I was hoping to get some time to create a card to post today, however, it just hasn't happened. Those of you who make cards probably think I've totally forgotten about them. Nope! I'll post one soon! This is the other scrapbook layout I made yesterday. Once again it's with bright colors so it's not really my favorite page but I was trying to match the colors in the pictures. I think this could really be a cute page done in pinks and whites! The Circle Scissor Plus made this page a piece of cake (no pun intended). Scrap Club has been cancelled tonight due to the the snow. We will meet Continue reading
St. Louis Arch Scrapbook Pages
I sat down this afternoon and came up with the the last scrapbook layout I needed for tomorrows Scrap Club meeting in New Freedom, PA. I came up two pages from Micah's second birthday and then I came up with this layout from when we visited St. Louis in April 2007. I decided we'll be doing this layout for club. The colors used are Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, and Whisper White. I love our new Organza Ribbon I used in the middle! The ribbon is so silky and soft! These two pages will be going in Micah's scrapbook. A few months ago I made two pages for Jaan's scrapbook which Continue reading
Decorative Accents . . . Elegant or Funny?
I bought the Decorative Accents Big Shot die because it fit into the swirly/elegant style that I tend to like. I in visioned elegant scrapbook pages using the Rich Regals colors and elegant pictures. This afternoon I cut the accent out of brushed gold cardstock and sat down to come up with a lovely, elegant page. As I sat there messing with the different positions I could place the accent, I ran into a little problem. Almost every way I turned it, all I could picture in my mind were funny faces. The whole elegant look just wasn't coming. I had to get the funny faces out of my system (in Continue reading
Dahilia fold on a scrapbook page
The Dahlia Fold always gives a neat look to projects. I have these sort of flowers on one of my folders that I use at parties and that folder always draws lots of comments. It really is an easy technique, just a bit time consuming. I am going to be teaching the Scap Club in New Freedom how to do this for their club meeting. Our page will be very similar to this one. If I had a little girl I would want to put a picture of her in a white dress holding little pink flowers on this page. Being as I'm the only girl in the family . . . it had to be a family picture if there was going to be any Continue reading
Scrapbooking the family tree
My creativity abounded just a little more last night, enough to get this scrapbook page done. I've been wanting to do a page with pictures and information about my grandparents and a page about my husbands grandparents so our boys will have a bit of the family tree in their scrapbooks. I sat down several times in the past and looked at these pictures, my grandparents, but had a hard time getting anywhere. The mind tends to wander to memories and I wanted to have just the right layout. This is actually a spin off of a card I made recently (and some of you may see be seeing it in the future Continue reading
Always scrapbook page for Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day! I had some time to play this evening and came up with this page. This is using the Parisian Summer retired designer series paper put together with our new organza ribbon (love it!), Chateau Bella rub-ons, Yummy stamp set and a build a brad. I'm afraid the picture really doesn't do justice to the the real thing. I thought it a very fitting page to make today being as it is Valentines Day! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures to put on this page at the moment. If I think of some in the next couple days then I'll show you. I'm actually thinking of leaving the left Continue reading
First page for Micah's scrapbook
Now don't get me wrong, this isn't the first page I've made for Micah, I've made a bunch for him! No, this is going to be the first page you see when you open his scrapbook. This particular page showcases two of the free options for Sale-A-Bration. I used some of the designer series paper as well as the ribbons from the ribbon bundle. The Scrap Club that normally meets in New Freedom is meeting at my house tonight for a make-up date. I'm looking forward to having them all over for a fun and creative time! Continue reading
Stampin' Up! scrapbook club in Stewartstown, PA
I communicated with the librarian at Mason Dixon Public Libarary in Stewartstown, PA today. It's official, we are beginning a Scrapbook Club! The club members will meet every third Monday of the month at 6:00 P.M. As with many clubs, this club does require some commitment so please read through all the details. Here are the details, I would love for you to join if you are able! When: 3rd Monday of each month at 6:00 P.M. (members may come as early as 5:30 to get started if they would like.) We will be done by 8:00 as the library closes at that time. Our fist meeting date is Monday, Continue reading
First birthday cupcake scrapbook page
In an earlier post I put a picture of our Ocean City scrapbook page. In that same post I mentioned that the scrap club will be using that same basic layout to create a birthday page this month. For my page I decided to feature my youngest's first birthday. Ethan's birthday is on Christmas Eve so you'll notice that I tried to stay away from Christmas colors other than some Real Red. I want to try to make his birthdays as special as possible without overly focusing on the festivities of the next day. The Simple Birthday Thanks stamp set makes for a perfect place to journal on a birthday Continue reading
Dahlia fold scrapbook page
I thought I would bring out an old but favorite scrapbook page. I made this page using the Dahlia Fold for the flowers and rubons for the stems. I'm afraid these particular colors (Groovy Guava and Wild Wasabi) are retired but I wanted to share the idea for inspiration. Happy Stamping! Continue reading
Ocean City scrapbook page
I love the picture I took at Ocean City with the seashells and straw in the sand. There was a bad storm the day before I took these pictures and the waves and wind pushed all kinds of things up onto the beach. Because I like that one picture so much I decided to try my hand at a page with an 8x10 picture. I built the whole page around that one picture! There are seashells stamped on the left and bottom center from the Seaside stamp set. They are a little hard to see in teh picture but they're there. The netting on the right is a retired stamp set (I'm sorry I can't think of the name at Continue reading
Scrapbook pages using new Stampin' Up! product
I have had so much fun using some of my new Sizzex dies along with my Big Shot (all of which are sold by Stampin' Up! Having 3 boys I don't get to use the color pink or ribbons nearly as much as I would like, however, I thought for a "Valentines" type page perhaps I could get away with it this once. Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red go together very nicely for Valentines. For the base of these pages I used textured cardstock for a little variety. The Big Shot dies I used include Stampin' Up!s exclusive Tulipe and SU! exclusive Join in the Cheer as well as Swirly and the Go Go Boots Continue reading