PALS

This is the latest design that I did for Stick it Down, & I have to say, I LOVED this sketch!  I decided to use new Valentine paper from the Jillibean Soup "Heart Healthy" line.  I don't take a lot of pictures for Valentine's Day, but what I do take a lot of pictures of are my daughter and her best little furry pal.  Sometimes papers with busy patterns leave me stumped on how to effectively use them, however, I adored how Shelby, our double team layout designer, used patterned paper as "pennants" on this design. In addition, I love doilies and like how she anchored the title on top of the doily.  Overall, I was quite pleased at how quickly this design came together.  If you have busy pattern paper, try this sketch out for size! 

GO FOR THE GOLD

This RCS challenge was inspired by the upcoming 86th Annual Academy Awards show.  In other words, create a project inspired by the Oscars.  When I think of the Academy Awards, I think gold....along with all the stars.  I felt this picture of my daughter proudly sporting her gold medal in figure skating fit the bill for this challenge!  A few stars cut out from my Cricut, a few swatches of the adorable star paper from Simple Stories, a little bit of gold bling, and VOILA! This Academy Award layout was created!

PUPPY LOVE

For this RCS challenge, the inspiration was the movie "Love Actually".  Although it's a Christmas movie, the word "love" with Valentine's Day around the corner was the inspiration.  I ordered this adorable Valentine paper from Crate Paper and used a sketch from my new design team "Stick it Down" to create this layout.  And I knew exactly what pictures I wanted to use; my girls loving on my dog.  There is no doubt about it, my puppy dog is loved beyond words!  And I thought he was the perfect subject matter for a love layout!

NO MORE PICTURES

This is my latest creation for Child's Play Challenge. We were to make a layout inspired by "Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown."  When I saw this challenge, I actually didn't think Valentine's Day.  I thought summer; amusement parks; and the cool new chevron paper I got from Simple Stories. This picture was taken of my girls about two years ago with a Snoopy statue, and they really weren't thrilled to have their picture taken....They wanted to ride the rides.  So I found this beauty, paired it up with my chevron paper that reminds me of Charlie Brown's shirt, and VOILA!  Also, the design was inspired from one previously posted by my old design team 2 Broke Girls.  I thought it was a fun way to display the papers and the picture.

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!