Lake Placid to Cape Breton

Hi, this is a long post, so grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy the view!
We finally got around to getting some of our pictures done from our trip out to the East coast. This first picture is from top of Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid New York.
We were almost 5,000 above sea level, it took 5 miles of winding road to reach almost the top, then we took an elevator to the very top.  Temperature was 32 F (0 C) - it was cold and with wind gusts up to 45 mph - and keep in mind I was wearing shorts!! Yes when we left our house it was low 60's so nice for wearing shorts, but not for mountain viewing.  Although I took my sandals off and put on my running shoes and jacket I was fine.  The only part that was really cold were my hands. This is the view we had to contend with - Spectacular is all I can say!!
(click on the photo for a better view)

And this is the hotel we stayed at overlooking the town of Lake Placid (Crown Plaza)- again the view was awesome, we had mountain view side with the sunset.  Bill took this picture the next morning before we left with the reflection of the sun rising against the windows.

We then continued our trip over to Bar Harbor Maine, with stops at Portland to see the famous Portland Head Lighthouse

Next day we stopped at Pemaquid to visit another Lighthouse.  You will notice through all our pictures we always seem to visit spots when the tide was out. These next 3 pictures were taken early as the sun was just rising.

After this we made our way to Bar Harbor - where we stayed for 3 nights and visited Acadia National Park.  There was so much to see we didn't even cover half of it. Never the less, here are some of our favourite pictures.

Famous Bass Harbor Lighthouse - Acadia Park

 This was just as the sun was coming up.

This next one you can see the reflection of the lighthouse in the puddle of water and long Bill's reflection taking the picture - pretty cool!

Acadia National Park along Park Loop Road (ocean view side).  

 We stopped along the Park Loop to visit Jordan Pond. There is a gift shop and restaurant there and as I walking by a hummingbird flew right in front of me and she landed within a foot from me. I couldn't believe how close you could get to them because we can't get that close here at home, maybe 3-4 ft, but that's it.  The fellow that was watering the plants said he has never seen anything like this before, they are not bothered by people, they will come really close to you.  These are two of our favourites of the hummingbirds.

These next 3 were take at sunset down at the harbor front in Bar Harbor

   

  
As we headed up into New Brunswick we stopped at another lighthouse in Maine

 Then onto Cape Breton Nova Scotia, where we toured Cabot Trail - simple breathtaking!!
The first 3 were taken around 6am just as the sun was rising.
It was so tranquil, I just wanted to stay and sit on that dock!

Back home through New Brunswick, we stopped at Dalhousie to view this lighthouse.

Traveling through Quebec,

sun set along the St. Lawrence River, Quebec

I hope your enjoy the view.  You just traveled across 4 provinces, and 4 states for a total of 6,049 km. (3759 miles).

Thanks for stopping in.  Would love to hear your comments.

I have some new cards to post so stay tuned.
Pauline

Algonquin Park

Hi everyone, hope your enjoying your weekend.  I promised to share with you some pictures from our 2 trips in Sept.  Today, I will share some of our favourite pictures Bill took  of our trip to  Algonquin Park on Labour Day weekend. I will have some from our trip out East in a few days, so please come back to view them.

Algonquin Park,

 

 

 

Madawaska (just outside of Algonquin Park)

 

 

Thanks for the visit. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.  I'll be posting the East coast pictures mid week.
till then,

Pauline

White as snow

Well it's finally Friday again.  I must say with working the 10-6 shift the days just fly right on by. By the time I get home from work and have dinner it's usually between 7-7:30, then at that time I really don't feel like doing much of anything.  Most nights I'm in bed between 9 - 9:30. I'm up at 6 and go for my 1/2 hour walk in the mornings because one knows I surely wouldn't feel like  it in the evening.

Last weekend I managed to get some cards done, and I actually worked on my first Christmas card of this 2013 season - woohoo for me!  It's really nothing exciting, but here it is:

When I was at The Paper Pickle last week, I saw that Kim had some new embossing folders.  I already own a couple of Christmas Tree embossing folders, but I loved the design of this one.  This is a Couture Creations EF, and it comes in 2 sizes - the regular A2 size, as well as the 5x7.  I went with the smaller one. The folder is called Early One Morning.

I embossed it on 110 lb white c/s. I love that there is already a frame around the tree.  I was going to mount it onto another piece of white, but thought that would be to blah, so put a layer of shiny silver c/s behind it. I think it is a bit more classier looking with the silver.  In the picture it looks like there is something on the silver above the star, but it is just a reflection from the light in my shadow box.

Finished off by adding some white liquid pearls to all the little dots and for the star I added some Tim Holtz distress glitter -  clear rock candy - and boy does this stuff sparkle!

So there you have it, my first holiday card done, and a kazillion more to go!

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend everyone.  See you again real soon,

Pauline

Cute as a button

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all my Canadian followers. We couldn't of asked for a more glorious day - it's only suppose to reach a high of 60, but the sun is shinning with a gentle breeze,  birds are all over the backyard (love watching all the birds)  and  the turkey is  ready for the oven.

I'm working on a small card order and one that she requested is this  cute little teddy bear from Stamping Bella- called Cute as a Button. 

In real the papers all seam to blend well, but doesn't look that way in the picture - hmmm!!
I coloured the bear with prismacolour pencils.  Listed below are the other supplies I used to complete this card.  Card measures 5.25 x 5.25.

supplies:
Stamps - Stamping Bella - cute as a button, PTI - Baby button bits,
Dies - spellbinders - square,  MFT - Fishtale Flag Stax, Memory Box - button die
Ink - black memento - image, & black versafine - sentiment
Bitty buttons, pop dots

Okay, on to my last card to finish this order then I have 3 more card orders to complete, then onto Christmas card orders - Yikes!! I feel like I'm running out of time.

I've been off work since Friday and I also took Tuesday off as well. My plan was to work on cards, (trying to get ahead of the game) but the weather has been so nice, that I dedicated my time to outside chores. I plan on spending tomorrow working on cards.

Thanks for stopping in today,  see you again real soon.

Pauline

I'm Back!

Hi everyone.  Sorry I haven't been around the last month, life was hectic, so hopefully things will settle down now.  September was basically a blur.  Bill and I went away on the Labour Day weekend. We headed back up to Algonquin Park.  Weather was great, lots of pictures.  Then on Sept 13, we headed out East.  First stop was Lake Placid NY, then from there we headed down to Maine - Portland, Freeport and then on to Bar Harbor where we spent 3 nights. We spend the 3 days touring through Acadia National Park - the scenery was beautiful.  Then we headed out to New Brunswick and then off to Cape Breton Nova Scotia where we took one day to do the Cabot Trail. We headed back home on the 21st, back through New Brunswick, Quebec and then back into Ontario, then arrived home Sunday 22nd around 4 pm.  It was a fabulous trip,  perfect weather every day - no rain just sunshine.  Bill took tons of pictures which I will share with you on another post once we get through them all.  
Then it was back to work, which I have been working 10 hour days since the 23rd, and will continue until Thanksgiving Weekend, (hence the reason for no posts or card making), so I'm on the home stretch! woohoo!!

I also have a card to share with you today as well.  I had some requests from my co-workers when I came back from vacation.   One gal wanted a birthday card for her Mom and this is what I did for her - (found a few hours on Wednesday night to do this.) When I gave it to her, her eyes welled up with tears - she said it was beautiful! what do you think?

Supplies:

Paper - designer -K & Company, cream, baked brown sugar SU, burgundy.  Sentiments - Verve.  Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. Dies - Spellbinders. Finished off with ribbon, pearls and glitter (on the flowers).

Okay, I'm off to work on a few more card orders. Thanks for stopping by, and promise I will be back soon!

A Grateful Heart

Hi Everyone.  Hope you had a wonderful long Labour Day weekend.  It's hard to imagine that the summer months have come and gone and now we are into September.  Kidlets off to school, although I don't have any school age children although my daughter is going back to College in a couple of weeks.

Bill and I headed up to Algonquin Park this past weekend - what a beautiful place to visit.  Lots of trails to hike, so many lakes, waterfalls, rapids, and just plain beauty.  It's like being in a different world when you are up there, away from the hustle and bustle of city and small town life.

We saw lots of birds - starting to head south for migration - although some are residence of the park all year around.  I had a Gray Jay land on my hand to eat peanuts, actually there were 4 of them, just swooning in to my hand, grab some peanuts and off they go and then next would come in.  They basically sat in the pine tree beside me and just waited their turn.  So cool! Early morning along the lakes you could hear the Loon's calling off in the distance. Saw some deer as well as a black bear crossing the highway as we were leaving the park yesterday!

I'm off today,  lots of things on my agenda like buying a new washing machine!! I have a front load washer and drying and the 'spider' mount in the back of the washer has broke and when the machine spins it makes a huge banging sound because nothing to hold the drum in place.  The cost is about $300 for parts + labour, and I don't think it's worth getting it fixed for that kind of money, considering the machine is around 8 yrs old, so going to see what I can find.

I do have a card to share with you today.  I had made this a few weeks back.  I have so many stamps that have been un-inked, I thought it was best to start using what I have rather than buy new.  The stamp I'm using today is from Justrite called Grateful Heart.

Image was stamped on 110lb white cardstock using black memento ink and then coloured using copics.

Used the coordinating Justrite die to cut it out -  Vintage Labels Two. Other dies used are Spellbinders - labels Twenty-eight, and Ornate Squares.  The c/s that I used for the Ornate square is Soft Suede (SU).

To give the card a vintage feel, I sponged some antique linen around the edges of the cream labels twenty eight as well as the image.

Finished off with some cream lace, watermelon seam binding ribbon (I bought mine from Flourishes), and some amber rhinestones. I also added some glitter to the flowers, using a quickie glue pen and some Hero Arts prisma glitter.

Well, that's about it for me today, need to get my day going. Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping in.

Pauline