SFIO - Grief

I haven't been involved in the challenges over on Scrapbooking from the inside out, but this month the emotion is Grief and I needed to do some. So using the Sept Bad Girls kits here are a few LO's

Challenge 1: LO about the stages of grief. Journalling reads:
Grief is a cycle, a neverending cycle. It's something i think I will never get over and to be honest I don't think I want to "get over" losing Mum. I need to learn to accept that it is now part of who I am

Challenge 2: Lo about tears and crying Title reads: Sometimes you need a bloody good cry.
In the corner is a small photo of wine, ice cream and chocolate and it reads " or there's .."

Challenge 4: This was a joint challenge with the Good Grief blog. Create a LO about a conversation you would have with your loved one. There really is only one thing I would say to Mum and that is "I Miss You"

SFIO and some LO's

This months theme over on SFIO is SPIRIT. First challenge was music
I created my LO about music that will always life my spirt if I am feeling low
Anything by Abba
Build me up buttercup - foundations
She's so lovely - Scouting for girls
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Walking on sunshine - Katrina and the waves
Lollipop - Mika
I don't feel like dancing - Scissor Sisters
Relight my fire - Take That

2nd was is there part of you that you hide that you want to show peopleFor me I think that I don't really have anything hidden - what you see is what you get

Others are random!
Firstly Dad and GlennMike and I Ollie is obsessed about trying other peoples shoes on!

LO's and SFTIO

I did this LO at the Abingdon crop last weekend.Pencillines sketch from a couple of weeks ago. Ollie is now in a bed and he kept getting out so now there is a stair gate on his door, but he just sits and plays in his doorway using the light from Will's room! (title is from a Charlie and Lola kids book)

Over on SFIO this months emotion is Compassion. The first chellenge was about a cause you feel passionate about, mine is cancer research. I have lost both my grandfather, my aunt and my Mum to cancer.2nd Challenge was a LO about how we show compassion to ourselves

SFIO - Gratitude ch6

Challenge 6 was to create a LO about the following GRATITUDE idea:"

I don't have _____ but I do have _____"

using a song title, lyric or a quote

Thank Heaven for little Boys

Journalling reads: Before I had children I always hoped for a son and daughter, I wanted the relationship I have with Mum. I may not get that now but you know what?? Son's are great!!!

SFIO - Gratitude ch5

Challenge 5 was to create a LO about something in your personality, seemingly inborn or learned, that you are thankful for. Design twist add dimension and a sepia photo of yourself

Here is mine

Journalling reads

I believe I am a thoughtful person, I like to do things to help others or brighten their day, I don't do it for any other reason than I want to. It feels good and it feels right

SFIO

In my Gratitude kit was a Maya Rd Key album, which to be honest I had no idea what I was going to do with, but now thanks to Sue I now have a key holder!

I stuck them altogether and then screw in some cup hooks

SFIO - Gratitude no2!

The latest challenge on SFIO was to do a LO with some kind of patchwork and to use flowers, and to scrap things you are Grateful for. I took it in a slightly different direction.
Hidden journalling is in the pocket behind the big flowers.
"I have learnt with my grief that crying over what I have lost and will miss out on is futile, it only makes me feel crap, instead it is far better (and I am sure what Mum would have wanted) to be grateful for what we did have.
I had a brilliant childhood and a fantastic relationship with Mum
Mum saw both Glenn and I get married and also remarried Dad
She adored her 3 grandchildren
We had a wonderful trip to New York, somewhere she really wanted to go to and I got to share it with her.
No matter what ups and downs she had she loved live and certainly lived.
Alot of people don't get to have half of what I had with Mum, and for that I am truely grateful"

SFIO - Gratitude

This months kit theme is Gratitude

First Challenge was to complete a LO showing a modern convenince you are thankful for and use some close up photos- I went for the WWW.

2nd Challenge was to create a LO to a friend or person you are grateful for haveing in your life and write the journalling as letter to that person. Mine is to my best friend Louise

Challenges!

Spent a lovely day with Lisa and got a few LO's done
First a LO of the boys with their Gladiators foam fingers!Weekly challenge on UKS
Sketch (sort of still there!)
Red, white and Blue
French title
& blingOllie and I on a boat trip on holiday (me fighting sea sickness!) Thanks to Lis for the painted background inspiration!

Pre Kit Challenge over at SFIO
Rainbow card/PP
One photo os you only
Title to start with first letter of your nameDidn't have any cs or pp that was doing it for me so I used paint instead. Journalling is about how I have comne to realise that losing Mum has made me stronger person

More Joy!

Last 2 challenges on SFIO
Challenge 3: Create a LO using a song title and the 5 W's! Journalling is hidden behind the pp on the paper clip
Who: Mum, Dad and Will
What: Their first meeting
When: Dec 24th 2004
Where: North Hants Hospital
Why: Because grand parents like to meet their grandchildren as soon as they can!

"I will always remember the looks on Mum and Dad's faces when they came to the hospital to meet Will. Dad was trying really hard not to cry and Mum just let the tears flow! Mike filmed it all and put this song over the top, it just fights perfectly and makes me cry every time I watch it."

Challenge 4: Create LO from sketch and use a quote
Tried to fit the sketch to a 6x12, Quote is "There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved"

Scrapping from the inside out - Joy

So this months theme is Joy, and here are my LO's for the challenges

Pre-Kit Challenge - scrap a page about Joy using the colour that brings you joy

I glued lots of different chipboard fonts to the card and then painted over them all. I then journalled on some of them about the various things that bring me joy

Challenge 1: Scrap your guilt pleasure and use your scrapbook guilty pleasure.

Mine is Champagne and my scrapbook one is Thickers

Challenge 2: Scrap someone who brings you joy that is not your kids, spouse, pet etc

I love "Friends" it will alsways cheer me up

Challenge 3: Scrap someone who brings you joy, but you must be in the photo with them

Couldn't think of one so made a mini book

There was also a "progessive" challenge, where we were given 4 seperate tasks but spread out over time and you weren't allowed to look at the next stage until you had finished the previous one - IYSWIM!

Stage1: create a background using at least 3 PP or CS

Stage2: Add photos with at least one repeated

Stage3: Add title/journalling based on "Happiness is ..."

Stage4: Embellish but you must use 5 of the same thing.

Really enjoyed this!