No Time To Stamp?

…Steve and I were married.

He is my rock — truly, the salt of the earth.  I have been so blessed!

ETA:  Lots of comments and emails on how young I look — LOL — I agree, I do!  I was 30 years old in this photo!

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This is the first scrapbook page I have ever completed!  I have designed a number of layouts for classes, but I’ve never completed one by adding pictures.  So today I’m happy — layout + picture = COMPLETE!!!!   And I LOVED doing it — easy and fun!!!  This page is 12 x 12.  The photo is on an 8 x 8 sheet, layered onto the 12 x 12 sheets.

I was very pleased with how well the silk ribbon worked into my page.  It’s so lightweight it adds no bulk and the fluffy bow will  press down nice and neat when inserted into the sleeve.  I used the Bow Easy to make the bow.  Another fun and practical use for my beloved silk ribbon!!! 

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Stamps and Ink:  None

Paper:  SU Very Vanilla and Black Textured, LaCreme Stack by DCWV from Michaels

Accessories:  LaCreme Chipboard Stickers, 100% Silk Ribbon (Ivory), Bow Easy, Kaiser Pearls (Champagne), Cuttlebug Corner Die

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store carries the following items used on this page layout:

• 100% Silk Ribbon by May Arts
• Bow Easy
• Kaiser Pearls

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STAMP SIMPLY RIBBON STORE ANNOUNCEMENTS

I’ve added several new ribbons to the Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Page 1.  Check the link to find:

• 3 new colors of  lush Velvet Zig Zag

• 2 new colors in 1.5″ and 3/8″ Gingham Checks, great for the holidays

• 2 new colors in  1.25″ and 1/4″ Silk

• 3/8″ wide Chennile Dots in 10 colors – scrumptious!

• 5/8″ Ruffled Faux Suede in 10 colors — soft and so workable — yummy!

I’ve also listed several items ON SALE, so check Page 3 to see these items at reduced prices (all prices in effect till gone):

• Halloween DP
• Halloween Ribbons
• Witch Way to Treats Set by JustRite
• All Buttons by Basic Grey and Rusty Pickle

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Thank you so much for stopping in today.  I surely appreciate our little visits and hope to see you again soon as I continue to work on projects for this week.  Have a good week everyone!!!

This is a 2 page, 12 x 12, layout I did for a class — they wanted to do football pages. I am not a football fan, so I hope I got it kind of right?!?!?!? I downloaded a picture of a football field from the net to follow. To get my ball the right shape, I did a Google search for a football coloring page, and that gave me the right size and shape. I often Google for coloring pages for shapes of images — works for me!!!

To make the field I merely cut strips of Garden Green 2″ wide x 8.5. I made a spacer, 3/16″ wide, of cardstock and that made it very quick and easy to lay the pieces down nice and straight. The numbers are die cut with the Cuttlebug and Olivia Alphabet die. The football helmet in the center is black embossed, punched with a 2″ punch andmatted with a 2.5″ punch.

The football was made using my Googled football coloring page for the shape, traced onto the reverse of this cool football paper I got from Michael’s. It’s just the same texture as a real football — very, very cool!!! I used my Crop-a-dile to punch the holes for the eyelets. The first row is punched 3/8″ in from the edge, and the next row is 1″ in from the edge. The seam (I guess that’s what it is) under the lacing is just a strip of paper. The lacing is 1/4″ grosgrain run through the eyelets that were set in the holes with my Crop-a-dile. The black seam acrossthe football is done with a black Sharpie. The white bands on the ends are also paper. Name and numbers are with the Cuttlebug and Olivia Alphabet die. GO VIKES! is done with Letterpress Alphabet in Elegant Eggplant. The school colors are purple and gold — I used Elegant Eggplant and More Mustard. The year was added in the lower right corner on a 2.5″ circle.

Hope the girls like this tomorrow!!! It really was fun to make — I love doing this type of scrapbook layout — just like doing a gigantic card front — LOL!!! Since I’m not a scrapper myself, I often wonder if there is too much “stuff” on these pages I design, so as to take away from the photos, but the girls I’m doing them for seem to like them, so I’ll keep it up until they want something different — I’m easy!!! The photos will be matted in Elegant Eggplant, More Mustard, Brown or White.

• Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet, Sporting Goods
• Paper: Whisper White, Garden Green, More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, Football paper by The Paper Co. from Michaels
• Ink: Versa Mark, Elegant Eggplant, Black Sharpie Marker.
• Accessories: Black Detail EP, 1/4″ White Grosgrain Ribbon, Crop-a-dile, Eyelets, Cuttlebug, Olivia Alphabet Dies, Marvy Circle Punches in 2″ and 2.5″.

Thanks much for looking!!! I have so many things on the table to be done — it’s just finding the time — slow and steady wins the race — or so they say!!! Hope to have some cards to post real soon!!!

A NOTE TO FLOURISHES FANS: Flourished Christmas which has been out of stock at Flourishes is now back in stock — you can place your order by clicking here.

This is an 8 x 8 scrapbook page I did for Christmas. Just love that little tree — it looks just like the trees growing in the fields around here and it reminds me of many a tree we’ve had! I chose that piece of DP because for some reason, and probably no one will see this but me, but when I put it up against the red framed tree, it just reminded me of a snowstorm on a dark evening, when everyone is all snuggled inside by the tree!!! Yes, everyone tells me I have a vivid imagination — LOL — but can’t you just feel the cold and see the storm???

All stamps used on this page are from a set by Flourishescalled O Christmas Tree. I love the versatility you can achieve by stamping on a scrapbook page. This cute little page, all ribboned up just like a Christmas present, will hold several photos and a little journaling as well! I see the photos matted with the Real Red and the journaling done on a tag made out of the Marigold Morning! Gee, I wish I had some Christmas photos of little children handy so I could finish the page — I can just see it in my mind!

The tree is stamped in Always Articholeand accented with a Chocolate Chip marker,the balls are stamped in black and colored with a marker, then highlighted with a Signo White Gel Pen. The skirt is paper pieced and the star is punched, then covered with Dazzling Diamonds. The Photo Corner is also punched and attached with brads. The lovely “Christmas” in the lower left corner is also included in the O Christmas Tree set. It’s such a fun set for Christmas with this fun tree and all of its ornaments and several sentiments. It can be seen at Flourishes, and the last time I looked it was on special, when purchased as a kit with some paper and ribbons!!!!

The main image is cut and embossed with a Nestabilities Rectangle Die and the scalloped frame was made with their Rectangle Scallop Die, both being run through the Cuttlebug. The Nestability Dies are available as well at Flourishes.

• Stamps: O Christmas Tree by Flourishes
• Paper: SU: Real Red, Whisper White, Marigold Morning (retired). DP is from the Beacon Hill 8 x 8 pad by Daisyd’s.
• Ink: SU: Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip Marker, Signo White Gel Pen. Also Versa Fine Onyx Black and Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll Pen in Silver.
• Accessories: Nestabilities Rectangle and Rectangle Scallop Dies, Cuttlebug, and from SU: Star Punch, Photo Corner Punch, Brads, 5/8″ Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals.

This is a 2 page, 12 x 12 layout, I did for a class tomorrow with an autumn theme. The pages are overlapped just to make it easier to get a picture. I think the pages have a homey and warm feel, and the fauxcross stitches make me think of a Sampler when I look at these pages!

The leaves you see outside the pages are punched leaves that everyone will make, but they will not be placed/adhered until after the photos are added. They can adorn photo corners or fill in dead spaces. The leaves were punched, little vein lines drawn with a sparkly pen, then heavily sponged in the same color as the paper. Faux stitching was done with the use of the Mat Pack (one of my very favorite tools — use that little thing every single day!), and a white gel pen for the larger stitches and the fine tip of a brown marker for the smaller stitches. On these pages I used the stitches merely as a filler for dead space. The trio panel of leaves are stamped in Timber Brown Stazon and colored with pad ink and an aquapainter, backed with a strip of ribbonand then I added some brads. I think it looks likeit could be a wall hanging! The letters were stamped with a retired color Spectrum Pad, Late November. Spectrum pads are such fun to use!!! and you can’t beat having a large alphabet set on hand to customize any scrapbook page!!!

• Stamps: Letterpress Alphabet, Fantastic Foliage (retired), Aspen Leaf by Rubber Stampede
• Paper: Chocolate Chip, Marigold Morning (retired), Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Naturals White
• Ink: Timber Brown Stazon, Marigold Morning (retired), Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Spectrum Pad in Late November (retired). Marker in Chocolate Chip. Signo White Gel Pen. Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll Pen in Gold.
• Accessories: 5/8″ Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Crafter’s Tool Kit, Sponge, Leaf Punch by McGill

Thanks much for looking!!! Hope you’re all having a great day!!!

OH, there’s a fun Color Challenge at SCS today — all pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. And Emily provides a link to an ebay auction — now this will be fun to watch — all the design team for My Favorite Things have made and donated a card (18 in all) in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness and they are being auctioned off as a group. The bid was at $68 when I looked about an hour ago — it’ll be fun to watch and see what it goes for — here’s the link to the ebay auction.

I’m trying to show a bit more detail on the Halloween scrap pages.

• Ghost: 2 punches with the Key Tag Punch. Clip bottoms to make jagged sleeves/hem with Word Window Punch. Form ghost by putting in + shape. Eyes/mouth done with Black Sharpie and Mat Pack.
• Pumpkins: Each pumpkin is 5 punches with the oval punch. Sponge edges and with sticky tape assemble into pumpkin shape. Cut stem from brown scrap. Cut just a sliver of green for vine, twirling it around knitting needle to get curls.
• Fence: Posts are Word Window Punch, cut straight on bottom with scissors and on the diagonal on top to form pointed post shape. Fence rail is 1/8″ strips of paper. Fence has more interest if it has some to movement to it, as opposed to a straight fence. Also, the fence runs into the second page. When doing 2 page spreads, I think it always looks a bit more interesting if some element from the first page runs into the second page, tying them together.
• Cat: First stamped directly onto the DP - he was not dark enough, in comparison to the fence. So I then stamped him on white and cut out. Although I love the look of this little cat — he probably wasn’t the best choice for this page. Those white artsy lines in him don’t really go with the style of this page — but he was my only cat — and I do love him — so he made the page!!!
• Spider:Legs are 4 punches from the side of the Round Tab Punch — can you see them — topped off with a 1 1/4″ circle punch for the body and a 1/2″ punch for the head. Eyes done with white gel pen.
• Tombstones: Office Max gray was stamped with Weathered in Sahara Sand and Going Gray (one or the other to get different colored stones). Cut into strips (about 1 1/2″ wide x 2+ long), tops clipped with Tag Corner Punch. Sponge edges fairly heavily with black and sponge centers with Creamy Caramel. Write with marker. The tops of the two tombstones that extend above the green grass are not taped down above the grass — by leaving them loose it leaves a bit more room if someone wants to put the corner of a photo behind the tombstones.
• Moon: Eggplant Envy 2.5″ circle sponged in same ink. Bats are the same as the spiders legs above.

I’m still learning this program — I wanted text by each photo, and couldn’t get it to work — be patient with me, I’m still learning!!! Hope these photos help to see the pages posted yesterday. Thanks for looking.

This is a 2-page, 12x 12, Halloween spread I designed for a class next week. Oh, talk about fun to make!!! I hope the girls like it!!! A ton of punches were used to make these pages, and I must thank memory_lane for the fabulousPunchDisplay Sheetsshe has loaded into her gallery at SCS. Several of the punched characters I used were taken from her sheets. If you haven’t seen them, you really MUST — just click here.

The triple frames at the top of each page are for photos. Wouldn’t close-ups ofprecious little dressed up children be adorable in there? I was totally inspired to make these triple frames by Sharon Harnist (StamperSharon). She did an adorable page using a similar idea, but making the frames into film strip using the Spiral Punch. That was my original intent for these pages, but as I worked on them, the film strip idea just didn’t seem to mesh with Halloween, so I’ll save that idea for another page!!! You can check out Sharon’s fabulous film strip page here.My frame is cut10 x 3.5 and then punched with a 2 1/8″ Marvy square punch.

The bottom border of Fall Flowers DP is 2″‘ high. Photos to go on the pages will be matted. The little ghosts are not glued down — they can float around and be on photo corners, or wherever, once photos are added.

• Stamps: Autumn Apparitions, Weathered
• Paper: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Whisper White,Office MaxGray, retired Eggplant Envy, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Fall Flowers Designer Paper.
• Ink: Black Stazon, retired Eggplant Envy, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Creamy Caramel, Sahara Sand. Black SU Marker (tombstones). Black Sharpie (ghosts). Signo White Gel Pen (spider).
• Accessories: Ribbon, Mat Pack (to draw ghosts eyes and mouth), Glue Pen, Knitting Needle (to curl pumpkin vines), Stapler, Sponges, Cuttlebug and Olivia Alphabet Die.
• Marvy Punches: 2 1/8″ square and 2 1/2″ circle
• SU Punches: Ticket Corner, Tag Corner, Word Window, Large and Small Circle, Large and Small Oval, 1/2″ Circle, Round Tab, Key Tag.

Oh gee, now that I see this photo here, I guess you can’t really tell very well what I did. I always like to photo the 2 pages together because that is how they belong, but I can never getvery good photos. Sorry! Please check back on Sunday (later in the day) for closeups of all the little features.

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