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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Always stop and smell the flowers

 Good morning!   This page has been on my desk all week while I worked on how to do the title.

All of my papers are from 13Arts.  

The flowers and trim are all from the "way old" stash.

This was put together using challenge # 713 from Lasting Memories- to use 2 or more clusters of 3.

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Time with Nature

 My daughter had an internship in Colorado this year.  She had a great time and was able to do a lot of sight seeing and hiking in the mountains.  

Here is one the amazing pictures she took while out on a hike with friends:

I used 3 different misting sprays to distress my white background. 

The papers are all a mix from the scrap box.

The stickers are all from Simple Stories collections.

I also added some chipboard leaves that I covered with stencil butters - my new favorite medium!

I used this sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge from Rochelle:

And this month's Tic Tac Toe board from Stacy:

I went down the right side:

brad

arrow 

chipboard

Time to get some layouts organized to start putting them in albums!

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Time to Sparkle

 Hello July!!!   June did NOT end on a good at all for me in so many ways.  I am so glad to start a new month fresh, healthy and ready to go.

The best way to start out is knocking out TWO challenges:

My granddaughter - isn't she the CUTEST!!

I did this page using this fun sketch from the Scrappy Friends challenge with Rochelle:

I used up some older Doodle Bug papers and lots of miscellaneous stickers from the stash.

The 2nd part of this challenge is the Tic Tac Toe board from Scrappy Friends challenge - Scrap with Stacy:

I went across the middle using:

Red, white and blue

Stickers

2 photos

I sure hope the rest of this month is just as productive!

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