Hi everyone. I hope everyone has had a great last couple of weeks and a nice start to autumn. The hubby, dogs and I had a fantastic trip to Maine (for a couple of days) and then we had 10 beautiful days in Nova Scotia, Canada. The weather was great; the people were friendly; the scenery was gorgeous; we had some cozy accommodations...you can probably tell we had a great trip without me having to go on anymore.❤
I know I didn't get a lot of time to visit many blogs, but I had a couple of evenings where I did stop by for some quick visits. I don't know how easy it will be to catch up so I may just pick up with new posts. I've hardly had a chance to go through my trip photos either, but here's a quick tease from some photos I had on my phone. 😏
There will definitely be more views to come once I have some time to download, go through and organize all the photos I took. Since we arrived home Monday evening and yesterday I was loaded with laundry and unpacking, you'll have to wait for more on my trip.😏
I want to link up another journal age for Mia's
Background challenge at
Art Journal Journey since it is already the 24th of the month. We weren't gone that long on our adventure, but my latest page speaks to how much more autumn-like it became while we were gone.
This time I made my page on a slightly off center angle because I liked how the book pages looked with a slight lean to the inner journal binding. Plus I liked how the not so straight book pages makes the leaves look more like their fluttering on light breeze. I glued the book pages down on the page in my ledger journal. Then I used green embossing powder and a background design rubber stamp to give my page a big of a summer reminiscence. I then used a maple leaf rubber stamp and some copper embossing powder to randomly add the leaves. To finish I added the quote (Unity Rubber Stamps) which I stamped on some paper and fussy cut around. I then outlined the edges with a Stabilo watercolor pencil. To finish, I added a couple of punch out images from an older 49 and Market image set.
That's all for me today. Thanks for stopping by.
Welcome home. I am very happy that you enjoyed Nova Scotia. I had hoped to be back on Price Edward Island this year, but circumstances intervened and it didn’t work out. Our Maritime Provinces are all charming in their own way. All the best - David
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had such a fantastic time! It's clear from your photos that you were in gorgeous surroundings. I love your journal page. It's become autumnal here too. I hope it stays that way!
ReplyDeleteI had been to Canada to family reunions a few times, but never to Nova Scotia. It turned out that a member of our on-line group lived in Nova Scotia and had a summer weekend meeting there. It was not hot enough for the Australians, but the province was truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back :-) I hope you had a great time, Erika. Those vacation photos are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWelcome home Erika-sounds like a wonderful trip and I think it is awesome that your fur babies got to go too.
ReplyDeleteNo worries on catching up-just start from now-hugs Love your journal page too
...Erika, this trip is on my bucket list. I just enjoy your images until I can make the trip, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI've been eagerly awaiting your return and photos! So, I hope there are LOTS more of them. Nova Scotia is a spot I've always wanted to visit. We're even actually talking about going next October. We'll see how that shakes out! Meanwhile, I will take good notes from your upcoming posts!
ReplyDeletelovely page and welcome home we missed you!
ReplyDeleteMe alegra que disfrutaras el viaje. Un fondo precioso y otoñal. Un abrazo
ReplyDeleteWelcome back 🌼Love the flowers and all of the shots are great to see. No biggie on visiting blogs. Blogs last forever and there's always a new post popping into the feed. Sometimes, it's hard to keep up. Understandable 🌼
ReplyDeleteThese photos from your vacation are fascinating to me, *wow* what a landscape!
ReplyDeleteI'll be looking forward to the next photo series!
You made your journal page so pretty with the leaves and the background!
Good luck, I think you will have enough to do in the garden etc.
hugs Elke
Welcome home, And that's how it felt. All at once Summer collapsed into Fall. Nice page. Gorgeous photos.
ReplyDeletevery helpful
ReplyDeleteBeautiful adventure plus a lovely spread with Maple leaves! Oh Erika thank you for taking us to both Maine and Canada! Glad you had a lovely time! Hugs from Spain!
ReplyDeleteSuper lovely adventure and thank you for taking us both to Maine and Canada! And lovely maple leaves on your spread! Sending hugs from Spain Erika! (Visiting and Posting a comment through my phone so I sent an Anonymous one esrlier by accident)
ReplyDeleteWelcome back. Loved the sneak peek. Rather desolate country.
ReplyDeleteYour latest entry for Mia's theme is stunning. I love the leaves and of course the background you chose. Thanks for sharing at AJJ.
Welcome back. I hope you do take the time to catch up with us. The scenery shots are gorgeous and your page is quite autumn-like. My fave is that green embossing powdered background. Isn't it fun to watch the powder melt? xoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing some of your photos of your latest trip.Always good to see somewhere I have never been and you take such lovely clear photos.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you managed to squeeze in a journal page. It is lovely and I like the book page at a slant. It works so well with the leaves and the little quote. We don't have maple leaves but in a nearby town there are some red leaves littering the floor which are similar. I long to pick them up but may get some strange looks if `I do.
`~Hugs, Neet xx
Glad you are home and had a good trip. The photos are so inviting.
ReplyDeleteWow, thank you for sharing, feels like starting the day with a holiday! Wonderful pics, glad you had a rain-free time and then had rain being home (if not enough).
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to see more - have a wonderful day, hugs
Welcome home! Love the beautiful scenery of photos and looks like a fantastic and peaceful time! Your leafy page is brilliant with the text background and lovely quote! Come on Autumn!
ReplyDeleteSeasons come and go quickly, Erika, but I love your page! Great photos too. Thank you for sharing, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you also for joining my challenge at Art Journal Journey.
Hugs,
Mia
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