Crafty Fun and More Scavenger Hunt Photos

Hello again!
Stopped into Janna's after grocery shopping (not my favorite activity!) and couldn't resist snapping this gem:

Oh yes indeed! May your coffee be STRONG and your Monday be SHORT!

Just brightened my day - as did the coffee!

Anyway, wanted to stop in and share a couple more finds for the 2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt; particularly, #19 - A ticket booth (well, office in this case), and Alternate B - Someone with an umbrella. 

At the Oakley Rodeo and Fairgrounds.

No one was actually IN the ticket office - rather, they were around the corner. But, how could I possibly pass up this very obvious place where tickets are sold to satisfy #19 on the list?!

I've circled my sister-in-law there so it is obvious that she is holding an umbrella...for shade!

I took this photo for a couple reasons - 1) To add Alternate B because I really doubt I will ever find #4 - people playing a board game or card game; and, 2) This is my sister-in-law as Grand Marshall for the Stockton (Utah) Days parade in my nephew's vis a vis (face to face) cart pulled by his matched pair of spotted draft horses, Cisco and Pancho. My nephew is driving. This was a fun day in a small county town which I will tell more about in my August Month in Numbers post . . .

So, the list now looks like this:

SCAVENGER HUNT LIST

1. A bouquet of flowers
2. An ornate door knocker
3. A person walking a dog (or other animal)
4. People playing a board game or card game
5. Architectural columns
6. A metal bridge
7. A turtle
8. Someone "plugged in" to social media 
9. A tent
10. A college or university
11. A cellular tower or television satellite dish
12. A public restroom, bathroom, or toilet
13. A merry-go-round or carousel
14. A traffic signal
15. A flag pole with at least three flags on it
16. A panoramic view, taken while standing someplace high in the air
17. At least two people wearing matching outfits or uniforms
18. An overloaded truck, car, bicycle or other vehicle
19. A ticket booth
20. A natural body of water
21. A photograph of you with a sign reading "2015 Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt". Note: you may not use a substitute for this item.
If you find something on the list too difficult, you may substitute one of the following items for any one item on the list, except for Item #21:
Alternative A: People eating outside
Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella
Alternative C: A rocking chair

There's still a month left to hunt and, who knows? I may just get lucky and even find #4!

I've been having some crafty fun this last month, making cards for various occasions (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) and trying out different techniques. Most of these cards I'm going to show are inspired by and/or lifted directly from awesome crafters/bloggers/YouTubers/Pinterest-ers. Unfortunately, I can't remember (or re-find) them all but I give them all the credit for incredible ideas. Thank you!

Warning! Photo heavy coming up!

This card I made for my granddaughter to accompany the bicycle her grampa and I gave to her to take to college. I cut the bicycle design on my Cameo (Design #27587) from Glitzy paper manufactured by Pressed Petals. Cut like a dream and is every bit as lovely as glitter paper by DCWV. I love the background paper and wish I had more; it is a 6x6 sheet from the August 2015 Simon Says Card Kit (Simple Stories Summer Vibes collection). I added sequins from Stampin Up! and my stash. Inside, I wrote her a note with grandparent kind of encouragement and advice as she goes off to her first year of college. 

This card I made for my son's 45th birthday. I used the mad scientist stamp and die from Paper Smooches Great Chemistry, and a balloon I fussy-cut from an older Hero Arts stamp set. I foam-tape mounted it on a grey cardstock which I think is Simon Says "Fog," I added a "floor" of  another paper from the Simon Says August 2015 Card Kit, splatters from Dylusions White Linen ink spray, and various enamel dots from My Mind's Eye. I also colored the little fellow and balloon with my newly-acquired Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, which I LOVE! (Gosh! I just noticed that I forgot to color in the little dude's eyebrows!) Oh yes, I added Glossy Accents to his glasses.

This next card was made for my granddaughter and her husband's 4th anniversary. I originally wanted to gold foil the bicycle but decided it might be a mess using double-sided adhesive and cutting a small, intricate design on the Cameo. Instead, I found this older Stampin Up! set, Enjoy the Journey (retired) and gold embossed the bicycle-built-for-two. The hearts are from another SU retired set, Road to Happiness. The two tags are tied with SU gold baker's twine and mounted on a die cut rectangle of paper from Crate Paper's Maggie Holmes 6x6 paper pad (the first collection). I had alot of fun with this card even though it took forever to finally figure out how I wanted it to look! My granddaughter texted me to say she really liked it. Whew!

This card was made for my brother-in-law. I did a technique I saw on Pinterest but which I failed to actually pin. Anyhow, I cut a zig-zag on my Cameo from various adhesive-backed cardstock, then mounted on four 3-inch pieces of cardstock in varying rows. Then I cut those pieces at the points of the zig-zig and rearranged them to look dimensional (if any of that makes sense!). The "happy" is die cut from adhesive-backed cardstock using Avery Elle's Simply Said Happy die. I like how this turned out; however, it was a bit tedious trying to get the rows to line up!

This card for my aunt was totally lifted from Nichol Magouirk's Stained Glass Butterfly card post here. I didn't have the Lawn Fawn butterfly; however, I did have an older Basic Grey stamp set with this lovely butterfly. Other than that and the colors I used, the watercolor technique is all Nichol's, as is the inlaid panel and sequins. The sentiment is an older Stampendous stamp that I have in my stash. This was quite challenging but something I'd like to do again.

These two cards are just about identical to the card JJ Bolton did here. I made the one-eyed Minion for my grandson's girlfriend and the Genius Minion for my grandson (not the same grandson).

The glittery octopus card was lifted from Lucy Abrams here. I just couldn't resist the extreme cuteness of this for three of my greats. It accompanied the just-released Dr. Seuss book, What Pet Should I Get? that I bought for them. While I was under the sea, I cut this whale out of glittery paper too. It is Silhouette design #61979 here and the octopus is here. I could spend hours just cutting and pasting fun designs on my Cameo!

Lastly, this card using Distress Inks and a stencil. This was also a Pinterest-found card. I added the green stripe because I masked too skinny for just four like on the inspiration card but I do like how it came out and will be doing this technique again using different stencils, ink colors, sentiments, etc.

I'm on a roll I think! And . . . today I received the MISTI stamping tool I ordered from Simon Says. Cannot wait to get using this! 

Going to Boise tomorrow with Clare to pick up a pipe trailer. Who knows? I may just spot a merry-go-round! Ha!

Hope you had a SHORT Monday. Have a happy week!