home again, home again!!

So, if you have been wondering why I have been MIA from visiting...my husband,our dog Chum and I took a US cross country trip.

 After our annual Memorial week of camping in May,we left the 1st of June for a month long road trip!

Starting here in New York and traveling across 9 states or more,we found is definitely not for the faint of heart. I mean, pleassssse! you are together 24-7!!heehee

For the next few posts, I won't bore you with Alllllll 1300+photos,LOL, but will share some highlights of our trip.

And before i even begin, thank you, thank you to all who stopped in even when I was away to leave your gracious comments on my scheduled posts- you are awesome!!I'm sending love&hugs your way!

Day 1 got us through New York and into Ohio safely. We stayed at the very nice

 Harrison Lake State Park in Ohio 

so clean and full of nature!heehee

Turkey Vultures taking in the sights

The next day-yikes!! Indiana was a breeze but we entered Illinois and ended up just before noon hour in Chicago-the next 4.5 hours we poked along or sat in traffic. Did I mention it was 86+ degrees?

 Only day 2 and we are wondering why we decided to drive! 

Finally making it of Illinois and decided to find camping in Wisconsin. 

On our way to the campgrounds we ran into a tremendous storm! 

I swear I thought the motorhome was going to take flight and land on a witch somewhere in Kansas!!!

luckily we didn't! lol

 the wind was so strong I was trying to snap photos and hang on for dear life!!

 but we did see light at the end of the tunnel ...

  By the next morn we were refreshed and ready to travel!

thank goodness for a good nights sleep!

The plan was to drive straight through and in retrospect that probably wasn't a great idea! 

Who knew?heehee

 While riding,I wasn't able to create much as I was reading maps and giving directions,getting drinks,planning meals,keeping up spirits,keeping Chum busy and well,everything but driving!!

This is the only art I worked on the whole way to Washington~5 days worth~

I'm thinking that my page grew from the road weariness

 On the road again...

wow!we sang that song so often! lol

 and if Chum asked once...he asked 1000 times, "are we there yet?"

 typical scenes crossing the vast expanse of open land- heeheee

 South Dakota really is a beautiful state

 

 Wall Drugs in South Dakota,yes,your typical tourist stop,but Riley had to see where all that

"Free Ice Water" was coming from

 oh!!! I leave him alone for one minute!!

And look where he ends up?!!! Rascal Riley!!

We decided to camp in Deadwood ,South Dakota , where the infamous Wild Bill Hickok was murdered!! 

And for you bikers, Deadwood is right outside of Sturgis,where the annual motorcycle rally is held each year-

  This is where we stayed- Fish N' Fry Campground

 It was a quaint little park where they had a pond stocked with Rainbow Trout,that,for a fee,you caught em,they cleaned and cooked up fresh for you!

 So Riley went fishing for dinner! heehee 

Rile said it was comical because the Trout literally jumped on your line!!

 In spite of the tiny bones in Trout,the freshness of the fish was yummy!!

 The park also had some great yard art

and more yard art that Chum wasn't so sure of!!

Scarredy Dog!!!

 That's it for today...more to share with you next time! 

Off to mow the lawn again and care for those neglected flowers of mine!

 Have a great Thursday  and thanks for stopping in!

Jackie ")

Welcome July! The Sun, The Stars and The Moon!!

Welcome to Gecko Galz July Challenge!! 

Sun,Moon&Stars

 

These digital stamps from the Beautiful Backgrounds Collection worked perfect for the theme!

I did alter the color of each before printing them~unfortunately the change in colors did not photograph well

This beautiful daffodil had dried out in my vase and it was added to cleverly cover up the red fingerprint I made on the base of the stamp! heehee

The sun graphic above is from itKuPiLLi-

All three of my samples for the challenge

Here,I got a bit playful,fancy cutting and adding the gents to the high kicking gals!

Love my textures- had to use them somewhere!!

Again,this post,each substrate is re-purposed packaging~too lovely to throw away!

I am still trying to decide whether I should add DREAM across the bottom~what are your thoughts?

I used glossy accents to fill in the one moon,you can see where the sun is shining on the top of it

I do hope you can join us- 

Win $25.00 worth of Gecko Galz Products

 There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE  product from Gecko Galz!!  

It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!!  It is up to you!!

The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree

 Feel free to grab our badge in the left column, and share on your blogs.

Gecko Galz Products used:

Beautiful Backgrounds Digital Stamp Collection~

BG11,BG14,BG44

Thanks so much for all of your wonderful visits and comments! I hope to around visiting again soon!!

Namaste'

Jackie

Collage play with postcards and tags

 Just can't seem to get away from using these re-purposed packaging pieces for substrates! They work beautifully!

Using Man O Man Gecko Galz collage sheets to create this fun piece.

 This tag I showed a sneak peek of in an earlier post~here is the finish.

I used some organic goodness from my yard,including pieces of sheet from my white birch tree and a skeletal leave I discovered last fall. It is hard to tell from the photograph,but these elements are sealed with melted beeswax.

Collage sheet used~Steampunk Steam Powered by Gecko Galz

A bit of stitching with hemp cord

Thanks for your visit! Please feel free to download the free digital stamp from Gecko Galz!

 Lovely of you to come by again for a visit!!I should be around very soon to visit you again!

Hope your day is sweet & beautiful!

Jackie ")