Showing posts with label Photo Prompt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photo Prompt. Show all posts

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Documenting World Events

I typically am not an event scrapper, more of what I would call a moments/emotion scrapper.

However, obviously, events are important to be documented! I am a big believer of everyone having a story to tell, and even if it's an event that a lot of people have experienced, you have a unique perspective!

I felt like I needed to document the day that all the tornadoes came through our state. April 27th.

It's one of those things your grandkids will want to know... your part in the big picture.
(An aside- I felt very Gretchen-like making this page. Something about the straight lines, the heart, the colors, that black and white striped paper in a small strip... I love that we all have our distinct styles! My fellow design team members and our message board members always inspire me!)
I thought it was really cool that the Jump and Jive kit had these chipboard accents, and that there was one that had "27" on it. It was a perfect accent. The "april" sticker was cut off of one of the border strips from Cosmo Cricket that was in the kit as well.
I whipped out my date stamp from the Office Party kit.

If you don't have pictures of an event, or the ones that tell your story, you can always go to the internet! I had originally seen these photos from an amazing set that the Boston Globe did of the tornado damage. The one on the bottom broke my heart. I made sure to make a note on there from where the photos came.

I feel like I have more stories to share about the tornadoes and their aftermath. I don't know how I'll record those; perhaps just in a journal... but I am glad I have this page documented, because it is certainly a day I will never forget.

Created with the Jump and Jive kit.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Photo Prompt

I don't often scrap 'heritage' like pictures (wait... I don't mean heritage, this is me as a baby... and I'm not in the 'heritage' catergory yet darn it)... anywho...

I don't scrap many *ahem* older pictures often but when I do I often find that the colors are hard to scrap with or the pictures just don't print like I want them to after scanning them.
I found this old baby picture of me and wanted to scrap it for the "Me, Myself, and I" challenge and so I chose to turn the picture into a "mocha" color... I now LOVE the way it printed and the colors are perfect to use with the beautiful "Sonoma Country" (sold out) kit!





Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek! :)
Don't forget the new kit "Lemonade Stand" goes up for sale on the 15th!! Check out the forum here for sneek peaks... here's a quick one to start the drooling! lol