Unbearably Cute

Here are my husband and my Mother again.  This time they are posed for the camera with a very decorated bear.  We were never sure what the purpose of the bears were.  They were all over Hendersonville, NC - a lovely little town about 20 miles from Asheville - last summer.  Each bear was painted up differently.  Lenny and Mother picked this one to pose with as he was decked out in black and white, my Mother's favorite and currently what she was wearing.

If scrapbooking were fashion, I'd be committing a major faux pas in mixing black and white and navy.  That pretty little chevron there is actually a dark navy but I don't care. I loved it and all the other pretty papers that coordinate with it from PB&J by Basic Grey.  My husband is wearing dark blue in the photo so I'll use that as my excuse. The 6x6 paper pad is going a long way.

The layout is from Artfuldelight's June challenge.  I'm also entering this at Two Peas for Memory Keeping Monday.  The emphasis this week is on ways to add color and pattern to wooden embellishments.  I misted my heart. The woodgrain shows through the mist so it just has a subtle color. The arrows are embossed in gold.

Also on the layout are some old die cuts from Crate Paper. I love it when I can mix old with new and even black and navy blue!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ingredients:  DSP:  background is River Rock by SU!; PB&J 6x6 paper pad from Basic Grey
Thickers:  Marquis, Forest and Paperback from American Crafts
Stickers:  Bella Blvd.
Wood embellishments:  Studio Calico
Brads:  Teresa Collins