Thank you RO
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Not sure if you can read the small print but i'll insert my journalling here:
When I was surfing around on Oct. 23, 2005 typing something I ended up at ScrapGirls.com. What is this? Scrap booking on a computer instead of the heaps of paper and endless supplies I have been collecting and not using. How do you do it and what do I need to start? I clicked around and noticed this join newsletter I thought well it’s a start. Well the next day my first email comes loaded with information and my first free item from Scrap Girls Psychadelic Gameboard Paper Freebie by Ann Hetzel Gunkel on Oct. 24, 2005. Well my first attempt is something not exactly good but it is cute to me. I noticed that they had classes and based on this layout I needed them. Not only did I learn tricks I got the advice on what software to purchase. Then next thing I knew the newsletters were coming three times a week and it was almost Christmas and Ro is doing the 12 days of Christmas bonus’s galore.
This is when I knew that I had found the place I wanted to shop from as the choices were great. So just after the holidays I placed my first order for Angie’s Falling in Love, Cheryl’s Antique Chic, Melissa’s Frosty Fall, Mandy’s Spice Embellishments, Valerie’s Utopia Embellishments. The rest is history I try not to let a coupon slip by the odd time it does but lately that’s due to circumstances. I still try to hit the classes but missed some of those to also due to circumstances of late.
Now I must fill you in my Mom was dying from a Rare Cancer diagnosed August 06 and she died November 4, 06. I figured that the learning I was doing from Scrap Girls was only related to my scrapping. During the Birthday Party Celebrations I attended the journaling crop class and shared the poem I did for Mom for all to see. Ro made the recommendation that I should share this with Mom and the fear set in but I did 2 days later. I left this layout in her room framed for all to see which for me a private, shy person was hard. Now this past Saturday was Mom’s memorial and I was asked to get up in front of a room full of some people I know and many others I didn’t and read that poem. If I thought the fear of reading it to Mom was hard this was a trillion times worse to the point I wanted to throw up, pass out and beg to do something else, knowing I had to be strong and not cry when I read it. Then my turn came oh too quickly and as I stood there for some weird reason all that raced through my mind wasn’t only Mom but the beautiful supplies I’d used to create the layout and love I’d put into it, please Scrap Girls don’t let me down was my silent prayer, suddenly the courage I needed to do my job was found. Afterwards I had praises from people not only on the layout that was there but on the poem itself and on how hard that was to do without crying, I said no I have my Scrap Girls with me on one shoulder and Mom on the other.
You see the moral here is if it wasn’t for Ro’s recommendation I may not have shared this with Mom, or had the courage to find my courage to overcome my fears in my personal life. Scrap Girls has taught me more than just scrap booking it’s taught me that I am confidant, strong and when faced with adversity can be courageous for this I thank you.
Paper
Brandie Valenzuela 12x12 ComfortWords SG Comfort
Embellishments
Erica Hite SS Layer GardenStone StoneSpecial,Thao Cosgrove Bella EmbellishSquare, Lori Cook Gold Corner SG Comfort
Tools
Brandie Valenzuela ChildDescribed BrushSpecial
Thao Cosgrove Bella BrushSet Beauty
Font
Selfish
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