Fun with PSE...

I have been taking a photoshop class! WOW!!! It is so amazing and I have so much to learn, but I am really enjoying it so far. Here is a collage I done for my final lesson of the second class. Can hardly wait for the next class to start, a couple of weeks off and I will be at it again.

ColorGroupies Wine & Olive +Where does the time go!

for Caryl

for Frieda

for Lenna

for Tristan

Hope you enjoy the wine and olive cards. I know everyone has received them so thought I would load them up. The colors are a little off, but hey.....hehehe...

I am so far behind, haven't done a thing with my blog for 2 weeks! It has been a busy couple of weeks here with work and it is so hot and humid...BLECK!!!! Hate this weather... There is no way I could ever catch up on all the great stuff I must have missed on everyone's blog, so I won't even try!

House Art

front of house




back of house

This was a fun one to make. My house art partner for August is Ms. Cat! Had lots of fun playing with this one.

August has arrived!

I can't believe how fast this year is going. Gosh, before we know it, the year will be gone and a new one under way. YIKES!!!!

I have my August calendar page completed for my 2010 calendar so thought I would share it with you. August is a busy month for me, so I am wondering if September page will get completed on time. Grrrrrrr..

Happy August, everyone!

Postcard Friendship Friday Time

Birthday Joys be Yours

This is one of my fav cards. She is so sweet and the colors are incredible. Another find at my local antique shop a few years ago. The card is in perfect condition and the embossing on it is beautiful.

The back reads

To Gladys Mays Little Girl

Dear Little One

I am sending you this lovely little card to wish you many Happy returns on your Birthday.

From your Great Great Aunt xxx

For more postcards check out Marie's blog here:

http://www.cpaphilblog.com/

Crown Me

I got my lottery card completed for the ArtChix lottery Aug. 4th. Since I won the last lottery I chose "Crown Me" for the next theme. There are lots of gorgeous cards in there already, so go over and play, never know you may be the winner on Aug. 4th.

3 for 25

A collage I made for my art journal! Just a little fun at the circus. I just love this little guy from Paper Whimsy! He is always fun to use in my collages. Not so sure he looks like he is having such a great time with the elephants, but I am sure he will get over it...LOL...

Postcard Friendship Friday #27 WOW!!!!

Oh, how I would have loved to receive this postcard in the mail. I just love it. The card was printed in Germany but I cannot make out the postal date.

On the front it reads:

A Glad Birthday

A simple card and a simple wish,

Is what I am sending you, dear.

May your birthday be happy, bright and gay,

And God's blessing be on the coming year.

The back reads:

To wish you many happy returns of the day.

With Best Love

From May

xxx

Addressed to:

Miss D. S. Malpass

12 Mill Street

Brierley Hill

I wonder where that is, this card would never make it to it's destination these days.

Be sure to visit Marie's blog for her PFF #27 and you will find lots of great cards and info over there. Here is the link

http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/07/postcard-frienship-friday-27-lets-go.html

SO EXCITED!!

Here is my entry for the ARTchix Lottery "A Day At the Beach". I haven't played a lottery in a long time, but this one made me get my butt in gear. Boy, am I happy I did, just found out yesterday that I won the lottery and I will have 21 beautiful beach themed atc's arriving in my mail from the talented chixies that joined in the fun! Lots of good mail days coming my way!!! Now it is my turn to come up with a theme for the next lottery!

A big thanks going out to Christy and her boss for pulling my name!

Colorgroupies July atc's blue & red

for Caryl

for Lenna

for Frieda

for Tristan

I know these have arrived safely to all the players so I can post them now. The color theme for July was blue & red and I played with ARTchix images for these ones. Also painted paper doilies for the collars.

Friday is here again, where does the time go?

This is a really gorgeous card, printed in England by Rotary Photo, London. The four photos are really pretty.

The back of the card reads

My Dear Daisy,

Just a simple card wishing you many happy returns of the day.

Adam
xxxxx



I just can't believe where the time goes! Seems like we just had Friday and here it is again. Postcard Friendship Friday #25, whew, the Friday's whiz by. Happy Friendship Friday, everyone.

You can find lots of beautiful cards here at Marie's link:

http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/07/postcard-friendship-friday-25-new.html

Engagement Calendar Collage

Fearlessness is the impregnable rock on which the house of spiritual life must be erected.

~Paramabansa Yogananda

I have been collaging engagement calendar books for a few years and thought I would add some of my collages to the blog. These are lots of fun to create.

Green & Rust for June

for Caryl

for Frieda

for Lenna

for Tristan

Our ColorGroupies colors for June were green & rust. I know that my cards have all arrived at there rightful spots so I am going to post. This is such a great little group of five, Caryl, Frieda, Lenna, Tristan and myself have been swapping atc's for almost two years and it is amazing the beautiful cards we have coming and going all the time.

Wonder Who Will Win????

2008 POW Winner Harlem Rocker

2007 POW Winner Alezzandro

2004 POW Winner Bit O' Gold

Tomorrow is the annual running of the Prince of Wales Stakes Race, the second leg of the Triple Crown in Canada. The event takes place at the Fort Erie Race Track. You can find out more about the track here:

http://www.forterieracing.com/about_us/about_us.htm

The weather is suppose to be great tomorrow, sunny and low 70's, perfect for horse racing!

I work in Security at the Fort Erie Race Track so I will be busy in the surveillance room watching all that is happening throughout the track! We are expecting a huge crowd, so I am sure there will be lots of unknowns for us to stumble upon. LOL..

Decorated Envelope Swap

I signed up for a Secret Sister Swap over at the Paper Whimsy Forum and one of the requirements was to decorate a large envy to send off to our secret sister and stuff if full of some of their favourite things. I have my decorated envelope completed so I thought I would share it with you. This was so much fun to create and stuff full of wonderful goodies. I decided to actually ship my envy and the goodies in a box, so as not to get everything ruined while in transit.

Oh my gosh, is anyone looking for rain? About two hours ago, day turned to night and we had terrible thunder and lightening, that left us and all of a sudden about ten minutes ago the skies opened up, it has gotten dark again and it is teeming rain. My hubby has his Club Championships today and I have to assume he must be going on at least round 3 of getting kicked off the course and heading back into the clubhouse, in the holding pattern while waiting for the weather to through. Not my kind of fun!!! LOL....

Wonderful giveaway at Studio M.M.E.

Fabulous giveaway, be sure to check it out! Love these prints.

Here is the link for the draw

http://studiomme.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

Postcard Friendship Friday ~ My Hometown Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada

Thought I would share a bit of my hometown Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada with you this week for Postcard Friendship Friday. Enjoy and hope you will all come and visit some day!


Port Colborne's Street of Ships

Lakers, fishing tugs, luxurious private yachts and Salties from around the world pass right through the heart of Port Colborne while pedestrians stroll among the bars, boutiques and bistros of historic West Street.

Sugarloaf Harbour

Tall ships, luxury yachts and paddle boats find refuge in Sugarloaf Harbour, Port Colborne's premier waterfront development. Even non-boaters can enjoy the view and ambience from the balcony of the dockside restaurant, The Upper Deck.

The CSL "Niagara"

The largest-ever Canadian ship built for the Great Lakes ~ St. Lawrence, approaches downtown Port Colborne. A few hours earlier this same ship was honoured as the 1st upbound ship to enter the Welland Canal at the start of the 2000 navigation season.

Gateway to Niagara

The Port Colborne Lighthouse, a comforting sight for mariners of Lake Erie, stands as the Gateway to the Welland Canal, the Sugarloaf Marina and beautiful Niagara.

The romantic seaside setting of West Street, Port Colborne comes alive with tourists by the thousands during Canal Days every summer.

The Annual Boat Parade of Lights

Led by Buffalo's 100 year old Fire-boat the "Edward M Cotter" is framed by spectacular Fireworks during Port Colborne's Canal Days Festival.

All postcards were photographed and distributed by Thies Bogner MPA,FPPO. (Master Photographer) Welland, Onatrio.

Here is the link for Port Colborne:

http://www.portcolborne.ca/page/homepage

You can find all the great postcards at Marie's blog here:

http://www.cpaphilblog.com/2009/07/postcard-friendship-friday-23-quirky.html