Forever and a Day!

A few weeks back, my ex-schoolmates called for a mini reunion gathering, just a small group of us at all the way at Subang Parade (I used to go to school in Subang), and we went together as a family since most of them wanted to meet my hubby and son.

Of all days, he decided to be l'enfant terrible! He refused to sit in his stroller, he fusses at the high chair, his usual cartoons can't cheer him up and poor daddy had to carry him around the mall so mummy can catch up with her old friends. I was thoroughly annoyed and embarrassed by his behavior and can't wait to just get home. When we were in the car, he even fussed in his car seat which isn't normally the case, he usually loves his car rides! So I had to defy all road safety etiquette and carry him otherwise daddy can't drive in peace. And then .... he fell asleep in my arms looking sooooo incredibly adorable and angelic and then all I can think of is, how can I ever stay annoyed at you for long! Then I felt so bad for being irritated with him, it's not his fault after all because I made him go out during his noon nap hour. I took a photo with my free hand and here's a scrap of this special moment.

I'll credit two fabulous challenge sites for the inspirations for this layout... firstly; Scrap-It-Lah with their November challenge and Sketchabilities' Sketch #58.

Below are the criteria for Scrap-It-Lah's November challenge by Debbi Tehrani of Little Scraps of Magic:

All layouts must please incorporate the following 

{thereafter any extras may be added} 

1. Layers - at least 6 
2. Stamping and/or embossing 
3. Tags or journaling cards incorporated into your design (not necessarily used to journal on but can be if you choose)

And this is the fabulous awesome Sketch #58 by Sketchabilities:

Here are some of close-ups:

Title tag; MME L&F2. Journaling tag; Simple Stories Generations.

All papers by Glitz' Vintage Blue.

Doilies and butterflies are stamped, embossed and fussy cut.

Flowers; Prima & Etsy, doiley; Kaisercraft, pearls; Zva.

Huge fabric bloom; Prima, chipboard flourishes; Maya Road.

Well, my lesson here is never to bring him out during his noon nap time, the result is disastrous. So no more brunches or luncheons with friends with baby in tow :(

I'm pretty happy with this layout, thanks to the awesome sketch, which inspired me to use these fabulous papers to their best, really awesome collection by Glitz! Also, I've been drowning in Christmas cards lately so I'm soooooo glad to get a short break away from cards to scrap this layout. I was almost losing my scrapping mojo lately, but this made me very very happy! Scrapping is such an awesome way to spend the weekend :)

Well, there's still plenty of time to enter Scrap-It-Lah's November challenge , check out the awesome RAK (Studio Calico's Tatting Kit which is available from Scrappin Studio) for the winner....

Drooling yet??? Hehehehe :P

Thanks for dropping by! Hope you're having a fabulous weekend! Cheerios!