marias june sketch challenge

well, Ive been trying to finish this for days now. I wrote reams of journalling of course, then couldnt fit it on the tags, then tried again cutting stuff out but the line breaks were all wrong. Anyway, here it is!!!

I used my new large letter rubber stamps to make the letters.

i love that photo of you and lorraine maria , the lo is fab too . im assuming you ran them through the bug to get the dotty finish , am i right ?

Lovely! Those letters look great.

another. super duper layout..love the photos, love the letters..just want a translation of the journalling now...

Great use of your new stamps, the CB and the photos!!! Lovely layout altogether Mia.

Great LO, you and Lorraine could be sisters your eyes are a similar shape.

Aw - nice LO for a memorable occasion. It's smashing and I
love the lettering.

Arrrgghhh!!!! didn't expect to see THAT!

It's great, Maria. Super take on the sketch and love the colours. What's the journaling say? (or would you rather not say, lol).

Funny, I was looking at these pics the other day and thinking I must get them scrapped. It's a long, long time since I did a page for my BOM and these would go in it. Maybe expect another one sometime soon.

What's 'my BOM' ?

'Book of Me', Steph.

A BOM has all layouts about yourself.

Lorraine wrote:'Book of Me', Steph.

A BOM has all layouts about yourself.

Ooohh that sounds interesting. Never heard of that but I must definately
think about doing that.

get on with it then steph.... You would love seeing the faces of your kids and grandkids when they see pics of you, with journalling.

sp01goat wrote:get on with it then steph.... You would love seeing the faces of your kids and grandkids when they see pics of you, with journalling.

I am definately doing this. I could include my illness and time in hospital.
The photos I have of me in the early days are in other scrapbooks, so perhaps
I could get a couple of them copies. Have other projects to finish first, but I will
start gathering bits and pieces for when I do begin it.

ooh does that mean i get a special spot in the book, from when i visited you...

Absolutely - couldn't leave you out could I?

Yes Steph, I am doing one right from the pre-war days with photos of me as a kiddy, plus all my family and their families too. It is great fun and I do the occasional page whenever I feel like it. I have done some nice ones of my grandparents, etc.

yes I will copy the journalling in, but its on the other pc so will have to wait until tomorrow. glad you liked it though.

Heres the journalling. I knew as soon as I saw the sketch what I was going to do, because I was looking for one where there was room for lots of journalling!








Well, I will never forget this day – October 2008 and I was
visiting from France.
I knew mum had got something planned – and suspected that it was to do with
Canny Crafters but I didn’t know what. Mum said I wasn’t to go out, and that I
was to make myself look smart (!). I must say, she had got the dining room all
set up and so I rather thought Lynda must be coming for dinner because she is
the only CC who lived in the vicinity.





Imagine my utter surprise and joy when the doorbell went and
there was LORRAINE
!!! I was utterly over the moon to meet her, and also pretty gobsmacked that
she had made all this effort and a huge
journey just to come and see me, especially with all her caring
responsibilities. I was over the moon of course, and we had a lovely day – Mum
cooked a super lunch and we had a good natter
- and a glass of wine and a look round mums craft room of course.





Ken was even more surprised when he learned that Lorraine had
driven all the way down from Coningsby, especially as mum had got mixed up and
told him she lived in Kettering!





I am so grateful to both mum and Lorraine for making this day possible. Lorraine and the whole
forum have been such a lifeline for me and I have made true friends on there…..
and now I know its for real and not just in cyberspace.

What a lovely LO Maria. That was a great day for you and you all look as though you really enjoyed yourselves.

Awwww, that's lovely.

so full of emotion x x

Its lovely this is and love the journaling too.