Corrie Kinkel

I don't remember exactly but somewhere around 1740. It is very comforting to see something that is so old can still function perfectly today on the power of the wind! The mills in Kinderdijk are even a backup if the modern generators and pumping system malfunction.

Without the stamp but I had to place Kinderdijk on the bottom left to keep it balanced

My daughter has 2 dogs and one of them is doing the same as your Mad Max. Where they live there are a lot of squirrels and they walk over the fence and are in the trees surrounding their garden. So it is a constant barking and he chases them but I think they are laughing at him. Even when I take him for a walk whenever he starts to bark look for the squirrel.

As soon as I read this back and front challenge I thought of the sketch made with cass-PencilSketch script of a windmill. Because the sketch is on a beige paper I made a background paper of the same colors to let the sketch blend in with the background. On the actual photo of that mill I used Jessica Dunn's mask for the June 2024 photomask challenge on digitalscrapbook.com. The postage-stamp is made with my own script and was already in my stash. Because the layout needed something extra I used an inked edge from Rachel M Hailey, she has a couple of them in different colors. It is a simple layout but when I tried some embellishments it didn't work.

A great idea as always and perfectly executed.

Project #3 This time I kept pretty much to the layout in the lesson, just because I like the outlook of that page. Everything except the swirl, the glitters and the glitterbutterfly comes from cpjess-MeadowBundle. I thought that was appropriate because my photos are from a meadow. The swirl is recolored and from the Fire and Ice kit (by Marissa Lerin if I'm correct). The glitterbutterfly was done by me sometime ago because I just liked to make one and that comes in handy now. The glitters around the photos are called ChineseOriental and I don't remember where I got them. The font is Lucida calligraphy.

Interesting interpretation of this challenge!

I'm glad there is a solution for this "puzzle"paperclip because I unexpectedly didn't had time today until now to give it a go.

Good you persevered and as you learn to follow the logical steps it will get easier on other projects too!

I just followed the memorial flight of the paratroopers today on the telly. Luckily the weather was great so the landings could take place as planned. There have been years that it had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions, but not today.

Yes it is and I'm still feeling a bit annoyed that there were so many people around that I could not get a photo of the complete monument.

Ann, simple but very nice. I only think that it would be more effective if you could have used a turtle on its own instead of the small photo, or had that photo blend in to the background. It is just a thought and no critic what so ever 😘

Project 2 I didn't use a kit for my layout but made a background with different papers from my stash and a blendmode. The other papers, the flower stamp, the flower and the little label are all from different designers and come from my stash. The font for the title is Comic sans and the other font is Lucida calligraphy. The plant's Latin name is Plumbago, in Dutch Mannentrouw, but I couldn't find an English common name, so if anyone knows?

I have made these paperclips too and they look nice but I didn't try to use them jet. So this is an interesting problem and as it is already very late overhere I shall look at it tomorrow, maybe I can see a way.

Daniel thank you, they look very nice and they can be used in other projects too. My McAfee was acting up too saying that the download was unsafe, but trusting you I choose to override it and downloaded them.😉

Art sorry to hear this and good to see that you had the courage to finish his model boat. My husband has made some too but don't want to start on a new one because he is afraid that he never will finish it in the rest of his lifetime. By the way it is nice seeing you here again!

Over here this week it is 80 years ago that the airborne landings that were part of operation Market Garden in WWII took place. There is a special monument to commemorate the droppings on the Ginkelse Heide in Ede where they landed with their materials and vehicles. It is made out of Corten steel, 6 meters high and has 5 panels. At the bottom of the panels are plaques that tell the story. A couple of weeks ago when I visited my son we took a look at it when we were passing by on a walk on the heath. It was impossible to get all the panels in one photo because there were way to many people. In this photo is a full size para in his harness with the planes and other parachutes around him. The other panels all have planes and parachutes with all their gear and some other much smaller figurines. Besides that you could take a walk that had a great number of info panels at the side with the complete story of the Battle of Arnhem. The book "A bridge too far" and the rather famous film with the same title tell that story in detail. In the end operation Market Garden failed and the Netherlands had to face a terrible famine in the winter before we were liberated in1945 and the war ended. Sorry for the history lesson, but otherwise there isn't any context for this photo.

Well, I and my husband have done many DIY projects in the almost 55 years since we met for the first time. Some of them took more time than we anticipated but nothing as long as your banisters did. I have done a lot of crafts but always finished my projects; it simply is against my nature not to do so. The only thing that I still want to do is scanning all the photos in our photo albums that are not digital, but that is a gigantic undertaking and somehow I can't get started on it. I say to myself; "yeah this coming winter I will!", but never get to do it; there are always more interesting things like scrapbooking that cry for my attention!

That frame fitted very well to the dark feeling of the photos!

G = Ginger bread

Sharla, so great you still have your father's cigarette case and a lovely layout.

Ann you are right, I often think quicker than I type which results in a lot of typos. Thanks I'll rectify!

Here is project 1 and I used the photo I showed on my screenshot. I have done this bootcamp a couple of times now and I found it difficult to keep my layout simple as I nowadays use more complicated techniques. So really a good exercise to keep things more basic which I seem to have forgotten. But I found some papers to make my background, hearts and scatters in my stash.

Leslie I have been making lace and like your spools and lace

Nice Michele you are at a picknick table too and you stirred your coffee!