Your Smile -- 12x12 Layout

The-Girl-Child will graduate high school in a few short weeks...  Wow.  I remember when my kids were so small and people would tell me how quickly they would grow up.  Sure, I believed them, but I never realized just how quickly it would really happen...

When she was little, we used to tickle her just to hear her laugh.  Actually, you never really even had to tickle her...  You just had to tell her you were going to tickle her...  She would immediately begin to giggle uncontrollably...  She had one of those infectious giggles that would make you laugh too -- until you cried from all the laughing!!  To me, she's still that chubby-cheeked little cutie with the big, brown eyes that could melt your heart in an instant...  And here she is now, a beautiful young lady, ready to take on the world!!  :) 

Ask her what her favorite color is and she'll tell you "RAINBOW!"...  Ask her what her favorite flower is and she'll say, "YES!"...  So I sure hope she likes these rainbow-colored flowers created just for her to make her SMILE!! :)

I used these same flowers on my Retirement fun(d) bank the other day in different colors...  The-Girl-Child liked that bank (and the flowers) so much, that I thought it only fair to make a layout for her with similar flowers...  These flowers are cut in 1/4" increments from 1/4" to 2", then curled forward with a bone folder, and layered together.  The leaves are hand cut (way to use my scraps!) and the gems are from Creative Charms.  I welded the font for "your Smile" on my gypsy (Songbird Cricut Cartridge).

Doesn't this picture just make you want to smile too?  It's pretty hard to be around her without finding the corners of your mouth curling up into a smile like hers...  My journal box follows the title with:  (your Smile) *makes my heart happy all day... *brightens up the room when you walk in... *reminds me why I love being your mom... *is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...

Thanks for joining me today!!  I hope you've enjoyed sharing this special layout with me.

I created this layout for the following challenges (please click on their buttons to visit them and play along!):

Challenge #39 -- We're Going Floral

scrapbook sundays #11

Until next time,