My new blog debuts its first layout!!

**If you're here for my Housewarming GIVEAWAYS, please go--->HERE!!**

Good morning!! It sure has been a busy last few days here with my little housewarming party! Wow- the response has been so positive and supportive- I'm so very blessed to have so many amazing friends out there- thank-you SO MUCH to all of you who took the time to follow my new blog and leave me some kind words! I just want to say WELCOME to you all- old and new- and I'm so happy to be here :).

I'd like to share with you today my blog's "premiere" layout!! Obviously, this is not my first layout, lol...but it is strange to see a blog with no work- well, unless you peek in my online galleries. So I got to work last night after the kids were in bed and put this piece together. I'm on a Webster's Pages kick again, and this time it's the beautiful "In Love" collection, which is obviously geared toward weddings. And though I love to do wedding pages, I also like to find "other" ways to use collections like this one. So here is what I came up with...

"Sweet Cakes"

My little Gunner really is my little sweet cakes, lol. He's so adorable- I could just eat him up!! :D I love this photo of him- if he's not acting silly and showing off his cheesy smile, he's typically got this type of a serious expression on his face. But whether he's being serious or silly, I love him all the same :).

I was inspired by two different challenges for this one. The first was the June sketch over at Handmade by Suzanne, created by my sweet friend Nadia Cannizzo... 

And then I was encouraged to add the hand-stitched detail running diagonally through my page by the Fabulous Friday "Stitching" challenge over at Frosted Designs!

Here are some details for you...

 Lace bows are my latest obsession...you can probably expect to see a lot of them coming up, lol...

 I love the flourishes from Scrap FX. This one worked out perfectly to ground my title.

 I used a 6x6 chicken wire template from The Crafter's Workshop to create this messy texture. I simply took my tub of Martha Stewart Texture Effect and a butter knife to spread it on over the mask. After drying, I dabbed some different color inks over it.

I fussy cut this beautiful cake from one of the "In Love" papers, dressed it up with some liquid pearls and then used it as the focal point and main component of my large cluster.

Supplies Used:

~Webster's Pages "In Love" papers

~Prima Marketing, Manor House Creations, Wild Orchid, & KaiserCraft flowers

~The Crafter's Workshop 6x6 chicken wire template

~Scrap FX chipboard flourish

~Webster's Pages "In Love" letter stickers ("sweet")

~American Crafts Thickers foam alphas ("cakes")

~Martha Steward Texture Effect

~Martha Stewart "Optic Dot" border punch

~Fiskars "Dancing Daisy" circle border punch

~Prima Chalk Fluid Edger Pads: Old Rose, Tin Can, Coltsfoot Stemens

~Ranger Liquid Pearls

~pearls sprays, lace, book pages, gesso

Thank-you all for stopping in and taking a peek. Remember, my giveaway runs through midnight on June 30th, so there's still plenty of time to share the love and spread the word! Another giveaway will be revealed at 200 followers :D!

Have a good one!