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Working with those beautiful pictures Christa took of Kat is so fun! All the layouts in this post feature some of those pictures.

This first layout is a lift from a layout frame I saw in Creating Keepsakes magazine. It had a shadowbox effect and this incredible flourish border around it. I loved that and just had to recreate it. The wooden word and fleur d' lis are colored with a copper marker to get a little sheen.

This layout is a combination of two of August 2010 Page Maps sketches. I've had these charms for several years. They were leftover from some VBS project, so I knew someday I'd want to use them. The doors in these pictures and the beautiful lighting just seemed perfect for that. The papers are all K&Company. The fiber is Basic Grey.

Christa did such an amazing job catching Kat's eyes in her photos. I just loved they way that the top photo here focused on the eyes. It's truly one of my favorites. For this layout, I used Bazzil cardstock, K&Company and DCWV patterned paper. The ribbon is paper ribbon from Walmart.

Speaking of eyes, Kat rolled hers when I read her this quotation sticker, but I've had it for years and always wanted to use it. In the end she approved this layout. Patterned paper is K&Company and cardstock is Bazzil. The buttons are from that antique jar I bought. The photo turns are from DCWV. Oh and the quotation? "All the things I prayed you'd be all the things you are. You were once my little girl and now my shining star." Yeah, okay, it's a little sappy, but sweet and I just like it. I did ink the edges to keep it from being too little girly.