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Ok so I scrapped yesterday and I was working on this layout. I wrapped it up today. Really I just needed to get the journaling done. There was a lot I wanted to say and really not a lot of room so my text got pretty small, lol. I took this photo of Ethan, and his 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Costa on his FISH day. If you don’t know about the Fish day it can be found in one of my previous April posts. Anyway, I had intended to use it on the Fish Day layout that I have in my head, but I really wanted to focus on just Mrs. Costa, and how wonderful she is, so I came up with this.

The photo itself is 6×8. I really like that size. It is easy to work with on a one page layout if you are looking for more photo filler.

The printed paper is from Fontwerks by Kate Teague. I have to say I love her design work and though this paper is kinda busy, I love the colors and it worked out just fine with the colors in the photo. I don’t think I could have gotten a closer match to Mrs. Costa’s shirt!

The majority of the elements on this page are Heidi Swapp. In doing the supply list I noticed that I seem to use a lot of her stuff. Funny how you find one manufacturer and tend to stick with it. Her items are really versatile and once you get used to them, they are really a breeze to incorporate. I like to attach the ghost letters with staples or mini brads.

Now one of my new favorite this… Ranger paint dabbers. I used them on this layout as a replacement for distress ink. Being I have had a hard time finding an ink in white that is actually opaque I decided to give the white dabber a try. Well it worked like a charm. You can really control the amount of paint that comes out and it give a great distressed look that is really almost immediately dry. I used it on all the Prism cardstock and on the ghost letters. The ghost letters have both the white and a shade of blue over the sanded areas.

Ethan has a half day today and then he and Dilly are going to take a trip to the library with my Mom. Ethan is BIG into chapter books right now and the ones we can get though the school aren’t really at his level. They send home the scholastic order forms for each grade level, and the ones he gets a pretty far beneath him. Books are so expensive and he goes through them like crazy. Hopefully he enjoys the library and finds something he will be interested in.

It is sure a nice day today and I spent my morning listening to the birds and watching a female cardinal take a little bath in the waterfall at one end of the pond. My studio is positioned right next to the edge and the windows in this part of the house are just above ground level. So she was taking her bath about a foot or so right in front of my face. I sure enjoy the sounds of the water! You can hear it from just about every room in the house, so it was great placement!

Ok I’m off! Duty calls and I have yet to even get my hair done. I wanted to take advantage of the morning silence and I fell a bit behind. Enjoy your day!!

~j