Simpler Times - Childhood Fun

This may be my favorite Creative Team Reveal yet! This week for E-Scape and Scrap we did a reveal on Child's Play, or Childhood Fun. The idea was to showcase children having fun the old fashioned way - running and playing outside, enjoying games or toys or each other's company (sans video games). I ended up with four layouts on the subject and I honestly could have kept going. I had a number of fun pictures I was ready to work with and there were so many kits to choose from in the ESS Boutique.

Launching Rockets

First up, the rockets! Nicole and Dana had this great idea to buy rockets (like these) that she could launch with the kids on her Spring Break visit to Florida. The kids loved it and so did we, even though we ended up losing 1 1/2 rockets to the wind. We were so glad we didn't take the time to paint them, lol. This layout shows Nicole, Libby and Trinity setting off one of the rockets. I paired these pictures with the kit All Mad by The Busy Elf Designs; it's based on the Alice in Wonderland motif. Of course I had to use the Chesire Cat's smile, in honor of Nicole.



Connecting with Creativity

Next we'll take a look at the K'nex Roller Coaster. This is another one of Nicole's genius ideas (and I'm not being sarcastic, this was awesome). She had me totally scared before the toy arrived at my house; she called to warn me how big it was. And it's true, it does take up some space, but at least I didn't have to remove any furniture. That would have been a deal-breaker, lol.

Trevor was instantly entranced with this build-it-yourself roller coaster. The first time he built it, he built it to spec. The next two times he rebuilt the coaster, he came up with his own design. The roller coaster car really rides around the track. The battery operated chain that takes it up the incline to start it off is so realistic. And there's a video camera built into the car that will take a 30 second video, showing us what we would see if we were riding in that tiny little roller coaster car. Adding a memory card allows it to take a longer video and then the video won't erase each time you turn the car off. Kay Eflin and Ruth Davis' collaboration kit Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails was the perfect match for what I wanted to do here - I used the perspective and distort tools in Photoshop to bend this open door to just the right angle.



Bianca is on the Move

I wanted to create another layout with Kay Eflin and Ruth Davis' collaboration kit Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails but I was ready to work with girl pictures. The kit worked surprisingly well with this picture of Bianca running furiously around her grandparents' apartment complex. I avoided using any of the elements and papers that said "boy" (literally). I thought this cute little snail, handmade by Ruth Davis, was the perfect compliment to my action shot. I created my word bubble out of a cloud.



Speed Stroller Walking

Last up is one of the older children interacting with baby Logan. Trinity and Trevor were both interested in pushing the stroller but Nicole had to keep reminding them that the stroller was not a race car. They weren't convinced. I'm sure Logan will be ready to have them running his stroller around in circles by the end of the year but it's true that right now they still need to be careful with this precious baby boy. Fittingly I used Ladybug Designs Child's Play kit for the last of these 4 reveal layouts.



Until next time, happy scrapping!