{"id":4304,"date":"2009-08-05T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/?p=4304"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:00:00","slug":"scrapmojo-bom-tagged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritspaperworld.com\/old-blog\/scrapmojo-bom-tagged\/","title":{"rendered":"ScrapMojo, BOM & Tagged…"},"content":{"rendered":"

WARNING<\/strong>: long post… Lot’s of stuff!<\/p>\n

It’s been a while, but I\u00a0made a lay out for ScrapMojo<\/a> again.
\nThere’s been some changes on that challenge blog and from now on
\nthey’re doing only one challenge a month instead of the 2\u00a0they normally did.
\nThis gives you longer to do them, which I am happy with ’cause I usually love
\ntheir challenges, but I can hardly find time to make all the lay outs I want
\n– or have to make\u00a0– in one or two weeks!<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is challenge #36
\n“Desperate times call for desperate measures. We have all been through some
\ntough times or seen someone close to us struggle. We challenge you to make
\na page about how the economy has affected you. Tell us your views or maybe
\nhow you have survived these tough times. The second part of your challenge
\nis to use something square or something recycled.”<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

The first thing I thought about, reading this, were my shoes…
\nI have quite a few pair of shoes, but last year a lot of them got tattered,
\nand I didn’t have the money to buy new ones or even let them repair….
\nAnd\u00a0every time I saw my shoes I had an old nursery\u00a0rhyme spinning through my head…\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s an old, Dutch nursery rhyme my mum recited for me when I was little…
\nI’ll try to translate… (“Koen” is a Dutch name…)<\/p>\n

“Koen, will you repair my shoe?
\nYes miss, I will do that at once.
\nKoen, will you make it strong?
\nYes miss, that’s my daily job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Koen, is my shoe finished yet?
\nYes miss, you can pay it now.
\nKoen, I don’t have any money.
\nWell, than your shoe stays here…<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Cause Koen isn’t that fond
\nof customers without any money<\/span><\/p>\n

Bye, Koen!
\nBye, miss without a shoe!<\/span><\/p>\n

(of course it rhymes in Dutch….)<\/p>\n

Here’s my lay out.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0
\nI kept it
\nquite simple…
\nWhite cardstock,
\nsome spray ink
\nand I sewed the
\nsquares with my
\nsewing machine.<\/p>\n

I printed
\nthe rhyme
\non vellum.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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And I finished two more pages for my “Book of Me”
\n(don’t start giggling – no secrets this time!)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The prompt for page three was “iCreate<\/strong>”
\n“As women who create through scrapbooking and art journals,
\nwe all have a relationship with our creative minds.
\nThis prompt encourages you to talk about that relationship.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I used old dictionary paper for the background, sprayed it with ink
\n(leaving some spots\/words open – see detail picture)
\nand a black and white sharpie for the journaling.
\n(The black is my “daily” and the white is my “creative” side)
\nThe paperclips show ’cause I used them on my former page, as is
\nthe big paperclip, which I put a gelsticker on to make it fit to this page.<\/p>\n

Journaling in Dutch:
\nI talk – I scrap – I laugh – I paint – I love – I write –
\nI cry – I photograph – I sleep – I blog – I dream – I fantasize –
\nI breath – I glue – I eat – I stamp – I walk – I cut – I read –
\nI calligraphy – I drink – I draw – I work – I embroider – I listen –
\nI live!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0
\nThe words
\nleft open
\nto read
\nafter spraying
\nthe ink:
\npainting,
\nwriter,
\nphotographer
\netc.<\/p>\n

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The next page in my Book of Me had to be about school.<\/p>\n

“Today’s prompt is about school.
\nYou could really create a page about anything relating to your time in school”<\/em><\/p>\n

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A simple page huh? But I like it!
\nI had that “black board paper” in my stash for ages!<\/p>\n

This is 1971 – I was 7 years old and I went to school in my hometown,
\na very small village\u00a0with a small school.\u00a0There are 3 classes on the photo!
\nYes, we\u00a0stayed with 3 classes in one classroom.
\nThe teacher began teaching\u00a0class one – putting them to work.
\nThen class #2 – putting them to work and then she (class 1,2,3)
\nor he (class 4,5,6) began a lesson explaining things to the left over class.
\nWhen you were in 1st class, you heard all the explanation\/lessons of class 2
\nand 3, so by the time you were in 3rd class you\u00a0heard it over and over
\nand already knew all the stuff.\u00a03th and 6th class\u00a0were the best for me!!!!<\/p>\n

I\u00a0wrote the teacher’s name and all\u00a0the names of my class mates on the page.
\nThat’s it.<\/p>\n

And now, I wanna point something funny out to you…
\nMy dear {heart}friend Lena is playing this BOM-prompts too –
\nshe puts her lay outs on SIStv<\/a>, and when you take a look at her
\nBOM-pages in her portfolio, you’ll see the same school building,
\nand her school photo taken in the same year (notice the way
\nthe children are positioned in the classroom) on her “school page”.
\nI was in 2nd class on my photo (with the female teacher) and she was
\nin 4th class (with the male teacher)<\/p>\n

We go a long way, being friends, and it is very funny to compare our pages!
\n(Had to giggle about her “secret” page – we were partners in crime there!)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Jeanet<\/a> tagged me…a book tag!
\nThis\u00a0are the rules…<\/p>\n

1. Pick up the book that you have most handy
\n2. Turn to page 161
\n3. Find the 5th complete sentence
\n4. Cite the sentence on your blog
\n5. Pass it on to 5 other unsuspecting blogger friends.<\/p>\n

I do have a\u00a0from-top-to-bottom filled bookcase (yep, a passionate reader!)
\nand I like to re-read old books now and then.
\nI started in “I.M.” by Connie Palmen again the other day.
\nShe’s a Dutch writer and so my sentence is in Dutch…<\/p>\n

“Het verlangen naar God valt voor mij volkomen samen met het verlangen
\nnaar mijn vader,” heeft hij gezegd.”<\/p>\n

(“The desire for God corresponds completely with the desire for my dad,”
\nso he told me”)<\/p>\n

And now I have to pass it on to 5 other bloggers…
\nLet’s see…<\/p>\n

Ah, let’s give Ang\u00e8le<\/a> something to do since she gave me a challenge!
\n(I’m still puzzling over my “yellow LO” dear…)<\/p>\n

And of course her daughter Vivan<\/a> (will\u00a0she be reading the same book
\nas her mum?)<\/p>\n

And Helen<\/a>… does she have time to read?<\/p>\n

And what about Danielle<\/a>?<\/p>\n

And, uhm,\u00a0let’s see if Michelle<\/a> does anything\u00a0else but scrap.<\/p>\n

So here it is ladies! You’re next!<\/p>\n

I’m off to diner now (my beloved\u00a0baked\u00a0French fries, mmmmm!)
\nSee you all on\u00a0Friday then, with a new Lotus challenge
\nand maybe a BOM page – or two!<\/p>\n

Je t’embrasse!<\/p>\n

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