Black History Month

 Hello and happy Wednesday, as February comes to an end I wanted share a card that I created for BHM, although I celebrate all year not just February.  This year marks the 100th year of officially celebrating Black History Month.

For my card I used sketch inspiration from Try a Sketch on Tuesday challenge #689.  I used items that have been in stash for years with the exception of the one piece of paper that I recently picked up from Michaels.  I made several projects using the one sheet of Recollections double sided paper.  I also used some random embossing folders, my Cricut to cut the sentiment and a Sizzix stamp set for the word celebrate which was heat embossed.

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Black History Month Bingo Challenge

Today I'm sharing a LO that I created for the Black History Month Bingo Challenge hosted by Princess over at Scraps of Color.   Princess is an awesome crafter, visit her at Papercrafting Paradise for some inspiration as you see some of her amazing projects!  So this LO uses a picture taken last week when I took my daughter and one of her friends on a fieldtrip.  Since that had never head of Barabara Johns and her part in the stuggle for equality.  While we were out on a Girls Day Out, I took them to see the monument that sits on the grounds of the Virginia State Capital.  A child only educated at school is an undereducated child so I'm always striving to educate mine and be a part of the village that educate others too! 

All items used on the LO came from my stash as I'm happy to say I've been sticking to my no craft spending.  I'm also sharing this LO for the weekly blog challenge over at SOC, you can check it out at Scraps of Color Espire.

Thank you for your visit and comments, I hope you will visit again soon.  Have a great weekend.

Did You Know

Today I am sharing another signature simple project that I created for Black History Month. I chose Barbara Johns, a Virginia Civil Rights Activist.  When this brave young Virginian took a stand against inequality Dr. Martin Luther King was still in college.  On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns, a 16 year-old high school girl in Prince Edward County, Virginia, led her classmates in a strike to protest the substandard conditions at Robert Russa Moton High School.  Her suit became part of the historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, in which the court ruled against "separate but equal" that ended segregation in American public schools. Prince Edward County responded to the Brown Decision by closing its public schools from 1959 to 1964, the longest period of Massive Resistance in our nation's history.

This artist trading card (ATC) is being shared for two challenges over at  Scraps of Color. The Black Historty ATC challenge and the weekly blog challenge.  This week's blog challenge was to create a project using bling, I used glittered cardstock and some small gemstones.   The biggest challenge for me was using such a small space to show case such a big idea.  I’m wishing you and yours a great weekend.

Celebrating History

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Why has it taken me months to put such a simple LO together, I started on this LO for Black History Month and just never completed it.  This LO is one that I completed last night as  Tiare hosted and scrapbooked  live on Spreecast.  We had lots of fun chatting, putting our LOs together and just hanging out.  She provided us with a sketch and page kit list for inspiration, you can see her post on her blog.

I still need to add the journaling on this LO as I need to confirm the actual date with DH.  This LO includes pictures of my DH when he met Steve Pemberton author of A Chance in the World.  Pemberton came to the University of Mary Washington to speak as part of their Black History Celebration.   He will also be the keynote speaker for their undergraduate commencement next week.   Pemberton penned his life story  as a broken boy, his desire to establish his identity and how it shaped him as a man.  My husband also learned that he and Pemberton are members of the same fraternity.  It is a good read and of course DH had him to sign a copy of his book for our daughter.

History LO

I can't believe I finally worked on a LO especially since lately I've only been able to work on cards.  Yesterday I decided I would try to work on a few LOs and I was only able to finish this one this morning before heading out to church.  I just need to add the journaling.  It is a LO using pictures showcasing some of the history projects the students at my daughter's school submitted during February's celebration of Black History Month.  As for me and my house we celebrate black history everyday!   My daughter chose to do her project on the Honorable Cleo Powell, Virginia's Supreme Court first black female justice. I used my cameo to cut the triange flags (not sure I like them on the LO now), used chipboard letters for the title, and other embellishments from my stash.  Have a great week!

Heritage Celebration

The month of February is winding down and I hadn't posted anything in relation to the celebration of our heritage. Today I'm sharing a LO using pictures taken at a Black History Celebration that we attended a few weeks ago. The service was at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Washinton, DC. The guest speaker was Ambassador Edward Perkins, Retired. He was appointed by President Reagan as Ambassador to South Africa, he is also a member of the same fraternity as my husband. After the service there was a reception, question and answer period and book signing.

This sketch for this LO is also for the Anytime Anywhere Scrapbooking Experience challenge hosted by Tiare over at iClassygirl.com. This is the sketch for week #4 of this year.

Black History Bingo Challenge

I created this LO as part of a Black History Bingo Challenge over at
Scraps of Color. The theme was to create a 12x12 LO that included explaining why you are Black History. This was a very good exercise for me and allowed me to use some of the pictures that I took while President Obama (then candidate) was on the campaign trail. I was a volunteer at a rally during one of his stops in Virginia. You had 13 ways you could get bingo by using the listed elements on your LO. One scrapper used all of the elements so she won the grand prize, all of the LOs were awesome!