Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday and that you will make it even better by celebrating 

National Scrapbooking Day 

with Unity and {ippity}!  

Today we have a Blog Hop for you and are also issuing a challenge to you for a chance to WIN!!  

One lucky person who participates in our NSD challenge this week will win the newest 

Unity Scrapbooking Kit 

and also the upcoming 

{ippity} scrapbooking New Release!!

If you are arriving here by way of Heather then you are on the right track. 

But to start at the beginning of the NSD Blog Hop, 

please head over to the Unity Blog to start the Hop 

and then follow the links to the rest of the blogs from there!

Maria was kind enough to make an awesome sketch for us to use.  It includes two 12 x 12 sketches that could be used separately or together for a double page spread.

I chose to use the single layout on the right for my page.

This sketch was the perfect one to use for these recent pictures I got of my son. His name is Ricky and he has a very original pattern of freckles on his face. If you were to connect the freckles on the left side of his face (the right side in the photo) you would be able to form a half smile!

To create the title for this page I used Alphabetically Adorable by {ippity}.

The smile was created by hand!

Can you see Ricky's freckles in this shot? I repeated the theme of dots on the layout by stamping circles using the dotted  background stamp from the {ippity} Love in Return set. I also added buttons and clusters of buttons to continue the "dot" theme. I also added a border on top of the center strip using the same dotted stamp!

The original stamp comes from the Love in Return set also!

The journaling reads...

"Look closely at Ricky's face and notice the row of freckles that if you 

connect like a dot-to-dot it would form  half a smile.  He's Unique!

The sketch was great to play with (thanks Maria!) and we sure hope you will give it a try too!!

I am the last stop for the NSD Blog Hop,
but we would love for you to head over to the
{ippity} blog 
Where Eryn has flattered our fabulous DT member Maria Gurnsey!!

Have a wonderful Saturday and be sure to visit the
Unity Forum on SCS for the last day of their
2nd Anniversary Celebration!