It's a dog's life!

Today is exciting (for me, at least) because Imaginisce is launching monthly sketch contests on their blog, and I'm loving sketches lately. Especially this fab one by fellow DT member Julie Bonner.


When I was decided what to do with it, I happened onto some photos I snapped of our Labradoodle (Labrador Retriever + Poodle). It's about time Lilah got some layout love. We've had her for over a year and she is, without a doubt, the sweetest member of this family. There's not a mean bone in her body, and she not only lets the girls dress her up, lead her around and do who-knows-what-else to her, but I think she actually kind of likes it. Anything for attention.

The best part about Lilah is that she's decided, even though she weighs nearly 70 pounds, she would like to be a lap dog. At first, we protested and made her stay off the couch and off of our laps. But I guess we're just total suckers because lately, we've given in. And that makes Lilah very happy.


I stitched the outer circle on my sewing machine with three different colors of thread on Kraft cardstock. All the other supplies are from the Scooter's Vacation collection from Imaginisce. It was perfect for this layout.

Check out the Imaginisce blog for details on how you can enter your interpretation of this sketch in their monthly contest!

76 comments:

mustangkayla said...

Adorable layout!

Mary Ellyn said...

Love the labrodoodle

Anonymous said...

the stitched circle looks great!!!! And what a cute puppy dog!

Bobbi said...

Aww, she is so cute. The layout is too! LOL TFS

Unknown said...

sweet pics - great take on the sketch

some kind of wonderful said...

awww...what a sweet layout!

pdrnc said...

Awesome stitched circles. Great LO. Lisa

Lan said...

Very sweet photos, great take on the sketch.

Jamie Simms said...

Love the pics!!

fong33 said...

Love the stitching and the clean kraft space!

Mryia said...

Love the little heart as a flower center! What a great idea!

Carla said...

Very cute layout!! And dog! I love all the circular stitching you did on this!

jude said...

love the LO, especially the little dog in the corner

Manhattan Mandie said...

Cute layout! I love the story behind the photos too! We have an Australian Shepard mix and her "bed" is our couch! Who knew we where buying her a $600 dog bed, LOL!

pattyb said...

Love how you stitched the circles...so cute.

Sophia said...

Super cute LO...

karahoward said...

I love that your sewn circles don't have to be perfect circles!! I can do that:)

Erica912 said...

Cute LO and pic!

Michelle said...

Love your layout - pics are sweet!

Eryn said...

Love the stitching...wish I could get mine to look good!

chenguna said...

How cute is that!

Angela Muniz said...

belo..... hermoso....

Anonymous said...

Cute!!! I just love animal layouts!

Melanie said...

Cute...love the stitched circle!

Pinque Scrapbooking said...

Love it! so fun and I love the stitching

Craft Confectionery said...

Wow, very NICe! Denise

Emily said...

Cute! Love the sewing and the dog ribbon.

scrapping4twins said...

Your pup is way too cute! Love the layout! TFS! I love that they are doing a monthly sketch challenge!

DebiJ said...

Love your hand drawn circle on this delightful LO - just sets it off!

Christy said...

This is one of my favorites! Great Job!

Anonymous said...

This is wonderful and I absolutely LOVE the heart in the middle of your flower!

smahrty said...

Love the tri color stitching, thanks for sharing in the hop!

JenE said...

Great stitching job!!! Love the colors and pp you used!

DaniH said...

Might have to scraplift this one?! Hope you don't mind! Our puppy is also a 70 lb lap dog... Aren't they the best?

Robin said...

I like the stitching on your layout. Love how the red paper matches the "puppy's" nose! Cute.

Anonymous said...

your layout is wonderful, I like the stitching great job!!!

Lyndal said...

Gorgeous take on the sketch Robyn :)

arlsmom aka Lynda said...

Such a fantastic page Robyn...miss ya girlie!

Jennifer Priest said...

Awww so cute!!

Donna Espiritu said...

love your take on the sketch,robyn! so cute, and love those paper pleats :)

Erika M. said...

Awesome layout!

Unknown said...

Love the ruffled ribbon. Great layout!

Kelly said...

Love it! Love the ribbon!!

Fabi Ormerod said...

ohhhhhhhhhhh he´s such a cutie!!!! lovely lo.

Teresa Jaye said...

love your layout, can't wait to try the sketch myself - as soon as I'm done the blog hop!

Tracy said...

Great take on the sketch and cute puppy.

StacyC said...

What a cute puppy!! Great job with the sketch..

Amy said...

Cute layout!

Lori C. said...

Love the dogs! My daughter wants this line so badly!!! Great layout! Love, Lori C.

mica said...

Your page is adorable!! Cute pics!!

Brittney Aldous said...

Great stitching!

Chocolate Mousie said...

Your pup is CUTES! I love the heart flower and paper folding you've done.

serena said...

love the circle stitching

Lola said...

Big lap dogs are the best.

Jennifer Hansen said...

What a sweet pooch.

Audra said...

super cute pup... great lo!!

Cindy F said...

Super cute LO - I'm a big fan of kraft c/s. The stitching is great.

Cathy Bautista said...

Love your take on the sketch!!!

Unknown said...

I'm a sucker for simple layouts and I
adore yours! (:

BoxerBrats said...

I always fall for the dog layouts, and this one is great. I love the stitching and the title. Excellent take on the sketch!

Aninha said...

i love this....

Me-Ma Kim said...

LOVE the stitching, it just makes it POP!
Me-Ma Kim

Pammejo said...

Love this layout. Great take on the sketch

Anonymous said...

Very cute puppy!

Jessy Christopher said...

Have to agree with the random stitching you did over and over again!! That's brilliant for a circle!! TFS

Gail Knowles said...

ROBYN.. I love this LO and love the sketch !!

She's a Color Queen said...

What a great layout, and how could you resist keeping her off the couch anyway? She looks much more comfortable on it!

Kelly English said...

What a sweet LO! I love it!

Kylee and Skylar said...

So Cute!

Michelle H. said...

Gorgeous,LO!!
Love the trim you added and the cute little dog die cut!

Short Scrapper said...

Love the stitches!!! TFS

susana said...

Wouuu is so cute and sweet your version, nice pictures, thanks for share!

Hugs from México.

Suzy said...

Great layout~! Thanks for the chance to win.
~Suzy

Grace Ma said...

Great job on the stitching! I love the cute dog sticker at the corner too :)

Abby Beard said...

Aww.. great layout, I love this collection!

Charity Hassel said...

Robyn, be sure to check out my blog! YOU won the october Afternoon papers!
meaningfulmenagerie.blogspot.com

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