Thanks for the lift!

Hi everyone! Wowza, what a wonderful relaxing vacation we had. Saw so many cool critters along the way (see below) but mostly just chilled!

This card was made a while ago and I'm now just getting around to posting it.

Stamps and the dies are from Papertrey Ink.

I colored the balloon with Copic markers and then used the die to cut it out. I first cut a piece of acetate or "marker" and used that as a guide to make sure that I lined up the balloon die fairly closely with the stamped image.

The cloud die was used to emboss the blue cardstock. I just put the die on the cutting surface cut side down or on a piece of thin chipboard and then put the cardstock over the top of it and ran it through the CB.

Palette fresh snow used to stamp the clouds and it's also sponged around the edges of the card.

Below are a few of the pictures I was able to snap of the critters we saw last week.

Bear

Herd of Elk (7 bull's in the herd)

These were taken in the North Cascades of Washington State.

Thanks for stopping by!

Road Trip pictures

Ok, as promised - here are some pictures from our road trip. We headed up North on hiway 101 towards the Olympic peninsula. Our mission was to check out the camp ground at the Hoh Rain Forest for our week long camping vacation. We did make a few stops along the way, first up was Lake Quinault. Image a lake with a big rustic lodge, with plenty of grounds to explore, relax or partake in water sports! These first four pictures are from last year.

While there, we decided to take a drive further up the road to see check out the camp grounds.

I had to stop and take a few pictures of the waterfall and river along the way. We stopped beside the waterfall, had lunch and then I convinced my husband, Bob, to go back up the road and over the bridge, and take the other road (which is along the other side of the river) back to hiway 101. Well, it was worth the moaning and groaning I heard about doing that because this is what we came across.

Yep, that's a black bear in that there meadow! As you can see above, Bob had to get a closer look and take some close up pictures. You can see him in the lower left hand corner of the photo. I took this picture from about 200 meters away - I would've been where he is if I wouldn't have had on stupid flip flops. I think the noice would've alerted the bear! So, I took them off and walked back and forth down the road waiting for a good shot! Guess what I'm asking for for my B-day? Yep, a good zoom lense so that I can catch these close up shots, and safely! =) We were so pumped up after witnessing this! It was awesome to be able to see and watch a bear in the wild. The Hoh rain forest paled compared to this! and you can bet that the for the rest of the trip, I rubbed it in that he should listen to me more often! LOL!!!

We ended up staying in Port Angeles for the night - we literally got the last hotel room in town! They had a Juan De Fuca street fair and a Halibut fishing derby going on. The straight of Juan De Fuca seperates Vancouver B.C. and Washington state. So, we got up early on Sunday and drove in to the Elwah Valley of the Olympic Peninsula - beautiful lake (damed up), river and mountains! The fishing is suppose to be hot on the Elwah river and Bob wanted to check it out.

Here we are posing with our four legged child - seems there's more pictures of the dog than there are of me - and I don't take them!!!

Then we headed up to Hurricane Ridge and we're blown away with the clear blue sky and the view.

Check that elevation out - no wonder there's so much snow left! It was really warm, though.


Again, we literally stopped for some wildlife, twice!

Once going up the mountain pass and then coming back down! It was the same doe - in the same spot. I think that area was her turf and she was looking for handouts!

I took both of these shots from inside the jeep!

So, that's our two day trek around the Olympic Peninsula - 375+ miles, beautiful sunny warm days, pictures and stories to tell! Thanks for letting me share our adventure with you!