Celebrating my 60th a few day early with the Family

 The kids came over on Sunday, and we celebrated 

my 60th birthday a few days early. 

This is the cake Sarah got for me. Came from a place in Strongsville called

Nothing Bunt Cakes. They make the best bunt cakes. This

one is double chocolate chip with cream cheese icing. YUM. 

Love the Fall cake topper. 

Sarah also got me "60" candles to blow out. 

She said 60 candles would be to much to put on the cake. LOL 

After a spaghetti and meatball dinner we all went

hiking at Princess Ledges right here in Brunswick.  Sarah is 

pointing to the sign that reads End of Trail. 

Emily acting like a cat on a log. Too cute. 

Sarah and Jason. 

Hubby on a log leading across to the ledges. 

Emily, me, and Sarah standing under the ledges. 

We collected lots of fall leaves. I've been drying them out and modge podging them. 

More on that later. 

Sarah holding Riot. 

Emily holding a very sleepy Riot. The kids played

with her pretty hard, and wore her out. 

So we had a lovely day. Great spending time with the kids. 

The weather was beautiful. Most likely it will be the last 80 degree 

day of the year. 

Happy Birthday trails to me

Karen 

Haunted House Napkin Card

 I got to do some crafting with my friend Betty on Thursday. 

Made this cute Halloween card. The haunted house was made using a paper

napkin. Got a pack of them at Marc's for .50 cents. 

Larger pumpkin in the lower left made with one of Betty's stamps. 

Happy Halloween is washi tape. 

Back of the house is a piece of Tim Holtz Halloween wallpaper. 

The kids are coming over tomorrow, so I'm making meatballs today

to put in the spaghetti we are having for dinner tomorrow. 

It has been so beautiful these past few days. I don't want September to end! 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Lake Medina

 

We have been walking at different Medina parks to complete the Trekking

through Autumn challenge. We visited Lake Medina a few days ago. 

They have an upper trail, and a lower trail. The lower trail is by the creek, and has lots of trees, and

flowers. The upper trail is around Lake Medina. Much bigger than Lake Brunswick, and the water is so 

clear! 

The sun was just sparking over the water. 

We saw people in a row boat, and lots of people walking

around the lake. Across the lake are many beautiful houses. Hate to have to pay the 

property taxes on those! 

This is the flight of steps leading up to the upper trail. 

Park district stone below the steps. 

The hike was a little over 2 miles. Very nice to walk. We started at the Route 18 side and 

walked to Route 3. 

I'm sure we will visit there again. 

Hiking trails

Karen 

Stitched Cards from my friend Kym

 My friend Kym stitched me some beautiful cards for my birthday! 

Just love her work. 

and she made me this beautiful stitched pocket letter in blue! 

My favorite color. 

Thanks so much Kym! 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Cute Baby Pic of my friend Kathleen

 

My friend Kathleen, and I have been swapping things to use for 

our junk journals. This week she surprised me with black and white photos

of her as a child, as well as some of her family. How sweet! Love them!

While at Hobby Lobby last week I found this Sizzix die set

on clearance. Couldn't pass it up. Tried it out yesterday using

a baby photo of my friend. Used cream cardstock for the base to

give the card a vintage look. 

I think it turned out pretty awesome. Love that you can make

the camera into a shaker. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Halloween Journal

 

Halloween is just around the corner so I had to make a Halloween journal. 

Base for this is a piece of heavy weight textured dark gray card stock I found at Hollo's. 

Let's take a look inside if you dare! 

The dots on this paper are velvet. So cool. 

Had to add some black cats on the side pocket.

For the inside cover I used a velum envelope with a spider on it. 

Added some washi tape along the bottom of if. 

See Happy Halloween on the side? That is from a Halloween Peanuts

coloring book that belonged to the kids. I used some of the pages for the journal. 

Really love this page! I used a sheet of onion skin paper with a spider web

embossing folder. Then I lightly inked the raised edges of the web with black soot.  

Added a spider sticker to the center. 

This is the center of the journal. Used a black business size envelope with 

a window. Another great find at Hollo's. 

More Peanut coloring pages. 

Had to have a ghost in the journal.

Made a paperclip folder with pockets.

Inside view of the folder holding some Halloween ephemera. 

Got some spooky paper napkins at Marc's so I applied

one to a page. All the inside pages are stationary paper, and pattern paper.

That's all for now. I'm back to crafting. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Fall Trekking through Autumn Junk Journal

Seems like the only thing you can do somewhat safely these days

is go walking. 

Last year I did my first Trekking through Autumn nature hike that

Medina, OH parks sponsor. 

I earned a backpack last year after completing 8 hikes. 

This year doing it again, and when completed I'll earn a pin that I can

add to the backpack. 

Since I'm into junk journals I decided I needed a special one just for this activity. 

Base for the journal was made with corrugated paper. Completed size is 8x5 

Since I took my first hike September 1st I've already started to journal in it. 

Pics in the front were taken at Carolyn Lugwig Mugrage Park. 

Next page I added a recipe for pumpkin cream cheese whole grain waffles. 

Haven't tried it yet, but I will tomorrow morning. 

Had to search, and search for canned pumpkin, but that is another story. 

added some pockets to hold the pics I'll be taking while hiking. 

Love this textured paper that I found at Hollo's! 

Belly band that is holding a mini notebook. 

The info about the hikes, and list of approved places to take them are

in the center of the journal. 

There are many more pages, but I'm going to stop here. 

Me, and hubby were going to hike today. It rained all day yesterday, and the 

trails are going to be wet, so I'm going to wait a few days. 

Stamping trails

Karen