Birthday Boys

Hello Wednesday- time for a new challenge at Child's Play Challenges. This week we're playing with an all-time favorite, Play-Doh! Here's the LO I created inspired by the squishy stuff:

I used the colors from the packaging as the inspiration on my layout, and I pulled the cloud shape from the logo to create my background. Hop on over to Child's Play to see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with and join in the challenge! =) T

Challenges:
-Childs Play play doh
-Frosted Designs sketch

Cherish

It's time for a classic game challenge at my blog, Childs Play Challenges. So pleased with the fun variety of layouts that the Design Team came up with, here's my contribution:

I didn't have any domino pictures, (which is odd because that is a family favorite here in my house), so I decided to pull the colors from the inspiration pic, which were green, black and white. I also incorporated a few other challenges, which I just love to do- gives me great direction and makes putting together a layout such an easy task! To get started in used this fabulous SKETCH from Frosted Designs. I used DOTS and STRIPES for the challenge at Divas by Design and punched out a bunch of BUTTERFLIES for Flutterby Wednesday. I am also linking this us at WHATEVER YOU WANT WEDNESDAYS linking party at Free Pretty Things.

I hope you'll pop on over to my little baby, Child's Play Challenges, and play along with us. See you there! =) T

Love You 2

Time for a new challenge over at Child's Play Challenges, this week we're asking you to create a layout inspired by the story book, Guess How Much I Love You. Such a sweet story of the love between a mom and her baby, and since I celebrated Valentines with my 2 kiddos last night, I decided to use that for my LO:

Yup, it's another one oif my super-simple, made-in-minutes layouts. No fancy-schmancy techniques here- just a little misting of the background, two squares of scrap pattern paper, handwritten title and a strip of pom-pom fringe. This layout was made in just 10 minutes- that is a serious record for me!! But it was a sweet photo of my 2 kiddos, so I wanted to keep everything simple and the focus on the pic.

If you'd like to play along with us at Child's Play Challenges (and I hope you do), please stop on by and see the rest of the DTs projects and link up your own take too! Our favorite will be chosen to be a guest designer with us in March! =) T

A New Challenge Blog and a DT Call!!

There's a new kid on the block, Child's Play Challenges. I've been spending a lot of time in toy stores lately doing my Christmas shopping, and after all of the blocks I've played with, the games I've looked at and the books I've sorted through, an idea came to me... why not create a challenge blog using toys and games as inspiration? Most of us scrapbookers feature children in our layouts, whether it's our own children doing yet another adorable thing or even digging up old childhood photos from the attic. We celebrate children and childhood all the time in our layouts, and through this new challenge blog, I'll hopefully offer up some inspiration to keep those pages coming!!

To get started, I am looking for a few talented and creative scrapbookers out there to join me in this adventure at Child's Play Challenges. If you'd like to play along with fun challenges, partipate in the blog and motivate others to take part in the fun, this might be the place for you! Your term would run February-August 2012, and you would be asked to complete 1 layout per month. If you would like to be considered, here's what you need to do:

1-Create a new layout just for the call at Child's Play Challenges based on the toy below.

2-Post about the DT call on your blog, along with your take on the challenge.

3-Leave a comment at Child's Play Challenges telling us that you would like to be considered for the DT, along with a link to your blog post, and be sure to include your email address!

4-Become a new follower and spread the word about this playful new challenge blog!

The deadline for this call is January 27th, and the new Design Team will be announced on February 1st! Can't wait to see what you come up with!! =) Tiffany