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Young at ART
Janneke Smit
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Last school year I became a bit overwhelmed with all the school work, artwork and crafts my children brought home from school. Combined with all the art they created at home we had masterpieces
everywhere. Although I threw away a lot of what they made, there were still many artworks left that we wanted to keep.
My husband has his system: he puts everything the children make that he wants to keep in a big drawer. And I have developed my own system: every day I select the things I like to keep and the rest goes in the trash right away. I ask my child to tell me about what she or he made and then I write this down on the back together with the name and date. About once a month I scan in all the papers, take photographs if it is three-dimensional, add notes to the images and organize everything into folders on my computer.
And then there are the really special art pieces; the completely amazing ones and the ones that have a special story to tell. As a scrapbooker I love to create layouts with and about those masterpieces, making sure both the art and the story are preserved for future generations. Please take a look at the layouts below for a few ideas for scrapbook pages.
There are so many more possibilities to use all those creations, especially when you have those in digital form. You can resize, print and cut out parts of the artwork and use these as embellishments on other scrapbook pages or cards. You can use those scanned images to create one-of-a-kind greeting cards, gift wrap, placemats, coffee mugs, wall decoration, t-shirts, etc. etc. How do You preserve and use your children’s art?
PS. The holidays are coming…
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Design note:
I created my own crayon embellishments. I cut crayons in different colors from the striped patterned paper, and backed these with thin chipboard. I sanded around the edges of the crayons to give them a more defined edge against the background. Hybrid: I scanned my son’s artwork, reduced the size and printed it out on photo paper.
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Message 4 Larissa by Janneke Smit. Supplies:
Papers: Basic Grey, Rub-ons: Junkitz, Brads: Eyelet Outlet, Pen: The Colonial Needle Company, Date Stamp: Staples, Ink: Rubber Stampede, Font: Blink Janneke style, Other:
chipboard, sandpaper.
Journaling:
Today Darren stayed home
from school because he hurt his knee
yesterday and he could hardly walk this
morning. After Darren and I came back from
the doctor, I took Larissa to the store and
Darren watched some TV. Inspired by what he
saw on Blue’s Clues he made some messages
for us and then he decided to make a message
for Larissa: LETS DRAW. I am blown away by
all the details. He could not see Larissa
when he made the drawing, but he remembered
what she was wearing. Look at the table in
the living room with four legs and a green
crayon on top. And five fingers on each
hand, the stripes in Larissa’s shirt, etc.
Absolutely amazing for an almost-five-year
old!
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Editor’s note:
Brianne took a slightly
different approach; she gave her son art
supplies and took photos while he was
painting, and made a wonderful scrapbook
page about the process of creating art.
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Imagination at work by Brianne Nevill.
Supplies:
Paper: We Are Memory
Keepers, Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper,
Chipboard: Cosmo Cricket, Bling: K &
Company, Brads: Making Memories, Font: GE
Inspira.
Journaling:
Matthew, my little
Picasso, you are so amazing. You turn a
regular painting session into a fit of
giggles and snorts. You paint the whole
family on your little canvas and yet, you
have no idea the masterpiece you leave on my
heart. I am so glad you like to do creative
things with me. I know that as you grow, you
will do less and less with me, but for now,
I am content watching your imagination at
work from the seat right beside you. - Mommy
4/18/2008.
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Design note:
My son made this lovely painted frame at day care when he was three years old for my husband for Father’s Day. I stamped the vine stamps in Versamark ink to give me a guide for doing my stitching. It was easy to cover the Versamark with the floss.
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Father's Day 1994 by Anita Mulcahey. Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper, Stamps: Stampin’ Up!, Ink: Tsukineko, Flowers: American Crafts, Embroidery Floss: DMC, Other:
rub-ons.
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