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Gone Are and Here Are—the layout

November 16, 2009

Gone Are and Here Are—the layout

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SUPPLIES:Layered Template No. 11 (Cathy Zielske) • Classic Cardstock Foundation, Digital Date Stamps Vol. 12 (Katie Pertiet) • Stitched by Anna No. 1(Anna Aspnes) • (click on layout to see larger in new window)

I recently wrote about how things have changed during the years that I've been raising these youngin' of mine; how the stuff that's now just memory has been replaced by the stuff that makes up our new everyday.

As soon as I did the blog post, I knew I wanted to save it in a layout, so I designed a new template for Designer Digitals to do just that.

Scrapbooking offers such a great opportunity to compare and contrast, almost like a good old-fashioned English assignment. Show how things change and evolve over time. Or how they don't.

What can you compare and contrast?

One thing to consider when approaching a layout like this is to create a parallel structure in your journaling—a tit for tat, if you will.

Write one thing that is gone: kids who are afraid to fall asleep on their own upstairs.

Then, pair it with one thing that is here that directly corresponds: kids who can stay up later than their parents.

Taking this parallel approach to journaling can help propel the process of sharing your story.

You can find this template on sale now at Designer Digitals.

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  1. Margie says

    November 16, 2009 at 6:46 am

    Awesome idea for journaling. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  2. Cricket says

    November 16, 2009 at 7:09 am

    Love this idea Cathy!

    Blessings,

    Reply
  3. wandercraft.blogspot.com says

    November 16, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Loooove this one!

    Reply
  4. Leora Henkin says

    November 16, 2009 at 8:14 am

    I love your layout. Thanks for sharing.

    Leora

    Reply
  5. TracyBzz says

    November 16, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Recently I was complaining to my mom that the girls complain when they have to have a shower. Then we started talking and I worry that they don’t get enough sleep sometimes etc etc.
    She replied with a “everything you stress about now will be the opposite in a few years” They will sleep all the time. You won’t be able to get them out of the bathroom.
    Exact opposite problems. But really the same difference.

    Reply
  6. Cynthia Friese-Hassanein says

    November 16, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Hey Cathy- I just want to thank you for your awesome post last week on going digital. I am mostly Hybrid:) And what a long process that is for me. This weekend I tried all digi. Wow, I am hooked. I did 5 lay-outs and have about four more planned out. It has really got me telling those stories again. Thank you!!!!! hmm now gonna have to try some of your digital designs…..

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  7. Carol Zeitz says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Cynthia,
    you will be totally hooked. I love traditional and hybrid for mini-albums and other crafty decor goodies, but for layouts, digi is awesome. Its so easy to get a story out and “on paper”. Best of luck to you in your digi endeavors! And Cathy’s templates and digi goodies are terrific!

    Reply
  8. Judy Lucas says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Wow- these are great. Can I use them in Apeture with the mac?

    Judy

    Reply
  9. janaina oliveira says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Loving the templates that push us up to have ideas to journal , for me people like me that wants to journal so much but don’t know how to start.
    Thanks Cathy

    Reply
  10. Cynthia Friese-Hassanein says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:38 am

    Hi Carol! Thank you- so true. It is just so awesome to be able to see your page vision come to life in such a easy way. I for sure will continue to do hybrid for my other projects:)

    Reply
  11. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Cynthia, that’s cool to hear.

    : ) I am definitely more open to the entire digital process now. Like this layout here: it let me tell a story exactly how i wanted to.

    Reply
  12. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:47 am

    The templates? No Judy, they are just for Photoshop Elements and Photoshop. : (

    Reply
  13. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 10:47 am

    You’re welcome.

    Reply
  14. Diana says

    November 16, 2009 at 11:06 am

    I always love your journaling Cathy – it’s tender and funny and a captured moment in your life. Thanks for the wonderful layout and inspiration!

    Reply
  15. Shannon says

    November 16, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Hi Cathy,

    I love the templates. I’ve been making a few pages a week because it is much easier to “scrap” on the computer and watch tv than to get all my stuff out, try to find what I need, etc. I love being able to do both. That being said, could you do a tutorial on how to change sizes from 8.5 x 11 to 12 x 12 and vice versa? Thanks!

    Reply
  16. Jeanne Pellerin says

    November 16, 2009 at 11:32 am

    My favorite template so far! Quintessential Cathy Zielske!

    Reply
  17. Judy Lucas says

    November 16, 2009 at 11:59 am

    Well thats a bummer. Maybe I will put it on my wish list for Christmas

    Reply
  18. Michelle says

    November 16, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    I love this, am taking Ali’s class, and think this is fantastic. I must say these are my favorite types of layouts. And this one makes me teary! Fantastic. I am gonna buy your digi template for sure. Sweet and perfect.

    Reply
  19. LeAnne S. says

    November 16, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Was I dreaming or what?! Where can I find the tutorial you recently did on using templates in PSE?

    Reply
  20. Melissa Rydjeski says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    This template is perfect with this week’s assignment for Ali Edwards’ Yesterday and Today class. Thanks!

    Reply
  21. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    Judy, you should put it on your list. You can pick up Adobe Elements for $79. It’s a tremendous value!

    Reply
  22. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Shannon, good for you!

    You know, going from 8.5×11 to 12 x 12 is easier, only because you can simply increase the canvas, and leave all elements as is. Did you notice in the packages you get instructions for that?

    But, i like the idea of doing a tutorial. Will add it to the list of many things : )

    Reply
  23. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks, Jeanne.

    Reply
  24. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:56 pm

    Thanks. It made me a little teary too.

    Reply
  25. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    LeAnne, all of the tutorials I’ve done are here:

    http://www

    videos

    I will be posting a link on my nav bar soon!

    Reply
  26. Melanie K. says

    November 16, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    You mean eventually I won’t have to tell them fifty million times to brush your teeth, put your shoes on, get your coat on ….. in the morning? And fifty million times at night the exact opposite? Well, except for brushing the teeth, of course. lol.

    Reply
  27. Aubrey says

    November 16, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Cathy,
    I love that idea! And I want you to know that you have just given a tired mom HOPE! The part about the early mornings leading to the parents getting up before the kids? Is that possible for me? (((yawn))) Someday I hope. Morning start at 5am around here, and I’ve got two kids pretty far apart so 10 years down and another 16 to go. Thanks for the light at the end of the tunnel. 🙂

    Reply
  28. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    Actually, i still tell them multiple times on the teeth brushing. : )

    Reply
  29. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 2:56 pm

    Aubrey, it does change, then… you find yourself wondering where the time went.

    Reply
  30. cynthia says

    November 16, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    That is one awesome thing! I get so stuck in the paper process and the sky is the limit ! with digi:) wow I sound like I should be in a digital infomercial! thank you again for the creative nudge to try something new!

    Reply
  31. Kathy Floen says

    November 16, 2009 at 5:33 pm

    Cathy- I so loved your LO and the part of the blog when you paralelled (sp?) kids who are afraid to sleep upstairs by themselves to kids that can stay up later than their parents…it that NOT the truth?! 🙂 Thanks!

    Reply
  32. April says

    November 16, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    There’s a coupon for it this month at costco, for $30 off…$49 is a steal!

    Reply
  33. April says

    November 16, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    What are the fonts you used in that layout?

    Reply
  34. Lisa says

    November 16, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    LOVE this. I am loving your templates Cathy. They are allowing me to record such meaningful stuff but in a quick, fun way! Keep ’em coming! 😉

    Reply
  35. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    I used Archer. : ) and the script is Amelie.

    Reply
  36. cathy says

    November 16, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    That is a crazy good deal!

    Reply
  37. sarah_struebig@yahoo.com says

    November 17, 2009 at 7:28 am

    love IT! love It! love IT! Thank you for inspiring me.

    Reply
  38. JoLynn says

    November 26, 2009 at 8:56 pm

    I love this, especially since I have been missing the “gone are” the days lately, and desperately trying to hold onto the “here are” the days.

    Reply

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