Four Months and Sketchbook

I think it's pretty obvious I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with blogging. I do well for a little bet then fall completely off the wagon! HA! We'll here it is four months since my last post and I am going to try with all my might to be a bit more consistent...even if that means coming up with some type of schedule for myself. I'm still going with the no pressure blogging though!

Anyway, sorry for the long absence but I am back and I'm going to try to come back with a vengeance! I am taking the latest installment of Kelly Purkey's Sketchbook class over at Studio Calico this month and I have decided to try to make at least one project for each sketch. I have taken all of her previous sketchbook classes and made projects here and there, but for this one I am totally loving them all so far so I wanted to try to play along with each sketch!! Today I am sharing my layout for sketch #1. If you're taking the class I hope you'll link me up in the comments to your layouts! I'd love to see them!!

For this layout, I pretty much lifted Kelly's layout for sketch #1. I used a photo from Christmas of my husband with one of our nieces and nephews. We were sitting right in front of the window, so it's a bit washed out and not the greatest photo, but I still love this one a lot. It was right before my father in law read the bible passage about the birth of Christ and my husband and I were sitting on their love seat. All of a sudden our niece jumped up followed soon after by our nephew right into my husband's lap. Too cute to resist taking a selfie even if the lighting wasn't perfect. It's these fleeting moments that need to be captured. The wood veneer piece behind the photo is from a Studio Calico project life kit (Cirque kit) and fit behind the photo perfectly. The big black "F" is from the Cirque SB Kit. A few layers and some stamping complete the project. Most papers for this layout come from the Poet Society SB kit but the backgound paper is from my stash. Except for the journaling and date on the layout, it doesn't give off a Christmas vibe, which I love. This one's all about family and capturing those quick moments that might pass you by!

Have a great Saturday peeps!! I'll be back tomorrow!! Until then, thanks for stopping by!
Deb