Sheryl Schmidt Artistry

I love this page. My journaling is hidden on a tag under the picture. While watching my children play I was struck by the freedoms that children have. My journaling reads: To be as free as a child.Free to run,play,slide,swing. To be free to laugh,giggle,cry,yell,enjoy. To be free of fear,worry,stress. To be free to experience life and all it's wonders.

This is a very simple page done about Ruby-Jean and her Best Friend Forever, Auria.

This was my entry for the Rebus challenge for Creative Idol. I love how it turned out and I never would have thought to journal in this manner if not for the challenge. Here is the translation if you are having trouble. Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Kayne. He had big eyes. He was a little monkey. One day he wanted to do his hair so he could be handsome like his daddy. He went into th e bathroom and turned the water on so he could wet his hair.Then he put some gel in and began to comb his hair. First he combed it one way and then the other way. He combed his hair till his spikes were j ust right.Once he decided that he was as handsome as could bee he came downstairs to find his mommy and show her what he had done. She was very surprised. She laughed and gave the little boy named Kayne a hug and they lived happily ever after. The end.

100 Things: The ones I have done are in purple. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band ....at school 4. Visited Hawaii 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland /world 8. Climbed a mountain(well part of one.) 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse (lunar!) 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of

I have been dealing with some leg issues this summer and fall. I have been doing acupuncture for about 2months and I am getting some relief from it. I used a vintage sewing pattern for teh butterfly wings and my journalling tag.

This page was done for the Creative Idol Contest on Just Cre 8. The challenge was to scrap a slogan. I did the M&M"S "Melts in your mouth not in your hands." I like the page and really had fun cre 8 ing it.