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Digi Dare #244 


Adjectives
Adjectives = Descriptive words. One of my son’s teachers gave us an assignment at back-to-school night to write down a list of words that describe our child. The first 3 or 4 were easy to come up with, but it got more and more difficult as I sat there trying to think of things. But it was fun to really think about my son and think about all the different words that could describe him, good and bad.
This week I want you choose a person you are close to and come up with at least TEN adjectives that describe them! Be sure to think of words to describe the good and the bad. 
Dare Flair:

• Use at least one photo of your chosen person – make it black & white!
• Use at least 10 different adjectives, some good and some bad!
• Arrange the adjectives so that they are somehow scattered around the photo(s) of your person on at least three sides.
• Use a different font or piece of wordart for each word.
• Think of a color that reminds you of this person and make that the dominant color on your layout.

 and here is my layout:

Remember – be sure to submit a link to your layout here  in the comments by 10 pm EST next Thursday, September 22nd!

A love affair with BasicGrey

anyone who knows me from my paper scrapping days know that I have a bit of an addiction with BasicGrey.....I bought every single paper they released, and alphabets - I have plenty.  As I made the transition over to digital, I started to sell, donate or give to family many of my paper supplies, but one of the few things I could not get rid of was my BasicGrey.  It still sits in my paper rack, just begging me to use it.  I still do, creating a few cards or mini albums occasionally, but digital is really my creative outlet.  Naturally when BasicGrey started releasing digital kits I knew I could get myself in trouble with my credit card, but started picking up a few kits anyway and incorporating them into my designs.

The new BasicGrey Blog was introduced by Melanie with the announcement of a BasicGrey design team opportunity.    I sent in my application and waited (like many of you).  Well today, the wait is finally over.  I am a member of the BasicGrey Digital Design Team, and I am thrilled!!  I can't wait to share with you all of my creations.

here is a layout I did as part of my application....

Credits:  BasicGrey digital collections: Hang 10 Patterned paper, Vagabond Patterned paper, Perhaps Element, Phresh & Phunky Flourishes, Skate Shoppe Elements, Sweetpea Alyssa Notes.   Designer Digitals: Katie Pertiet vintage frame. 

Back to school

not so long ago.....

he started kindergarten....
last week he started his junior year in high school
where does time go?
*sigh*

iheartfaces

something fun

I first saw these on Pinterest , I pinned them and ran out and bought the supplies.  That was a couple of months ago, but today I decided to take the time to make them.  : )  next time I will find a foam board that isn't so thick - they were a little hard to cut!

1. First I created individual photos using the polaroid frame download (scroll to the bottem of this post)

2. Then I printed them out on 4x6 photo paper

3. Then I cut to foam board 4x6 and used my Xyron to adhere the photo to the foam board.  I then used my exacto knife to cut the individual photos out. I placed a 1" square magnet on the back of each one.

4. Are these not the cutest!  thanks to ambrosiagirl for the inspiration.  I will be making more of these for family and friends.

Digi Dare #242

this week's dare is brought to you by Tracy!  ready.set.go

And now on to my dare – childhood toys:
I was on vacation last week and one of the major projects we tackled was our kids’ playroom – getting it all sorted, organized, and repainted (including some fun chalkboard paint panels). As I looked at the mess of toys strewn across the floor, I found myself remembering some of my favorite childhood toys.
My challenge for you this week is to create a page that is centered around one of YOUR favorite childhood toys. What is it that made it special? Who gave it to you? Was it something you were longing for, or a big surprise?
Dare Flair:
- Include at least one photo. Although it would be fantastic if you happen to have a photo of you with your toy, stock photography is fine!
- Since this layout is meant to celebrate childhood, choose at least two bright colors and make those the main colors in your layout (along with neutrals such as black, white or kraft).
- You absolutely must journal on your page! Tell us about that toy and your relationship to it. Give us at least five sentences of journaling, please!
- Use at least one interesting border or edge on your page – scallops, reverse scallops, a torn or jagged edge, a cutout design – be creative!
- Use at least two fonts in your title. One should be significantly larger than the other – think of your title as a piece of word art.

you can see more Creative Team samples on the  blog

here's my layout: 

I will add that I did get her off Ebay this weekend...and am so excited.  She was a steal at only $23.75, mint in box.!  I can't wait to have her back

Shutterfly - Team Share websites...

how cool is this?

Shutterfly Team Share websites

if that player looks familiar, yes it is Hayden.... : )

Digi Dare No 241

this week's Dare is brought to you by Nicole....

The Breakfast Rush
Project 365. A Week in the Life. There are so many great ideas out there to motivate and inspire us to get “real life” onto our pages! Most of the time, I hear about these things after they’ve already started and I end up feeling guilty because I know I’m missing out on something I’d love to scrap along with. I just don’t have the time! But who says I have to follow these things perfectly?! Lately I’ve been trying not to be such a darn perfectionist. Why am I stopping myself from scrapping because I can’t perfectly follow a plan?! Oh, my silly brain…
Well, this week I hope you’ll join me in scrapping about a little piece of our lives! I’ve always thought it would be fun to make a page about what meal times are like in our house. It would be fun to look back at a page like that in ten years and see how much has changed. I’m sure my table will be very different then–I’ll have two teenagers and two pre-teens!
So, that’s your super simple challenge this week: Scrap about The Breakfast Rush! What’s breakfast time like in your house? Is it crazy and busy? Or relaxing? Or do you skip breakfast? What would you like your mornings to look like if you could change things? There are all sorts of angles to approach this topic from!
Dare Flair:
- You must have at least one photo! If you have kids, capture them in the act of devouring breakfast. If you plan to make a page about yourself, take a picture of your favorite breakfast food (don’t worry–you don’t have to take a picture of yourself before you’ve had any coffee! Although, that would be a great thing to capture, too!). Give it some thought–what kind of picture will best suit what you want to write about on your page?
- Convert your photo to Black & White. If you use more than one photo, then only one photo has to be B&W (unless you’d like for all the photos to be B&W because it fits).
- Journaling is also a must! We love embellishments. They are so much fun! But remember–if you don’t journal, you are simply embellishing a photo… nothing more. Don’t forget to record the memories!
- I’d like you to play with patterned papers for this challenge! Try to work at least six patterned papers into your design.
- Add some sort of “handwriting” to your page–either a handwriting font or a piece of handwritten word art.
Gold Stars:
- I’d like to encourage you to go beyond this one challenge and also scrap a page all about lunch time and dinner time as well! It’s certainly not required. But I think you’d enjoy it! Then you’ll have yourself a nice little set of “Real Life” pages… sort of like a time capsule to look back on as the years go by…

here is my layout for the challenge

credits:
Deca Designs – Remember You Digital kit, That’s Me templates (altered); Aja Abney Designs – Gotcha Family; Anna Aspnes – 12×12 Artist Edges; Katie Pertiet – Ledger grids, stitched sun, tabbed dates. Fonts: Honey Script & 2 Peas Old Type (Title) and CK Mini (journaling)
 
Now it’s your turn to make a page!

Be sure to leave a comment here on the The Digi Dare blog with a link to your layout by 10 p.m. EST on Thursday, August 25th for your chance to win some fabulous digital goodies!

Happy scrapping!