Tropical Party Progressive Scrapbook

Aug 30, 2010 | Bingo, Birthday, Cards, Scrapbook Pages, Summer Mini 2010 | 2 comments

My friend Becky wanted to have a Stampin’ Up! workshop focused on scrapbooking.  So I wanted to accomplish a few different things.  I remembered a demonstration that Wendy Knowles did at convention 2 or 3 years ago.  For her scrapbook workshops she would design a 6×6 scrapbook page for the Make & Take project but she would use the same materials to create a card for those guests that didn’t scrapbook.  I always thought that was a great idea and finally had a chance to use it for a workshop.  I also wanted to show how to take the 6×6 scrapbook page and use that on an 8-1/2 x 11 page, which could then be used on a 12×12.

So this is what I came up with:

This is the 6×6 page – Chocolate Chip card stock, Old Olive card stock, Whisper White card stock.  I stamped on the Old Olive with the tropical leaves image.  On the white I used a stamp from the Word Play stamp set with the same tropical image beside it.  I decided after I made this that I should have used my Stampin’ Write Markers on the words – inked all the words in Chocolate Chip and the earth image in the Old Olive.  I did that at the workshop and it looked much better.  I used my Stampin’ Write marker to add some faux stitching and also sponged the edges.

On the side I used the Island Oasis Designer series paper – I punched a strip with the Scallop Border punch – and saved the little left over strip to layer on top of the Chocolate Chip piece.  I added my picture and finished the page with two palm trees that were cut out.

I demonstrated how to take the 6×6 and create an 8-1/2 x 11 page with it.  And this is the result:

I used a Tempting Turquoise 8-1/2 x 11 piece of card stock.  I put the same strip of designer series paper across the middle.  On the left I added the wide striped Old Olive ribbon. I stamped some of the flowers in Tempting Turquoise and cut those out.  I added Old Olive brads to the center of the ones at the base of the 6×6.  And a button to the center of the one tied around the ribbon – I tied it with the Linen Thread.

The picture on the 6×6 was of me and my three boys.  So I decided to add one of Greg and I at the bottom.  And finished with another cut out palm tree.

I didn’t actually create a 12×12 but my thought is to either use Chocolate Chip or Old Olive.  Put this 8-1/2 x 11 on one side and add some additional photos to the side.  And probably add additional flowers as well.

As part of the workshop I did use the supplies from the 6×6 page to also create a card.  Some of the guests chose this option.  Here is what it looks like.

For the card I just used a different stamp from the Word Play set so that the card could be a birthday card.

I hope  you like the ideas.  And hurry if you haven’t gotten the Tropical Party stamp set or Island Oasis Designer Series paper.  They are both in the Summer Mini catalog which is ending on August 31st!  You can order online through my website if you need to or send me an email.

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 2 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I’m currently taking names for Round 4 – there is one spot left.   See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the Round 1 winner.

Here is piece #2 – the sparkle image from the Hello Again stamp set (stamped in Concord Crush).

Thank you again for voting for me for Honorary Blog Queen.  Have a wonderful day!