Fraser Island Pics

I thought I would share some photos from our holiday at Fraser Island.

This is the Maheno wreck. Every day it becomes more a part of the sea.

The ocean was pretty angry at times during the week but so clear and blue. It was the week after the awful dust storms on the east coast of Australia and for the first few days the shoreline was a murky brown colour but it cleared quickly.

Fraser Island is on the path of whales travelling up & down the east coast. This pic was taken from the tip of the island while B was standing on the shore. It was amazing, we were at Champagne Pools with a bunch of strangers but when the whales appeared everyone was stopped and became glued to their movements; talking and being friendly to those around.

We had a house on the Eastern or 'ocean' side of the island. It made for a windier time but you can more easily drive up and down the beach and access all the spots we wanted to visit. The island has changed so much since we last visited in 2001. It is sad to see that many of the areas the public used to have access to have closed and the huge tourist buses are more prevalent.

Thanks Darkroom Door!

 

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to win the Prague UM plate from Darkroom Door during a giveaway promotion Rachel was running. This is a really lovely plate of stamps and so easy to use! The cards almost make themselves and I was quite pleased with the outcome of this one.

Brushstrokes Challenge

 

I haven't shared the card I made for the Ranger September challenge. We had to use alcohol inks with a brush or marker instead of the usual applicator method.
For this card the background was made using alcohol inks in the traditional method. It was then overstamped with the gorgeous Hero Arts butterfly using archival ink. I filled in the spaces of the wings using alcohol ink & a fine brush. I have never tried using alcohol inks in this way and I was so impressed at how easy it was!

MIA

Sorry readers, I have been missing my blog posts of late. We got back from our lovely holiday and a short time later my laptop died. Rotten VISTA! I am now the proud user of Windows 7 with not a hiccup since loading it. Took a while to get all my files back in order though which is an absolute pain!

I have still been busy crafting though so I willl share some of my latest creations over the coming week.