A Layout for My "Book of Me"

If you remember, I am working on a "Book of Me" this year. I have two layouts in my album thus far. You can see those layouts by clicking here and here. Today, I wanted to share a third layout I just completed before church this morning to go into my album. It's shows the cover of my favorite book "Redeeming Love" by Francine Rivers. If you have never read this book, I highly recommend it! One of my daughter's has read this one three times now I believe. Truly a great, great book based on the story of Hosea in the Bible.

For this 8 1/2 x 11 page, I used the lastest sketch from Flying Unicorn. I also used Blue Fern Studios papers and a title from the Blue Fern Studios chipboard set called Spiritually Speaking. I painted the title with Shimmerz Texturz and then I inked over it with Archival ink. That is the first time I have done that, and I think I will use that technique again.

Papers: Blue Fern Studios Garden Timeless and In Bloom, Memory Box cs 
Blue Fern Studios chipboard: Spiritually Speaking (painted with Shimmerz Texturez gold mine then inked with Archival coffee) 
Stamp Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink antique linen, Archival coffee 
Embellishments: Manor House Creations Ohh La La flowers, Kaisercraft chino pearls, Tim Holtz burlap stencil, Prima resist canvas lace and Say It In Crystals, Flying Unicorn metal butterfly, Hobby Lobby doily, Jenni Bowlin journaling card, Petaloo Botanica minis pistachio and pink, Wild Orchid Crafts leaves, joint tape, sewing machine

I hope you have enjoyed today's inspiration. And if you haven't started a "Book of Me," why don't you join me. You could start with the three topics I have already done. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Not My Day!

Okay, I like for this to be a scrappy blog but I must post about my incident. This happened about an hour ago, and I am still sick about it! I was backing out of the garage VERY slowly (zero according to the speedometer), and this happened:

But I will rejoice in this day the Lord has given me and be glad! I wasn't in a bad accident. I was in my garage for goodness sake! And as my dh said "at least no one was hurt." Praise God for the blessings in this! Coming soon to a scrapbook page near you--How to Have an Accident in the Garage!

{Faith Sister} Challenges

This fun challenge at Faith Sisters was to scrap "A Day in the Life of . . ." This was quite fun for me since I had never really done a page like this before. But because I didn't have room on my 9x9 page to fit everything I do in a day, I tried to include pieces of my days/weeks. And of course each day is different for me but I tried to give a nice overview. And I had fun making my different "thickers" out of my Quickutz fonts. I used Quickutz Metro (both classic and skinni mini) on this layout. And of course I had to use my favorite color too (baby pink). This was a fun challenge for sure!

One of our first challenges as a new Creative Team at Faith Sisters was to scrap our testimony. I don't have a defining moment when I accepted Christ so I shared some different things on this layout. The journaling says: "I accepted Christ in late 1997 after being invited to Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). I don’t have a defining moment but I remember totally relying on Him when we had to sell our house and move to Texas. Only the Lord can bring a buyer in 2 hours! God has used BSF to bring me to Him, to grow me, to mold me, and to teach me to serve Him!" Scripture verse: "1 Peter 1:8 NIV—Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.”

I hope this layout will be an inspiration to those of you that may not have a defining moment in your walk. Thanks for stopping by, and have a joyous day!

I've Been Tagged!

I've been tagged by my friend Norma http://www.redrediris.blogspot.com/. Here are the rules which must be posted on your blog if you are tagged:

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

Here are the 7 facts about me:
1. I get up between 5-5:30 a.m. seven days a week. I love mornings.
2. I love staying at home in my PJs as often as possible.
3. I cannot stand dirty dishes stacked on top of on another.
4. I drink ice water all day long. Love it!
5. I have a black thumb, and never work in the yard!
6. I love to be organized but I dislike cleaning!
7. I became a Christian 10 years ago, and LOVE my pink Bible!

I now tag 7 of my friends:
Lisa http://lisadcarroll.blogspot.com/
Brandy http://brandy-thinkingoutloud.blogspot.com/
Marilee http://marilee1951.blogspot.com/
Anne http://www.papercutzandpraisez.blogspot.com/
Kory http://kadordea.blogspot.com/
Julee http://www.every-memory.blogspot.com/
Stephanie http://stephsscraphappenings.blogspot.com/

Have fun!