The Art of Inking

Pretty Friends Scrapbook page!

This is a third scrapbook page using the Vintage Vogue stamp set from the Occasions mini catalog. This time I used Rose red, Regal rose and Confetti cream cardstock. The corner was punched with the Scallop Trim Corner punch also found in the occasions mini. The bottom is punched with the Scallop Trim border punch that is FREE during Sale-a-bration. The 1/4" very vanilla grosgrain ribbon was also used. "Friends" is stamped in Regal Rose, cut out and mounted with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Each flower was stamped in Regal rose, cut out and adhered with a Stampin' Dimensional. The center was embellished with a half pearl from the Pretties kit. All supplies are from Stampin' Up!
 

Friends Scrapbook page!

 

This is another 6 X 6 scrapbook page for the contest that I entered. I used the Vintage Vogue stamp set from the Occasions mini catalog. The cardstock is Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant and Whisper white.

I stamped the flower in Elegant eggplant, cut it out, added a Build a brad to the center and attached it with a Stampin' dimensional. The tag was made by inking the stamp with the Elegant eggplant marker. I used the Small Tag punch for it and layered it on the Tag punch.

The bottom border was made using the new Pinking Hearts border punch in the Occasions mini. I stamped the leaf design in old olive on old olive and used the Old olive 1/4" grosgrain ribbon. The "F" is stamped in Elegant eggplant on Whisper white, cut out and layered on Elegant eggplant and then cut out. All supplies are from Stampin' Up!
  

Vintage Vogue Scrapbook page!

Hello! I know it's been way too long since I posted a project but I was able to create some things for a recent contest my upline held. This is a 6 x 6 scrapbook made with the Vintage Vogue stamp set found in the current Occasions mini catalog. I used So saffron, Bashful blue & Chocolate chip cardstock. The sentiment is stamped in chocolate chip. The top corners were punched with the new Scallop Trim Corner punch also found in the occasions mini.

The flowers were stamped in So saffron on whisper white cardstock and cut out. The middle was embellished with the Filigree designer brads and attached with a Stampin' dimensional to the 1" Double-stitched Chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon. All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Mystery Hostess Projects!

  These are the three projects that everyone made on Saturday night at my Mystery Hostess Party.

This card was made using creamy caramel & whisper white cardstock. The patterned paper is the Parisian Breeze specialty paper, which is textured, cover-weight cardstock. It's double-sided and comes in gorgeous designs. I used the Simple salutations stamp set, the Designer label and the Wide oval punch and the Chocolate chip double stitched grosgrain ribbon.

 

Everyone also got to try the Big Shot machine. We used it to create the small dots on the whisper white using the Texturz plates. Then we also used the Simple flower embosslits to cut out & emboss the main image. We used the sponge dauber to add a little color to the flower. Then added a button from the Button Latte collection.

 

The next project is a Ribbon bookmark using either the Baja breeze or Kiwi kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, the Scallop circle punch, the 1 1/4" circle punch and the Five petal flower punch. The flower image is from the Sale-a-bration stamp set called Polka dot punches. A silver brad was added to the center. The designer series paper used was Urban garden. At the end of the ribbon they could have chosen between the Filigree or Flower designer brads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last project was a 6 X 6 scrapbook page using the butterflies from the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz dies and the Big Shot machine, the Polka-dot punches stamp set and the Delicate Dots designer series paper, which is a Sale-a-bration freebie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors used were Certainly celery and So Saffron.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Family Flip Out Book

  This adorable little book is a creation I made for a class that I taught over the weekend. It was made with half of the Sunshine Garden Simply Scrappin' kit which includes Certainly celery, So saffron, Baja breeze and Old olive textured cardstock along with coordinating double-sided paper and self-adhesive die cuts. The only other products that I needed were the clear button and Baja breeze striped grosgrain ribbon. All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except the sentiment on the cover from Verve stamps.

 

 

 

 

Inside are 2 pages that flip out on either side and another page that flips down from the center giving you ample room for lots of photos and journaling.

They are my kids!

  Hello and Happy New Year! Ok, where did the month of December go? I'm sorry I haven't posted since November but I have been enjoying the time with my children who were all home and together for the first time since August. With the three older ones away in college, it was so nice having everyone back in the house. I am so blessed!

I took this picture of them on Christmas Eve and it went so well with Splitcoast's color challenge-So saffron, Bravo burgundy and Handsome hunter. The layout comes from an old Splitcoast sketch challenge. I used the Always stamp set, some burgundy grosgrain ribbon, and build a brads to embellish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a closeup of the journaling, which I got from a catalog. It didn't say who wrote it but I loved it and knew it would be perfect for this page.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! The writing is all computer generated.

Playing in the Rain!

  This is a recent layout I made featuring the pictures I took of my three daughters-Jillian, Elaina & Danielle and my niece, Lauren, when they played in the rain in late August. Yes, they are just big kids at heart! They had so much fun dancing around while I took pictures from under an umbrella!

I used Bashful blue for the background and Brilliant blue and green galore for the layers. "Rain" was cut with my Cricut.  I used some random accents that coordinated.

 

 

 

I used my Big shot to make the clear plastic flowers layering them with punched cardstock & brads.

 

The raindrops are the pieces of clear plastic that popped out of the flower in the previous photo. Isn't that a cool idea?

 

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except as noted.

Summer Friends Layout

  I was lucky enough to spend a whole day scrapping with friends on Saturday! I'll try to show you a lot of the layouts that I got done.

This "Summer Friends" layout is about the hummingbirds that visited us all summer long. They just loved our trumpet vines. My daughter, Danielle, took so many pictures, it was hard to pick the best ones.

For the background, I used Ruby red cardstock. The title was made using the Cricut Plantin cartridge with Pumpkin pie cardstock and layering on Basic black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the Spring song stamp set for the embellishments, stamping in black stazon and watercoloring in with the aquapainters and watercolor wonder crayons.

 

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except as noted.

Big Shot Scallop Circle Scrapbook!

 

I made this scrapbook for my Big Shot open house! It's made with the Scallop Circle Bigz die. I cut 2 scallops out of chipboard for the covers. Then cut 4 scallops using the printed paper from the Petal Party Simply Scrappin' kit. Since they are cut with the same die they fit perfectly over the chipboard covers, no need to trim edges or use a sanding block!

For the pages inside, I cut 5 scallops out of the coordinating textured cardstock that comes in the Simply Scrappin' kit. To embellish the pages, I used the self adhesive die cuts.

For the cover, I stamped the image from the Hostess level 1 set, "Punches Three" in Pumpkin pie, then punched it out with the Scallop square punch and attached it with Stampin' Dimensionals. A hole was punched with the Crop-a-dile so a ring could be added to hold the album together. Some coordinating ribbon, that I had in my stash, was tied on the ring.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up!

Playing with my Big Shot!

  For my Big shot open house I made some sample projects showing the versatility of die cuts! For this scrapbook page, I not only used the Sizzlits Sparkle die-cut but also the piece of cardstock that is left when you pop out the die-cut.

The cardstock colors are Apricot appeal, Green galore, Gable green & Tempting turquoise. The designer series paper is called Rainbow Sherbert.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a close up of the 3 Sparkle die-cuts. I attached them to the page with snail adhesive but the 2 way glue pen also would have worked.

 

 

 

 

This closeup of the other element on the page shows how I layered the negative piece of the die-cut onto Cuttlebug embossed cardstock. The center circles were adhered with a Stampin' dimensional.

All supplies are from Stampin' Up! except as noted.