Day 1- Hawaii Scrapbook Page

Bear with me as I figure out the best method for photographing these pages.  I'm finding scrapbook page photographing to be very different than card photographing.

This page shows a picture right after our very long flight to the islands.  We're all washed out, tired and a little weary.  That's one of the reasons I chose to use my Here Comes the Sun stamp from the now defunct Market Street Stamps. 

I used my Scattered Straw Distress Ink to stamp the sunburst and my Worn Lipstick Distress Ink using a second gen image of the hibiscus flower from Hero Arts Luscious Frames stamp set.  The Hawaii 2008 was printed on the computer, the flower stamped and then circle cut with my Creative Memories circle cutters.  The Day 1 Tired sentiment is a set of rub-on letters from the stash applied to a corner piece of patterned paper from the Maggie Holmes Signature Series.  The flags at the top are scraps from the stash.  The two little die cuts are pieces of my new Heartfelt Creations Ornamental Add On dies.  

Ooohh!  The kids are so young....  I'm linking this project up with the Use It Tuesday Challenge #64- Use Two Hoarded Items.  You'll see how I used a hoarded stamp, some scraps for the flags, some really old rub-ons, and pictures printed in 2009.  Do the pictures count? :)

It's Friday, But Sunday Is a Comin'

On this Good Friday I thought to share my Easter creation for this year.  Inspiration has been brewing for a couple of years.  Several years ago our church showed the video below on Easter morning.  The message was spot on and moving.

Then, I happened across Market Street Stamps and their Here Comes the Sun stamp.  It was the perfect marriage of inspiration and tool.  I used my Close to My Heart  Buttercup ink to stamp the sunshine image.  The sentiment was printed with my HP printer and Word.  The inside top face had the prose from the video typed in.  The bottom face simply stated Sunday is a comin'.

For me, this is Easter.  It is always darkest before the dawn and that was true on the first Good Friday ever.  This message reminds me of the hope that I have in the finished work that Jesus completed on the cross.  It's worth celebrating as we mark this Good Friday.  Just when we think we can't take any more we should remember that it's only Friday, but Sunday's coming....


Enjoy!





I am going to enter this card in the March Monthly Challenge: Add a Little P.O.P over at the Inspiration Journal.

 Andie