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Grammatically Correct
Another
part of speech is the adjective. The role of
adjectives is to modify the noun by describing,
identifying or quantifying. An ant can be
described as tiny or black. These helpful parts
of speech allow the reader to visualize. Janis
took it a step further and cleverly chose
adjectives that all began with the letter S on
her funky and layered layout.
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Design notes: My
son's mohawk inspired the journaling in my
layout. I started with spunky and spiky and
just consulted with the dictionary for other
adjectives starting with "sp". What papers
to go with the mohawk? No questions asked,
they have to be BasicGrey's Archaic papers!
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This Kid Is by Janis G. Medina-Maghinay.
Supplies: Paper: BasicGrey, Cardstock:
Die Cuts With a View, Cardstock Lace: Monday
Morning Memories Intricacies, Chipboard:
Scenic Route, Heidi Grace, All About
Scrapbooking, BasicGrey, Journaling
Die-cut: October Afternoon, Stamps: Autumn
Leaves, Brads: Making Memories, Pens:
Sakura, Ink: Clearsnap, Ranger, Paint:
Making Memories, Ranger, Other: buttons,
thread, ribbon, corrugated board.
Journaling: Spirited, Spunky, Spiffy,
Spiky, Special.
Want to
continue to add more description? Think
about using adverbs on your next layout.
Adverbs change verbs or adjectives by
indicating the manner, time, or degree and
often answer questions like “where, when,
how, how much”. The adverb “quietly” can
describe how someone reads. Check out how
Lindsey’s adverbs make the act of flying a
kite come to life, providing a sense of how
the day proceeded.
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Design notes: I decided to go with the adverbs with this
picture because I felt that fewer words were
better than too many. Watching my son fly a
kite on a beach brought such cool feelings
and emotions that it was easy to put into
simple words. The words were printed onto
patterned paper, cut randomly, inked and
adhered.
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Kite by Lindsey Krauss. Supplies: Paper: GCD Studios, Felt, Chipboard: Prima Marketing,
Flowers: Making Memories, Brads:
Making Memories, BasicGrey, Diecuts: 3 Bugs
in a Rug, Fonts: Beachtype, CK Friend, CK
Love Life, CK Renaissance, Other: flowers.
Journaling: freely, joyfully,
patiently, happily.
Not to be forgotten are prepositions, those
little words that have a big
responsibility. Prepositions connect nouns or pronouns to other words in
a sentence. Many prepositions are
positional words meant to show the spatial
relationship of its object to the rest of
the sentence. Words such as “on, in,
beside, over” should come to mind. I
wondered how prepositional phrases could
exist in isolation. Jody quickly proved to
me that they can be used quite effectively
on a layout.
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Design notes: This is my youngest daughter, Erin, and her
daddy. I have loved this photo from our
vacation to Cape Cod from 2 summers ago. I
am so happy that you inspired me to finally
scrap it. Once you gave me the assignment, I
knew that I would use this particular photo
because of the sweet memory behind it.
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Asleep by Jody Wenke. Supplies: Paper: 7Gypsies,
Cardstock:
American Crafts, Chipboard: Maya Road, Star: K & Company,
Pen: Sharpie, Other: jewel, Font: Amanda.
Journaling: She is asleep with her
Daddy, in his arms, on the sand, near the
water.
Even if you are not a grammar geek like me,
you can still put the parts of speech to
good use! In reality, each of these six are
meant to be used together. But isn’t
scrapbooking all about freedom of
expression. Think differently and put only
one in the starring role on your next
layout.
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