Saturday, October 8, 2011

First Day


I was lucky this year to be in the Chicago area for my grandsons Jacob and Cole's first day of school.  I started first with scrapping Jacob's first day of 4th grade and soon will do a page on Cole and a page with both of them.  Jake was starting at a brand new school and was a bit nervous so I added some heartfelt journaling on the page for him.  He has since told me his new school is "good".

I used this great sketch from Frosted Designs:


I used Basic Grey's Oxford collection which I just love for older children's school pages and am entering it into their current weekly blog challenge which you can see HERE.

I  found a great new-to-me site.....Blog Quick Quotes and am entering it into their Friday Challenge #5 -- single photo challenge.

I am also entering it into Scrapbook Circle's "Get Wordy" challenge.  I made a new year's scrappy resolution last January to do more journaling on my layouts.  At first it was hard but it is coming much easier now and I think it makes the pages more meaningful.

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13 comments:

  1. AprilOctober 8, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    This is great Sandi!!
    - April

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  2. TeenaBugg38October 8, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    What a handsome Boy!!!

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  3. UnknownOctober 9, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Oh Sandi, how very lucky you are to have been there for such a momentous day in your grandson's life...and what a lucky boy to have such an awesome grandma! Your page is stunning. I love the masculine papers and the journalling is just fabulous :0) Thanks for playing along with Frosted Designs Ali x (Guest Designer for October)

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  4. **Treefrog**October 9, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Oh I'm soooo glad you found us over at Quick Quotes and hope to see you lots more! I love your layout and so glad you had the chance to enjoy a first with your grandson. Love the papers and the masculine feel of the page, I always have such a hard time with masculine pages, those are a big challenge for me, lol! Thanks again for joining in at the Quick Quotes challenge!
    ((Hugs)) Theresa (QQ DT)

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  5. Adora ConcepcionOctober 9, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    ths is a great page, i love the clean style!! thanks for playing along with us!

    Adora (QQ DT)

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  6. KarinOctober 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    Great use of the sketch. Very mascule page. I love to see this "girly"sketches transform, and you this a great job. I love it.

    Thanks for joining us on Sketch Along Tuesdays @ Frosted Designs. XOXO

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  7. UnknownOctober 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    What a great boy page! Nice use of the BG line- love the clean cut feel of this layout! Thanks for joining us again @ Frosted Designs for Sketch Along Tuesdays!!

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  8. Melinda BeltranOctober 11, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    What a TERRIFIC boy page!!! I too love how "clean" it feels. Amazing that you took such a "girlie" looking sketch and totally used it but transformed it. Boy your blog title says....slightly off center, but I think you totally hit the mark with this layout! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Quick Quotes

    Melin
    QQ DT
    Blog: CookingWithCricut.com
    Shop: PaperCraftingWorld.com

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  9. UnknownOctober 11, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    Your layout is fantastic!!! Love the clean lines, and the cute school embellishments. You really rocked this sketch, the folded corner is a great touch!! Thanks so much for playing along with Sketch Along Tuesdays @ Frosted Designs!

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  10. FernOctober 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Love how you used this layout for a "guy" layout!! You did a fantastic job!! The papers are perfect!! Thanks for joining us over at Frosted Designs/Sketch Along Tuesday!! Hugs!!

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  11. Quick QuotesOctober 16, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Love your first day of school photos. I'm digging the stripes & polka dots. I also love the addition of journaling to capture the memories.
    ~Lisa
    QQ Social Media Director
    www.blogquickquotes.com

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  12. Tessa BuysOctober 20, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    More journaling is a great goal to have and I'm glad you're enjoying adding more to your pages :). Beautiful page! Thanks for joining us at Scrapbook Circle!

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  13. sheezie11December 29, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    Thank you so much for "boy" layouts. I just don't see as many of those and this one is wonderful!

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