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You know you're a true scrap booker when you take pictures of the raccoons that have been killing your chickens and then plan an entire scrap book page around them.

This is the first of several coons that ended up in the live trap and were subsequently dispatched to heaven (or probably not, since they ARE murdering savages, after all).

I don't begrudge a hawk, or even a coyote, an occasional bird. Those predators kill quickly and then carry the prize home to their babies. They're just being good parents and doing their best to raise their families. And they actually HUNT in the daytime, which gives the chickens a sporting chance. A hen can fly into a tree to escape a coyote or get under the porch to evade the hawk. But a raccoon sneaks in at night, while the chickens are asleep, and then it's just recreational killing from there. They don't eat the birds, they just tear off their heads and their wings and their legs and leave the body parts strewn all over the coop. I have NO sympathy for them.

I'm entering this a few places.

#1. The Technique Challenge. I misted the chipboard letters for the title using some MoonShadow Walnut Shimmer Mist. This stuff is similar to Glimmer Mist like Brad Pitt is similar to my husband. It's a whole 'nuther level. It's two toned and acts like a holographic shimmer - look at it one direction, it's green; look the other direction, it's brown. It's incredible stuff! I also used Magical Mica on the Dusty Attic Chipboard Chicken wire - I used a combination of rusty brown, silver, and some green patina so it would look like real metal that is a bit tarnished. And I distressed a bunch - paper edges with my Zutter, water distressing for the flowers (which are made from chicken patterned paper), and modeling paste mixed with paint on the background chipboard.

#2. Scraplift The Person Ahead of You Challenge as well. I lifted Mistymomof2's "True Love" layout. I hope I did her project justice. She's a really incredible artist, and her layout was SO much fun to lift!

You can see her original here
http://www.scrapbook.com/galleries/549438/view/3212875/-1.html

Even though I played a bit with it, I tried to stay close to the heart of what she created. I kept the faux-screw brads and wire, the chipboard elements, the handmade flowers, and the basic skeletal paper pieces. I used flourish swirls instead of the punched papers, and substituted hand rolled ribbon roses for the bloomers.

#3. The ABC Challenge - letters D for Distressing, E for emerald green, and F for feathers. The feathers are actually chicken feathers from my late, great rooster, Mister Lucky.

#4 The Darker Side Challenge. Murdering Savages is certainly a dark topic, the colors of this layout are dark, the photo is dark, and this particular raccoon came to a dark end. My mood is dark when I think of how my poor birds ended up, just so he'd have something to do in the dark of the nights. My heart was dark as I dispatched him to Jesus - and he can ask for forgiveness there, because he's getting none here.

#5. The Monochrome Challenge for Week 3 - Emerald. I did not use any vellum, so I can't qualify this for the twist.

#6. Use Your Supplies - Week 1, Coloratization! I used Moon Shadow Mist spray on the title, Magical Mica and Perfect Pearls on the chicken wire chipboard. I used ink and water in a mist combination on the handmade flowers. I used Perfect Pearls and Dimensional Paint on the card stock die-cut flourishes. I used modeling paste with paint mixed in to distress the card stock base paper. I used Glam Paint as a bling on the flower edges. I used Alcohol Ink on the metal banner as part of the title. I think that's everything!


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