Inside the Alaska Album

Today I am going to show the inside of the Alaska album that I made for Ken. I don't think I got a picture of the entire thing, so just imagine what it looks like all spread out. He was amazed.

One of the blogs that I follow regularly is Andrea Walford and her sister Sophia. Their things are amazing! I have never bought any of the instructions or templates that so many bloggers sell, but when I saw this album, I had to have it. (They had another one that I liked also but I was too late ordering it as it was sold out). Theirs was made up for Christmas, but I wanted something more masculine so I chose SU grey, sage, and nouveau chic designer paper.

The directions were so easy to follow and I am so happy with how it looks.

I Wonder

This is a picture that we took in June when we were in Alaska. It was taken on the way to the Yukon in Canada.

This past Saturday we did a craft show, temperature 89 degrees. A woman came by and saw the scrapbook tin that I made as a sample with my Alaska pictures. She had just talked to a friend in Alaska as she was walking around the show. Temperature in Alaska was 8 degrees. I wonder what this spot looks like in the winter? I know I wouldn't be in jeans and a T-shirt with a sweatshirt just wrapped around me.

Happiness is a Journey

We were on several trains during our trip to Alaska. We took a bus from Skagway to the Yukon in Canada. We returned to Skagway on a train. Click on the picture to enlarge it to get a better idea of what it looks like. We also took a wonderful train from Talkeetna to Denali and then on to Fairbanks. Maybe that is why when I got home I decided to use my Stampin Up Happiness is a Journey set. When I first saw this set I knew I had to have it. It reminds me of my brothers and the trains they had when they were young. My nephew also had Thomas the Train.

I wish I could say the ideas were all mine but I got my inspirations from many samples which are posted on Splitcoast Stampers. I am so glad that I found that website. There are many samples and plenty of advice.

Glacier Gardens

After leaving the glacier we took the city bus to a place called Glacier Gardens. The entrance to the garden is a green house full of hanging pots full of flowers. So many different colors and big blooms. Not what you expect after being at the glacier with the snow and ice.

After paying the entry fee, we were put on a tram that resembled a large golf cart. This tram took us up the mountain and into the rain forest. The lower part of the mountain had these upside down trees. They are dead trees, dug up and replanted upside down. The root area is filled in with some of the same flowers that were in the greenhouse in pots.

Mendenhall Glacier

One of the ports we stopped at was Juneau. This picture is taken from the visitors center at the glacier. You can drive to within a mile or so of the glacier. It was the first glacier that we saw and we were very impressed. There really is blue in the glacier but you can't tell from this picture unless you click on the picture to enlarge it. Off to the right and not visible in the picture is a waterfall. We asked the ranger how far it was to walk to the falls and he said about a mile and a half round trip. So off we went to the waterfalls. He did say there were a few rocks you had to climb over right before you got to the falls.

The Ruth Glacier

We just got back from 12 days in Alaska. We took a cruise through the Inside Passage and then went to the interior of Alaska. One of the excursions in Talkeetna was a plane trip to one of the glaciers. The ride to the glacier was amazing. It was a clear night and we had spectacular views of the mountains surrounding Mt. McKinley. Mt McKinley is behind the mountain that you see in the picture. In the picture, we had just landed on Ruth Glacier. It really wasn't that cold. Being from Florida, we did have a little trouble walking in this white stuff. We will post a few other pictures later in the week.