fishing

My cousin posted this photo of her dad and her daughter on Instagram and I thought it was so cute! Zoe has the cutest little smile.

I used THIS sketch from Let's Get Sketchy and my August Clique Kit.

Enjoy your day!

collecting moments.

My cousin got married a couple of weekends ago and we had some selflie stick fun at the wedding. I found this Stuck?! Sketches September sketch to use.

I used mostly the September Elle's Studio monthly kit. The background paper is Bella Blvd but I thought it coordinated quite well.

Thanks for looking!

stamp sets
Elle's Studio (Travelogue); Two Peas in a Bucket (designed by Shimelle Laine);

summer fun.

At the end of June, we went to the Kenny Chesney concert and had a great time. A huge group of us used to go every year, but we've all grown apart and it's been years since I've seen Kenny.

I used a Let's Get Sketchy September sketch and Elle's Studio mostly Sunny Days collection. I love love love that white text patterned paper and there are two sheets of it in the 12 x 12 collection pack that I am hoarding. This is the first time I've used it and I just want to save it forever!

stamp set: Kelly Purkey
yellow patterned paper: Studio Calico

road trip.

Last month we went to Green Bay for Packers training camp. We stayed one evening in Chicago and then left the following morning for Green Bay. On the way, we stopped in Milwaukee at the Miller-Coors Brewery for a tour. At the end of the tour, you get three free beer samples. It was a warm, sunny day and they had a band playing oldies music. It was a nice little break from driving.

I used sketch 112 from Sketch N Scrap and the Paper Issues Take 5 September challenge for this page. My 5+ were blue, yellow, red, 2 patterned papers, memorabilia (my bracelet), circles and labels.

I used the Sunny Days collection from Elle's Studio and embellishments from May/June/July/August kits. The striped paper is from the 6x6 paper pad and doesn't line up exactly but I don't think it's too noticeable with the photos at the top of the page that really grab your attention. The cluster of embellishments at the bottom focus your eyes there instead of the mismatched lines.

Anyway, I've done the Budweiser brewery tour in the past and the major perk is the free beer samples, but they're also really interesting tours! You get to see quite a bit and also learn lots about the history and their brand and marketing.

• Their warehouse stores over 500,000 cases of beer at a time.
• 1400 bottles of beer are filled per minute.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

USA

My little cousin left for basic training yesterday and earlier this summer I bought the Pebbles Inc America the Beautiful die cut pieces in preparation for this day.

I found the Stuck?! Sketches one photo layout sketch to use but I had a bit of trouble with the die cuts I wanted to use. I finally cut the USA sign off he bottom of the bald eagle and that worked better for me.