Never Give Up... ~ Cupcake's Creations

Never Give Up... 49

Hi there! This weekend Scott, Angie, Meredith and I are visiting San Francisco touring a couple of colleges in hopes to help Meredith narrow down her selection for next Fall. It was great to get together with Jerry and April for dinner last night. We hadn't seen them since their wedding at the end of March. Before I left for our trip, I made a layout inspired by Prima's July Product Pick inspiration board:

I scrapped a photo of Angie:

In case you missed my previous post, Angie is ranked 3rd in the world in her biking sport and ranked in ESPN's Top 50 Female Action Athletes because she Never Gave Up:

To create this layout, I combined various Prima papers from the older Botanical collection along with a piece of paper from the latest Something Blue Collection. I framed the photo of Angie using various Spellbinders dies:

then surrounded her with a variety of Prima flowers, a resin butterfly and

a cute Prima resin birdhouse:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the Let's Get Sketchy sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great weekend!

Be Sweet ;)

49 Sweet Comments So Far:

Margie Higuchi 1 said...: FABULOUS take on the challenge! Loved how you cut the picture in sections - very clever :) Did not know that about Angie! WOW - congrats! Good luck with the college tours!; Reply July 10, 2014 at 7:50 AM
Tenia Nelson 2 said...: WOW!! Did not know that about Angie.....very RAD!!! LURVE your layout too!! Hope all is well.....; Reply July 10, 2014 at 7:55 AM
Jess 3 said...: Such a pretty layout!; Reply July 10, 2014 at 8:22 AM
Lisa Elton 4 said...: I'll BET it was good to see your son and his wife after a few months!! This is a beautiful page Mona. I adore the pops of red and all of those divine flowers! YAY for Angie. I did see the previous post, but just wanted to give her another YAY!!! Hugs, enjoy your family time ;); Reply July 10, 2014 at 10:02 AM
Marjan 5 said...: Great layering and use of techniques on your lay-out! Betaiful colors too. i can see the photoinspiration. And Angie is really doing well, wow... Third!!! Succeswith choosing a college for Meredith!; Reply July 10, 2014 at 11:03 AM
Lisa 6 said...: This is just absolutely stunning, Mona!! I love how you've framed the beautiful picture!! The flowers and embellishments are fabulous!! What a gorgeous layout!! Safe travels and have a wonderful trip to San Fran!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts; Reply July 10, 2014 at 11:52 AM
Lucinde | Lucilight 7 said...: Wow, another great layout! Love the flowers :); Reply July 10, 2014 at 12:29 PM
Brenshevia 8 said...: Another beautiful page, thank you so much for joining us at LGS!; Reply July 10, 2014 at 12:46 PM
Tone-Lill 9 said...: Awesom photo! ....and a fantastic and beautiful LO. Thank you for playing along with our challeng at LGS :); Reply July 10, 2014 at 2:20 PM
Greta 10 said...: Your layouts are always unique & fabulous, Mona! Love the fancy spellbinders to frame this great picture of your daughter!; Reply July 10, 2014 at 2:43 PM
Diane Jaquay 11 said...: This is so pretty, Mona! Love how you cut the picture and framed it so beautifully, it really is the star of the layout (as it should be :); Reply July 10, 2014 at 4:39 PM
Lynn Good 12 said...: What a fantastic pretty layout - and your daughter is a great inspiration to everyone to "never give up". Thanks for playing along with us at LGS; Reply July 10, 2014 at 7:10 PM
Kelly 13 said...: Sweet LO, Mona! Love the sentiment and lovely photo!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 12:49 AM
Constance 14 said...: Wow, didn't know your daughter was such an accomplished athlete! WOW! Love this awesome page too! That Spellbinders frame you used is breathtaking! TFS!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 1:21 AM
Adriana B 15 said...: wonderful details, great take on challenge; Reply July 11, 2014 at 2:41 AM
Ros Crawford 16 said...: What a talented family!! I adore your beautiful page and you must be so proud of each other! Have a great day!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 3:42 AM
Helen Wallace 17 said...: What a talented young woman. Love your layout, especially the Spellbinder frames :); Reply July 11, 2014 at 6:12 AM
ElizabethR 18 said...: Wow what a tallented athlete and such a pretty girl. Your page it's just gorgeous, I love how you mix the fabric flowers in with the paper ones, it's just beautiful. Elizabeth xxx; Reply July 11, 2014 at 6:27 AM
Patty O'Malley 19 said...: Congratulations to Angie on an amazing achievement and good luck in choosing a college. Your layout is beautiful. I love the dies and resin pieces. Enjoy your trip!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 6:31 AM
1CardCreator 20 said...: Gorgeous lay out Mona and congratulations, you must be so proud of Angie! ~Diane; Reply July 11, 2014 at 8:41 AM
Petra Swart 21 said...: You know that I love all your work, Mona, but this is surely one of my favs form you!!!! I just love everything about it and what a lovely photo that is!!! This is really beautiful!!! TFS

Have a nice day!!!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 8:46 AM
Christine L 22 said...: A fabulous photo, and a wonderful layout Mona!! And wowwwwwww to what Angie has achieved!

Hugs
Christine x; Reply July 11, 2014 at 8:56 AM
Mirna 23 said...: Another gorgeous layout, Mona! Angie is amazing!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 11:11 AM
Unknown 24 said...: Wow you have so pretty layout here I love every details ....and I love those swirl.....thanks for joining us at LGS this week...Good luck; Reply July 11, 2014 at 1:44 PM
LisaM 25 said...: Wow! Amazing take on the sketch! Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 6:16 PM
stampingbowd 26 said...: So.......I have struggled to keep up with my favorite blogs since before school let out but I think of you! This is gorgeous!!! Wow, somehow I have missed a LOT! I didn't realize that your daughter, Angie was an athlete!!! That's an amazing action photo and the one in the layout is so sweet!

I will be scrolling your blog next, because I have been wondering for months if your son got married yet and here I see that it was back in MARCH!!! Either I am having one of those moments and I just can't remember reading about the wedding or I totally missed the posts!

Your layout is beautiful and I know you are popping with pride over the accomplishments of your children! I hope you have a great weekend in San Francisco!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 7:34 PM
Betty Wright 27 said...: I love the black and white photo with the soft blues and white with just a pop of color in places. Beautifully elegant, Mona!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 8:23 PM
wendipooh13 28 said...: gorgeous page and love all the layers and texture!!! Thanks soo much for playing along with LGS!!!; Reply July 11, 2014 at 11:48 PM
Stacey Pembroke 29 said...: Wow, such a gorgeous layout, Mona! Angie's story is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 12:52 AM
Mary Chen 30 said...: Your layout is beautiful and so is your talented daughter! Such gorgeous details everywhere! TFS!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 1:10 AM
Unknown 31 said...: Love these papers. Perfect take on the sketch. Thank you for joining us at LGS!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 5:45 AM
MichelleMc 32 said...: Gorgeous page and details, Mona! Love, love the framing, textures, and soft colors with pops of red!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 8:08 AM
Lynette Jacobs 33 said...: Fabulous page Mona. Beautiful soft color palette with splashes of bright flowers. Delicate and oh so beautiful.; Reply July 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Cherished 34 said...: Gorgeous page. Thanks for sharing at LGS.; Reply July 12, 2014 at 4:55 PM
PaperMomma 35 said...: Stunning layout! Inspiring as always! Your daughter sounds amazing! TFS!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 5:24 PM
Melissa Vining 36 said...: Such a beautiful take on the sketch! Thanks for joining us at LGS!; Reply July 12, 2014 at 9:15 PM
Beeceecreativity 37 said...: awesome page.. great clustered accents.. thanks for playing along at LGS; Reply July 13, 2014 at 12:42 PM
Anonymous 38 said...: Oh, I love everything about this page. Stunningly beautiful. Thank you so much for playing with us at the LGS.; Reply July 13, 2014 at 1:28 PM
MackieMade Paper Creations 39 said...: What a great photo! I know you must be so proud of her! Your layout is beautiful!; Reply July 13, 2014 at 2:53 PM
GabrielleH 40 said...: Wow, so beautiful Mona! Hope you had fun in San Francisco! Love that city!; Reply July 13, 2014 at 8:55 PM
Sue Lelli 41 said...: LOVE that everything is monochromatic and how the flowers just POP! LOVE that photo of angie and how you cut it and placed it in the die cut frame! FAB LO, Mona!; Reply July 13, 2014 at 9:14 PM
Nadine Carlier 42 said...: Gorgeous page, love how you did the picture with the frame! Thank you for joining us at LGS!; Reply July 13, 2014 at 9:25 PM
Pauline 43 said...: Stunning page Mona of your very talented girl! You must be so proud of her achievements in the sport she loves!; Reply July 14, 2014 at 7:25 AM
Anonymous 44 said...: Gorgeous LO!!!!; Reply July 14, 2014 at 11:28 AM
Teri Holister 45 said...: Stunning layout! Amazing story about your daughter! Thanks for sharing with us!; Reply July 14, 2014 at 9:58 PM
Brandi Matos 46 said...: GORGEOUS layout Mona!!! Absolutely stunning!!

Thanks for joining us at LGS :-); Reply July 15, 2014 at 4:16 PM
Cassandra aka Scrap Savvy 47 said...: So beautiful! I love all your details and that framing is spectacular. I can't believe how cute her shirt is and perfect for black and white. Such a proud mom layout! She must be proud of you too.:); Reply July 15, 2014 at 4:50 PM
Joefil 48 said...: This is just stunning page Mona! Thanks for joining us at LGS!; Reply July 15, 2014 at 11:34 PM
Unknown 49 said...: Congrats to Angie, that's quite an accomplishment! This is a beautiful keepsake Mona!!; Reply July 16, 2014 at 7:05 PM