Scrapbook Page: Bringing Jared Home

August 21st, 2009 at 6:33pm | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 1 Comment »
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Last week, I made this 2-page-spread.  I don’t do my scrapbooking in any order, the way some scrappers work chronologically, or do holidays or vacations first.  I just work on whatever I feel like.  This time I pulled up photos of my little boy, born almost 4 years ago, and the day we took him home from the hospital.

This page is simple, and I like it!

 bringing Jared home 1 by you.

     

bringing Jared home 4 by you.

 

 

I mostly did basic stamping, then used punches and Paper Snips to cut out the images.  I used Dimensionals to pop up some of the elements.

     

    

    

    

    

      

      

     

 

      bringing Jared home 5 by you.

 

 

 

 

 

I used a little grosgrain ribbon throughout the page.  Here, I opened the prongs of a Silver Brad and wrapped them around the ribbon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bringing Jared home 6 by you.

    

      

      

    

   

   

I had this scrap of designer paper that I had used to punch out stars for another project.  I liked the way it looked, so I just layered it over the photo mat.  This is what started the page, and I added the other stamped and punched stars around the page to tie everything together.

    

     

    

bringing Jared home 2 by you.

bringing Jared home 3 by you.

        

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Night of Navy & Whisper White Card Stock, Patterns DSP
Accessories: Lrg & Sm Star Punches, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brad

        

nursery necessities by you.

          

soft subtles bashful blue  rich regals brocade blue  rich regals night of navy

             

          

An All-American Package

July 1st, 2009 at 11:01am | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | 2 Comments »
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American package 1 by you.

Last week I sent this package to my little brother.  He is in Canada serving a mission for our church.  Since he hasn’t been gone from home very long, and its his first holiday away and they don’t celebrate the 4th in Canada, I sent him an Independence Day package.  It was really fun to put together!

Use these ideas to make decorations of your own for the fourth, or for the rest of the summer.

My package starts with a handmade card, of course!  :)

American package 2 by you.

   

This is a quick and simple one to make.  I simply cut a Whisper White piece of card stock a little smaller than my Ballet Blue card base.  I added Real Red 5/8″ Wide Grosgrain Ribbon for stripes.  The star I stamped with a small stamp from the Nursery Necessities set onto Brushed Silver card stock (its so pretty!).  Then I punched it out with the Large Star Punch, and layered that onto a square of Night of Navy card stock with Dimensionals.

I made both the card and these “firecracker” sparklers with my club last month.  These are also quick to put together.  (I taught them to make the card, the “firecrackers”, and a scrapbook page in an hour!)

American package 4 by you.

 

To make these cute “firecrackers”, wrap a 3″ x 3″ piece of DSP around a lifesaver!  Then punch Real Red card stock with the Small Star punch and Large Tag Punch, and Night of Navy card stock with the Small Tag punch.  Layer together, punch a hole in the top, and tie onto the firecracker with Real Red Gingham Ribbon.  Punch a hole in the top of the candy with the Paper Piercer and stick in the foil stars (I got mine from the Dollar Tree.)

These double as decorations and party favors! 

(Sorry these photos are so dark!  I took the pictures in the evening with bad lighting.)

    

Next, I took some photos of my ‘lil American cuties that had been taken at a Memorial Day party this year and made a small folding scrapbook.

American package 6 by you.

American package 7 by you.

I added a bunch of these “confetti” stars (punched out of card stock that matched the projects with the Small Star Punch) and candy with red & blue wrappers (he says he can’t find Almond Joy in Canada!).

I hope he likes it!

April 08 Totally Hands On Samples

April 25th, 2008 at 5:16pm | In Projects,Scrapbooking,Stamp Sets,Techniques | No Comments »
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These are the projects that I’m teaching for my April workshops!

 

This fun little card uses the Nursery Neccessities stamp set.  Its a baby set, but for this card I’ve made it more generic.  I think you could send this card for any happy occassion. 

To start the focal point, I punched the Large Star Punch through Brocade Blue card stock. 

Then I created a dry embossing template with the (small) Star Punch.  To do this, I simply punched through a piece of thin chipboard.  Then, using the an embossing stylus, I raised the smaller star centered inside the larger one. 

Next, to define the raised section, I sponged Brocade Blue ink, keeping the embossing template in place as a guide.  Then I added Dazzling Diamonds glitter with a 2-Way Glue Pen.

 

I placed the star on an Always Artichoke scallop with a Dimensional, then punched a hole through the scallop and threaded the grosgrain ribbon through.

 

  

To finish it off, I stamped the small star from the stamp set with Bashful Blue Classic Ink onto the same color card base and stamped the saying with Always Artichoke.  Then I dry embossed the small star overlapping the stamped images.

 

 

 

 

 

 I stamped the big pretty flower from the Doodle This stamp set twice on Glossy White card stock.  On one of them, I added color using a Lavender Lace Classic Pad and an Aqua Painter.  Then I cut out both flowers using our wonderful Paper Snips.  They are my favorite scissors!

I again used the 2-Way Glue Pen & Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to highlight parts of the flower.

A dimensional pops the flower up away from the page.

 

 

The saying is from the Eastern Elegance Rub-Ons.  I think it would have looked better if I had used the black one.

But I LOVE the swirly doodles in this set!!

  

 

 

For the 3D item this month, I made a gift enclosure.  It holds a Jamba Juice gift card, but you could also put other things inside like a tea or Kool-Aid packet, or orange flavored lollipops.

I love the Tart & Tangy stamp set in the Occassions Mini Catalog!  It is SO cute!  And its so convenient that the images fit perfectly in the circle punches.

The stamp set also works so well with the Enjoy Every Moment set, that I used on the inside and with its jumbo wheel, Daisy Dash.  I like how the flowers on the wheel look with the Scallop Circle punch and the punched scallop edge on the flap.

(Enjoy Every Moment & the Daisy Dash jumbo wheel are part of this month’s promo.)

 

Super Sweet Baby Card

March 4th, 2008 at 4:12pm | In Projects,Stamp Sets | 2 Comments »
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Quite a while ago I went to a baby shower for my friend, Erica.  My DH snapped some pictures of the card I made before I ran out the door.  Thanks, Tom!

The fold is CASEd from a swap I recently received.  The card is the top left one in the photo of the So Many Scallops swaps in this post. 

The stamp set is the new Nursery Necessities set.  I have to admit, the set didn’t grab me at first.  But the more I looked at it and saw samples made with it, the more I liked the looks of it.  Now that I have it myself, I find that it is so easy to use & I love it!!

I used my 2-Way Glue Pen to outline the Bashful Blue moon and to fill in the Barely Banana star.  Then I sprinkled them all over with Dazzling Diamonds glitter to make them all sparkly!  I really like how the moon looks layered over the Scallop Circle punch!  I mirrored the scallop look on the left edge of the designer paper on the right, using the Corner Rounder punch.  It isn’t seen until you open the card.

The paper is really old, retired Stampin’ Up! designer paper.  (sorry.) 

I used our fabulous Stampin’ Write Markers to color the different sections of the little sail boat.  Then I added a Dimensional to the back of the boat and tucked it into the waves I created with the designer paper. 

I’m really happy with the how this card turned out.  There were a couple different elements I had wanted to add, but I ran out of time.  But now I think it may look better this way.  :)   I’m sure I’ll be using this card fold and this stamp set again soon!