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I couldn't wait to get these baby Converse on a page! The Dos Gringos band was the wrist band my oldest male child sported at his very first Happy Hour as a 21 year old (legal happy hour, that is to say). That incredibly cute baby was on a sheet of 'misprints' Patty sent me -- ACK! Of course the photo is available on a collage sheet which I intend to get my mitts on eventually. The silhouette of the children is a piece of copyright free clip art. A combination of Basic Grey papers and scanned scraps, cut apart, a Tuscan Rose fragment (upper left border) and slide-sized image of a woman (isn't she gorgeous?), one of my word-play slide mounts in the lower right, and a picture of part of Rick and Veronica's gorgeous yard. The circle stamp with the lines is a 7 Gypsies -- love that thang! Basic Grey paper (large pieces), scraps and stickers, a Mary Mata image of a couple, and the Sea Salt photo is one I shot. The little cat in the lower right is one of my favorite punches; this beastie pops up everywhere ... kind of my personal symbol for Zoe. The image of the woman came as a bonus in an order from Patty at the Tuscan Rose. I love the angle of this shot -- she looks somehow sultry and worldly-wise/weary at the same time. I've been digging into my stashes of scrapbook paper more and more; most of what you see here is from that. The 'my message' piece with the red rose is from The Tuscan Rose -- actually, Patty sent me a couple scraps in an order -- this was one of them. I scanned those fragments and some other stuff, then printed it all off on some lilac-bordered paper to see what would happen. The bird is just a black & white copy of a tag I have.
The blue with light blue swirly flowers is the back side of the palm tree/red paper on the next page. This is a small pocket for a tiny tag. The triangle shapes on both pages lift up for more 'secret' writing! FUN! The red paper with the palm trees is Cherry Arte, a new line I discovered and like because it's 2 sided. This piece is a pocket where I can slide in a large tag. The gray-violet color is from a Ralph Lauren paint pod, color called Pacific Heights. I love those pods -- they're small, easy to store, loads of colors, and not so much of it that I'll never EVER use it all. Plus, my Sharpies just glide over it. Love that!