...WHO'S THAT POKEMON?...

My husband has always been a gamer guy and a kid at heart, so of course, when Pokemon was introduced, he was all over it. We had the cartoon DVD's before we even had kids old enough to watch them. I'm pretty sure I was pregnant with baby #1 when the first movie came out and yes, we went to see it.

I honestly thought this was another phenomenon that would die out in a short number of years. And well, by now, we all know how incredibly wrong my instinct was on this matter.

It's still such a phenomenon that recently The Scrappy Kat released a kit called, Catch 'Em All and I don't know how well it's 'selling', but I gave in and purchased the kit for my own scrapbooking endeavors.

I knew I'd probably use this kit for more than one layout, but I didn't realize I would do two within the same day or so.

My original thought was a layout about one of child #3's birthdays. We themed it all around Pokemon and I even created Pokemon cards as his invitation. I thought I had saved it, but I couldn't find it anywhere on my computer. Also, because he had an outdoor pool party there weren't a ton of decorations. However, I made some pretty cute cupcakes (if I do say so myself) and so I made the page about the cupcakes. And if we're honest, that's the most important part anyway, right?

SUPPLY LIST

TEMPLATE: Cup of Love by Gingerbread Ladies (Miss Fish)
COLLECTION: Catch 'Em All by The Scrappy Kat
FONTS: Pokemon (Title) and Pokemon Classic (Word Strips & Journaling)

How this next layout came about was a bit unexpected.

We recently did some rearranging of bedrooms in our house and we got our two little guys a clubhouse-like bunk bed. It's kind of fun and I decided it'd be kind of fun for the little guys to have some photos hung on the wall of close family and friends.

While going through my photo folders trying to find some pictures for my youngest, I saw some photos that I had forgotten I had taken. My son and his friend wore the same shirt one day and I made sure to take a picture of it. And who should be on the shirt? Pikachu!

So I decided to kill two birds with one stone and find a way to complete another Scrapathon challenge. It was a simple challenge, but always a favorite: a template challenge. The only rule was to grab the template and make a layout. Super simple.

SUPPLY LIST

TEMPLATE: March Template Challenge by Tinci Designs
COLLECTION: Catch 'Em All by The Scrappy Kat
TROUBLE WORD ART: Word Art World
FONTS: Comic James