Scrapbooking faith milestones

I have not scrapped many of my boys' faith milestones. This one I did, though, because they shared it: First Communion.

Dominic is one year younger than Rowan, but he is in the same Sunday School class, so when the class started studying communion, he did too. Eventually, he asked, "Can I commune too?" I wasn't sure if he could, but I asked, and our church said he could, so he did. In addition to communing for the first time, both boys played music on Maundy Thursday--Rowan the piano and Dominic the violin--and at the end of the service, as the kids cleared the altar to prepare for Good Friday, Rowan removed the everlasting candle. It was a powerful service.

Here's the page I made to celebrate the occasion:

I used a sketch from Simple Scrapper. Not many embellishments, which I love to do, but the focus is on the story instead, which is OK.In case you're curious, the photo on the lower right is a reenactment of the DaVinci painting The Last Supper, which our church did throughout the Lenten service. My husband played Thaddeus (We called him Daddeus), and the final reenactment was on Maundy Thursday, the same day as my boys' first communion.

Thank you for sharing in this special moment for our family and the page I made to document our faith milestone!

Appreciating the everyday

Sometimes I get stuck scrapping big events, particularly trips we go on or big events like concerts or recitals. Still, most of my life is made up of the mundane, so I try to take the opportunity periodically to scrap the everyday. Here's a recent page:

I used a July story starter and sketch from Simple Scrapper to scrapbook my commute, which is blessedly short. It' a positive page, so I used happy colors on a white background to make the colors sing.  Most of these products came from my June Studio Calico kit, though I dug into stash to fill in the blanks.

And here are some details:

I decided to curl the edges of the papers to add some texture and extra color. I stamped and stitched to add some more texture and color as well.

See the blue smudge on the 1? That's an accident from when I stamped the word LOVE. When I saw it, I cursed silently then did the same to each number, pretending I did it on purpose. Heh.

I love the word bubble stamp--I cut it out and adhered it with dimensional stickers. *Note* I wrote the wrong time on the journaling--I actually end of leaving at 6:40 because my boys are slow. I'm going to write the correct time on another piece of paper and glue it over the wrong time, which I time I always shoot for.

Thank you for checking out my page! How often do you scrapbook the everyday? Do you like to scrap the everyday? Share!

A happy announcement!

I am thrilled to share that I will be a part of the design team at Scrapbook Circle! Here's a little about the company, as taken from their website:

Scrapbook Circle is a monthly kit club that designs a unique scrapbooking kit each month and mails it to their subscribers.  We create a kit each month filled with the most current scrapbooking products including patterned paper, custom embellishments and digital downloads.

When you become a subscriber of Scrapbook Circle kits, you are guaranteed a kit each month. We also will be offering our subscribers exclusive downloads, an idea gallery filled with kit ideas from our design team and fantastic customer service.

We also have a community page on Facebook where you can share ideas, share your layouts and interact with other Scrapbook Circle members.  You do not need to be a subscriber to join us on Facebook.

I love so much about Scrapbook Circle: their eclectic kits, their colors, their digital designs, and their sketches. I am thrilled to be working with them, and I hope you will check them out as well!

These were the pages I submitted as a part of my application:

These were some of my favorite pages from the last year, and I am honored to be selected for the team. I look forward to working with the kits!

July sneak for Write Click Scrapbook!

I cannot believe how fast the month of June is flying by! It's damp here in Minnesota. Thankfully, we have not been affected by the flooding where I live, but the waters are high and I did have to change my running route due to the trail being covered by water. The Write Click Scrapbook July gallery sneak involves a peek at a page I made about our similarly damp June trip last year:

I remember this hike well: lots of puddles we had to skirt around! But some amazing sights. I wonder if you can guess next month's theme?

Come back here July 1st to check out the whole page, and visit Write Click Scrapbook the same day for inspiration from the team!

Sometimes it takes two pages

I remember taking a free scrapbooking class at Archiver's (RIP) to get started years ago. I was making a page about a family trip to Glacier N.P., and I wondered if I should make one or two pages, and the woman beside me told me, "Make a two-page layout. You can fit more." and so I did. Here's the page for a chuckle:

So much about this is a product of the age: I matted every photo, I deckle edged the journaling, I die cut mountains and layered stickers over them. Still, I think it's a nice page, one that accomplished its goal: telling the story while fitting many photos in an aesthetically pleasing way.

Here's a couple layouts I made recently that accomplished the same goal, both using my March Studio Calico kit:

The first is a layout recording my spring break trips to the Art and Science museums over spring break. I took a LOT of photos, so I knew I wanted to put a lot on. I like putting a lot on one page and a few, plus focal point photo, on the other. That's what I did here.

The next is a little more spare:

 

This one I did an old favorite: I hand cut some banners out of patterned paper. Banners remind me of pennants, which remind me of baseball. :-)  I spent a lot of time think about die cutting an envelope for a ticket, but then I found some pockets in my stash, so serendipity, plus less effort.

Thanks for checking out this very long post about scrapping two pages! How often do you scrap two pages?

Winners!

I used random.org to generate three numbers. Here are the winners!

For Here & There Inspiration:

Glenys said...

The classes all look great! Looking forward to some family time over the Summer!

For Going Places:

alisonm said...

nothing like waiting to the last minute!

For The Phone Photography Project 2:

Joyce Casaldi said...

I can't wait for my strawberries to get ripe, they are just starting to get red! I think my favorite thing about summer is getting my hands dirty. I just love playing in the dirt, floating down the creek at our camp site and reading fun books. I too am relishing in the fact winter has finally past!

Ladies, please email me at jennyrahnlarson at yahoo dot com so that I can send you the winners' certificates!

Big Picture Classes fun--and a giveaway!

I love Big Picture Classes--I've shared my inspiration from the classes many times. Recently I was asked to contribute to the reboot of The Art + Science of Scrapbooking. Here were the pages I'd made and posted earlier for this class:

And here are some peeks at what I did this time:

I loved this class because it helped me figure out how to try new techniques and new approaches while staying true to myself, and I was truly honored to have been asked to contribute.

Now that I've shared some of what I've done before, here's a giveaway! And it's a big one:

There are THREE amazing classes coming up at Big Picture: Here & There Inspiration, Going Places, and The Phone Photography Project 2. I linked those classes up so you can read what they are about. I have a giveaway for a seat in each class!

If you are interested, please leave a comment on this post telling me what you are looking forward to this summer (after the Polar Vortex, I am so ready for summer!). You have until Saturday, June 14 at 8 P.M. CST to leave a comment, and I will select a winner for each class! Check back late Saturday to see if you are a winner.

Now, it's time for me to go outside and do a little gardening...