Digi Dare #196

Here's a page for a dare at The Digi Dares. The dare was to scrap a miracle and keep the layout mostly white. As usual, this challenge really was a challenge! I scrapped about something that happened just a few days after my youngest brother committed suicide.

Journaling says: Two days after you died, we were all still in shock. The family was gathering together, grieving and asking a million questions, chief among them, “Why?”

I was standing outside the farm on the patio. It was very late and very dark. I was waiting for our cousin and his family to arrive from VT. I looked westward at the clear, cold autumn sky and began talking to you. Finally, I said, “Joel, I just need a sign... I need you to let me know that you are OK.” A second later a shooting star streaked across the October sky, followed moments later by another.

Your stars were my answer and your answer is my miracle.

Credits: "Casual Attraction" collaboration by mgl Scraps and Studio Flergs: acrylic stars, journaling mat; "Valentines" by Starlight Designs: paper; "Xmas2" by Natali Design: star; "Peace, Love & Presents" collaboration by Pickleberry Pop: star swirl; "Creation 23" collaboration by Catherine Paturet and Dawn Vander Stoep; "Glitter Style Set 2 CU" by Luiza Garay: glitter style; Font: Pea Squeaker; Adobe PSCS3.

The Thinking Tree

One more page with Scrap That Idea products...

Digital Kit: "Live, Laugh, Love" by AWP-Designs by Vicki; Font: Pea Smashtastic

Seriously? Three Months Since My Last Post???

I almost forgot how to post a new entry, it's been so long since I've been on here. But, I have been scrapping like a crazy person....here are some recent pages, using some great product from Scrap That Idea. (Thanks to Scrap N' Art magazine and Scrap That Idea for making this possible!)

I am not sure why the focus of these pages is feet...

Digital Kit: "Beautiful" by Sweet Blossom Designs by Sara ; Alpha: "It's The Tooth Fairy" by Stacey's Scraps

Digital Kit: "Joyful" by Mel Hains Designs; Font: Salamander

Puddle Jumpers

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE SCRAP N' ART/GET SKETCHY/SRM STICKERS BLOG TRAIN, YOU CAN FIND IT HERE!  CHOO-CHOO! 

My sister-in-law Danielle created another gorgeous kit called "April Showers," which is available at her shop at Divine Digital.  Anyway, here's a page I created using it:

Credits:  "April Showers" by Danielle's Designs; Typewriter font; Adobe PSCS3

Choo-Choo!!! It's a Blog Train!

Its time for a blog train and this one is awesome! The design teams of Scrap N'Art and Get Sketchy have teamed up together, along with SRM Stickers to provide you with inspiration and prizes!

Here's the inspiration...Get Sketchy provided this sketch:

This is the layout I created using it:

Credits:  Digital kit: "Watercolor Whimsy" by Amanda Sok (ScrapGirls.com); Fonts: Impact, Pea Carmen and Pea Devon Caps, Sketch: "Get Sketchy, Sketch #30"; Adobe PSCS3

And here is what you need to do! Visit each blog on the list below. Each blogger will have a "special word" noted in their post! If you visit every blog, the words will create a sentence. After you have the full sentence, your last stop will be at the Scrap N'Art blog. You will find an email address in that final post. Email the full sentence and you will be entered to win a subscription and a prize pack from Scrap N'Art! There will be TWO winners for those prizes! Also, anyone who leaves comments on the blog posts at SRM Stickers and at Get Sketchy will be entered to win prizes from those sites as well!

What are you waiting for? If you started here, you need to head back to the beginning of the train so you don't miss a single stop! Here's the order of the blog train and we hope you have fun!

Oh, and the special word from my blog is... "READERS"!


Bree Tetz - http://www.artsyfartsyscraproom.blogspot.com/
Camille Young - http://camillescropcorner.blogspot.com/
Dora Dekker - http://scrappersfun.blogspot.com/
Anja Curvers - http://scrappietoo.blogspot.com/
Grace Tolman - http://tolmanchronicles.blogspot.com/
Lenet Mos - http://scraplenet.blogspot.com/
Lisa Forsythe - http://sendingsmileswithpaperandink.blogspot.com/
Sherri Thompson - http://sherrithompson.blogspot.com/
Staphanie Muzzulin - http://handmade75.blogspot.com/
Ami Godfrey - http://basicallyami.blogspot.com/
Amy Hadley - http://intothecrazyblue.blogspot.com/
Carol Zeitz - http://www.cpzdesigns.com/
Cathleen Smith - http://www.3boysandabus.com/
Rebecca Price - http://byondbzr.blogspot.com/
Danielle Gray - http://danielle-designs.blogspot.com/
Nicole Polhamus - http://www.crop-a-holic.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Ziegler (me) - http://www.digi-scrapping.blogspot.com/
Jenn Hochlan - http://jennck.blogspot.com/
SRM STICKERS - http://srm-stickers.blogspot.com/
ScrapNʼART Blog http://www.scrapnart.com/blog/

Have fun and good luck!

Honest Scrap Award!

Alright, I just got tagged with the Honest Scrap Award by my sister-in-law Danielle! I am now supposed to list ten truths about myself and then pass this along to others! So here we go:

1. I am crazy about the Enneagram (I am an 8w9.) and I've typed most of my family and friends.

2. I have six tattoos and plans for at least two more.

3. I am a conspiracy theorist and proud of it -- the paranoid ones are the ones who survive!  LOL

4. In November 2008, I started practicing Aikido and I am in the dojo two to five times per week. 

5. One of my most under-used talents is shooting pool.

6. I love to go to county fairs and dive bars.

7. I hate spiders.

8. My beverage of choice is a dry, full-bodied red wine. (But at a dive bar, I drink beer right out of the bottle.)

9. My favorite novel is Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund; my favorite series is The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and my favorite work of non-fiction is The Great Influenza by John M. Barry.

10. I am frequently underestimated.

So, now I tag Caren!

Vroom!

I feel like I haven't done a layout of my son in awhile.  Here is one I created of my dear, sweet boy with some fabulous products I picked up at Shabby Princess (thanks to Scrap N' Art magazine!). 

Digital Kits: "Barefoot," "Gabby," "Giggle Box," and "Sandbox"; Elements: "Things That Go"; Font: SP Shabby Squiggles (all from Shabby Princess); Adobe PSCS3