Life’s A Breeze Scrapbook Layout

LIfes-a-Breeze-leftAt 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:lifes-a-breeze-right

  • 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!

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Sun Fun

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. stamp411-ssc101 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:

summer-float

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!

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