December 1, 2010

December Challenge by Joni

Hi...Design Team Member Joni here...  My boy had a birthday in September so, I used Teresa Collins' Celebrate line to document this new bike on his 7th Birthday.  It was a special gift since he asked family for $ instead of gifts and then combined that with his "saved" allowance money to get this really nice new mountain bike.   We wanted him to be "invested" in the bike so he'd be sure to take good care of it and not take it for granted.   We had actually already paid for the bike and the store held it so we went to pick it up on his birthday and he "paid" them...and they handed the $ right back to us!!  Hmm...I need to scrapbook that second part of the story for him for later in life ... hopefully he'll appreciate the lesson that we tried to instill.  That big circle emblishment is the name of the bike maker (Specialized)... I took a photo of the sign in the store and then just cut it out and made my own popped embellie from it!!  It also is a play on the title!!  I was trying to be clever....thought I'd point it out since sometimes things I do subtly on layouts gets lost.

Now it's your turn to take the Challenge.  Complete a project with a Birthday theme and submit it by email to scrappinpsycho@live.com.  See all the details in December Challenge below.   And don't miss our Pagerize This Challenge also going on right now.  See all the details in Pagerize This Challenge #4 below. 

9 comments:

  1. I love the layout and the story that goes with it! That is really neat how you made your own embellie out of the photo! Great idea!!
    I bet your son cherishes his bike!

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  2. I love, this layout and the story. I am loving the banner, it is great the colors are perfect! You did a great job!

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  3. The story is awesome. You picked the perfect papers to tell it. I love your handmade embellie.

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  4. What a great lesson to teach your son, Joni. I bet he was surprised! Great layout too. I like how you incorporated the bike logo.

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  5. Great story and LO and a wonderful idea too, to teach your DS about saving for something. Love the banner - I need to try one soon!

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  6. What a great layout and a great story! I love your banner and the way you used the sign as an embellishment. Awesome layout!

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  7. I love the banner and your photo embellishment- a really clever idea to document the other parts of the story with the photo

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  8. Love what you did with the sign of the store!

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  9. Fantastic layout! Love the story on the bike purchase, hope it worked!

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