Much
thanks to Bernice for putting together this wonderful 12 month creative
journey!
Every few months I'll be sharing a faith based layout with you. I really do feel that if our faith is an important part of our lives then it needs to be a part of our scrapbooks as well. Feel free to create this in your art journal or on a canvas if you don't scrapbook. I'll also be sharing how I pull together a scrapbook layout using magazine ads as inspiration - as I'm looking through magazines I find that some ads just catch my eye because I love the clean and simple look.
Every few months I'll be sharing a faith based layout with you. I really do feel that if our faith is an important part of our lives then it needs to be a part of our scrapbooks as well. Feel free to create this in your art journal or on a canvas if you don't scrapbook. I'll also be sharing how I pull together a scrapbook layout using magazine ads as inspiration - as I'm looking through magazines I find that some ads just catch my eye because I love the clean and simple look.
Magazine
ads are very balanced and compartmentalized -
exactly what I love in a
scrapbook layout!
After looking at the advertisement
I break it down into parts and do a quick sketch of it -
usually on a scrap of
paper that I stick in a notebook.
I have an entire book of these sketches that
I refer to over and over!
[My original
'smash book' - ha]
For
this post I created the sketch on the computer so it'd be a little neater to
work from - I don't have exact measurements but I think you can 'eyeball' it
and get a good idea of how it will fit on the page. The one suggestion I have
is to be sure that your margins are equal and that the space between the photos
/ 'boxes' are the same.
And
here's my layout
For as long as I can
remember my mother has LOVED to attend Easter Sunrise Service. [Is this a
Southern Thing?] Through the years we've attended community services at the
local high school stadium or public park. We've attended them at churches
[not as special as being OUTSIDE at SUNRISE on EASTER morning] and even had our
own 'family style' services in the past. Last year was our first Easter after
she moved into an Assisted Living Facility. She's bit more frail these days and
I wasn't sure if she could manage it but I wanted to share this tradition with
her. S o we traveled over and got up early to share the sunrise and wonderful blessing
of our Lord's resurrection together.
This
is the sunrise as we crossed the river on our way to breakfast.
A beautiful day.
You can see that I love to use patterned paper as the background and then add
solid colors as mats and journal blocks. I double - matted the photo to fill
the space, but I think a large photo would look gorgeous here. And I added just
a bit of embellishment.
The
title and scripture were printed out on white paper and taken to a local copy
shop and printed on a clear transparency. [That's the reason for the 'shine' in
the photos.] You can download the title photo by right clicking on it for you to use however you want. [You
can print on any color card stock if you don't want to use it clear.]
Here's
the layout with a bit more embellishment - I added the binder clip to the
corner of the photo mat and changed the flowers to use this precious border
from Little Yellow Bicycle.
And
there you have it - a very springy faith based layout using stuff from my
supplies.
I think I'll hang it at work
to remind me of God's blessings.
So
now I'm curious - what Easter Traditions do you have to celebrate Christ's
Resurrection?
Have you ever included them in your scrapbook pages? I'd love to
see some of them!
You can share here with the linky or on our facebook group.
And
if you don't have one - let me be the first to encourage you to get up early
and welcome the day of Lord's Resurrection at sunrise. If there's no service near you - you can
always get outside with your Bible or music and spend some time praising our
Lord.
Have a Happy Easter everyone!
Thank you Judy.
