Category: Collage Stories

  • ‘United strength is stronger’

    ‘United strength is stronger’

      My main reason for putting together this little story is to illustrate my first use of the pages which Tami kindly mirrored at my request recently.  I think that as a pair they are going to be very, very useful. [block_grid type=”two-up”] [block_grid_item] [image src=”http://collage.cropdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HelenandStupage9image1406626428.jpg” alt=”Place Alt Text Here” type=”thumbnail”] [/block_grid_item] [block_grid_item] [image src=”http://collage.cropdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/HelenandStupage10image1406626469.jpg”…

  • ‘Learn to make a right use of your eyes’

    ‘Learn to make a right use of your eyes’

    [custom_headline type=”left, center, right” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true”] ‘Learn to make a right use of your eyes’ [/custom_headline] [columnize] Hugh Miller {1802-56) was a stonemason, a self-taught geologist, an Evangelical Christian and a writer, little known even in Scotland nowadays, but said to be a genius and one of the great Scots of his time.  His…

  • Everybody loves a Happy Ending.

    Everybody loves a Happy Ending.

    [columnize] The Falls of Shin, recognized as one of the best places in  Scotland to view salmon jumping, are situated an hour’s drive north of Inverness in the north of Scotland.  Inverness itself is about 260 miles north of where I now live.  Even when I lived 30 miles east of Inverness for the first…

  • 8 X 8 with 21 photo pattern – I LOVE it!

    8 X 8 with 21 photo pattern – I LOVE it!

    [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true”] From Irene McDonald, Cropdog Club Member[/custom_headline] [columnize] I have enjoyed making many pages (over 200) with Tami’s Cropdog patterns but since 8 X 8 was introduced recently for Club members, this size along with the 21 photo pattern, has completely taken over my time and enthusiasm. Completely by chance, I…

  • Moments Not Forgotten

    Moments Not Forgotten

    I can’t help thinking about a well known bear, named Pooh, when I look at this memory page. Pooh knew the secrets to a happy life. “It’s the simple things that mean the most,” he said. Pooh was filled with a lot of wisdom for a little guy who never learned to spell. [columnize] Moments…