halibut Point in Rockport MA...August 1963...I was 4 years old!

Halibut Point was a fun state park. You'd walk a mile or so through blueberry bushes to the rocks by the ocean to set up for the picnic. We went there often throughout the years!

Pictures Sunday morning at the VIA station in Cornwall

This what I plan to model, close or similar if I can

Loading and Unloading passengers from the Railcar

From the rear showing the pusher prime mover and an indication of the length of this combination. One Prime Mover is still attached at the front but another two have uncoupled at this rest stop because of parking limits. Total Weight of the whole thing is about 440 Tonnes. Load is about 190 Tonnes.

Note: Cabin on rear of carrier for operator to steer carrier.

Carrier has 160 Tyres on road add 4 Prime movers with ten each equals 200 Tyres.

Used a blog post as my inspiration. Laine - thanks for the persmission that less is more :)

Another train load of passengers taking their seats on a train at Diamond Valley Station.

DVR 2016 Phone Pictures.

Sampling the Food at the Baby Shower.

Loader in use up the beaver

Home for Holidays

Some layering, tearing, a custom frame to showcase my Mom & Dad's Christmas tree. Circa 2008

At Load gig at the Bull & Gate, Kentish Town, London.

Loading a lorry inside the market.

Aboard the Gabriola Island Ferry

For today´s challenge I tried to be aware of my process. I chose a story I wanted to tell (how my boyfriend knows how to cheer me up when I´ve had a bad day), I first selected a picture where he is acting funny in front of the camera, then I chose my products and my layout design and finally I wrote my story.

Since the other day I wasn´t able to do a layout with themed products I combined both challenges today. For this layout I used a December Studio Calico kit (Orchestra) that was filled with christmas patterned papers and embellishments. I´m not sure if the layout came out to christmasy, what do you think?

TFL :)

LOAD Festival,

Presented by the Daydream Network,

Royal Albert Hall,

15/6/2009

Artists: Ben Slow, Eyesaw, Dan K, Snik, Blam, Grafter, Babel, Finbarr Dac, DBO.

(Long long over due photos from aw nice exhibition!)

I like this scene. There's a peace in its structure for me.

Massey Ferguson & Ford At Seaweed - 7th march 09

West Virginia Days - Civil War Reenactment

loading

Modular design with functioning Suspension and portal axles.

The cab bonnet and doors open revealing the interior, 4 gear sticks and the engine.

The cab, tray, front loader and engine are all removable and could be swapped out for different ones once I build the alternatives

Photo by Joe Teeples

Loading items into a truck at Mt. Holyoke College (Presidents House)

Yet another page for my walks album. The journaling covers the opposite page too so doesn't make sense with just this page! My imperfections are usually smudges! The date stamp has smudged a little bit.LOL

This is my planner divider for February.

PP, Stickers AC + CS Bazzil + Rubons Creative Cafe

Kitchen photo from 7 years ago and what it looks like now :) I love association pages as you can see in my last layout. Our kitchen has evolved so much over 7 years...what will the next 7 be like....hmmmm

I also used a ton of old stash that I never had the heart to use before, Love, Elsie line!!!

LOAD Festival,

Presented by the Daydream Network,

Royal Albert Hall,

15/6/2009

Artists: Ben Slow, Eyesaw, Dan K, Snik, Blam, Grafter, Babel, Finbarr Dac, DBO.

(Long long over due photos from aw nice exhibition!)

A truck loading dock.

A shifted load of lumber on SOO 601228 is worked on in CP’s Bensenville Yard.

Dragonboat Racing with Amathus - Milton Keynes 06-Jun-2023: Loading the Boat

Loading dock

Photo: Mylon Medley/NAD Communication

Loading docks in Imabari, Shikoku

I saw Becky Higgins post this link to facebook yesterday and in addition to making me cry, it made me think of what I would tell my sixteen year-old self.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jgUcxMezM

Used a Cathy Z template and papers from Anna Aspnes