altered ambitions

We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

~Aristotle

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

~Robert Collier

I couldn't decide on one quote to live by this week...so I chose 2, but I think that for this week that the 2nd one is my favorite and the one going on my kitchen blackboard.

So how are you all doing out there in blogland? I am running late today. I should have had this post up about 3-4 hours ago, but I have a little girl who is trying to give up her naps which I am NOT ready for yet...LOL!

As you all know, I have been hosting a Simply Scrapbook Sketch Challenge with Unity over on their Splitcoast forum. Well, Angela and AJ are constantly changing things up so that it stays super-fun which means that my challenges over there are no more... so for the time being, I am going to be running them from here on Mondays.

Last Monday I had announced that there would be a random prize drawn from everyone who completed all of the August sketches...your choice of Unity kits. I am still doing that...you will just have to link me up to your layout through my blog now instead. Just make sure to do all of the August one's by Sept. 1st. They are posted here every Monday in August.

So here's todays sketch:

For this layout, I worked with several pieces from the Work In Progress August Main kit. I LOVE Trish's kits and this one has definitely been one of my favorites. I just LOVE that SEI paper.


The theme of the layout is one that I have been planning to do for a while. Kat LOVES animals...almost to the point of obsession. She sees an animal {any kind-real, stuffed, photo} and she will just go ballistic trying to show you and get to it. This also applies to anything that might slightly resemble an animal...case in point, my fuzzy slipper socks. LOL! The day that I took these photos she carried my slipper socks around for a good 2-3 hours petting and cooing them. It was soooo cute!




For this layout, I used the Unity Kit of the Month from July. With the move, I feel like I have neglected this poor, cute little kit. I know that it isn't available anymore, but you probably are going to see more of it over the next couple of weeks because I really want to play with it some more. And if you haven't done so yet, go check out August's kit...it's just as cute! I just got in some paper today that I am planning to use with it!



Supplies Used:
*Unity July KOM-It's the Little Things
*SEI paper (WIP kit)
*Creative Imaginations paper (WIP kit)
*Chatterbox paper
*K&Co. paper
*SEI coasters (WIP kit)
*American Crafts Thickers (WIP kit)
*buttons