Hello Spring!

... finally!  My current flu makes it number 5 for the winter season!  Not loving winter any more... nor am I loving spending a whole day on the lounge, shivering and coughing... that was Tuesday.  DH even took days off work to run the kids around for me.  :(   I have high hopes for spring!

So, being the first of the month means new challenge time.  Kraft It Up would like to see stitching and fabric on your layout, using Kraft as a base.  So up my alley!  I'd be hard pressed to do a layout without stitching on it.  And Fabric?  Anyone who has seen a couple of my layouts might know that I kinda have a thing for muslin!  hehee.  And because I also had a bit of a thing for peek-a-boo's last month, I combined all these fetishes in the one page:

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I must admit to being a little inspired by the immensely talented Heidi Kelly for this one.  LOVE Heidi's work!  And I really did get my money's worth out of that piece of 'Authentique' pp.  I managed to spread it out over three layouts!  lol.  I misted some muslin with a teeny bit of 'graphite' glimmermist, which gave it a really soft, silvery look, that complemented the Authentique pp really nicely.  Oh, and here's a tip.... don't use Black Stazon Ink on your templates!!  What was I thinking?!!  Oh well, it still works ...   :)

This photo of Claire was taken minutes before she competed in a triathalon early this year.  I just adore her 'game face'.  It says so much about her character and spirit... :))

Now... onto the bigger issue of the day.  Should I get out of my pj's or not?  :)

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you have a lovely spring day... 

Jules
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