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Saturday 12 October 2013

Remeber-Sketchabilities, Scrap Around the World, Bird is the Word

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This is the first time I have ever entered one layout in more than one challenge. I always feel compelled to do individual ones for each challenge but this layout met the criteria so why not? This is my daughter Meaghan who for the past two years has battled to get out of a wheelchair. She broke her back and was told she would never walk again. I am proud of this girl for her tenacity! She is walking and she did it herself! But first the details. 
This is the sketch from Sketchabilities
and this is the Mood Board from Scrap Around the World.
What caught me about this Mood Board is how the blue, green and yellow pop against the stark white. So I tried to use these colors together against a mostly white background. I used the new 7-Dots papers 9th Waves for this. Love the blues in this line. This is the site for Scrap Around the world http://scraparoundtheworld.blogspot.ca/. They have a great group of talented ladies!
And for the Bird is the Word challenge the word this month was Dance! What a better way to celebrate walking again they to step it up and dance!
This is my gem. She was in the hospital for months and months back and forth between Cambridge and Hamilton. She had three major surgeries and after the last one she somehow slipped through the cracks. She waited endlessly for Physiotherapy to help her regain her strength but it never came. She gained a lot of weight due to being in the wheelchair and became very depressed. Then one day she took it upon herself dragged her walker into her apartment hallway strapped her leg braces on and started by simply trying to stand alone. Eventually she managed a step then two and well the rest is history. I bawled when she came to visit me and walked out of the car. She surprised me! Thank-you God! Miracles do happen! Now I am always driving her nuts, Megs don't bend over like that, Megs don't pick up the girls! lol
The title was important to me. Remember ( never forget this gift you received) Dance like nobody's watching (in celebrations of having the ability to walk and dance again).
Petaloo mixed with Prima in attempt to try and keep the color scheme consistent!
I tried to add texture to the page by using drywall tape (yes I am cheap lol) and going over it with moulding paste then removing the tape and letting it dry. Then I painted it with blue and green metallic paint.
\\\ell that's it for this post. I was in a mad rush to get it done and posted in time as tomorrow we celebrate our thanksgiving and I will be out of town. It is the first layout I ever did in a day. I'm a dawdler at times and like to over think things but not today. I just slammed it down and kept going. I hope you enjoyed! Have a great weekend and for my fellow Canadians Happy Thanksgiving! P.S. don't forget to go back and enter the Pay it Forward Contest if you haven't already! All the best!

29 comments:

  1. Very nice page and I like your color combo a lot! ,thank you for joining SATW this month!

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  2. Beautiful page! Love the music notes and heartfelt journaling! Thanks for playing along w/sketch #100 at sketchabilities!

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  3. this is beautiful!! thanks for joining us at SATW!!

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  4. Lovely very lovely! Great inspiring story too! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

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  5. Wow!
    Amazing journaling about your girl. True strength and courage :)
    Great design.....love your texture. ( who doesn't love that drywall tape!)
    Thanks for joining us at SATW :)

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  6. Wonderful work!! I love the colours you've used and that journalling is so inspiring! Love it!

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  7. Wow this is uber, uber beautiful in every way! Thanks so much for playing with us at Scrap Around the World!!

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  8. The story is very touching, I love the layout you created about it, it really enlighten the photo and the important message of the journaling!
    Thanks a lot for playing along with us at BITW!

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  9. your page is gorgeous, and I loved the story behind. Your daughter is really strong and courageous!

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  10. Completely gorgeous, Pam! Your daughter's beautiful! Love your design, colors, and journaling!

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  11. Beautiful blog, wonderful work, I was delighted.
    Thanks she visits.
    Hugs.

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  12. this is amazing, love how you interpreted the mood board!

    And your girl is really, really brave!

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  13. Gorgeous page and such a beautiful and amazing sentiment behind it! Love the photo of your daughter, she is beautiful and so love that she is walking again...just fabulous! All round...just a super, super page! ;-) Thanks for the visit to my blog...much appreciated! ;-)

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  14. So great to know that you are inspired with the colors on the moodboard! Such a pretty layout! Thank you for playing with us at SATW!

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  15. Gorgeous layout and amazing story!

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  16. The story of your daughter proves miracles don't just come about, they happen because we make them happen! Your daughther is a miracle in herself, WHAT a fantastic person! and beautiful too! This is such a wonderful page, thank you ever so much for sharing it with us at SATW!

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  17. Thank you for sharing your daughter's story. I am at work complaining about a dumb work rule and then I read your blog and realized my problem is nothing compared to the challenges your family faced. I am in awe of her strength and inspired by her spirit! I am so glad you found my blog and I found yours, have an awesome day!

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  18. Beautiful page,thanks for joining in at BITW

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  19. Amazing story and definitely one worth recording. I love the colour combo you have used and the texture paste looks great.

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  20. What a beautiful layout and wonderful story; I'm so happy to hear your daughter's story has such a happy ending (or rather, happy new beginning!) Love the drywall tape-I'm cheap too!
    Thanks for the blog visit; I too love meeting new scrappy friends...I see we're fellow Ontarians too-I'm in Kingsville, which is between Chatham and Windsor. Have a terrific day! :)

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  21. what a wonderful story, and such a beautiful layout :) Im a new follower, and most definitely will be back, your work is stunning .. Thanks so much for visiting me, and telling me of your back surgery, although, I hope, unlike you, that my story with surgery has ended :) .. take care, and chat soon

    Karen xx

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  22. Gorgeous page
    tks for playing with us at BITW
    xx
    Leila

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  23. Gorgeous layout!!! I love your journaling. It's very touching. I am so glad your daughter recovered. What a courageous spirit she has and reminds me very much like my own daughter who broke her neck in a car accident. Her recovery took months too, but she is back in college :) I am a new follower. so glad you joined us at Bird is The Word!

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  24. Beautiful page and an amazing, inspiring story! Thank you for playing along at SATW!

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  25. une page très jolie et une magnifique jeune fille !
    corinne ( march)

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  26. Lovely, Thank you for playing along with us at SATW!

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  27. Beautiful! Thanks for joining us at SATW.

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  28. Really beautiful! Love the design and the white space you've used :) Thank you for playing with us at SATW!

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