Survivor/Page Maps Blog Contest

Hey everyone! I did this following layout for a challenge on the PageMaps blog for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The challenge was to use a sketch and sketch something meaningful to you. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to honor my grandmother and her battle with breast cancer. My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and one amazing woman! I thank the Lord every day that she and my grandfather are here for me anytime I need them. I love them both very, very much and miss them terribly since I moved away. This photo was taken shortly after they married. It is a vintage photograph that I borrowed from her and copied. I just love the pic. They were and still are such a cute couple! I chose "Survivor" for my title, which I placed on recycled puzzle pieces. I cut most of the flowers with the cricut using left over paper and adhered them with various brads. The remaining are various Prima flowers. I also chose to do a pink ribbon which is the symbol for Breast Cancer Awareness. I placed it on the circle which I ran through the Cuttlebug using the D'Vine Swirl Embossing Folder. The journaling under the title reads: "My grandmother, Martha Mansell, a breast cancer survivor. Then I found a poem on the internet and printed it onto vellum. The poem reads "Dear Lord, You've done so much for me. Thank you with all my soul. But, I've something to ask of thee. Needing Your grand control. I've waged this battle and I've won. Yet, others battle still. For some, their journey's just begun. Please guide each in Your will. I've walked this road, I've felt each bump. I've conquered Your test. I've grown much wiser, since the lump located in my breast. I see the world much differently. I pray others will, too. So many fight audaciously. Lord, help to see them through. Dear Lord, I ask with all my heart, please touch these special lives. Bless them with courage from the start. Bring hope into their eyes. Let their hope shine a hallowed light that burns forevermore to honor their spirited fight and our dreams for a cure." -Jill Eisnagle- This was such a fun challenge for me and I am so glad I participated. It has helped to remind me just how important it is to do regular self exams and when the time comes for me, to have yearly mammograms. Thank you for looking! God Bless!

Here is the sketch we were to use: