Holy Smokes!!! Has it really been a week...

already!!

Time sure flies when you're having fun, or just plain busy. So here's an update of the last week or so..

This year we decided to take in the yearly fireworks competition. It's called the HSBC Celebration of Light. Three countries display a fireworks show set to music and are judged on their shows. One country each night with the Grand Finale and winner announced on the last night. This years entrants were Canada, United States, and China. The shows were fabulous. Hundreds of thousands of people attend this competition each year. You have to get there a couple hours early to make sure you get a good spot. So we took a little picnic dinner into town and staked out our spot. We were lucky this year cause we managed to get very close to the same spot each night. I still can't believe that I didn't bring my camera to the first night which was Canada. It was my favorite show, and this years winners too.

I did bring my camera to the Grand Finale on Saturday night. Fabulous fireworks and I'm really impressed with my first attempt at fireworks pics. The night was gorgeous and the sunset was stunning. Hope you enjoy my pics.

This was a test shot before the show started. Love the look against the sunset sky.

Last weekend was also the Music Mania Online Crop at Scrap Shotz. It was tons of fun. One of the challenges was the Scrap Shotz Gives Back challenge. For every challenge completed Scrap Shotz would donate $5 to the Make a Wish Foundation. This year 29 people completed the challenge which means $145 was donated to the Make a Wish Foundation. Yeah Scrap Shotz!!

Here are some of the layouts I did for the crop.

The Scrap Shotz Gives Back challenge...


Julie's Song Title Challenge...

And last but not least it was reveal day at Scrap Shotz on August 1st. This month's kit uses the gorgeous Poppy Line from SEI. You can see all the gorgeous DT layouts here...

Here are my layouts and even a couple of cards using the August kit.