LEAVING KETCHIKAN

The day we were in Ketchikan.... there were 3 other Cruise boats in as well as ours.... so town was a very busy wee place..... for these photos of us departing I used the sketch from Scrapmuch...

 

It was a great sketch which meant I could use multiple photos....Our boat was the first to arrive and of course the first to leave...

OUR TOTEM POLE

When visiting the lovely town of Ketchikan..... we did a walking tour and checked out the many totem poles that decorate this town.... and we found "our pole".... well we claimed it being out surname is Johnson.....

 

 

 

NICE & WARM

While sailing around Glacier Bay in Alaska.... it was really nice to warm up with a cobb loaf of bread and some nice warm chowder....

For this photo is have used the fun sketch over at Lets get sketchy - week 2 

 

 It was a fun sketch to complete... I did some double layered masking with the texture paste and then had a bit of fun with mists and stains..  love getting my fingers all inked up :)

SKAGWAY

Loved the wharf in Skagway.... it was very remote looking.

I have done a very simple layout for these photos...

SO BEAUTIFUL

Cruising around Glacier Bay (Inside Passage) was amazing.... all the glaciers were just incredible, along with the snow caves.

I love the sketch over at Stuck sketches .... and as soon as I saw it I knew the photos and layout I wanted to do... then it was just working out the papers.

 

 

Again I used the lovely DSP Seasons of Cheer from Stampin Up .... along with the snowflakes which I brushed in white glimmer paint.

THE SANCTURY

Love it when you can use lots of photos on one layout.... so this double layout worked perfectly for these photos..

This sketch is from the Scrapmuch .... This is the day we cruised around Glacier Bay... it was certainly the coldest day of the cruise.   Hence we are well wrapped up against the weather.

For this layout I have used the Stampin Up Seasons of Cheer DSP.... it is Christmas Paper range but it also worked well for a couple of layouts that I have completed.

WILD LIFE

I still have approximately 600 photos to get together in album.... these of from our trip to USA in 2014.... would really like to get them finished by end of January.. but think I might be pushing it... but I have made a start....

 This first layout is based on the above sketch from LGS....

The wildlife in Alaska were all in hiding while we were there ..... hence we had to resort to photos with the stuffed variety of "wildlife".

Where oh where have I been

I have no idea where the time has gone.... I have not managed to blog since May... that is terrible...I have been doing a little bit of crafting but obviously not enough.... What with leaving my very well paid job and taking the plunge and starting my own business.... Karen Johnson Property Management Ltd

This has taken a lot more time to get up and running than I thought it would.... but we now have a new year and I lots of photos to get through ....... so crafting I a go......