Laugh and Celebrate Life

Good morning!  In the summertime, blogging gets away from me---I actually have things to blog about, but never seem to get to them :)  While I have a quiet moment, I wanted to share a layout I did based on a sketch over at Sketches with a Twist---

I mostly used Crate Paper, the Maggie Holmes collection.  I love the bright blue polka dots with splashes of hot pink.  Lucie was clowning around in her "fedora"---fedoras arent just for little guys anymore---so I took a few instagrams in the car.

The "twist" was to use a safety pin somewhere on your layout.  I used a pin that came on some outfit or another, and added some tiny royal seed beads to it. 

You can also see one of my new favorite stamps from Stampin' Up---a grid pattern.  Here are some closeups:

And just one more---using a little arrow stamp I love and an Elle's Studio tag. 



 This was so much fun to do!  Here is the sketch I was inspired by:

There is still lots of time to participate in this challenge.  Check it out here.

Oh, and a question for you veteran bloggers---I would really like to increase the number of followers I have---I have been stuck at 104 forever :)  Does anyone have advice for me?  The last boost I saw was with a RAK giveaway I did...what should I do?  What do you think? Thanks!

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thanks so much for stopping by today...