Scrap Yourself Challenge 5

It is Wednesday, which means it is Reveal day on the

Scrap Yourself Challenge Blog

This week's challenge is:

"The Biggest or Most Important Decision You Have Made"

I thought the obvious answer to that prompt would probably be marriage, and I wanted to dig a little deeper. I decided to make the page based on our family's decision a few years ago to move across the country and have a different life.

"Moving To North Dakota Changed Me"

Supply List:

Paper: CTMH, Bazzill; Border, Flowers, Chipboard: Prima

Thickers: American Crafts; Stickers: Making Memories;

Glimmer Mist: Tattered Angels; Other: Tag, Butterfly, Stitching

I printed 2 copies of the same picture, cut out the butterfly of one and "popped it up" on top of the 2nd photo for a 3D effect! I love how it gives the butterfly some "flight"!!

I used the same 3 colors found in the photo as my color scheme: blue, orange and cream/tan. I absolutely love the effect of the orange glimmer mist on the paper!!

I wrote all my journaling on a vintage dry cleaning claim tag and hid it behind the photo.

Journaling:

"I can think of only 2 life changing decisions I have made in my 32 years... when I got married, and years later, when our family decided to move across the country to North Dakota. We left everyone and everything that we had ever known for a completely different life. I had the FALSE assumption that everywhere in the U.S. was pretty much the same... NOT! ND is so completely opposite of Florida in almost every way. It was a HUGE culture shock moving here and it took me a long time to adjust.

Now after living here for 3 years, I can HONESTLY say that I am a better person because I have lived here. North Dakota changed me. I have learned to slow down and enjoy life and simple things. I appreciate my family more. Nature more. Community more. Friends more... LIFE MORE! I have learned that you can be friends with anyone and social classes and differences don't matter here. I have learned values and what is valuable. I learned how to LIVE. North Dakota changed my life! "

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If you haven't already, head over to

SCRAP YOURSELF

and see what the rest of the design team did for this challenge.

Hopefully you will join us and make your own

page or project reflecting the Biggest Decision You Ever Made!

Friday Favs 5/28/10

Here's what happened this week:

1. Last Day of School

2. Summer Vacation Started

3. So You Think You Can Dance

(my favorite show- I am soooooo excited!!!)

4. Scrapbook Goodies

a big box of Birthday fun came in the mail!

5. Thunderstorms

(I LOVE rain & thunderstorms-

especially because up north we only get them a few months out of the year)

HELLO SUMMER!!

xoxo~ Zoa

Webster's & Tattered Angels- A Match Made in Scrappy Heaven!

More Webster's Pages...

Magical Wishes

"Prince Charming"

I used "Ever After" & "Prince Frog" paper for this layout featuring my very charming son, Oliver. I used Glimmer Mist, the new Prima Flowers Ribbon & a Making Memories frame. Lots of fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Swirlydoos "Winter Wonderland"

Here are a couple more pages I made with a recent Swirlydoos kit, from the January 2010 kit

"Winter Wonderland"

"Snow"

a full- color picture of an old barn I took during a winter storm outside Mayville, ND

"Bridge"

a picture of a country bridge outside of Mayville that I took during a winter storm

Swirlydoos Love!

If you have never been over to Swirlydoos, you are missing out on some of the best scrapbook kits on the market! They sell out most months before they ever get revealed, and they have a waiting list for new subscribers... BUT IT IS WORTH IT!


Here are some recent Swirlydoo pages I have made from some past kits:

"Garden Fairy"

made with the Swirlydoos September 2009 Kit "Bejeweled"

"Dance"

made with the Swirlydoo's August 2009 kit "Passion"

"Bloom"

made with the Swirlydoo's August 2009 kit "Passion"