LO for today. I was a bit upset with my daughter because without asking me she replaced the screen saver on my phone. (I didn't tell her at the time, though). However, the two months since I have been bugged every time I go to answer my phone. I loved that picture of my kiddos.
This morning I woke up and went on a search of this picture. And believe me it was a search. I was almost in tears. But the good news is that I found the picture. I was so relieved. When I was printing it out I knew that I had to tell this story. So, here it is.
Here is the LO. This picture was taken back in 2008. The Autumn after we moved back stateside from Australia. We were homeschooling at the time so we could go on week long adventures like this one. I took the kiddos and we drove out to OKC from VA. This picture was taken on top of a mountain overlooking the Witchita Mountains Wildlife Reserve. My dad and mom had taken us out there for the day to see the buffalo. The kids were freezing, but they were also so happy to be with their grandparents and to see buffalo in the wild. I don't know what it is about a picture that can just bring you back to that moment in time. I can almost hear them giggling and screeching every time the wind would kick up. I had taken a few photos with my Rebel and then on a whim pulled out my iPhone and snapped this picture. The best of the bunch because it was more natural, less 'smile for the camera', than the other photos I had taken.
The journaling is also a bit on the sappy side as I realized looking at this picture how much my kiddos have grown in the past 2 years. I am guilty of always wanting to push the pause button on life. I know that there isn't one, but I sure wish there was. I think that is why I scrap, it is my little way of pausing the precious moments I share with my family and friends.
I distressed some Tim Holtz grunge board die cuts. Found these at Tuesday Mornings last year. You got a pack of 94 shapes for $7.99. I painted them with a base coat of Distress Crackle paint in tarnished bronze. Then I put a coat of Frayed Burlap over the bronze to tone it down a bit. Sanded down some spots and then layered on a bit of the Vintage Photo ink.
I also used a mask from Tim Holtz to add the clock to the brown card stock.
The title is a rub on that I put right on the photo.
If you look closely you will see that after I finished the LO and snapped a photo of it I realized it need one more thing. So just above the hinge on the right I added a Tim Holtz charm that says Thoughts.
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