Monday 7/25 Sketch Challenge/Favorite Place

Join us all month long as we celebrate our beautiful country . . . from East and West to North and South, we'll focus on America the Beautiful and some of the ways we see her.
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America The Beautiful . . . for the most part we all live in different locations…from East and West to North and South, the USA is filled with beauty . . . both in nature and hearts. We've all seen the beauty of the sunset, the majesty of a thunderstorm, the birds on branches, flowers blooming, the seasons changing, freshly fallen snow, rainbows, majestic mountains, sparkling lakes, wooded paths, ocean waves crashing, dessert blooms. We’ve taken road trips and vacations where we have taken pictures that might be so random they don’t end up on the pages of our books . . . maybe it’s the hot air balloon that suddenly appears in the sky above you, or a sign that brings a smile to your face, maybe a barn quilt painted on an old barn that has seen better days, or even an Amish buggy towing a boat. The beauty goes beyond nature and is seen in the love and kindness of a stranger that helps you after a storm, a kind teacher, the mailman who leaves biscuits for your dog, the neighborhood kids with their lemonade stands, playgrounds and smiles, the person in the grocery line who lets you go in front of them. In these times when we are dealing with so many negative things in the news, where so many only think of themselves, where our country is experiencing unrest, where truth is up to what an individual wants it to be . . . in these times, I think it would be a great thing to just focus on how beautiful our country is and some of the ways we see her.

Remember - A new Blue Plate Special challenge is posted each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and participants have until the 3rd of the following month to complete and post their creations.

Prize will be a $20 Gift Certificate to their favorite online store (random drawing).....

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For my Monday/Sketch project using the America the Beautiful theme, I decided to feature one of my favorite places in the USA; Salem, Massachusetts. I have always been fascinated with the Salem Witch Trials. Getting an opportunity to visit this town filled with so much American History was an amazing adventure. This was a store featured in my local newspaper in Dayton, Ohio, and I wanted to make sure to visit it when I was in Salem. My challenge to you is not only to use this sketch in some way on your project (it is a FUN sketch to play with especially with scraps of paper), but also feature a favorite place you have visited. Perhaps it's a town like Salem was for me. Maybe it's a special restaurant or a special amusement park. I can't wait to see how you all interpret the challenge!

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Love your page! Such a great sketch challenge!
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Cute sketch! Love your challenge
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great sketch and page, Stephanie
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A favorite place from my childhood ❤️

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- Brandi :)

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cute page, Brandi
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Members completing this challenge:

1 - Stephanie
2 - Brandi
Tammy Folk - Strawberries & Peppermints

Scrapbooking....is there really anything else?

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