GEORGIA AQUARIUM

This is my first official layout for Stick it Down!  We were asked to design a layout based on this sketch.  This past fall, my husband and I took our daughters to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia.  It is probably the coolest aquarium I've ever seen!  If you like marine life, they have several whale sharks,  beluga whales, lots of huge manta rays.....It is amazing! Anyways, I thought this sketch would be a perfect design to highlight some of my favorite pictures that I took while we were at the aquarium.  And Fancy Pants' "Down by the Shore" line with the nautical theme papers I felt were the perfect way to showcase these pictures.

MY PILLOW PETS

This week's RCS challenge inspiration is the 1980's classic "The Breakfast Club."  I'm not sure how many times I watched this when I was growing up a child of the 80's. And even though this film is almost 30 years old, the themes are still alive today.  Don't judge a book by it's cover; don't bully; give people a chance..Getting off my soapbox, I was inspired for this challenge by a picture of my furry children.  The other day, I found my Shepherd Mix, 65+ pound dog using my chihuahua as a pillow pet.  It was one of the most adorable things I have ever seen.  These two dogs couldn't look and be any different from each other physically, but they are best friends.  So, between the thematic link to The Breakfast Club, and the fact that you have to wake up from sleep for breakfast, I was inspired to use this picture for this bi-weekly challenge!

WINTER WONDER

Welcome to new year at RCS!  This bi-weekly challenge is the Disney movie "Snow Buddies."  In other words, make a layout featuring snow in some way.  For this picture, I used a variety of papers from my winter stash to feature pictures of my daughter and dog playing in the snow.  If you play along RCS, link up and you could win a prize from our sponsor Spiegel Mom Scraps!

LOVE THAT STACHE

Happy New Year from Child's Play Challenge!  Our Team's inspiration for this challenge was the board game Monopoly.  I'm not a fan of that game....I know...I'm weird.  Most people love it.  I'm not one of them.  I get bored way too easily and seem to get sent to jail every time it's my turn...Anyway, what I do love about the game are the cute silver game pieces and the little guy with the handlebar mustache on the game cards.  So for this challenge, I focused on facial hair.  I found adorable Doodlebug design paper with mustaches that I thought were perfect for this layout!  Along with pictures of my girls sporting the facial hair....Please feel free to follow my blog, and please check us out at Child's Play Challenge!

CHRISTMAS LOVE

Happy New Year RCS fans!  Bet you guessed what the challenge was this time around....the movie New Year's Eve!  In other words, use something new on your layout.  I have a slight addiction to Two Peas in a Bucket (which I'm guessing many of you out there in the scrap world do), and I found this extremely cute Christmas paper from Bella Boulevard.  Since I tend to be a seasonal scrapper, I wanted to use this new Christmas paper before the Christmas season officially comes to a close (in my mind that is after New Year's Day).  My daughter got a new iPhone for Christmas and was extremely excited for new stuffed animals from her favorite youtube star's website.  So I figured that would be a perfect picture for my New Year's Eve inspired layout!

MERRY TRADITIONS

This is my first layout for my new design team "Stick it Down."  We were asked to use the layout featured below as our guide.  Well.....my Mom likes for me to take pictures of her grandchildren for her annual Christmas card.  Trying to get the perfect shot of three strong willed girls and one wiggly baby is a daunting task.  But I was really happy with several of the pictures I took, and thought this layout would be a great way to feature the pictures.  If you haven't done so yet, go check out Stick it Down's blog.  There are some great sketches on the horizon for those of you who like to work with sketches!

IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

This week's RCS challenge was inspired by two things; The Grinch that Stole Christmas and the sketch located below. I fell in love with the Jillibean Soup "Christmas Chowder" paper line that was released this holiday season.  And I loved the cut out tree that was featured in the kit.  So, I decided as a Christmas gift for myself, I would purchase myself some "Christmas Chowder."  As you can see in this picture, the Grinch went nowhere near my daughter's stack of presents at her Grandma's house.  And as much as she likes presents, she loves giving them more.  It definitely is the most wonderful time of the year for her!