Monday, April 11, 2011

A day of happinees and a wee bit of sadness.

Well today is my youngest sons 10th birthday. Double digits--make me sad. It only puts him closer to the teenage years. He is the youngest that means my days of having "children" are becoming no more. Soon I will be a mom of young men. UGH!
I think this has been secretly bothering me for a couple of weeks becuz without hesitation I have been scrappin his baby pictures (which BTW are looon overdue for scrappin) with such ease. Since I started scrappin late in their childhood I have this thing about saving these photos for the just the right paper or just the right challenge only becuz there arent as many to scrap as I would like. See I was a digi camera rebel for waaay too long. The first ones were soo horrible and the camera I had was one awesome 35mm that I had for years and it took such good pictures, until the day it gave up. Of course that day came at one of our low points economically wise so I had to make do with some disposables (worst pics EVA).

Anyways I saw a challenge for lots of handwritten journaling with a sketch of I knew when I saw it - it was perfect for the only picture I have of me and him when he was a baby. Oh gosh the amt of emotions I had swirling thru my brain during pregnancy--it was soo good to get them down on paper after all these years. I wanted it to come out just right and even now that I have finally done the page I am still not sure it sounds like I meant it. But it is done and boy did it feel good to get it done.

So if you have something like this on your mind-trust me this challenge is just for you. Hop on over to Once upon a sketch blogspot and get 'er done!

Here's my take

8 comments:

  1. WOW!! Awesome take on the challenge and feel so humbled that you opened up your heart from a Challenge at Once Upon.... Your journalling is so heartfelt and wonderful!
    Lou xx

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  2. full of magic and passion ....love love love it !!!!great colours and fantastic journaling ..
    big hugz x

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  3. Tami this is simply beautiful. I love all the journaling down the side, the clustering & paper selection is great. All in all you have done a wonderful jot!! Thanks for joining in at OUAS :)

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  4. Hi! Thanks for joining us at Once Upon A...Sketch. This is great take on the sketch..!I LOVE THIS! I love how you went ALL out with the journalling! FANTASTIC Work...so touching. Take care! NAdia.

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  5. This looks wonderful. Great take on the sketch!

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  6. I really love your page and the journaling, well done, it is truly beautiful.

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  7. Very nice page! This is my favourite mode to make scrapbooking! Your calligraphy is absolutely fantastic! Thanks to play whit us on Once Upon A sketch! I'm your new follower! :*

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