First Day of School

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This was the first day of 7th grade for Grace and 6th grade for Elijah. Elijah was heading off to STEM Charter and Grace was headed to Christian Center School. About two months into the school year we actually ended up pulling Elijah out of STEM and putting him into CCS with Grace. Going to two different schools every morning and afternoon ended up being a bit much especially since they were not close to each other. This ended up being a really good decision as this school year (as everyone knows) ended up quite unexpectedly!

To scrap their first day of school photos I used a challenge from The ScrapRoom Blog, as well as a challenge from ACOT - A Cherry On Top in order to create a double layout!

My Layout:




The Challenges:
The ScrapRoom Blog


My Layout:


ACOT Challenge: Make the Cut

3/4 x 10
2 1/4 x 9 1/2
2 1/4 x 11
6 x 6

My Layout:



To Create this layout I used:

Piggy Tales: Georgie Porgie Collection paper
BoBunny: Back to Backs paper
Echo Park: Teacher's Pet - stickers
Split Monograms Cricut DS image - Frame on left
Diecut using the Cuttlebug - amphersand 
American Crafts Project Life: Currently photo overlay
Paper clip from Walmart



A Closer Look:







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Blessings,









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