ADSR: CHALLENGE 12 -- {we are} storytellers

Racers, welcome to {we are} storytellers! You are certainly on the home stretch now! Congratulations to all those that are participating. We are sure you've preserved many memories along the road.

This challenge is an INTERSECTION -- Players must collaborate on one project.

Pretend you and your team mate are sitting on a porch, sipping a cup of tea and chatting. You stumble upon the topic of storytelling, your eyes light up and you begin talking about why storytelling is so important to each of you.

Please create a layout that expresses what storytelling means to each of you. Why did you each choose this form (scrapbooking in general and/or digital specifically) to tell your stories? Why is storytelling important? How do you feel about storytelling (is it a creative outlet, way to express your words, document your family's experiences, etc.) Why are you a storyteller? (You don't have to answer all these questions, consider them food for thought and to give you an idea as to what we are looking for.)

Your story must include:

{we are} storytellers word-art provided (see below) -- you may alter the word-art if you would like.
At least 1/2 of the layout must be journaling, more the better
At least 5 elements/embellishements
No more than 2 pieces of paper
Only 2 small photos, 1 of each of you, placed in the bottom right hand area of your page.

White Paper by Vinnie Pearce Blended with Beige Paper from TaylorMade; Flower, Cluster (Used Twice) and Black Stroke - Natali Designs; Frames (Used Twice) - C. Renee; Word Art - We Are Storytellers

5 Elements:
1. Flower
2. Black Stroke
3 - 4. Cluster (Twice)
5 -6. Frame (Twice)

Font - 2Peas Champagne

Ailsa choose the colors and the frames. I choose the other elements and did the LO. We collaborated on the journaling together so that it came in the form of one voice. We wanted to be able to create a LO that could be handed down for generations once the race was over. Here, we can remove the photo of the other and each have a valuable memory for the generations that will come after us.

Journaling reads:

Photographs are our connection with our past. They provide a glimpse of our history. They show us who we are and where we came from. But photographs can’t speak, and histories and stories are lost as those who possess those stories pass away. Scrapping serves to preserve more than just a hint of who we are. Scrapping provides a detailed account of who we are.

I scrap family photos with names and dates so that my great grandchildren will be able to put names to the faces of their history. I scrap them because if I don’t those names will be lost and those photos will become missing links in our family history. Nameless faces in a crowded box of photos. I scrap family photos because their occupants deserve to be remembered and their histories recalled.

I scrap family stories so that those stories will live long after those of us who are part of them cease to. I scrap family stories so that my children’s grandchildren will be able to laugh at the funny things we have done or seen. So that our stories of love, success, loss, failure, joy and triumph are etched in history forever. I scrap family stories so that they are never forgotten. I scrap family stories so that my children are forever remembered by the children of their children.

I scrap so we remember who we are and where we came from. I scrap so we are never forgotten. I scrap to leave a legacy for those who come next. I scrap because it is my duty to leave as many questions answered as I can.

I will someday cease to be, but because of scrapping I will leave a legacy of love, life, memories and photographs that will speak to generations far into the future. Through scrapping those I love will live on through my pages and my stories and that is something worth leaving behind.