Hiking Havasupai Part 5 Day 1

When you get into the village, you pay for your camping & mules that hauled your stuff in at the Museum.  They will take cash, but prefer credit card.  The cost of camping from Mon-Thur was $101.  It cost approx $139 per mule which would carry 4- 35lb bags, packs or duffle bags.

There is a general store...very expensive.  One cup of coffee, orange juice & Grandma's Oatmeal cookie cost me $6.32.  A box of Rice Crispy's $9.32.  There is a post office, school, helicopter landing (my 2nd favorite place) and a cafe.  All the food is fried in the cafe.  I had ordered some tater tots thinking I would get the Sonic size of 8, no for $3 you get the whole bag fried on a plate.  Enough to feed 6.  I didnt have the Indian Fry bread I thought that would be too much grease.

From the village to the campground is 2 miles.  All in river sand.  It was the hardest part of the trip.  You are worn out by then.  I definitely should not have sat at the cafe for an hour, I should have kept going.  However that being said, it's also the most beautiful part of the trip.  Now you get to see some of the falls.
1.5 miles from the village you come across Lower Navajo Falls, it was created in 2008 flood.  There is now an upper Navajo which you cant see too well from the rd.

Lower Navajo

Lower Navajo

Now you keep going another 1/2 mile and you come to Havasu Falls, which is at the edge of the campground.

Havasu Falls

Hiking Havasupai Part 4 Day 1

I had not hiked 10+ miles in one day ever...so that being said I had no idea how much water I would consume in one trip.  It is very important for you to know you own bodies requirements...

The church you pass by to go to the Campground

What you see going into the village. 

 

I believe this is the Mormon Church?

Two of the healthiest animals in the village

Hiking Havasupai Part 3 Day 1

My favorite site of the day - I had hiked 7 miles & had 3 to go.

Just outside of down the trail intersects with  water.  Everyone needed a break & some had to soak their feet  & nurse their blisters.  This is where I realized I had drank 2 liters of water!

Hikin Havasupai Part 2 Day 1

When you are on the trail it's important to give way to the mule trains, they will run you over.
We had just gotten to the bottom of the canyon in the last photo.  From here on out, you are walking on river bottom ie sand, shale & river rock.  You really dont notice how far you have walked or are going to have to walk because you get caught up in the scenery.

Me!

Here we are entering the canyon & the walls just tower over you!

Hiking Havasupai part 1 - day one 10/8/12

Let me just start by saying this is something I have wanted to do for a very long time.  I love hiking around Phoenix, I do my best to get to Thunderbird park at least once a week, but needless to say when it's 112+ it's a little hard to get motivated to hike.  I will say I am not in the best shape of my life and you will understand that when I get to the end of my photos.

Sheila & Lee Ann

We stayed the night in Seligman @the Romney, it was not a four star resort, but ok.

Sheila, Jordyn, Mckenna & Shannon

We left Seligman and arrived at the trailhead about 9 unpack all our gear for the mules & horses to take to the campground for us.

Then we all posed for our group photo and the descent to the canyon.  The top of the hill is gray & high desert.  It is definitely not prettiest part of the Grand Canyon.  If you ever decided to do this trip you must do the hike in once.  It's the only way you can experience how beautiful & majestic it really is.  You have to walk into the canyon to really understand how large it is .

Life has gotten away from me

I have not posted anything in a while.  I went on my hiking trip to Supai & hurt my back the last day I was there I was laid up for over a week just now getting back to normal.

We did some scrapbooking yesterday, I need to get photos to paper.

I will be posting all our Supai photos & some helpful tips if you decide to make the trip yourself.

Inspiration - Owls

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My niece love owls, so yesterday when I came across these 4 owls they were the inspiration for this accordion fold card.

Tombstones - CTMH Artsie Cricut Cartridge, round circles - Spellbinders die, Dolie; paper - CTMH.  Owls -Recollections @Michaels.

Hello Kitty

My friend's granddaughter is turning 3 & wanted a Hello Kitty card...all I can say is thank goodness for clip art.

Inside

Clip art Kitty; Spellbinders Dies & foam dots to make it 3-D

Christmas

I finished my Christmas cards in September...I know I can't believe it either! Both cards are easel fold.

All the products are Close to My Heart except the Cuddlebug Music Embossing Folder.  Cricut Art Philosphy cartridge for the tree & packages.  Stamp set - Christmas Love (D1492) and Glitz Glitter Gel (Z1482) on the package.  I used Zots 3D to layer the packages.  

Again the same products used Cuddlebug Snowflake embossing folder.  Cricut  Art Philosphy cartridge for the snowflakes and tag.  Stamps - Holiday Wishes (CC1015)  Snowflakes (D1480)  button tied with string.  The pearls are Viva Decor Opal Pearl Pen.  I just love this product.  

Anniversary

Today I thought I would share something personal.  Frank and I met at Mr. Lucky's 20 years ago today.  I guess you can say it was love at first sight.  We dated off and on for the first couple of months and by Jan of 1993 we were pretty much living together.  August of 1993 we move to the house we currently live in.

November 2006 Frank was involved in a pretty serious motorcycle accident at work.  He was test riding motorcycles for Harley-Davidson.  I knew he would loose his medical benefits really soon, so we decided to get married.  September 2007 we got married in Rocky Point Mexico.  I wanted a sunset wedding on one of my favorite beaches.

Who says dreams don't come true...

BBP Card Swap

Did you know Bazzill Basics Paper has a Fun New Card Swap? 

Bazzill wants everyone to discover the love of card making - to enjoy making something and giving it away. So Bazzill created Card Swap, a fun activity that invites card makers to register to join (it’s FREE), create 10 of the same card, send them into Bazzill and get your own card and nine others back from people all over the United States. The swaps always have a theme and a specific paper to include, but the variety of cards that arrive are unbelievable. People that participate continue joining each swap and new people join in every time. To encourage participation, they have created this kit (offer ends 9/1/12).  

Bazzill Card Swap Starter Kit – ($20 value)

Send $10 to cover postage and handling and receive:

  22-sheets of 8x8 Bazzill Spooky & Kooky patterned paper.

   24-sheets of 6x6 Bazzill All Hallows Eve patterned paper.

Use the All Hallows Eve paper to make ten cards 

for Bazzill’s Card Swap. 

Mail in your creations and get your own card and nine 

other cards from swappers.  

For more info and to register to play, visit: http://swaps.bazzillbasics.com/ 

Offer available through September 1, 2012. 

Allow 2 to 3 weeks for shipping. 

 Mail to: 

Card Swap Starter Kit 

Bazzill Basics Paper 

7001 W. Erie St., Ste. 2 

Chandler, AZ 85226.  

**U.S. addresses only.

So I have my paper got it in 3 days & here is what I'm sending to Bazzill 

I have no idea why they are on their side...

Etsy

I have finally done it!  I now have a shop on Etsy.  You can now purchase all the cards I make.  Please go to: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArizonaPaperCrafting?ref=search_shop_redirect
If you need it customized or need something special, please contact me directly.

A request from all of you

Scrapbook page - Karen Pierce's wedding -
I used the Spellbinders Die Parisian Accents lace die I cut it out 18 times, layered it on the left side of the page & then the right side.  I used Fancy Tags two for the accents, ribbon & all the glitter is Sparkle N Sprinkle.  

I have 3 cards that I need to pick one for a contest I have coming up.  This is a digital image from Sparkle N Sprinkle Lily of the Fairy Enchantment.

Please pick which one card is your favorite.  I really appreciate your feedback.

Purple paper, purple ribbon.  Spellbinders  Standard Circle, Nested Butterflies Two, Cuddlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  This one I colored using Prisma Pencils.  All the glitter is from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

The Perfect Bride -  I used foam dots to layer the girl, the her bouquet & head piece.  The dies are Spellbinders Nested Butterflies Two & Fancy Tags Two.  All the glitter is Sparkle N Sprinkle. 

Autumn - Spellbinders Dies  Fancy Tags Two, All Glitter is Sparkle N Sprinkle.  This one I used Alcohol Markers to color her.  I used Cuddlebug Swiss Dots embossing & ??? Window which is 5x7 embossing folder.

Challenges

Recently Paper Crafter's Corner had a week long postings on "Challenges".  I've been addicted to challenges lately because the stretch my imagination & make me be creative.  Sometimes when I have a "workshop" that has everything figured out for me I loose my ambition to explore different ways of doing things.  Then again when it's all laid out on those days when I just need to get something accomplished it completes the task quickly.
Please check out this article and hopefully it will explain "Challenges" for you and inspire your creativity.  http://papercrafterscorner.com/blog/13-reasons-to-participate-in-paper-crafting-challenges/

Sparkle N Sprinkle's August Challenge is this sketch & here are the two cards I came up with.  The Hedghog is for my Great Niece Hannah's Birthday.  I hope she likes it.

My third challenge this week was from an e-mail from my friend Joyce Alenski's asking if I had tried to color the inside of my embossing folder with ink & then emboss it....the answer was no, so I gave it a try.  I hope she likes the outcome!