My New Camera

Tom surprised me with a Nikon D40X with a 18-135 lens for Christmas. I've been taking a few pics of the cats and I can't believe how awesome the pictures are turning out. Here's just a couple I took yesterday.
Can't wait for all these darn clouds to go away so I can go outside and experiment. I have not done anything to these photos - straight out of the camera.

I can't believe the vibrancy of Mr. Orange.


I know both of these would have been over exposed with my other camera because I was so close to Hailey and the flash is usually so bright, but they are fine.

Snuggle Buddies

I looked in the cat's room the other day, and there they were snuggling together in their perch. Not sure how they both almost fit in there, but they seemed to be comfy.

Let It Snow

We didn't get near as much snow as the weather men were hoping for, but still a nice coating. Took Hailey out to "play" on the deck and mostly so I could get some photos to scrap. Saffron didn't want anything to do with going out in the snow.

Caardvarks/Page Maps Challenge Day 6 and 7

The last sketches for the Caardvarks/Becky Fleck challenges. I really had fun with these this week.

Day 6



Day 7

Caardvarks/Page Maps Challenge Day 5

Here's the sketch:


and my card:

Caardvarks/Page Maps Challenge Days 2 and 3

Day 2



Day 3

Caardvarks/Page Maps Challenge

Caardvarks blog is having a weeklong challenge with Becky Fleck CardMaps. Each day will be a different sketch. Here's 2 cards for day 1.

Memories from the Attic

I am very excited to have been chosen to be a design team member at Memories from the Attic. Come on over and check it out - there is a kit club plus Jeri has a lot of fun stuff in the store. There's also a message board with lots of friendly people, so come over and join us.

We're also having an online crop this weekend, December 7-9 Our theme for December: SKETCHES! Don't you just love being inspired by sketches and twisting them around to make them your own? Our "Sketchin til Christmas" crop will give you awesome ideas to complete our challenges and crop with a friendly community! Lucy Chesna aka Scrapperqueen will be providing the sketches for the crop.

The crop will begin on Friday, December 7 at 8 PM EST with the debut of the first challenge! The crop will continue through to Sunday, December 9. All layouts must be completed and uploaded by Monday, December 10 12 noon EST.

Prizes will be given away for each challenge and if you are a serious scrappaholic and complete all of the challenges, you will earn the title of "Attic DIVA" winning the grand prize of a Daisy D's Christmas album with Christmas embellishments, valued at $30 from the Memories from the Attic store!

Stop on by and sign up for this awesome crop! You won't want to miss it!