Nov 6, 2011 | family, My Digital Studio, Scrapbook Pages, Stampin' Up! Convention |
Since we are celebrating Digital Scrapbooking day I decided to create a couple of quick digital scrapbook pages this morning. The best way to make quick pages is to use one of the Designer Templates. So that was what I did and they were both done in just a few minutes – it took longer to find the photos than anything else.
This template came with the Sun Garden Designer Paper Digital Download. It is a 12×12 scrapbook page. I added photos that we took this summer at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. Michele, Dawn, Cindy and I were roommates and on the last night we had some fun with our camera – using the auto shoot function. We all piled into one bed and found different places to set the camera trying to get pictures of the four of us. We had fun making silly faces and laughing. I can’t wait for the next Stampin’ Up! event which is the Leadership Conference in January. Michele will be my room mate again and this time Becky and Diane will be with us.
I made very few changes to the template – I added my pictures, and the text at the bottom. I moved a few of the elements just to get them off the pictures a little bit more but that was pretty much it.
And this other page is also a template – it is the Sunset Serenade Digital Kit – another 12×12 scrapbook page. I added the stamp “So Grateful” which is from the So Typefelt stamp brush set that you can get free this weekend at the Mydigitalstudio.net site. I also moved the text box that was in that spot up on top of my large photo and added the word Family. A few of the elements were moved to get them off the pictures and that was pretty much it. I left the rest of the template alone. I think the pictures work well with the colors in this template page.
These pictures are from this summer when we went to the beach with Greg’s family. That’s Greg’s mom in the white dress. And then the photo with Greg, his mom, sister and brother. Then the large family photo includes the spouses and kids. All of us dressed to match on the beach. And we are all grateful to have some time together. We will all be together again at Thanksgiving. We have plans to be with my family during Christmas – I can’t wait to get pictures of all of us too.
A few minutes, no mess to clean up and my two scrapbook pages are done. And now I can do some cleaning up , laundry and get dinner ready. Both Kyle and Tyler are home this weekend and I’ve got BBQ chicken in the crock pot. I plan to try a new recipe for some garlic cheese biscuits and later tonight we’ll have a fire outside before the boys go back to college. Have a nice rest of your weekend. I keep thinking it is only Saturday but I guess it really is Sunday.
Nov 3, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages |
I have one more scrapbook layout for you today. This was one that we made in my September Scrapbook class. Because September was the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 tragedy I wanted to make a scrapbook layout for memories of that day. While we didn’t know anyone in the towers it was still an event that impacted us that day and after that day. For my generation I think this is the day that we all remember where we were. My kids were young and all at the elementary school, Greg was out of town in Florida, my brother-in-law in Washington D.C., my sister-in-law was traveling on business – I was home, but the kids on the school bus, walked around the neighborhood, came home and turned on the TV. Stood in front of the TV for hours, got on the phone to call Greg, the school, the rest of our family. I have memories from that day and from the anniversaries going forward. The year we had every child in the elementary school (1200+ students) make post card size drawings/notes to remember 9-11 and we glued them all to huge banners that we hung from the roof of the school at the entrance. The red,white and blue shirts we made. And more. So while most people don’t necessarily have personal photos I do think everyone has a story/memory of that day. So this layout was for that purpose.
The layout is very neutral – Basic Grey and Very Vanilla, and Basic Black. With one small Cherry Cobbler punched heart.
The left page has mats for a few photos. It also has the “two towers”. I used strips of the Basic Grey Patterns DSP in the stripe. And then stamped with the image from Extreme Elements so it looks like windows. The strips are raised off the page with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The title “remember” is cut with the Big Shot and the Simple Letters Alphabet die from the First Edition DSP – it looks like newsprint and paper which were everywhere that day. The ‘b’ has the red heart and then a tiny bow of linen thread. This idea was from when you tie a ribbon around your finger to help you remember something.
The stamping on the Very Vanilla uses the Best Friends Forever stamp set and the Extreme Elements stamp set – in Crumb Cake and some in Basic Grey.
The large sheet on the right page is a full 8-1/2 x 11″ piece of Very Vanilla card stock – I wanted to keep it this size because I want to do my journaling on the computer and print it on this piece. It is tucked under the piece of ribbon. For me this whole page will just be journaling.
This is a closeup photo so you can see the towers and letters are up off the page. Like they are in the air.
Take care everyone and hug the ones you love.
Nov 2, 2011 | Big Shot, Medallion, Scrapbook Pages |
I have another scrapbook layout for you today. This was the second layout that we made at my October Scrapbook class.
I used the title Family Celebration but this could really be used for anything even a wedding or baby layout. This layout idea came from one that I saw in a magazine. I used all Stampin’ Up! products for mine, different colors and elements but the sketch is almost the same.
The background is Crumb Cake – along the top of the layout is a strip of the First Edition Designer Series paper. The large scallops are just hand cut and meant to be uneven. The edges are sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I also stamped on them with an image from the Creative Elements stamp set – it was stamped in black and then the open petals/leaves are colored in with the Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write marker.
Along the bottom is a strip of Marina Mist card stock that was stamped with the leaves image from the Borderlines stamp set. And above that is a piece of Crumb Cake Patterns Designer Series paper from the Neutrals stack – the top edge is torn. Very Vanilla photo mats are tucked in and out of the torn strip.
On the left page are some journaling lines and I stamped the large Medallion stamp in Basic Black Craft ink. On top of that is the Scalloped Heart Embosslit and a bitty button with some black thread.
Tucked in on both pages are the scalloped circles from the Perfect Pennants Die – cut out in Basic Black and the layered with a Marina Mist flower punched with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch. There is another bitty button on the right page.
The pieces that overlap the photo mats are on Stampin’ Dimensionals so that the photos will tuck underneath them. The title is cut with the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die Set.
What took the longest on this page was all the sponging – all the photo mats and the cut and torn strips on the top and bottom.
Thanks for checking in today!
A few quick Stampin’ Up! updates –
First – the Big Shot Recruiting Promotion has been extended through November 11. You can read more about that by clicking the link on my side bar or going to my website.
Second – a new Hostess promotion started yesterday – with a $350 (or more) workshop you get and additional $35 hostess dollars – this one will run through Dec. 15th.
Third – for all the My Digital Studio users – Stampin’ Up! is celebrating Digital Scrapbook Day Nov. 4 – 7 and giving away free digital downloads – just visit MyDigitalStudio.net during the celebration. There is a button on my side bar you can click on.
I think that was all the new news I had to share. Bye for now.
Oct 31, 2011 | Baroque Motifs, Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Scrapbook Pages |
Happy Halloween! I hope that I have already posted all of my Halloween projects – I need to go back and look through my stuff to see what all I made….. in any case I thought I would share a scrapbook layout with you. Now that Halloween is here, there will be pictures made that need to be scrapped. I’m not really sure that I will have any though – so I may pull off that 2011 and change to something else – two in college and the third in high school – dressing up and trick-or-treating is not high on the list at our house. Or I could take pictures of the kids coming to my house – or get pictures of my niece and nephew – now that is what I really need. So now that I have rambled on lets get to the layout – we made it on Friday at my monthly Scrapbook Class –
The idea for the layout came from a scrapbook magazine – it was a single page that I stretched……
I used the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper from the Holiday Mini catalog. And the colors that coordinate ate Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla. I also used Basic Gray with my layout since a lot of the paper had the black faded out.
Stamp sets used are House of Haunts, Baroque Motifs and Warmest of Wishes (the Hostess set in the Holiday Mini catalog).
I cut strips of DSP in varying lengths and widths – 1/2″, 3/4″ and 1″ wide.
The swirls stamped write over the top of the papers after they were glued down. The house is stamped and cut out and a moon is punched with the 1-3/8″ circle punch and glued behind the house. I also colored in the windows with the Peach Parfait Stampin’ Write Maker to give them some spooky light inside.
The owl from Warmest of wishes was stamp in Pumpkin Pie ink on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out and then stamped on Peach Parfait card stock with Basic Black ink to cut out the trick or treat bag which is put on top of the punched out owl with a stampin’ dimensional. I colored in the eyes and nose with a black marker.
The title is cut with the Big Shot and the Timeless Type Junior alphabet set. And today is the last day that you can get the Big Shot Die-Cut Machine for FREE! Really – you can – when you sign up as a demonstrator today you get the full starter kit plus a free Big Shot (or $100 in product). You can sign up today directly on my website! Don’t miss it!
UPDATED – The Free Big Shot promotion has been extended through Nov. 11th – so you still have time to join with the awesome offer!
Have a fun Halloween!
Sep 24, 2011 | Designer Series Paper, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Scrapbook Pages, Thanksgiving, uStamp |
Hi everyone! I am once again so thrilled to be a designer for the Ustamp with Dawn & Friends class that is just starting. This current class is called Paper Parade and it is all about the paper in the Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog – every Designer Series Paper, Simply Scrappin’ Kit, Card Stock and Specialty paper will be represented with projects in this class – it is going to me a wow! And a big tracking job for Betty to make sure we (the designers) have it all covered.
So today I get to show you the first project that I created for this class – I decided to do a scrapbook layout and also created a coordinating card. This layout is full of lots of details and fun stuff. If you join the Paper Parade class you can get the complete tutorial including the pumpkin templates along with at least 40 other projects that all have tutorials. It is such a great inspiration for every paper crafter.
Are you ready to see it?
The inset picture is the coordinating card. So are you ready to join the class to get all the details? I really think you should but that is just me. Here is some more information about it….
Paper Parade will be focusing on showcasing Stampin’ Up! Paper from the USA/Canada 2011 – 2012 Idea Book & Catalog as well as the 2011 Holiday Mini Catalog!!
This is a HUGE Challenge to cover all the papers in 40+ projects…but all the Designers are way excited and are more than up for the challenge!! Keeping in mind that the most important element is the AWESOMENESS of the project, each Designer is working MAGIC with the Stampin’ Up! Papers!!
Since our focus this round is PAPER and not just the upcoming Holiday Season, we have a VAST VARIETY of FANTASTIC Projects!!
Click the blinkie below to start the payment/signup process….it’s E*A*S*Y*!!
The website is open and project started posting yesterday the 23rd! Every 12 hours there is a new project!
Hope you join us…I will “see” you over at the Paper Parade Website!!
Sep 21, 2011 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages |
As I was planning for my August Scrapbook class I decided I wanted to do a sports themed page. But I wanted it to be generic enough that it could be for a variety of sports or even not a sport at all. For me the star is a shape that covers so many things including sports so I wanted to use the star element and then I wanted a paper that was flexible enough that it could be used for most any sport or other event – I decided on the Well Worn Designer Series paper. I found a sketch in a magazine and took some ideas from a few other layouts that I have seen and put it all together to create this scrapbook layout for my class.
You can change the title to suit your needs – use it for a sports layout, a bbq layout, 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial day, an outdoor camping layout, playing ball with the dogs, any number of things would work here. That’s the flexibility of using stars!
The stars are the Big Shot die and I cut them out of chipboard and then out of the Well Worn DSP. I mixed up the patterns, sanded all the edges and even stamped on some of them. I personally like to use the Anywhere Glue Stick to attach the Designer Paper to Chipboard – it has enough wiggle room that you can slide your paper into the exact spot that you want it and then it drys and hold tight.
The strips of Designer Paper are torn on the ends and curled back just a little. The background stamping is from Extreme Elements stamp set. I used various images from the set including the stars.
I also used the Top Note Die (love that one) and cut two – one from Not Quite Navy card stock and one from River Rock card stock (it gets trimmed inside the perforated lines). These are layered together and stamped with the Notes & Details stamp set for the journaling.
The title letters are cut using the Big Shot and the Simple Letters dies. The ones that over lap the photo mat are not glue to it – that way I can slip my picture up under the letters if needed. I plan to put a focal picture on the Cajun Craze mat and then a collage of photos on the River Rock mat across the two pages.
The Notes & Details stamp set even has a date stamp which I added at the bottom of the photo mat on the left page.
I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by – I hope you’ll leave a note a say “hi”.
This template came with the Sun Garden Designer Paper Digital Download. It is a 12×12 scrapbook page. I added photos that we took this summer at the Stampin’ Up! Convention. Michele, Dawn, Cindy and I were roommates and on the last night we had some fun with our camera – using the auto shoot function. We all piled into one bed and found different places to set the camera trying to get pictures of the four of us. We had fun making silly faces and laughing. I can’t wait for the next Stampin’ Up! event which is the Leadership Conference in January. Michele will be my room mate again and this time Becky and Diane will be with us.
And this other page is also a template – it is the Sunset Serenade Digital Kit – another 12×12 scrapbook page. I added the stamp “So Grateful” which is from the So Typefelt stamp brush set that you can get free this weekend at the Mydigitalstudio.net site. I also moved the text box that was in that spot up on top of my large photo and added the word Family. A few of the elements were moved to get them off the pictures and that was pretty much it. I left the rest of the template alone. I think the pictures work well with the colors in this template page.
