Lasting Memories Challenge-Double Take

 Thank you for all of the awesome entries in last week's challenge! It was amazing:)

For this week's challenge at Lasting Memories we're asking you to use the same photo twice on your layout. Some of the DT have projects have identical photos, some have the same subject from different angles and Denise has an awesome reflection photo that she played with. I used the same photo to create a 3D image.

Use of Double Take: Sometimes its hard to see the key person in a busy photo. A great trick is to cut out the person and place it on top of the original with foam tape. In this case I actually used three photos to help it pop in the layout photo for the blog.(The arrow points it out) I used the arrow because one picture was of my son's back, but the other was of his face.  And that grimace is a familiar face in Rugby! Rugby is not for faint of heart mothers, lol. It's really a lot like football without the protective gear.


Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Stash
Alphabet: American Crafts
Dies; Spellbinders Stars, Papertrey Arrows
Washi Tape: Freckled Fawn, Queen's Company

Tips: 

1.  Originally I used the washi tape directly on the green cardstock and it was lost. I then added a piece of white scrap cardstock and added the washi tape on top of it. It really made it pop!

2.   To make the stars I put strips of washi tape on scrap cardstock and then used my Sizzix to cut out the stars. Using the washi tape was a great solution to not having the right patterned paper.



Looking forward to seeing your double takes!

Rugby Layout

James had  an awesome experience when he was in high school. One of his friend's dad played Rugby in South Africa and decided to introduce the sport to our community. When James asked to play I had no clue what Rugby was. I thought it was related to soccer. So when I went to his first game I quickly found  it was more like American football without the protective equipment. I could have died a thousand deaths! And I was absolutely clueless as to how the rules worked and I had to watch the other parents to know when I was supposed to cheer! And by the time I figured out how dangerous the game was it turned out James was so good he was playing on the JV and Varsity teams at the same time. So how was I supposed to say no?

And on top of it all the coach was one of those coaches that every parent dreams to have for their kids. The coach was not interested in winning, he was interested in the kids learning the fundamentals. (And by the way both years the team was within the top 5 in the state despite being a new team, so it goes to show a coach who understands fundamentals can be successful) And he was interested in working as a team and had no tolerance for kids who wanted to be "glory hogs." So how could I say no at this point when I had a postive male role model for James?

Thankfully during his two years of play he never had more than a cut knee. And compared to baseball where the coach was telling him to let the pitcher hit him with the baseball causing 2 concussions, Rugby was very safe. And his coach was Mr. McDreamy with a wonderful Australian type accent that I could have listened to all day! LOL Sigh..he's married........

Journal: When you wanted to play Rugby it was a shock to say the least. We knew nothing about about the sport. And honestly if I had known there was no protective equipment, I would have said NO! But I am glad you enjoyed learning a sport that is loved throughout the world.

Supplies:

 Paper and Cardstock: Bazzill, Daisy D's, Karen Foster

Ink: VersaMagic Midnight Black

Copics: 100, R29, E11,G28, E35

Cricut Cartridge: Black Letter

Die: Sizzix Rugby

If anybody knows how to get two pictures side by side on blogger, I would appreciate a helping hand. This is supposed to be a double layout. LOL

Challenge: Throwback Thursday Challenge "Use a retired Cricut Cartridge." I used the Black Letter Cartridge for my title.

Have a day filled with new learning moments!