Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Wrapping Up August

Hi everyone. It's hard to believe that August is just about over. 
Today I want to share my final page for Chris' When We Were Young challenge at 

Thank you Chris for a fun challenge. And thank you to everyone who joined in also. There were some really interesting ideas for this challenge.  It was great to think about being young; of course, we are still all young, aren't we? (grin)


I thought I would end the month with this page which is about transitions. There are so many of them in life, aren't there? But since  this challenge is about being young and since it is the end of August, I was thinking about going back to school, and how summer fun is over for another year. By the time summer rolls around again, the kids are a year older, and maybe even too old for make believe, playtime and hide and seek. I used to notice that a lot as I taught a lot of high school sophomores (or second year students if you aren't familiar with US schools). The kids in the fall would  still seem so young, but by the end of school year they had grown up a lot, both physically and mentally. 

My page's background is inked and the words are stamped. I used a scrap of painted paper to make the tag, and I added the girl. I attached it to my page and also added the die cut key. The words are stamped on white paper and then cut out. Finally I added a couple of sunflower gemstones.

Enjoy what's left to August. Thanks for visiting my blog. See you next month.



 

8 comments:

pearshapedcrafting said...

I used to teach year 9s - 13 to 14 year olds - and each year I used to love seeing the changes from the start of the year to the end. This is a brilliant page to end on!Thanks so much for your entries for my theme at AJJ this month, hugs,Chrisx

CJ Kennedy said...

Cute page. Sad that Summer is almost over and so is my vacation in Maine.

kathyinozarks said...

I love your page Erika

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely page, Erika - we both have the same colour scheme today. Yes, when summer is over it's time to go back to school. As a teacher I used to look forward to school, and most of the kids were glad to be back, too. Have a great day, hugs, Valerie

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Since I'm not around children that often, one of the things I have noticed is when children are in TV shows, how they age from one year to the next. Sometimes it's quite noticeable. This is a great uidea for Chris's theme at AJJ, Erika.

Anne (cornucopia) said...

Wonderful artwork and photos. That gallery has some great statues in it.

DVArtist said...

You are so talented. I really like this very much. Have a nice evening.

Divers and Sundry said...

The end of August brings so many changes. No more 100+ temperatures, school starts, the trees are beginning to show color and flowers are fading... Happy Fall!