Jun 26, 2009 | Big Shot, Lifes a Breeze, Retired List, Scrapbook Pages, Stamps |
At my June Scrapbook class we made a 2-page layout using the Life’s a Breeze stamp set and the Something Fishy Jumbo Stampin’ Around wheel. The stamp set and wheel are retiring so I had to use them for a summer beach page this month. I took the color scheme from the Pink Flamingo Designer Series paper (which is not retiring) – Cameo Coral, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun and Real Red. We only used a small piece of the paper on the layout though. I hoping to design another page with the paper as the main design element but that will be for later. The layout is based on a design from one of Wendy’s WOW scrapbook pages from a year or so ago. These are the best pictures – the light was funny when I took them and the flash was washing things out. On the right page I stamped the “Lifes a Breeze” in Real Red ink on the Turquoise patterned paper but it doesn’t show up well. I’ll probably get out my stamp-a-ma-jig and stamp over it with Basic Black ink. I think that will stand out more – it is hard to see. The fish were stamped and then cut out individual. I used the paper piercer and poked a hole between the eye and the edge of each fish. I threaded them one by one on the linen thread with a knot inbetween. I used the little bits of Stampin’ Dimensionals to attach them to the page.
Supplies:
- Summer Sun card stock
- Cameo Coral card stock and classic ink
- Tempting Turquoise card stock and classic ink
- Real Red card stock and classic ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Life’s a Breeze stamp set
- Somethings Fishy Jumbo wheel
- Jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle
- Jumbo ink cartridge – Tempting Turquoise
- Big Shot Die-cut machine and Scallop Circle die
- Scallop Circle punch
- 1-3/8″ Circle punch
- 1-1/4″ Circle punch
- Paper piercer
- Linen Thread
It should be a fun layout for some summer pictures – beach, pool, or swim team. It was really hot today – my car said it was 105 degrees outside! It really wasn’t but that was what it felt like – it was somewhere in the mid 90s I think.
Have a fun summer day!
May 31, 2009 | Lifes a Breeze, Masking, Occasions Mini 2009, Stamps, Wild About You |
My share for today is one of those projects that covers several things that I wanted to accomplish this weekend. As it turned out I didn’t do any stamping yesterday – I cleaned the house, did laundry and then we went to a graduation party and then ended up at another party until late. So no stamping and no blog post for yesterday. Today I wanted to stamp and decided to combine my ideas. First the Late Night Stampers group had a weekly challenge to create a summer themed card. Then there is a new blog – stamping411.blogspot.com – with a weekly sketch challenge that I wanted to try. And I had an idea from a friend that I wanted to turn into something too. So combining those three things here is my card that I just finished:
A few weeks ago I met a new friend, Patty, that came to one of my classes and she came up with an idea to combine the float from the Life’s a Breeze stamp set with the Giraffe from the Wild About You stamp set but she didn’t know how to do that. “I can do that and what a great idea!” I told her. I used the “masking technique” to create the float by stamping the float first on a piece of Whisper White card stock and then on a piece of post -it note. I cut out the post-it note and stuck it on top of the one that I stamped on the card stock. Then stamp the giraffe image over it so the head is where you want it on the float – and the body and legs are on the post-it note. When you peel up the post-it note you end up with a giraffe float! I cut it out to add to my card. A trick for cutting out the center of the float is to first punch a hole in the center with a handheld punch and then use your paper snips to cut. I do this instead of trying to poke a hole with the tip of my scissors which always bends the card stock.
The dock-post is one slat from the wagon in the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set. It is watercolored (actually a left over from a different project.) I tied linen thread around the float – using a knot I learned as a girl at sailing camp – yes we took knot tying as part of camp which helped later on when I was a cub scout leader for my boys – I taught them all how to tie basic knots. And now I use some of those knots in my stamping projects!
Here is the complete list of supplies for this card:
- Pacific Point card stock and classic ink
- Pumpkin Pie card stock and classic ink
- Bashful Blue card stock and classic ink
- Whisper White card stock
- Life’s a Breeze stamp set
- Something Fishy jumbo wheel and handle
- Wild About you stamp set
- Wagon Full of Fun stamp set
- Linen Thread
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
- Aqua Painter
- Close to Cocoa classic ink
- Paper snips
I think I accomplished all three tasks – now I need to go add my entries in the appropriate places and I have one more that I’m trying to do today. I’ll be working on my newsletter – so look for that tomorrow if you are on my email list and the Last Chance list will be out tomorrow too – I’ll add that to my blog on the Last Chance page and send via email to my email list.
We are having a beautiful weekend and I hope you are too!