Boys festival - Polkadot Door blog hop

It's time for the Polkadot Door Designs blog hop + inspiration challenge.

I'm excited to be invited as a guest designer again!

Really inspirational color combo...

This is what I created:

Supplies:

patterned paper - My Mind's Eye, BasicGrey, Sassafras Lass, Cosmo Cicket, Prima Marketing, Webster's Pages

alphabet sticker - Prima Marketing

sticker - Sassafras Lass

chipboard - My Mind's Eye, Sassafras Lass, Prima Marketing

transparency - Hambly Studios

button - Jenni Bowlin

trim - BasicGrey

twine - My Mind's Eye

other - paper doily, magic mesh, cotton fabric

It's my son's first Boy's Festival (Tango no Sekku - Japanese traditional festival for boys on May 5; we display warrior-dolls to express the hope that boy(s) in the family will grow up healthy and strong).

Here is the list of blogs in this month's blog hop:

Lindsay

DeeDee

Amanda

Debby 

Lisa

Aki  --> you are here

Nicole

Smitha

Joanne

Diana

Erin

Ujjwal

Nita

Polkadot Door Designs

Be sure to vote for your favorite designer at the end.

sponsors:

Scrap Eco Chic, who will be providing the prize for the Challenge winner which is a $10 Gift Certificate to their Etsy shop.

Abbey and Ellie is giving away a prize package of their gorgeous items to the bloghop winner. 

Hydrangehippo is providing a HUGE give-away for the featured designer of $50 to their etsy shop! This Etsy shop has lots of fun scrapbooking embellishments and kits, so make sure you encourage your readers to stop by the Polkadot Door Blog to leave a comment voting for your project!

今月も、Polka Dot DoorのGDTにお招きいただきました。

チャレンジもブログホップも素敵な賞品もありますので、ぜひご参加ください。

ブログホップに参加される際は、最後にPolkadot Doorのブログでお気に入りのデザイナーをコメントに記入してください。

今回のインスピレーションは色使いがとても印象的でした。一応、同じ系統の色を使ってみた…つもりです。（あとタグと。）

写真は息子の初節句です。

インスピレーションは季節的にも感謝祭っぽいなぁと思いつつも、日本人なので感謝祭には無縁だし…と悩んだ結果、祭つながりで、成長に感謝できて、何となく写真の中に今回のインスピレーションと合いそうな色があったという初節句を選びました。季節はずれですね。