Always Smell the Flowers

Wow!  I can't believe its the end of the long weekend and most importantly the end of summer.  It makes me sad to think that I have a son going into Grade 6.  One more year and then he will be in Junior High.  I'm not sure if I can handle this.  I have been trying so hard to slow down and cherish my kids more but it still feels like time is just flying by. 

Anyways, I took this picture of my daughter this summer as she was admiring the flowers beside our steps.  When I saw Allison's sketch challenge on the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog I thought this picture would work great.  So here is what I came up with:

I started with Echo Park's Everyday Eclectic collection and pulled out some pink and green patterned papers to go with the colors in the photo.  Then I grabbed the cloud print to add some blue and kraft in to my layout.  I changed the picture size to a rectangle instead of a circle but other than that I pretty much stayed true to the sketch. 

I used some stickers from the collection pack as well as some flowers I had in my stash to create my two embellishment clusters on either side of the photo.  I have been seeing people do this a lot lately where they create embellishment clusters on a diagonal across a photo and so I thought I would try it.  I think it really draws the eye across the photo.

I used a combination of letter stickers from the collection kit and American Crafts thickers to create my title.  Then I finished the layout by adding bling to the flower centers.  I think bling is one of my favorite embellishments :) 

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  Hope you have a great day.

Sacha