Friday, January 23, 2015

Longwood Gardens: My Happy Place

For Mother's Day, I get to chose a family outing.  I, almost always, chose Longwood Gardens.  The weather is usually perfect for walking around outside and the scenery is beautiful.

I wanted to use a few more items from my January Counterfeit Kit for another layout. Those items are the soft blue paper in the doily die cut and large banner, the light minty blue chipboard "happy place", zigzag, asterisk and arrow points, the small rub-on near bottom left and the "love this" die cut.  I colored the die cut with the same mixes that I used for my bookpage flower from the "rest" layout.

The patterned papers with circles and dots are from My Mind's Eye Abbey Road. The decorative border, the heart paper and the flower and leaf chipboards are from Sassafras Lass.


Thanks for taking a look! Hope that you have a terrific day!!
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24 comments:

  1. Wow amazing I love your page clean and great take on the sketch...Thanks for joining us at LGS.

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    1. Thank you Melinda!! As it turns out, this is one of my favorite recent pages. I hesitated on that green cardstock because it wasn't a pretty color but it blended so well with the greens in my patterned paper. I love the way it makes the pretty blues pop. Anyhow, I know it's not going to connect with everyone's taste -- but I'm glad you like it! :)

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  2. Oh my goodness.....Longwood is practically in my back yard! These are lovely pictures and a great layout! Of course I don't think you can take a bad photo at Longwood! Where do you live?

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    1. Lucky you!! I would walk there every decent day if I lived closer! :) We live about 50 minutes away. I agree, so many great photos to be had there!

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  3. Beautiful page. Thanks for joining us at LGS.

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  4. Thank you Connie!! Love the challenges at LGS.

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    1. Oh my gosh!! I accidentally hit "remove content" from my comments page as I was reading your comment. Susanne, thank you for your compliment and if you see this please add it again. Note to self: Watch your fingers when viewing comments!

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  6. Awesome page! Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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  7. wonderful page and love the colors here!! Thanks for playing at LGS.

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  8. Such a pretty layout, and I love your Mother's Day tradition. Thanks for joining us at LGS!

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    1. Thank you Melissa!! Thanks for the inspiration at LGS.

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  9. Awesome page, love the colors! Thanks for joining us at LGS :)

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    1. Thank you Joeful! So fun to join you at LGS! Thanks for all the great inspiration!

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  10. Stunning page with beautiful photos and papers. Thank you for playing with us at LGS :)

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  11. Really beautiful work with the sketch, Janine! Congrats! :)

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  12. Beautiful page, love the lace edge on the side of the page.
    Cindy F

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You're so sweet to take the time to comment! Thanks!!