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July 1, 2011 by Marie Labuschagne
One horrific car crash is all it takes to change your life forever.
How do parents manage to do it? Switch the machines off. The life-giving machines that help your brain-dead child breathe. That is the decision that parents had to make yesterday about their beloved son. A young man in our neighbourhood who grew up with our children is no more. Our prayers are with his parents.
Each of us have but one life to live and how we choose to live it can change the world around us. We all have dreams and good intentions but what do we do with it? This week’s scrapbooking layout has a bit of wisdom on it in the form of the rub-ons.
I used various papers from Art from the Heart together with a rub-on from Kaiserkraft to create the layout. The pictures of the twins that I used is symbolic of our journey through life. Sometimes we have to enter deep waters without knowing what lies in wait. We take the first tentative step and as we move along we find a Greater Strength that propels us through the difficult times. When we are through the difficult stretch we can relax and be playful again and look forward to what life has in store for us next.
Resin corners and shapes glued on top of the paper form part of the embellishments. Dry-brushing under the rub-ons make it stand out better.
Although I used a fair bit of embellishments, this layout is more about the symbolic value of the wording of the rub-ons coming together with the pictures to form a whole.
Remember : live the life you imagined and cherish your loved ones every day. Love you all!
Posted in scrapbooking, Scrapbooking inspiration, scrapbooking layouts | 4 Comments
on July 4, 2011 at 12:59 pm | Reply Marie
Hi Meraai – Sal jy asb hierdie bladsy ook vir my bere asb? Wanneer is ons volgende klas? Dis verskriklik van die kind waaroor jy skryf, mens wonder net altyd hoe gebeur sulke dinge met mense so naby aan jou. Hou jou warm want dis vrekkoud buitekant. Mooi loop en pas julle op! Anner Meraai.
on July 11, 2011 at 10:48 am | Reply Marie Labuschagne
Hi Meraai, ek sal die bladsy vir jou bêre. Die kind wat oorlede is het erg aan my hart geruk want dit kon – behalwe vir God se genade – een van my kinders gewees het! Ons is pas terug van ‘n paar dae by die see en kry nou lekker koud hier in Johannesburg. Ons volgende klas sal 23 Julie wees en ek hoop regtig dis nie dan weer so koud soos tydens ons vorige klas nie nie. Groetnis
on July 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Reply Marie
Hi daar Meraaitjie, bly om te hoor julle is darem almal veilig terug in Gauteng. Ons sussie verjaar (60) en ons het ‘n groot party wat ons reel en sal nie die 23ste kan maak nie, en ek is so uitgehonger vir lek en plak! Ek sal maar een of ander tyd die 2 scrapklasse se bladsye by jou kom haal, maar sal eers skakel. Mooi bly en moenie siek word in hierdie ysige JHB nie. Ja is soos jy se ons moet maar net bid dat ons kinders veilig terugkeer van hierdie woeste paaie af. Groete van huis tot huis.
on July 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply Marie Labuschagne
Ek het nou al ‘n paar ander mense ook gekry wat dit nie kan maak nie, so ons sal dit skuif na 30 Julie – hopelik kan meer mense dit dan maak. Geniet die verjaardagvieringe!