May 19, 2010 | Big Shot, class, Scrapbook Pages |
Today I wanted to share with you one of the WOW Scrapbook layouts that I recently added pictures too. This layout was released last year in one of the WOW Scrapbook Kits – check out the blog HERE – and one that I used in my scrapbooking class last month. I added pictures to it this weekend.
The layout was perfect for these pictures of Kyle at the KSU University Scholors Awards Ceremony. He received his Outstanding Student award that day. 
The left page has photos that I took during the actual ceremony – which aren’t the best photos but you get the idea. The colors on this layout turned out to be perfect since the cord that Kyle received was red. And conveniently the school mascot is an Owl – how perfect is that!
I also wanted to let you know that on the WOW Scrapbook Kits Blog we are now selling completed scrapbook pages – all hand-stamped and fully assembled with all Stampin’ Up! products. Just add your own pictures! We are selling completed pages in very limited quantities – so don’t delay if you see one that you want. I will continue to add new layouts until we run out of the completed pages. So continue to check back on the WOW Scrapbook Kits Blog to see what we have available each day.
The first layout available is a Baseball layout. Wendy and I hope you will find something that you can use for your scrapbooking. Or check out the tutorials available for sale – these include step by step instructions, photos, measurements, supply lists and WOW tips.
Thanks for stopping by today!
May 18, 2010 | Cards, class, Masculine, Summer Mini 2010 |
Stampin’ With Monika
Class Reminder
Come join me for my Hands-on Class on
Friday, May 21st – 10:00 am and 7:00 pm
Masculine Class
This class will be featuring masculine themed cards for the men in our lives.
Please sign up for this class by the end of day May 19th.
The class fee will be $15.
I hope you will join me for a fun class!
May 18, 2010 | Summer Mini 2010 |
Did you see the new Party Favor Boxes in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog?
They are are cute little die cut take-out boxes and each one has a coordinating belly band.
They coordinate with the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper.
We made this one at our Weekend at Wendy’s. On the top is a paper flower – the same technique as the flowers I showed last week.
The little tag has one of the new Bitty Button accents on it.
These are super cute little treat boxes. And very quick and easy to put together and add a couple of decorations to dress it up a bit.
Fill them with candy or something else small. And you are ready for a fun little party!
May 16, 2010 | Big Shot, Designer Series Paper, Scrapbook Pages, SU Buttons, Summer Mini 2010 |
I completed another layout for the 52 weeks of stress free scrapbooking challenge – this one is from week 8 and it also happens to fit a Color Challenge that I found on the Inkspirations blog. The challenge is to use Basic Grey, Sage Shadow, Apricot Appeal and Whisper White – which happen to be the colors in the Stampin’ Up! Nouveau Chic Designers Series Paper. This was the paper that I used on my scrapbook page. Now this was not one of the papers that I liked but I had some and when I pulled out these pictures of my mom and dad the colors seemed to go well and so that is what I used. And I LOVE how the page turned out! Plus I used the new Bitty Buttons from the Summer Mini catalog – they were perfect. The little heart buttons match up with the smallest heart on the Heart to Heart Punch.
I cut strips of the designer paper in different lengths and widths to create the background on this layout. 
The title was cut with the Big Shot and the GoGo Boots Alphabet Sizzlits Die set. Add I added a cute little accent next to the title – first I put a punch out of the Apricot Appeal card stock behind the bitty heart shaped button – poked the holes through with my paper piercer – then put it on top of a Basic Grey Corduroy Button and thread some gray cross-stitch thread through and tied it in a knot. It turned out so cute.
I added some Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon to the page and from the bow I hung a heart shaped tag stamped with “love” from the Tiny Tags stamp set.
On the top of the page are three more of the heart shaped bitty buttons – one has Sage Shadow behind it, one has Apricot Appeal behind it, and one had Basic Grey behind it.
I love these little Bitty Buttons. Here and there I added some faux stitching with my black journaler. And there is some real hand-stitching on the left side of the page – a few cross-stitches just because. But I don’t think you can see it in the picture and I forgot to get a close up of it.
It is National Scrapbooking Month so I should be working on scrapbook pages. I have another page that I finished this weekend too so I’ll be sharing that this coming week.
Thanks for stopping by and checking things out today – have a happy day – and be sweet to your sweet heart!
I’m a Guest Designer at Create with Connie & Mary: Summer Edition going on now – come join us for daily projects featuring items in the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog.
May 15, 2010 | Create with Connie & Mary, Scrapbook Pages, Summer Mini 2010 |
This week on Create with Connie & Mary we have been featuring the Travel Journal Designer Series paper, the Sentimental Journey stamp set and the Pedaling Past stamp set! And to finish out the week our challenge is a color challenge (CCMC3)- Kraft, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, and Bashful Blue – the colors in the Travel Journal paper.
For this challenge I decided to create a scrapbook page – originally I was going to use some picture of my boys since the paper is more masculine looking but ultimately decided to scrap a picture of myself. My mom took a picture or my when we were on our Spring Break trip up in the mountains. Everyone was playing basketball at the cabin and I was sitting on the hill with our dogs – Aspen and Magnolia. For our entire stay we had two visiting dogs from another cabin nearby. We didn’t know their names but they pretty much stayed with us the whole time – took walks with us and hung out in the yard and on the front porch when we were inside. So in this picture White Dog and Brown Dog (as we called them) joined me and my dogs up on the hill.
I used the Travel Journal Designer Series paper and Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series paper on this layout. I just got my new Extra-Large Cogs Double Punch and decided to use it on this page along with some die cuts. The background is Kraft card stock with stamping done in VersaMark ink using the Extreme Elements stamp set – which happens to be one of the sets that is part of the National Scrapbooking Month special – so if you order it you can get a free pack of designer brads.
Remember at the beginning of the year I was working on scrapbook pages for a challenge called 52 weeks of stress-free scrapbooking…..well I’m sort of behind – I think I got through week 6 – and I haven’t done any since – but this layout is from week 10. So I’m trying to do some catch up on those pages. I have been doing other scrapbooking just not using those 52 weeks layouts. I normally do 2-page layouts and these are single page layouts.
Let me tell you a little more about this new punch – you can see a close up in this detail picture. It is a completely new kind of punch called a double punch – so it punches a punch within a punch. It punches the cog part and then holds it in place to punch the circle out of the center. It punches both the large one and the small one at the same time. These will be lots of fun!
Check out what the other designers did with this theme challenge:
Connie Babbert – Inspired Treasures
Kerin Sylvester – Stamps, Paper, Glitter
Mary Brown – Stamper Camper Corner
Supplies:
Sets: Extreme Elements (115181), Warm Words (115108)
Inks: VersaMark ink (102283), Night of Navy classic ink (102977)
Cardstock: Kraft (107070), Garden Green ( 107096), Bashful Blue (105120), Night of Navy (106547), Pumpkin Pie(105117)
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), SU Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die (114510), SU Hearts & Brackets die (115955), Extra-Large Cogs Double punch (118873), 1-3/4″ Circle punch (112004), My Way punch (110709), Scallop Edge punch (112091), Travel Journal Designer Series Paper (117156), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430).
Today I wanted to share with you one of the WOW Scrapbook layouts that I recently added pictures too. This layout was released last year in one of the WOW Scrapbook Kits – check out the blog HERE – and one that I used in my scrapbooking class last month. I added pictures to it this weekend.
