a winner, a layout and a butterfly

Thanks to everyone for your nice comments and for welcoming me to the write. click. scrapbook. team. It's going to be a fun year! I selected a winner using random.org and the result was--

Which means the winner is Karen Moore. Congratulations! You are the winner of the Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files!


Now here's a look at my full layout for the write. click. scrapbook. June gallery.

And just a little peek before I go. I was mesmerized watching my butterflies emerge from their chrysalides last week! It was truly amazing! This one stayed on Mason's finger for a little while before flying away.

I'll have lots more of the butterfly pics to share on Thursday! I took quite a few shots that I still need to finish going through. So stay tuned and have a great week!

write. click. scrapbook. blog hop

The wonderful and inspiring website, Write. Click. Scrapbook. is celebrating its 3rd birthday today!


I'm happy to announce that I've been asked to be a member of the team over at Write. Click. Scrapbook. This is a fabulous site with tons of inspiration for all things scrapbooking... and like the name implies, not only scrapbooking, but photography and journaling too. There is a monthly gallery of layouts, weekday posts filled with great information and lots of ideas, giveaways on Thursdays and Saturday posts that include challenges, prompts, printables and sketches. Each Sunday a favorite photo and inspiring quote is shared by a team member.


My favorite part of Write. Click. Scrapbook. is the monthly galleries that are filled with layout inspiration. My layout for the June gallery was inspired by this lovely layout that was created by Paula Gilarde:

Here's a sneak peek of my layout for this month's gallery --

Click here to check out June's gallery for lots of wonderful scrappy inspiration.


As a part of the fun today, I'm giving away a set of Heidi Swapp Color Magic Memory Files. Add your favorite ink, mist or paints to customize the outside. You can either create unique layouts on the inside or cut them apart and use them on your layouts. Very fun!

Just leave a comment below before Sunday at midnight central time and I'll randomly select a winner!

And before you go, the letter you need to collect from me is --

Now be sure to visit all of the team member blogs to collect the letters you will need to win a fabulous box of scrapbook goodies at Write. Click. Scrapbook. Okay, keep going! Next on the blog hop is Diane Payne.

this or that thursday: monarch chrysalis

Remember the caterpillars from last week? They are no more. They have each turned into a chrysalis. The first two are hanging underneath a brick window ledge and the third is happily becoming a butterfly inside his own little home.


First they hung in a J position for a day.

Then the chrysalis started to form, and I mean it happened fast! About an hour after I checked and saw the caterpillar still in a J, I went back and found the partially formed chrysalis.

And just a little while later, they looked like this. I think they're such a lovely shade of green.

Their chrysalides eventually became solid green with a touch of beautiful gold accents. They haven't changed much in the last week.


This is #1...

and #2...

and #3 tucked away in the bug habitat.

The chrysalides are exquisite just like the monarch butterflies they will become. They look as if someone painted them with a tiny strip and a few dots of pure gold. Here's a closer look.

I'm checking on them all throughout each day for changes in hopes that I won't miss #1 and #2 flying away. At least I will have #3 if I miss the other two. It should be any day now!

**Update -- I can totally see the monarch's wing through the chrysalis this morning so it looks like today will be the day! I'm posting iphone pics on my instagram feed in real time (username is debduty). I'll post an update on my blog  next week!




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Time to link up again! There are just a few rules:

• submit the url of your blog post, not your home page
• link up a photo that was taken by you
• include a link back to my blog in your post (you can use the button or a text link if you prefer)
• visit a few other blogs and leave some comment love 

Okay, now let's see what you've been shooting!

project life: week 17

Week 17 was a fabulous and fun week because it included lots of time with cousins and a crawfish boil! Hard to top that! Once again, I love how the colors of clementine came together to look so beautiful with my photos. I took a lot of pics of my layout this week so let's get right to it.

left side:

right side:

And a few detail shots of this week's layout including...


...the washi

the instagrammed stamp (I purchase the stamp from Studio Calico, but I can't find it in the shop so I'm not sure if it's still available)

a few more instagrams...

and another 4x6 pocket (the label that can be found here).

Check out more Project Life inspiration every Tuesday at The Mom Creative.