Breaking My Rule!

I am breaking my rule again, and doing a second post for the day!!  :)  I had time today to do a layout for Challenge #4 at Let's Get Sketchy and wanted to get it posted.  If you would like to see the post from earlier today, showing some of my layouts that were published in the February issue of Scrapbook News and Review, click HERE.

Since I am a Scrapbooker and there are a lot of "annual" events that I do pages for, I have noticed a trend over the past several years.  Every year, during the month of March, we head down to one of our favorite spots on the Bay to welcome Spring.  There is a pier that extends out into the Bay (restaurant included), a beach side area, a grassy picnic area, and a huge fountain that our children love.  It's just such a fun and beautiful place to be during this time of year.  We actually took the kids there to blow bubbles and they had a blast...there will be layouts to come with the bubble photos!!  :)

My friend Tina mailed me some scrappy goodies a couple of weeks ago and when I saw the beautiful GCD Studios and Lily Bee Designs papers that were included, I couldn't wait to do something with them!!  I thought the subject of this page was perfect for the beautiful pink, wood grain, and floral patterns.  Tina has a great Blog where she shares her artwork...and when I say artwork, I mean ARTWORK!!  Head over to A Dog's Life and take a peek at her work and I think you will definitely agree that she is an amazing artist!!

So here is my page and the sketch provided this week at Let's Get Sketchy:

  

Products Used:

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  GCD Studios & Lily Bee Designs

Acrylic Paint:  Apple Barrel

Thickers:  American Crafts

Baker's Twine:  The Twinery

Brad:  The Paper Studio

Buttons:  Blumenthal Lansing

Pearls:  Recollections

Embroidery Floss:  Janlynn

Ink:  Memento

Punch:  Martha Stewart