You can never be too happy - Stuck?! Sketches DT reveal

I'm so excited with my first DT reveal for Stuck?! Sketches, with October 1st sketch.

This is my 2nd term at Stuck?!, and I love working with Laura Whitaker's sketches.

This is the current sketch:

For this lo I've used my September Counterfeit Kit. It feels so good to use my stash (but yet, it feels better having some more... LOL).

This sketch took me out of my comfort zone, as I'm usually not a multi-photos scrapper. 3 photos on one layout is pretty much for me :).

You can see the different takes on this sketch by the other DT. Some used only one photo, while the others used 3-5 photos. 

So how about joining us with your take on this awesome sketch? We would love to see your takes.

Here are some close-ups:

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Birthday Girl

September challenge at White With 1 is a bit of a challenge for me, as I normally don't use much pink (or my boys won't like my layouts...LOL), and marshmallow is not one of my fav colors to work with,  but a challenge is  a challenge, and I just love challenges!

I also challenged myself to make a mixed media background but a pastel and stuble one, so here's what I made for this challenge, with a photo of me, on my 4th birthday:

For my lo, I used lots of stencils with modeling paste, punches, dies, mist and peral pen. I really love how soft and subtle is the background, and I also love the texture of it.
Here are some close-ups on the details:

A list of some of the products:
cardstock - American Crafts;
mist - Mister Huey's 'First Kiss';
disterss ink - Ranger TH 'Worn Lipstick';
punches: Martha Stewart (monarch butterfly & royal butterfly; punch around the page franch scroll;
stencils: Tim Holtz 'Dot Fade Layering'; The Crafter's Workshop 'Mini Quatrefoil Reversed' & 'Mini Ledger'; Prima 'Circular Lattice'.
dies: Die-namics (mini royal roses and large royal rose), Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Romantic Rectangles'; Memory Box ('Tessatina Border' & 'Virtuso Music'); Cheery Lynn Designs 'mini fanciful flourish'.
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Good Enough

Edit: on the 'Watch List' at CSI

This is my take on several fab challenges - CSI, OUAS and Mixed Media place, but first let me tell you that I was very inspired and encouraged to make this page by my bloogy friend Val Thorpe, on one of our chatting, so big thank you, Val :-).

My page is about what something we rarely speak about - Postnatal Depression... Yes, I've had it after I gave birth to my 2nd child. It was a very difficult period in my life, but I go over it. And it takes some courage, I think, to admit it and talk about it. I've learned so much at that period, and the most important lesson that was learnt is that good enough mother is really enough.

Here's the sketch from Once Upon A... Sketch, drawn by the talented Nadia Cannizzo:

The journaling creteria was: Lesson Learnt... and my jouranling, in Hebrew, says: 

"This is the story of what we don't speak about - postnatal depression. Till my second labor, I considered myself as a good mother, in fact I thought I was a very good mother. After I had my 2nd labor, I thought I was the worst mother on earth. Since then, each day I learn that perhaps I'm not the best mom in the world, but I am a good enough mom, and that is the best."

Here's case file #106 at CSI:

And this is how I solved the case:

Scheme - all 5 colors are there.

Evidence - ombre effect, arrows, grid design (kind of... the background under the photo was created by placing paper pieces in sort of a grid design), stripes, circles, white background.

Testimony - I used the inspiration words 'good' and 'be' (am..) for my title and for my jouranling (see above).

For this layout I used lots of scraps, mainly MME and EP. I also used lots of Prima's goodies. The photo frame was made with Spellbinders dies and the doily was made with Cheery Lynn's die.

Here are some close-ups on the details:

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דף שהכנתי בהשראה של כמה אתגרים. הג'ורנלינג מספר על מה שבד"כ לא מדברים עליו - דכאון שלאחר לידה. סבלתי ממנו לאחר הלידה השניה, ואחד השיעורים הגדולים שלמדתי אז הוא שגם אם אני לא האמא הכי טובה בעולם, אני אמא מספיק טובה, וזה טוב מאד.

תודה שקפצתן לבקר ותודה מיוחדת למי שטורחת וגם משאירה תגובה. אני מאד מעריכה את ההשקעה.