Puppy Love layout

Hi you all this is from LOAD514-Day 11. The theme was VIP's and the prompt was: Puppy Love. This prompt could go in so many different directions but I thought this would be the perfect time to document Barney our dog, the first pet I ever known. Barney and I we have a special connection.

This layout was also inspired by a sketch at Sketch~N~Scrap: Inspired by Sketch #5:

The background paper I chose was a piece from last month's Counterfeit kit and it was a fun one for this layout cause it already had some elements printed on it, couple of borders and a picture spot.
I have one drawer dedicated to dog theme paper, so I pulled out 2 pattern pieces of paper one for the borders and one for the main photo mat.

I also pulled the Hello tag from pebbles tags with included letter to spell out Barney's name from SS 24/7 sticker sheet, the word stickers came from 2 sheets: Adorit: Lucky Dog and from Peminisce: Dog.

 The journaling card came from Recollections Journal Card Pad: Laugh (part of this month's kit)

 The #1 pet ribbon is from Craft Essentials which is from JoAnns, $1.00 bin. The Puppy and the

Love came from Jolee's boutique Title waves dimensional stickers (it's got a fuzzy feel on top on them too), I made a border with the extra stickers from the pack.

Barney was very special in my life. She said (my Mom) that when she was carrying me a bat had somehow gotten into the house, Barney had it cornered and while Mom was trying to get him away from the bat, his claws left a scratch on her stomach and she says that is the same marking (birth mark) that I have on my right temple. She says that is how I got it, no wonder I don't like bats near me but that is another story. So I carry around a memory of Barney with me all my life and a good conversation story when I'm asked what I did to my head. Not so much now compare to when I was a kid, I even had someone ask if I had brain surgery :)
Thanks for stopping by today, do you have a favorite story to tell from your past?