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Mona Pendleton | Saturday, May 17, 2014 @ 5:30 PM | LO , MFT , Mixed Media , My Favorite Things , Prima , Prima BAP

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Scott and I are away on vacation at our home away from home in San Diego, CA. I frantically packed a craft travel bag / suitcase full of supplies to play with during the evenings when we are both too tired to do anything else. I knew I wanted to join along with Prima's May Build-A-Page sketch challenge, so I packed lots of Prima goodies.

I made a layout featuring a couple of photos of Meredith and Connor that were taken more than 10 years ago. They weren't even in school yet and now Connor is graduation from high school in 2 weeks and Meredith will be a Senior next year! YIKES! Time sure flies!

To create the background, I started with a pretty piece of patterned paper from the Prima Princess collection, added lots of texture and paints then embellished with a variety of Prima flowers:

resin embellishments including the butterflies and key:

typo bulbs along with rub-ons from my stash:

For color inspiration I joined along with the current ColourQ challenge:

Thank you for visiting - I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

36 Sweet Comments So Far:

Kerry said...: Wow, what a gorgeous page, Mona! Love the background and the colors! Darling photos of the kids too! TFS!; Reply May 17, 2014 at 5:35 PM
Cathy said...: Such a gorgeous LO Mona!! Love the softness your have created with your mixed media background and pretty elements!; Reply May 17, 2014 at 5:38 PM
Betty Wright said...: Great colors and the details are just amazing! Love the key and light bulb accenting. The kids are precious!; Reply May 17, 2014 at 6:03 PM
Greta said...: Creative, unique & gorgeous, Mona! 2 darling kids--fun to look at pictures when they were little. Hope you aren't having problems with all the smoke & fires while you're on vacation.; Reply May 17, 2014 at 10:12 PM
Mary Chen said...: Really gorgeous page with the cutest photos ever! Love your beautiful background!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 12:20 AM
Paper Profusion said...: Soooo gorgeous! Enjoy your holiday. Nicola x; Reply May 18, 2014 at 3:26 AM
Lynn Mercurio said...: You are the queen of texture...I love this. So much dimension and so many cool techniques and items of interest. Awesome piece of creativity!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 3:58 AM
Unknown said...: What a beautiful page Mona. You add just the perfect amount of details to your work.

I have been hearing about the fires in the San Diego area.. So Sad...

Hugs~; Reply May 18, 2014 at 6:13 AM
Diane Jaquay said...: The layout is gorgeous, but more than that this evoked lots of emotions in me, Mona! My Connor is 17, he'll be graduating next year, and my daughter Ali just became a "teen" this year, and the time is flying by way too quickly! The way that I console myself is to look forward to the big milestones they'll be achieving in the near future, and dream about my (hopefully) some day grandbabies lol! But I can't seem to look at pictures of them from when they were younger without tearing up.; Reply May 18, 2014 at 6:41 AM
Petra Swart said...: Love your beautiful bg and the sweet photos of the kids!! TFS.
Have a lovely holiday!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 7:29 AM
Pauline said...: Just beautiful Mona, gorgeous pastels and fab textures, so pretty.; Reply May 18, 2014 at 7:30 AM
Mirna said...: So gorgeous, Mona! Wonderful embellies and I LOVE those photos of the kids when they were little!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 10:27 AM
Lisa said...: This is absolutely gorgeous, Mona!! I love the soft colors and all of the amazing details!! The pictures are so sweet!! Stunning layout - I love it!! Have a safe, awesome trip :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts; Reply May 18, 2014 at 10:58 AM
JoAnn said...: Gorgeous layout Mona. Love the photos of your children and the soft colors of the layout.; Reply May 18, 2014 at 11:50 AM
Patty O'Malley said...: I'm a new follower to your blog and admire your work. This layout is gorgeous! Love the colors, flowers and texture you created.; Reply May 18, 2014 at 4:52 PM
Tumbleweed said...: Absolutely gorgeous page! You always amaze me with you beautiful colors and texture! Love the sweet photos of the kids too!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 4:54 PM
Kelly said...: Wow, love the colors on your fabulous page, Mona! Great textures too!; Reply May 18, 2014 at 7:22 PM
Unknown said...: What a beautiful page Mona.; Reply May 19, 2014 at 2:47 AM
Lisa Elton said...: Awww look how little they are! This is as sweet as can be Mona, love all of the special details. Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ!; Reply May 19, 2014 at 6:08 AM
Heather Rogers said...: What a beautiful LO! What darling photos of Connor and Meredith. Love the pretty roses too. :); Reply May 19, 2014 at 8:20 AM
Julia Aston said...: what a wonderful page - love the stenciling and all the 'stuff'! and how cute are the kids!!; Reply May 19, 2014 at 9:54 AM
Amy White said...: Oh my goodness this is gorgeous Mona!! So many amazing details... Thanks for playing along with the ColourQ this week!; Reply May 19, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Unknown said...: Time does fly, doesn't it! Terrific photos and a beautiful LO of them Mona. xx; Reply May 19, 2014 at 5:43 PM
Ellen said...: Amazing dimension you create with your textured background! This is gorgeous!; Reply May 19, 2014 at 9:28 PM
BethieJ said...: BEAUTIFUL Mona! What SWEET photos of the kiddos!! Hope your ENJOYING (or ENJOYED) your time in SD! (hopefully you are no where near the fires they have been having!)
Have a GREAT day!!; Reply May 20, 2014 at 6:40 AM
Sue Lelli said...: Great details, photos, and colors, Mona! Love this Layout!; Reply May 20, 2014 at 1:12 PM
Julie said...: Absolutely darling layout! Love the background texture!; Reply May 21, 2014 at 1:02 AM
Sue Nader said...: Gorgeous! Love the texture you create! Love it!; Reply May 22, 2014 at 6:30 AM
Ros Crawford said...: Absolutely gorgeous!! I really love seeing your scrapping ... always beautiful and so inspiring! Have a great trip!; Reply May 22, 2014 at 7:30 AM
JGoedes said...: Delicate and so pretty, Mona! Hope your holiday was wonderful!; Reply May 22, 2014 at 8:48 AM
GinaB said...: Mona, this is such a page! Really love your mixed media background and beautiful elements!; Reply May 22, 2014 at 1:21 PM
stampingbowd said...: So beautiful!!! I love the little light bulbs! Sweet sweet photos...where does the time go!!! Yikes, 14 and 17 here! Beautiful layout! Love the bits of stenciling and the stamped flowers!; Reply May 22, 2014 at 6:20 PM
Davi said...: A beautiful LO Mona! I love the soft colors and wonderful texture to go with the precious pics :) The little flower sprays are the perfect finish !!; Reply May 23, 2014 at 8:19 PM
MackieMade Paper Creations said...: So gorgeous! Love the textures in the background!; Reply May 24, 2014 at 6:28 PM
1CardCreator said...: This is gorgeous Mona! ~Diane; Reply May 25, 2014 at 8:47 AM
Ashley said...: Stunning and sooooo sweet! Perfection as usual and the most darling photos! TFS!; Reply May 25, 2014 at 5:42 PM