THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE.....

Hi all! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I know I have enjoyed it immensely since I have been playing in my craft room all weekend! I also did clean the house this morning though so I am rewarding myself by getting inky this afternoon lol. I wanted to share a 12x12 layout I did of my love. These pics are from our Spring Break trip last March when we went to Amelia Island. We really had a lot of fun and I just loved these of him down by the water. He really is amazing and one of my favorite subjects of my photography (he is starting to run when I pull out the camera lol). I decided to do a basket weave background with my patterned paper so I selected the Afternoon Picnic designer series paper and went to work! The strips I used are 1x8 but you can use whatever size you want depending on how big or small you want it to be. The cardstock is Wisteria Wonder, which worked for these pictures. I stamped along the bottom using the stamp set Just Believe. I like that the images lent itself to being along the seashore. They are stamped in Coastal Cabana ink, pulling from the patterned paper. I used another sentiment from the stamp set Feel Goods, I just love them and this one was perfect. I soooo believe that the best things in life are NOT things, but the good people you surround yourself with and the memories you build with them. This trip for me is one of those fabulous memories that makes me smile every time I think about it.  I did add a little stamp from the stamp set A Round Array that says "you make me smile" because he does. I punched it out using the 7/8 inch scallop circle punch and popped them up on dimensionals. I was excited to get to use the burlap ribbon that we have now...perfect for this layout, right? I added shells to the layout that we collected while we were there. I used crystal effects to hold them in place, that stuff can hold a building together lol. I love how this turned out and I am going to put it in a 12x12 frame and hang it up in my craft room so I can see it every day. I hope you like what I shared today and I will be back tomorrow with something really fun to share. If you like any of the products I have used here, you can find them all in my online store!  Have a wonderful afternoon and don't forget to spend some time doing something you love!!
*STAMPIN HUGS* Alex