More scrapping being done.

Yesterday, I attended an all day crop day at Shop and Crop, Warner's Bay on the beautiful Lake Macquarie.  Here are just some of the pages I created.
This was a sketch challenge that Kylie set.  My photos were taken at Mirror Lake, in the Blanchard Caverns and Springs area of Arkansas, USA.  Here are my friends David and Carol looking at the lake - yes it was just as green and beautiful as in the pictures.  What you cannot see in this small picture here, is that there are people fishing along the side of the lake.  This is not colours I would normally use so it was good to get out of my comfort zone - colour wise.
These photos were taken along the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada where the trail runs along side the Atlantic Ocean.  The pebbles/rocks?  That is the what you walk on - so different to the sand here in Australia. 
On the last day of my Trafalgar Tour, Enchanting Maritimes tour we stopped at Kennebunkport, Maine, USA for lunch and a wander through this quaint little town.  It was somewhat little known until George Bush Snr was made President, he lives here, see photo far left, that is his home and it is said it gave his security detail some headaches due to its location.
Close up of left page.
Close up of right page - it is true there is something good in every day.  Yesterday spending time with my sister at the crop and today well a good rest is in order and a bright sunny day to wash the sheets!!!  Enjoy your day and find something good about it.
Thank you for looking.   Margaret

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