and the winner is...

Melissa from Baton Rouge, who said:

" i love this!! just became a follower. Love your blog. "

Melissa please e-mail me {click on the button in the sidebar} your mailing info and I will send the "little moments" art print along to you.

Today over at write.click.scrapbook. the new Design Team Gallery is revealed, as it is every 1st of the month. We were challenged to create a layout using just 5 products {cardstock, pen, printer ink didn't count}. It's okay, we're allowed to do mini-albums, too! Lucky for me, right?

THE COVER

I started with a sheet of patterned paper and trimmed the journaling spots down. I then covered my chipboard cover with adhesive and some scrap fabric.

DESIGN TIP  |  Having completed the project, I will offer you this tip. I found it easier to adhere the fabric to one side of the heavyweight cardstock and trim, then adhere the untrimmed fabric to the back side of the cardstock and trim again. Fabric tends to stretch a bit and it was much easier to trim after adhering than cutting to size and adhering. But, you do what works best for you.

INTERIOR PAGES

I had not yet written my note, on the bracket journaling spot, to the kids sharing my feelings with them about how they're growing from little babies into big kiddos!

Me and my three kiddos last year on Mother's Day. The round embellishment was cut from the cardstock, too, and adhered with a jump ring.

My oldest and me in Germany on the right and the journaling spot on the left details the photo on the front {Mother's Day photo}.

My middle and me. She did not like to smile for the camera and now she thinks she is a poser-extraordinaire!

My youngest and me. We used to call her Sweet Pea, but she quickly became Spunky.

The last page with the journaling card to Victoria and a journaling card at the end.

I loved that this paper had "growth" and "peas" as a theme. Three peas in a pod, three kiddos...it just worked for me. 

The fabric was used in the nursery for both girls as a swag above the crib, so I have LOTS of it...it was taken down when Spunky moved into her big girl bed. Boo hoo. No more babies for me.