Friday, February 5, 2010

Our Backyard Hummingbird

We have a hummingbird feeder on our back porch, so we always see lots of hummingbirds...but imagine our surprise when Joseph said there was a furry ball in one of our trees.  It was a hummingbird nest about the size of a golf ball.  There are 2 little eggs in the nest...they remind me of jelly beans.  Momma bird lets us get pretty close -- I did this layout using the best picture I have gotten so far....hopefully more pics after we have baby hummingbirds....oh my, how small are those?  Hopefully, we'll get to find out soon!!


This is for a sketch challenge at: Sketch Girl-- sketch #11 (see left) -- also I noticed most of the projects are cards, but I didn't really see where it said anything about ONLY cards, so I decided to use the sketch and share my layout there.




I am also sharing this at Challenge U 2, where this weeks challenge is that the "title of your layout is your journaling" --- I took that to mean "no extra journaling" -- so although I may have made a shorter title and added journaling, I kept this challenge in mind and didn't.  I like it since I don't usually make longer worded titles. 
 
TFL!!!

8 comments:

  1. You turned a simple 'card' sketch into something that looks like it was made for a fabulous scrapbook layout.

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  2. This is great! I love that you turned the sketch into a LO. It has great balance with the red and those cage images are so cute - what are they?
    Thanks for playing along with Sketch Girl!!!

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  3. Fantastic LO! Love the bird cage embellishments. At my boyfriend's house we kept track of some hummingbirds this summer, they are so amazing. Thanks for joining us at Sketch Girl!

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  4. This is so pretty, I just love the bling around the hummingbird! Very very pretty.
    Hugs
    Tanya

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  5. Oh my goodness Joni what a lovely LO! And how cool that you got to see a hummingbird nest! I live on a farm and I'm all about nature! The size of a golf ball, that's just amazing! I love how you turned the sketch into a LO, terrific job! And your patterned papers are so beautiful!
    Thanks for joining us this week at Sketch Girl!
    Amber

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  6. How awesome that you used the sketch for a non card project! Thank you for playing with us at Sketch Girl!

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  7. I'm a hummingbird enthusiast and have a million (exaggeration - LOL) hummingbird feeders in my garden. So, your headline caught my eye! I expected to find info about hummingbirds, but was pleasantly surprised to find your great bird-cage layout!!! It's so perfectly balanced and I love the saying at the bottom!! - Now I'll have to check out the Sketch Girl pages! And, I'll be back to check out your other fun designs!!

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  8. I love the layout.... Please use your scrapbook layouts with any og our sketches...we are so glad to have you participating.....

    Harriet

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