Welcome Home Jäger

Yesterday we brought my son's puppy home.  He's an 8 week old Australian Shepherd.  He's so sweet and absolutely gorgeous.  I used the photo my son took of him right after they got to the apartment to create my page for the 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin'.  Jäger seems to be adjusting well.

I really wanted to join the challenge this week at Lasting Memories.  The challenge this week is a sketch and to use your favorite embellishment.  It's a nice, versatile sketch.

And my page...

I love using a zig zag pattern on boy pages.  I have a border punch that I usually use, but I found a package of rhinestones embellishment that I bought a while ago I forgot about.  There were a couple of zig zag strips.  Woohoo!!  I also added 3 rhinestone from the set at the top of the photo.

I am also entering the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - Anything Goes  (I used the Woofers and Tweeters stamp set)

Red Carpet Studio - New Year's Eve - Use something new  (I used a photo of the new puppy)

Scrappin' 4 Fun Challenges - Baby  (Jäger's a baby doggy)

This page will also be entered into the Stamping monthly challenge at SnC.

Thanks for looking...

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Santa

For my last layout for the 2013 52 Week Challenge at Scrappin'-n-Chattin, I wanted to use some photos I took of the dogs this year with a Santa figurine.  The current sketch at Let's Scrap was just the ticket.

I only wanted to use the Santa photos, and I didn't quite have enough to fill all the spots in the sketch.  But the extra spaces worked well for journaling and added embellishments.

Here's a closer look at the first page....

And the 2nd page.  The puppy is almost 4 1/2 months old.  She is starting to listen better and is posing much better.

 

This was my 3rd year doing the 52 Week Challenge at SnC.  I had to use 2 passes this, which I am a little disappointed with.  It's been a real tough year though, and I am very happy that I was able to complete the challenge.

This page is being entered into a few other challenges as well:

Lasting Memories - Here Comes Santa Claus

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Frosted Designs - My Favorite Things

Raindrops on ROSES and whiskers on kittens,

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen MITTENS;

BROWN PAPER  packages tied up with STRINGS;

These are a few of my favorite things.

CREAM-COLORED ponies and crisp APPLE strudels;

Doorbells and sleigh BELLS and schnitzel with noodles;

Wild geese that fly with the moon on their WINGS;

These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses with BLUE SATIN sashes;

SNOWFLAKES that stay on my nose and eyelashes;

SILVER-WHITE winters that melt into springs;

These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites,When the bee stings,

When I'm feeling sad,

I simply remember my FAVORITE things,

And then I don't feel so bad. 

 

 I used String on the 2 buttons (one on each page)

Cream-Colored cardstock was used as photo mats and journaling boxes. 

There are Wings on the bird on the button on the left page (very hard to see I know)

And there are Snowflakes on one of the embellishment squares on the 1st page.

Thank you for stopping by.  This weekend is my last dog event for several months.  I hope to be a crafting fool very soon.