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On Chloes 2nd Birthday I took a million photos of her!! However, probably only 10 are any good! About a month ago now she decided she didnt want to smile for the camera anymore. Not happy!
Anyway, thats what this layout is about.

The layout was inspired by the August sketch from sketcbook 365:

I will edit this post with some close-ups  and description for your reading pleasure later on.

My trip to visit family in victoria was extended (more on that later) and its a real battle to make posts with whats avaliable to me here.

XoXoX Nicole.

Excuse me

I share today a layout with lil tiny bub in it, Chloe at just 4 days old.

excuse me

Thank You Daddy

The photos are of Brenden burping Chloe while in hospital. It took me ages to settle on a title for this page. Normally I decide which photos to scrap by whether I can think of a good/interesting title for them, if nothing comes to mind they don't get a page. However I liked this set of photos so much I had to scrap them anyway. I think its probably because how small her head seems in his hands and that see looks directly at him in the last one.

I didn't want the title to be something too generic like 'safe in daddys arm' so it had to do with burping. I was tempted to try and make the page really 'pretty' and then just title it BURP, kinda like a juxtaposition but couldn't pull it off. I also wanted daddy in the title because you can't really see Brenden in the photos, although you can see some of his hair which gives it away. Ended up getting the title from a lady at my local scrap shop.

As per usual, this is a challenge entry. Scrapbook 365 provided the perfect sketch for this set of photos;

The wood paper is My Minds Eye (and so is the background paper) and was in my scraps pile from the last page I did of Brenden and Chloe. I love the wood look and think its appropriate to use for 'Brenden' pages seeing as his a carpenter. The construction look was continued with the brick crafters wookshop template which I painted onto the page with a gesso-grey paint mix then outlined with ZIG. 

Hexagons are all the go at the moment and I was inspired to finally use them on my work from a Scrapburst which Scrapville are doing again for the month of September. I put them in bunches of three with each at a slightly different height.

Stamping is definitely not my area of expertise but had to use the thankyou and perforated circle stamps in a studio calico set I have. I actually inked the stamp then stamped it on a scrap piece before the page so that the colour wasn't too heavy.

Thanks for having a look! Hope you like the page!

My Bubba

And back into the future with new layouts today.
This layout has one of my all time favourite photos, although I do have many favourites, I just love the sweet caring look in Brendens eyes as he lovingly cuddles Chloe, this happens all the time too.

my bubba!

Its true, Brenden really doesn't like to share His bubba!
This is a beautiful photo of Brenden and Chloe cuddling on the coach when she is just a 3 weeks old.
It is another sketch inspired layout from sketchbook 365, these guys do a mid-month challenge which is sponsored by different companies each time.

I instantly loved the rips in the backing paper in this sketch, especially as it shows off both sides of the paper. So many times I have a piece of double sided pattern paper which I love both sides of and silly me I only grabbed one so have to choose.

I love the little brads that I found that look like screws, they are perfect to keep the wood effect going and keep it a little manly.

Hope you like it.
Nicole.
XoXoX.