Inspired Me

Today, I am sharing a scrapbook layout called "Be Brave." I just finished it this week and I am still on a roll since National Scrapbook Day. Yeah!  The title was inspired by the global crisis and quarantine events we are facing. I have had this "Be Brave" sign posted in my living room for some years. I walk past it and sit under it all the time and forget it is there. But on this day, it seemed like a good time to refocus on these words and take a picture of me being BRAVE in uncertainty. Ok, enough of that! Take a look at this page. I used Simple Stories "Simple Vintage Garden District" paper and embellishments. This layout was inspired by Nathalie DeSousa @tachita55 of Instagram. She has some beautiful designs. Used green paint to add the splatters. Quote is from Webster's Pages' free downloads.  Distressed and used my brown ink pad on the edges. Thanks for stopping by and leave a comment if you are scrapb

In celebration of Mental Health Month, today's post is about resting.  Some years ago, I was feeling restless while resting from a long, hard and exhausting situation. I didn't know how to give myself permission to really let go and rest. I remember sitting on the couch thinking about housework and other stuff I needed to do. Can you relate? Then, one day this thought hit me,  "Sometimes, doing nothing is doing something!"  I felt my whole body relax and that is when I gave myself permission to rest! Lying on the couch watching tv didn't seem like anything special, but it really was! My mind and body were recharging. I exhaled!!! Since then, I am learning to recognize, listen and respect my God given, kind voice. I must admit it is a challenge and I don't get it right all the time.  That is totally fine. Just like any good relationship, it takes time, love, trust and self compassion. How do I rest? For me, it is  things like reading Bible verses, to taki

Anybody else scrapbooking your Christmas pictures? My hand is up! LOL! In today's post I am sharing a layout I recently finished. I loved using my leftover Anna Griffin trees from her shaker card kit and the paper is from Kaisercraft's "Peace and Joy" collection. The trees come apart and have adhesive. They are like large stickers. I loved the stripes and shapes together. I distressed the edges on everything! Life isn't perfect and my paper shouldn't be either. LOL! If you are working on Christmas in May, leave a comment below. I have one more to do and I will share that one, too. Take care and thanks for stopping by!

Today, I am sharing some scrapbook layouts I made during International Scrapbook Day weekend.  Here is a blog post I did on Inspired Me 411 about this day and some of the fun events.  Click Here Over at Two Peas Refugees, they had a weekend full of activities like video chat and scraps on Google Hangouts as well as challenges. It was so exciting to be on the virtual calls with the ladies. This was my first time seeing them in person after years of just communicating on the message boards. We had a great time! Thanks Two Peas for hosting a fun event. I haven't scrapbooked in over a year and it was fun to return back to one of my early joys. For years, I made lots of layouts and enjoyed it. But in the last year or so I have developed more interest in other art forms. So it was a treat to get my dusty scrapbook supplies out and go to work! LOL! I wanted to join the fun and finish some pages I started a while ago. Take a look! Paper is from Kaisercraft and I used Sketchtembe