Day 265: Give Me Faith Day 1

Today in my Breaking Free (Beth Moore) Bible Study Class, the leader of the class played the song "Give Me Faith" by Elevation Worship as a way to prepare our hearts, minds, and souls for the video we would be watching. It really spoke to me in that it reminded me of how I felt when I went to Walk to Emmaus.  I thought I would make a page of some of the lyrics.  I used puzzle pieces from K and Co., stickers by Heidi Grace, and Staz On Ink from Tsukineko and a stamp set from Stampin' Up! to add words to the puzzle pieces.  I am letting everything dry overnight and will finish this page tomorrow.

Day 217: Happy Birthday with Yoda: A Happy Birthday You Must Have

My son wanted to have his photo taken with his Yoda toy for his birthday. I wanted to use Star Wars paper, but all I had was red or blue, and I really needed green because my son was wearing a green shirt, and Yoda is green.  So, I just used some Simply Asparagus paper by My Mind's Eye as the background.

The quote I chose for this page is written the way Yoda speaks:  "8 you are...A Happy Birthday You Must Have".  I used a variety of letter fonts to make this quote, although I did try to stick to the same font for each word so it would be a little more uniform in style.  This was inspired by Trudy Sigurdson's book, Embellished Emotions for Scrapbookers:  Adding Your Personal Touch to Poems, Quotes, and Sayings.

I used my Copic Green Garden marker to color the number "8" (Paperbilities), the "Happy Birthday" plaque (Making Memories), and the chipboard letters in "Have" (unknown). The green "you" stickers are by Heidi Grace. All other letters and numbers were in my stash, manufacturers unknown.  I added the Yoda sticker at the bottom of the quote, just like you might see a famous person's name after a quote. I punched a hexagon shape from green paper with my Creative Memories punch and used it to back the hexagon-shaped Star Wars sticker and placed that above the photo. I made a banner from chipboard pennant pieces by Jenni Bowlin.  I colored the pennant shapes with my Copic marker and attached them to some sparkly green ribbon in my stash. I added three number 8s from my stash onto the pennants, and hung the banner in the upper left corner of the photo.  Star Wars and Yoda stickers by Creative Imaginations.  Journaling pen by Creative Memories.

Day 142: How to Scrap A School Photo Using Pink!

I dug through my stash of goodies to find embellishments for this school photo of my daughter. It is hard to find "school" embellishments that are pastel colors.  In order to be used for boys and girls, manufacturers of scrapbook products tend to produce items in primary colors.The background  paper is one I had originally bought to use for my daughter's dance album, and then she decided not to dance anymore.  The mulberry paper was from a friend who moved away. I used a library pocket by Marcella by K to journal her school information.  I used the initial "h" by Making Memories to embellish the library pocket.  I wrapped a little scrapper's floss by Karen Foster around one of the legs to add some texture and color to the "h".  Heart stickers and a pink flower from Heidi Grace further embellish the envelope. A quote from Making Memories is added to the top of the library card.  The quote reads "When I look at you I see the magnificence of another generation in your eyes."  A chipboard flower from my stash made a good base for some felt flowers from Stampin' Up! and a flower brad. Another smaller flower and brad enhance the library envelope. Floral tabs by Heidi Grace pull in the pink, yellow, and orange colors from my daughter's sweater. I used some mailbox numbers from Making Memories to show the year. I think it looks pretty good for a pink school picture page!

Day 135: Daisy Kids Completed

I chose this daisy background paper from Stemma Masterpiece Studios because it matched the colors of my niece's dress!  A sheet of vellum (Hot Off the Press) placed over the background made it a little more opaque.  I fussy cut the kids' photo from the portrait because I thought it would be cute if it looked like they were sitting in a field of flowers. Putting their photo in the corner allowed me room to spell out each of their names using chipboard flowers and sticker letters (Heidi Grace) on yellow card stock from Stampin' Up! and then make a border along the left side. I used a small Stampin' Up! flower stamp and ink to add the fuschia colored flowers to each of their name cards.