This looks like an incredible space and it is nice to see it here. Wonderful use of quotes in the various word strips and the background blending is masterful! You have highlighted some truly sweet photos; your MIL looks very happy!

Oh my - you are having a drought and here roads are still closed from when the flooding Mississippi River crested on Friday! The United States is might big and mighty different in all its climates! The way you used the newspaper is really neat, and then mixing it with the summer peaches! It...

Simply gorgeous! Your use of the stitching and the dimension added by the centrally located embellishments is really nice. I like the painterly look to the bird and how the Van Gogh quote sort of matches the brush effect.

You promised a party hat for Ike, and here it is! Fifteen is quite the accomplishment for such a big boy. Love the white face and that happy smile. I can't quite tell if this is an extraction of the hat is placed on top of the photo, but really, really cool use of dimension and color. Congrats...

I just love the cheeriness of this LO!

Really beautiful. Thanks for the inspiration!

I was inspired by the vertical orientation, the curvy frame and the element layering in @Madi (Diane's) layout 52-challenge-july (#1 in the scraplift examples.) Thanks for the fun challenge!

She is such a cutie! Truly adorable and she seems happy on the day you brought her home. Love the palette and your clusters as well.

Wow, thanks so much Tracy. I was pretty surprised myself at how well the red, white and blue flowers coordinated with the Use It All Freebie kit offered by Karen Schulz in her July challenge!

Thank you, Thank you, Debby! So kind of you to post this as a Standing O. We love our new little guy!

hahahahahaha. 'Nuff said.

Incredible photos and so interesting to see the backstory to you many images of the triplets as they've grown!

Very neat. I like your intent behind your journaling. Visiting these places in any way is neat, but it must be especially so on bikes! Great photos, as usual.

Wow. Busy. Busy. The mountain backdrop behind the two of you is incredible. Neat frame and nice cluster!

These ancient places are incredible to see. Your photo is neat and I like the addition of the graffiti edges and how you mimicked an outline title font with the cut out word strip. Very nice LO!

Just beautiful. I really like the way you contrasted the vibrancy of the bird photo with the rustic background.

I used the colored Freedom Fest freebie kit papers to fill in the title text and in a background brush. I also used a few items from "Giggles and Grands" and all of the flower photos were clipped to the "galaxy" brush in the Giggles and Grands kit. I really liked the way that brush highlighted...

Here is Red White Blue. I used the colored freebie kit papers to fill in the title text and in a background brush. I also used a few items from "Giggles and Grands" and all of the flower photos were clipped to the "galaxy" brush in the Giggles and Grands kit. I really liked the way that brush...