You bring the sunshine...

 Good morning!  It's going to be a very productive day today around the house, so I needed to get at least one page done before I started my projects:

I was inspired by this page by challenge # 719 at Lasting Memories:

These pictures are from this year's trip to the Sunflower Farm.

I love all the fun photo ops all over the area.

I used a mixed of papers, I die cut my circle and used a stencil and stencil butters to decorate it, and some flowers and ephemera from the stash.

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Pumpkin patch

 I sure hope this stupid rain stops soon so we can get to the pumpkin patch this year!  Here are a few pictures from last year's visit:

I used a few bits of scraps, and dug through the stash for all my other bits and pieces.  

This color palette from Lasting Memories # 720 was my inspiration:

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Sweet & Cute

 I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful Labor Day!

I have a million things to do but wanted to get at least one page done today.

I was inspired by this color palette from Lasting Memories #717:

Now I have to clean my desk and figure out how to spend the rest of this amazing day!

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SMILE

 My new picture order just showed up last night and I have sooooo  many granddaughter pictures to work on !

This morning, The Scrappy Friends posted their new challenges on their blog.

Here is the sketch from Rochelle:

Here is the Tic Tac Toe board from Stacy:

And here is my page:

I used hearts, 2 photos and ephemera from the Boho Sunshine collection from Simple Stories.

LOVE these pictures!

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Fancy dresses

 I love playing dress up with my granddaughter.  Of course, she has quite the extensive wardrobe already.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her in a fancy dress.  I printed this at least 3 times, in color, black and white and different sizes.  

She is just too adorable!

I was getting ready to work on this page when Lasting Memories posted this week's challenge:

LM #716 - Go for the Gold - use gold on your layout (brads, glitter papers, Stickles, etc.).

I found these adorable butterflies in the really old stash and I dug through everything to find these gold buttons.

Time to clean up my desk and get ready for next week!

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Cajun eats

 One of the most memorable things about our visit to New Orleans was the food!

We tried alligator bites, frog legs and added some shrimp.  YUM!!

I used my circle punch on some scraps for my circle background.

I was inspired to use the circles by challenge # 714 from Lasting Memories to use 5 rings or circles.

I just happened to have some leftover leaves on my desk that I added just for some flair.

And who can say no to adding buttons to anything??

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Lafayette Cemetery No.1

 I am just flying through these New Orleans pictures! 

 I am so glad to be motivated and able to sneak in plenty of time to get this album done.

Challenge #715 from Lasting Memories is to use wet mixed media.  

Since my latest obsession is Stencil Butters - I am so excited to get another chance to play with them.

I used a brick patterned stencil and Driftwood stencil butter from The Crafter's Workshop.

These are some of the pictures that were taken at these hauntingly beautiful, historical cemeteries in New Orleans.

Now to clean up the mess I made.

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