Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend, and are having a decent start to your week. I'm excited to bring you my first post as a new DT member for Use Your Words. Seeing as how I have TONS of photos and hoarded supplies, this is going to be a great push for me to use them. In case you haven't heard of them, here is a bit of information about them.
Our challenges will be posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. You will have until the 29th of the month to complete the challenge. On the 1st and 15th you will be given a challenge inspiration word. This word can be used as your title or in your journaling. We MUST see the word somewhere on your project.
Our challenge this week is the word Story. For all of the details, click HERE. Here is my interpretation...
As you can see, there are no photos on my layout. I wanted to do something that was close to my heart and had been an idea in the back of my mind for a while. This is a VERY personal situation for me. I was baptized as a baby in a Catholic church, but I chose to become a Christian on December 3, 2011. I'm still considered a "baby Christian" by many friends who have been Christians for a lot longer, but I am just as dedicated to living the same, faithful life as they are. I wanted to make sure that my daughter was being guided in the right direction as well, and am thankful that He has shown her the way too.
On this layout, I used some new goodies from the Studio Calico Roundabout kit. It's travel based, but I really thought the papers would go well with my theme. I also combined them with one of my favorite Verve stamps (Philippians 4:13 plain jane), and some items I got in my Simon Says Stamp June card kit. The stamp in the bottom right was a perfect fit for this. A bit of Mister Hueys mist, some washi tape, and some stitching and I was done.
To be honest, I was a LOT nervous about this first layout, as it's the first I've created in over two years. I wasn't sure I was going to be able to make anything that was even close to the amazing projects that my fellow DT friends have created for you today. I decided to keep it simple, and do what made me happy, and am satisfied with how it turned out.
I do hope you'll head over to see the gorgeous projects posted on the Use Your Words challenge blog. They're gorgeous!
Back soon with another crafty post!
Hugs!
4 comments:
I love that you shared this beautiful and very personal story. Your layout is fantastic and I really like that you didn't use a photo. Beautifully executed.
I just loved your theme and the colors you used!!!
What a wonderful layout! The wonderful thing about scrapping is that there isn't anything that is "wrong", just do what feels right to you!
That's awesome...I love that you have journalled "your story"...I must do that!
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