Pre-Work for wk1

I tried and tried to do the first challenge, but I just couldn't go forward because this one was on my mind. I felt I needed to go back in order to move forward. So here is the first page that will go into my book.

It's about the abuse I went through as a child and how I felt and coped with it.

Credits:
Page 1
Art Play Palette #6a by Anne Aspnes
Before the first snow by Lorie Davison
Steamer Trunk by Tangie Baxter

Winter Frost

Winter Frost kit released by Lindsay Jane at Pickleberry shop.  I just had the mostess fun scrapping with this.....

My layout using Winter Frost and a template by Julie Billingsley

Kiss him he's green

Another cute kit from Irene!  Kiss Him He's Green, pick it up at Scrap Orchard.

Here's the layout I created with it.....

Chilly

Studio Rosey Posey has released a new Winter kit called CHILLY.  Check it out at Scrapbook Graphics.

Here are some layouts I created with it.

Trimming the Christmas tree 2008

My step-daughter and grandson Quentin helping me trim the tree.  I used a new mini kit by Studio Rosey Posey called Glad Tidings.  It is just one of the cutiest mini kits around.

Skating Fun

My dear friend Ikscap (Ingeborg) created a wonderful Winter outdoor kit filled with wonderfully hand painted elements.  It is called Painting Winter Wonders, go check it out.

My Journey

January Guild Kit_Time in a bottle

The kit is available with Guild membership at http://www.dsaguild.com/

The last few years I haven't made any resolutions, well because I
never keep them! This year I read a muse that Ro from Scrapgirl put
out and it so touched my soul. Some of the words are hers and some
are mine. This year I felt I needed direction after the last year
of feeling I just floated from day to day and had no purpose. So
my goal for this year, is to find purpose, to search out what God
wants for me. Thank you Ro for the inspiration.

Journeling:
I won't worry how long my journey will take.
I vow to just start it now. I will step out
in faith believing that my Heavenly Father
doesn't make mistakes. I AM not a mistake, I
am His beloved child and He wants me to be happy.
I will try to find my lost self, to be what He
made me to be. To find purpose in life and not
just drift from day to day. Today I begin my
journey and will find myself at the end of that
road.

I just found out that this layout made the GSO at DST, I'm so thrilled, not only because it made the GSO, but because someone else was touched by what I wrote.  Thank you Kathi, may you have a blessed 2010...