Friday, September 28, 2012

SEM New Chapter Blog Hop

We are hopping over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles this weekend to celebrate some new design team members!

If you are arriving here from Felicity's blog you are in the right place :)

Our challenge was to create something that represented a "new chapter" in our lives.  I thought I would share with you a layout I did of my precious baby girl.  Each child God has blessed me with has entered me into a "new chapter".  My first born introduced me to motherhood.  My second introduced me to being a Mommy of multiple children, making life fun, busier and much more full.  My third child I lost and that baby introduced me to grief I had never experienced before and the love and comfort of my Creator.  My baby girl introduced me to a "new chapter" of being a Mommy to girls.  I love each one.

Here is a layout of my baby girl . . .



The papers I used for the flower were not actually scrapbook pages but from a book.  When I had my first child we did not know what we were having and my grandmother gave me this baby book that had all these girly colors and pages in it.  I had a boy so I started cutting up the book to use on my Mommy and me scrapbook pages.  I used these same pages to cut flower petals and inked the edges to give some illusion of scrapbook papers :)



 
I also used the new Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge to make this super cute paper baby shoe - wouldn't this be great as a decoration in your baby's room (my daughter is in love with it and it now sits on her bookshelf).  I was thinking they would be perfect as baby shower favors filled with candy.



The hop starts today, September 28 and ends Sunday September 30th  11:59pm PDT. Remember in order to qualify for our grand prize you must be a follower of SEM and leave a comment on all the blogs.

So, what are you waiting for...hop to it!

SEM
Svetlana
Felicity
Elizabeth - You Are Here
Kelly
Nicole
Sherri
Marjolaine
and back to SEM



We would love to see you create a layout or mixed media project that represents a "new chapter" in your life.  Whether you have already begun this journey or you are thinking about it, we want to hear about it :)

*Twist: Use book pages or book text on your project . . . be creative!  

Link your projects back to SEM for an extra entry into our grand prize drawing!

Hop on over to Kelly's blog!
Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by :) 
 
Elizabeth

Elizabeth Mindemann alwaysdeeper@hotmail.com www.ejoym.blogspot.com
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18 comments:

  1. Love how you used a book, what a great idea!

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  2. such a sweet baby layout. The shoe is cute too!

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  3. love the LO! great paper and embellies! the shoe is too, too cute!

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  4. I like the way you used different papers to make the petals of the flower, and inked them all to tie them together. That's an idea I'd like to use sometime!

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  5. Sweet layout of the baby. And the shoe favor bag is so cute!

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  6. Beautiful LO, for a Beautiful little girl!
    Congrats on all your amazing chapters.. God is always there to carry us through the hard ones too..
    Thanks for sharing your LO and your touching story..
    BTW: I LOVE that goodie bag Bootie! :)
    Toni..

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  7. Such a beautiful 2-Page LO for these darling photos!! Your shoe is such a lovely decoration too! Each of our children is special blessing and opportunity to draw closer to our Lord!! ~ Blessings, Tracey

    http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

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  8. Those shoes are so adorable! I loved hearing thd story behind the layout! Beautiful work!

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  9. What a beautiful new chapter to share with us Elizabeth! And very clever use of a book you would otherwise not use. So love this little baby bootie, gorgeous xx

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  10. Love that baby shoe! Also a great was to re-purpose the baby book.

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  11. Such a sweet little page. I love that you made the flowers of book pages. Great idea!

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  12. Great layout and I love the little baby shoe! =)

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  13. I really like this page. The flowers are adorable.

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  14. I love what you did w/ the various pages into petals creativity!
    & buttons added as centres & baby shoe... all gr8 inspy :) TY!

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  15. Thanks for the chance to win! Always love CTMH product and you've done a great job with the SOTM! Glad I found this blog!

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    1. Glad you found it too! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment Carrie :)

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