ACROSTIC:Penny

The challenge was to create a layout that had an Acrostic Title or poem. In my case that would be the word "Adore".
This layout is of my boyfriend's mother and granddaughter. It was taken a few Christmas'es before she passed away. It was oblivious to everyone how much her granddaughter loved her!

The journaling on this layout reads:

A=Always loved you no matter what you did.
D=Devoted to family and friends.
O= Openly loving, and quick with her hugs and kisses.
R=Ready to help out, with anything you needed.
E=Enjoyed her life even when it became difficult to live.

The supplies I used for this layout were:

Pattern Paper - Basic Grey - Sublime Collection Confused ACS - 055
Cardstock - DCWV - Light Tan, and two small pieces of black
Tag Alphabet Stickers - Sticko SP - RSN - 12 Rebecca Sower
Cameo - Flea Market find
Punches
Oval - McGill
Photo Corners - Martha Stewart
Rick Rack - Trim tex - G1-114
Lace - Flea Market find
Assorted Brads - Some were from Recollections

ACROSTIC: Jean

This year WINTER means to me Walking In Natural Trails Enjoying Rockford. We have walked in and around the trails of our town several times. We also stop and share a hot dog with Bandit from the corner hot dog stand.

ACROSTIC: Heather

My GUYS can definitely Get Under Your Skin but that's because they can go straight to your heart! I love my guys!! As much as I wanted a little girl, I have 5 extremely loving and wonderful guys! (If you don't know, Guy is our last name!)

I used Scenic Route paper for the majority of this layout. The hearts were punched using a Fiskars punch and as you can see, I also used the negative from the heart punch also for my subtitle. I pop dotted the hearts to not only give some dimension to the layout but also make them stand out against the circles. I used a creative memories punch for the circles. Added some brads around and some lettering by Cosmo Cricket.

And of course, no Heather layout would be complete without some tearing of paper and some distress ink!!!

ACROSTIC: Michelle

My son never stops moving! I guess that's why when I first read about this challenge I knew it would fit him perfect! Now the only problem was getting pictures of him. This summer he was introduced up close and personal to his favorite things...TRUCKS! Using the word Trucks only explains a small bit of his obsession. I just caught him on camera with the kitchen chair pushed over to the back door. Watching his world drive by or in action. Poppy has a pick-up "Big Ruck" and a tractor. Uncle Brian has a few Tractor Trailer with various trailers; Box, Logging, Flatbed, etc. There are also a number of heavy equipment machinery; a Loader, Excavator, Harvester, Sanding Truck and multiple attachments too!
So, my son always has his ears perked and ready to see what is going on!

Poppy's Ruck is something that my son needs to get in at least once a week! If he can get a chance in the Truck or the Tractor (K=Kubota) before nap time I usually have to get him asleep next to Poppy! His imagination has turned my kitchen into a farm and a corner chair is his "Big Ruck!"

Popped up the letters for "TRUCKS", which I stamped using Close to my Heart Posterboard Alphabet and then stamped with a diamond plate background stamp. I pulled out my Sizzix Embossing folders. Used the Diamond Plate to embossing the mats and journaling.

ACROSTIC: Tammy

Fantastic

Unexpected

Nonsense



That's my acrostic to describe these photo booth pictures my hubby and I took at the fair this year. Sometimes I can be too quiet, I think he was surprised at the outcome of these ;) I used Echo Park paper and stickers. The small letter stickers are My Little Shoebox (unsure of the bigger letters). The transparent frame I believe is Colorbox, and I used a "notebook" style EK border punch, Tim Holtz tiny attacher, and misc. tags and frame. TFL, Tammy

March Acrostic Challenge by Groovy Deb♥

Happy March! I am so excited that spring arrives here in only a few weeks :)

Let's talk about the challenge that I presented to The Grooviest Chicks ever for this month :) I asked them to create layouts using an acrostic in any way they wanted. According to Wikipedia this is the definition of acrostic in case this is all new to you:

An acrostic (Greek: ákros "top"; stíchos "verse") is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message.

Fun yes?

Here is what I did with mine using pics from my dad's 76th birthday...you will see that I took part of the word birthday and made little pennants using those letters to the right. We would love to see what you can do with this challenge so feel free to email me or leave a link to your blog showing me yours :)



Keep watching over the next few days for all the renditions the girls come up with!
Deb♥