Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Digital Mini Kit: Family Traditions

A free mini kit for you digital scrapbooking! This month's theme is Family Traditions. The color scheme and theme are chosen over on the Pixel Scrapper website. They have a blog train each month where any designers can share a freebie. Here is the link to check out the other blogs!

Download Kit
This link takes you to Dropbox. Look for the download button in the top right corner!

Saturday, October 27, 2018

What is a Junk Journal?



A junk journal is a bound book made from craft supplies, recycled papers, junk mail, and other found materials.



Why Junk journal?

  1. Recycling - you can use materials found around you! You save things from going into the trash and create art in the process.
  2. Creativity - Your creative muscles grow when you flex those muscles! 
  3. Memory Keeping - Document your life by keeping bits of it in a book. It is a great storyteller for anyone to flip through or a place to document your personal growth. 


What can I use a junk journal for?

  • Diary
  • Scrapbook
  • Lists
  • Prayers
  • Collage
  • Scripture Writing
  • Bullet Journal
  • Sermon Notes
  • Planner
  • Photo Album
  • Recipes
  • Sketchbook

 

What supplies do I need?

You can use almost anything! There are a few basic things you will need like scissors, glue, and any kind of writing utensils. Here are just a few examples of things you can add in to your books:


Magazines
Paper Bags
Ribbons
Washi Tape
Buttons
Greeting Cards
Food Packaging
Cardstock
Notebook Paper
Sticky Notes
Ledger Paper
Junk Mail
Cardboard
Maps
Game Pieces
Photographs
Lace
Playing Cards
Postage Stamps
Tickets
Recipe Cards
Wrapping Paper
Tissue Paper
Envelopes
Graph Paper
Paint samples
Fabric
Stickers
Music Paper
Rubber Stamps
File Folders
Post Cards
Price Tags
Receipts
Paper Doilies

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Digital Scrapbook Take 2


Remember this page from yesterday? I thought I would make a page for a picture of his brother too! I think these are perfect together!




Wednesday, October 17, 2018

A New Adventure with Digital Scrapbooking

I blame this all on the Pixel Scrapper website...

Pardon my memory, I can't seem to remember how I stumbled upon Pixel Scrapper Digital Scrapbooking, but thanks to Marisa Lerin's Youtube videos, she made digital scrapbooking look sooooo coool! I thought, "I could do that. I am a graphic designer after all." And that is how it started. Here is Marisa's video if you want to check it out: Watch Me Digital Scrapbook: Week 05 2018 (Beware: you might get hooked too!)

After watching the video, I downloaded a few things from the website and from various places around the interwebs and came up with this page.

I had a whole lot of fun making this faux pocket page layout. I have a lot of old pictures that I still haven't scrapbooked or junk journaled, but I am going to slowly chip away at them. I will be caught up some day, right?!?

This page features the first trip I made to meet my husband's family. We took a day trip into the big city to see some sights. It was my first trip to Chicago and I enjoyed it a lot.

I recommend you go and check out the Pixel Scrapper sight also. Whether you like to print things and scrap them, digitally scrap, or you just need some shapes for your die cutting, you will find plenty to keep you busy on their website. They are very reasonably priced and even have a free account option! Plus, you can get most items with a commercial license! Nifty :)

And if that wasn't enough, I did a second layout of this page!

This is one of the first pictures I took on a brand new camera and I loved how it came out! This little guy was giggling so hard at the sound of the crunchy leaves and I got all kinds of cute pictures from it. His brother, however, was not as enthused with his first playtime outdoors. Oh well! Even though I didn't get a good picture of the twins together, I did catch a few good ones of them individually.

This picture is always a good one to make me smile!

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Shame Doesn't Defeat Me

Romans 10:11
For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” (ESV)

Isaiah 28:16
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “Look! I am placing a foundation stone in Jerusalem, a firm and tested stone. It is a precious cornerstone that is safe to build on. Whoever believes need never be shaken.(NLT)


Romans 9:33
As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” (NIV)

1 Peter 2:6
For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” (NIV)



One of the many great things about believing in Jesus is that God takes our shame. The focus of shame is the point out where sin is affecting your self-identity. It exposes the moments where we fail to live up to the high calling and purpose God has placed on our lives.

Failure, however, can be a very hard thing to move on from. Don't let your self dwell there and give it the power to tear you down. Use your moments of shame to identify anything that is a sin or disobedience and give it right back to God. Pray God's Word over your life and let go.

You are more than your shame and God doesn't want to hold you there. He wants you to find those things that are keeping you away from Him and remove them, so He can be closer.