Scrapbooking Sunday: Sent with Love–a Leadership Layout

April 28, 2013 under scrapbooking

If you remember, this was my first year attending Leadership convention.  I was so excited that I had promoted to Manager and so I had earned an entry into Manager’s Reception.  Well, this year, Manager’s Reception was at Harry Potter’s Wizardly World in Orlando.  Um, yes please!!

The whole weekend was super fun and so I just had to try to start committing at least some of it to a scrapbook.  And I found that the Sent with Love designer paper was a fun way to accent this first photo I scrapped:

The title here was actually made up of two different elements that I cut out of one of the pages of the Sent with Love Designer series paper (and even though you can’t see some of the pieces, I promise you they are from this page Smile:
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See… isn’t it perfect?  And oh so true because the adventure of earning Leadership and then going their with my Mom (who is also my upline) was a blast!

Then, for a bit more whimsy on my page, I took squares of the designer paper and cut them in half to make triangles and then stacked them like arrows.  I totally mis-cut some paper, so when I fixed it I had thin strips of paper which I glued as a center piece in the triangles.

Then I used my Tombow liquid glue to draw dots where I wanted my twine to do loopty-loops along the side of my page and then pressed my Island Indigo baker’s twine into the loopy pattern on the right!

The sad thing is that I love this paper and I completely hoarded it and suddenly realized that it is retiring in 2 days!  Yikes!

So if you want to get in on the Sent with Love suite, check it out online today and grab yours before it goes away April 30th.
Use Hostess code EQ9PM3NX and be entered to win a free stamp set of your choice!

 

And since I’m in a reminiscing mood… I thought I’d share some of the other memories I need to scrap:  Harry Potter and Manager’s Reception, Amazing on-stage demonstrations, winning Prize Patrol, and meeting Shelli!

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Supples Used
Stamps – Sweet Shoppe Alphabet (retired)
Paper – Whisper White, Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Sent with Love designer paper
Ink – Calypso Coral, Island Indigo marker (for journalling)
Accessories – Island Indigo Baker’s twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sponges, Tombow liquid glue

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Blast From The Past Thanks to April’s Best of Butterflies

April 2, 2013 under Cards

I love the idea of the “Best of” stamps… Stampin’ Up!’s way of celebrating their 25th anniversary by bringing back some of their best selling images from the past 25 years.  Now, that said, I wasn’t too in love with the first couple sets – they just weren’t my style. But now that they have announced April’s set, I love it!

Best of Butterflies!

This was a card I made back in July of 2011 and I still really like it:

I had borrowed the stamp set from my mom to create the butterfly center piece and loved the unique shape of the butterfly.  But the stamp set (Strength and Hope) never carried over from the spring catalog and so I missed my chance to get it.

So, if you were like me and missed it when it was around the first time, you can get it and other butterfly images in this set.  Here are all the different styles:

Best of butterflies

Best of Butterflies Stamp Set

Aren’t they pretty?!

I keep looking at the different butterflies and having more and more ideas for how I would use the different images… so guess I’ll be getting this set! Smile

How about you?  How are you liking the “Best of” stamp sets?

 

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Strength and Hope Hello Butterfly Card
Stamps:  Best of Butteflies
Paper: Pumpkin Pie cs, Chocolate Chip cs, Whisper White cs
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Early Espresso bakers twine, stampin’ dimensionals

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Scrapbooking Sunday: Sunburst w/ Sunshine & Sprinkles

February 17, 2013 under scrapbooking

Look, it’s back!  It’s Scrapbooking Sunday!

I love, love, love making cards.  But boy did I miss making scrapbook pages.  I have photos piled up in my craft room and that is only the ones I’ve printed in the last year thinking I was going to be getting way more scrapbooking done than I did!  So, I decided to play along with a sketch challenge at ScrapbookSteals and um… I think I jumped back in at a challenging time.

We had to make a sunburst on our scrapbook page! I had never done that before and it was a challenge for me.  But I just LOVE how it turned out!

I used the Sunshine and Sprinkles designer paper because I liked the bright and cheery colors and how they matched so well with the summery colors and feel of the photo (that is my daughter Caitlin last summer in our new inflatable swimming pool.  Also one of my favorite pictures of her!)

The sketch called for buttons in your sun rays but as I was playing with my buttons I realized that my “x” buttons from the Bitty Buttons set looked kind of like stitches and I was sold.  Smile

And as I tried to figure out what I would use for a title for this page, I remembered the Vintage Verses stamp set (on of the Free exclusive sets from Sale-a-Bration) and thought the “There’s Only One You” was a perfect fit.  Combine that with the cool background shape from Everything Eleanor, and BAM! Title done!

You can also see in that picture the Melon Mambo striped organdy ribbon (which I’m way more in love with than I thought because it is so soft and vibrant!) and the Delicate Details lace tape which I thought would be a great subtle accent for the page.

Finally, I have to show you the last touch that I’m kind of proud of… the Baker’s Twine flower!  I made it myself!

I started with a glue dot on the page and a piece of Island Indigo Baker’s Twine.  Then I formed loops and with each loop, I ran the twine back over the glue dot in the center  (I had to add a second glue dot over the first to help hold it all down but it all worked out).  Then to finish off the center I had a Wisteria Wonder printed brad that I covered in Crystal Effects and dipped in Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  Let it dry and then set in the middle of my flower for a cute finishing touch!

I love how this page turned out and hopefully you got some fun ideas for incorporating into your own scrapbook pages.

 

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Sunshine & Sprinkles Sunburst Scrapbook Layout Recipe:
Stamps:  Vintage Verses, Everything Eleanor
Ink:  Daffodil Delight, Markers: Basic Grey, Melon Mambo, Gumball Green
Paper: Sunshine & Sprinkles designer paper, Crumb Cake cs, Whisper White cs, Lucky Limeade cs, Very Vanilla cs
Accessories:  Bitty Buttons, Itty Bitty punch pack, Crystal Effects, Stampin’ Trimmer, Paper Piercer, Paper Piercing Template, In Color Designer Brads, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Delicate Details Lace Tape, Melon Mambo striped organdy ribbon, mini silver brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals, glue dots

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Sycamore St Scrapbook Layout: Great Grandparents

February 4, 2013 under Sale-a-Bration, scrapbooking

Some incredibly talented girls I know started a paper crafting challenge blog a year ago called The Paper Girls Challenge Blog.  They post challenges twice a month for fun and (sometimes) prizes.

Well, I was so honored to be asked by them to be one of two guest designers this month – so I totally know what cool challenge is coming up later this month… and no, I’m not going to tell you.  hee hee!

Anyway, today is their first challenge for February and it was:
Use Twine in Your Project!

Ta da!

Now, their challenge doesn’t have to be for a scrapbook layout – I could have done a card.  But I do cards all the time and I figured I needed the extra challenge. Smile

So, I decided to show some quick and easy ways to use twine.  I grabbed my Island Indigo Baker’s Twine and wrapped some around all four sides of an 8.5” x 8.5” piece of River Rock cardstock.  Then I tucked some pictures under the twine – I was going for the “memo board” look.  So parts of the pictures are over the twine and some are under.

Thanks to my amazing foresight, I made sure to dress my daughter in a brightly striped shirt so that it would match great with the new Sycamore St designer paper that you can get free from the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  Ok, so this picture was from May 2012 and I totally lucked out, but I’ll take it!

I also wrapped some twine around the “G” in “Great” at the top of the page, but of course realized late last night that the top of the picture is a bit blurry.  Oops!  So, trust me, it is wrapped around the “G” and looks cute.

TIP:  If you have alphabet letters that you think are starting to blend into the background of your page like mine were.  Grab a marker (in this case, my Island Indigo Stampin’ Write marker) and with the fine tip, trace around the letter on your page.  It gives the letters a subtle border that really helps it pop!

Think you have a cool idea for using twine or just want to try to use the twine you have sitting at home?  Visit The Paper Girls Challenge Blog to see more inspiring ideas and then create your own project and add it to the challenge list.  I’d love to see what different ideas you create!

 

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My Little Valentine with Greeting Card Kids

December 29, 2012 under Cards, Techniques

You may remember my somewhat recent watercoloring on glossy paper posting using this adorable Greeting Card Kids stamp set.  Well, I’m back at it again, this time with a Valentime’s Day theme.  I just loved this cute little girl and thought she needed to be colored up for the holiday.

It was the same idea, heat emboss the stamped image – this time in black – and grab my neglected aqua brush and get to work coloring and blending on glossy paper.  I tried my hand at shading with mixed results.

But then I preceeded to distract from… ahem, I mean highlight, the coloring with some brightly colored accents on the card. Smile  From the Real Red polka dot dsp from the Polka Dot Parade pack, to the wrapped Cherry Cobbler bakers twine… and just a touch of bling in the corner.  All adds up (I think) to a sweet little card that needs no sentiment at all.

And if you know me and how hard of a time I have leaving a card front sentiment-free, you know this is a big deal for me! ha ha!

So, grab your aqua pen and give it a whirl.  I promise it’s fun!

 

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