Layout - Cousins (challenge)

This layout was also created as a challenge to use certain supplies:
- 2 purple flowers (layered on layout)
- 10 gems
- 2 tags (used as "pull" for hidden journaling)
- green ribbon
- tongue depresser (painted, sanded, letter stickers added, then Mod Podge)
- scrap of lime green paper (vellum layered on top to soften color)

Photo was enlarged and converted to B&W before printed. Edges are sanded.

Hidden journaling reads:
"When the Moores are in town, a family gathering of some sort usually develops at Sherry's house. This weekend was no different. We celebrated Maggie's birthday and enjoyed each other's company. I really love when these casual evenings coincide with our weekends with Spencer so that he can play with his cousins in the wide open spaces available at Sherry's. On this particular evening, I wandered into the front yard to make sure all three kids were still alive and I found them playing on this rock (and Teddy hanging from a tree). And of course, my being the scrapbooker-at-heart, took this as the perfect photo opportunity. Only slightly annoyed, the kids obliged as I snapped several photos - mostly silly with a few attempts at serious. Though none of them turned out to be photo studio perfect, they are all perfect to me, showcasing their wonderful personalities and capturing the fun they were having that evening."