Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Scrapbooking Global Sketch Challenge
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
March Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop
When I saw the theme I knew exactly what my layout needed to be about! My favorite hobby, the one I spend the most time doing and enjoy the most is hands down, scrapbooking! I also enjoy gardening and sewing and lots of other things. I'm working on a layout with the pumpkins I grew last year. Maybe I'll get it finished now that I have the pictures printed.
I looked at the pictures I have of my stamping and scrapbooking adventures and knew I wanted green and blue to be in the paper. I looked through all my current papers and couldn't find just the right thing. I decided I would have to make my own DSP! As I was working on the February Paper Pumpkin kit I decided to use some of the parts on my layout because the green was just right. Then I looked at the stamps that came with the kit - my very favorite flower, the buttercup (also known as the daffodil) was one of the stamps! How fun, I turned it into the background paper by stamping them all over white cardstock then coloring them with the Stampin' Blends.Here is a picture of the "bones" of my layout. Whenever I cover up most of the base of my layouts I cut the inside of it out and have an inch wide 12" frame. I layered this onto a piece of discontinued Sahara Sand cardstock. Since you won't see this piece it doesn't really matter what color it is. I also used some of the card pieces from the Feb Paper Pumpkin kit, I even cut the cute gingham from some of the envelopes! I don't know why the green in the little pieces on the lower right loo so washed out. It's actually the same color green as the gingham.
After I stamped and colored the buttercups (notice in my "bones" picture I didn't color the flowers under the pictures. As much as I could use the practice in coloring with the blends I decided to save ink and time and just color the ones that could be seen. After I got them colored I decided there needed to be a touch of blue so I got the speckled background stamp from the Perched in a Tree stamp set and stamped between the bunches of buttercups. It was just the touch my homemade DSP needed!
After getting everything placed for the background of my layout I added pictures of scrapbook crops and stamping events. I added simple journaling by printing on die labels cut with one of the Labels Aglow dies and popped them up on each picture with dimentionals. I tried different colors for the title with the fun Alphabet A la mode dies and the Mini Alphabet dies and decided on Daffodil Delight. The layout looked like it needed something on the green gingham at the bottom. I decided to sleep on it but hadn't come up with the perfect thing until I decided to work on the cards left in the Feb kit after I raided all those pieces. Then I saw all the buttercup punch outs that were supposed to be on one set of the cards. I think there were 5 for each card so I used 2 instead so I could have the rest to add the finishing touch to the layout. Perfect!Are you wondering how I managed to make cards with the 1 leftover card base I
had left for what was to be 3 cards. It was supposed to be a smaller sized card and the envelopes with the green gingham matched the size. I cut the card in half and used the insides of one of the envelopes for the background of the 3rd card. I made them all to be a standard size card and they will all have to have a boring white envelope. I'll have to get that buttercup stamp back out and stamp on the envelopes, won't I!
Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog! Be sure to check out the creations of other Stampin' Up Demonstrators who have joined the blog hop this month.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Men In Your Life January Blog Hop
Days like these have been perfect weather to scrapbook though! Any excuse, right?
Tina Parsons picked out theme for this month, Men In Your Life. I've been needing to do these pages since 2019 so I appreciate the motivation.
I ordered this Trusty Toolbox DSP as a free Sale A Bration gift. It is perfect for my layout. I used a Very Vanilla 12x12 base and a little Lost Lagoon for the top of the page where I put my title and journaling. The ruler paper made a nice touch at the top and I cut some of the tools out and raised them on Stampin' Dimentionals to give them emphasis.
You really need a pack of this paper, don't you?
Now, go to the next blog in the hop, hopefully I can get the link right. For some reason I always have trouble with this. Julia Quinn from Queensland Australia
https://www.handmadebyjuliaquinn.com
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Traditional Christmas Layout
As you can tell, these pictures were taken a few years back. 1970 to be exact! Good gravy, I can't believe they are over 50 years old! I need to see about getting them restored some so they are more clear.
Here is the layout before adding a 1/2" strip of DSP at the top and bottom. Doesn't it make a big difference in the appearance of the layout? Im glad I thought of doing that!
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Sketch Challenge with Night Divine Bundle
Hi, welcome to my blog! The Scrapbooking Global blog hop for August is using a sketch that I really liked. I also got my pre-order from the Sept-Dec Mini catalog and loved the Night Divine bundle items. I had some pictures from a few Christmas' ago that needed to be scrapbooked so I decided to use the bundle even though it is only August. The Design challenge was chosen by Sharni Haines.
Thursday, January 19, 2023
From A Card To A Layout Challenge
My grandson graduated from High School the spring of 2020, therefore, it wasn't much of a graduation and I wasn't able to go. I have to get some of the pictures my daughter took developed so I can add them to the layout. That was definitely an interesting and disappointing year to graduate. I might need a bigger journaling box!
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Snow Day Layout
I like to try to make a scrapbook page from my Paper Pumpkin kits before I use them for the cards. This is from the November kit. I added Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce cardstock and the Gnome DSP. Die cuts are from the Share a Milkshake and the new Alphabet Al A Mode dies. I love this new alphabet! I cut the letters from the leftover glimmer paper from the snowflakes and the area of the banners behind the circles.
I also stamped the background with a stamp from the Painted Poppies set.
I haven't gotten my snow pictures from last week developed to put on the pages yet. I'll definitely be journaling about surviving that horribly cold week!
If you haven't subscribed to the Paper Pumpkin kits you should give them a try! LMK if you want me to help you set up an account.
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
Non Traditional Color Challenge
Our blog hop for December is a non traditional color challenge. We are to design a Christmas layout using the 2022-2024 In Colors' Starry Sky, Tahitian Tide, Orchid Oasis, Sweet Sorbet & Parakeet Party.
This challenge was chosen by our Stampin Up Global Scraobook design team member, Sharon Dalten. They are great colors so I knew it would be a fun challenge. I had a pack of the 6x6 glimmer paper in the In Colors so that added to the fun! Look at these great colors!
There is a bright red (Sweet Sorbet) and green (Parakeet Party) in the 2022-24 InColor collection so it's already perfect for Christmas. Adding in the blues makes it even better! I had to use the Gnome Dies that coordinate with the Happiest Gnomes stamp set although I didn't use the stamp set for this page. I cut the gnome hats and feet from the glimmer paper, It's hard to tell how much they sparkle in the pictures. The title is cut with an old Sizzlet alphabet set. The wavy strips of DSP are from the Dainty Flowers pack that will be in the Jan-April 2023 mini catalog.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy Courtenay Heuston's cute layout on her blog next.
https://bagsthatone.blogspot.com/2022/12/non-traditional-scrap-page-scrapbooking.html?m=1 |
Monday, September 12, 2022
Sketch Challenge
Welcome to the September Scrapbooking Global Blog Hop! As we are getting a bit of a chill these fall nights in the northern hemisphere it's hard to imagine some of our blog hop members are entering spring!
Our challenge is a sketch designed by our very talented Courtenay Heuston.
I love working with sketches! I seldom follow them exactly but like having a guide as I plan my layout and add my personal touches. Usually the sketch is only for one page and I have to use my own brain for the second page. That can take hours so I was glad I found a sketch that would coordinate well in one of my Pinterest boards. What a time saver sketches are for me! I love Courtenay's sketch. There is something about circles in layouts that speaks to me!
Isn't it a great sketch! Here is my take on it:
I hope you enjoyed my layout. It was a fun one for me. Now you can click on the "NEXT" graphic to move on to the next blog and see what Autumn Wiste has created with the sketch. I usually have trouble getting the link attached to the "next" button so if it doesn't take you to Autumn's blog, click on her name below. Thanks for stopping by!
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Tic Tac Toe
Welcome to The Scrapbooking Global Stampin' Up monthly blog hop.
Our challenge for August was a tic tac toe challenge from design team member Sherry Roth..
I chose to work from a sketch so the upper left corner was where I started on the tic tac toe board. I decided to do the upper row so had tags and baker's twine in my mind as I worked on the sketch I chose.
I always do double layouts but only got one side done. I've been watching my 6 year old granddaughter (who is doing virtual school) while her parents take her big brother to PA for college so that has taken a LOT of my time!
I used sketch #186 from Creative Scrappers. As you can tell, I changed it up quite a bit but that is the purpose of sketches, to give you and idea that will work with the pictures you have but then you do what you need to make it your own.
This fabulous paper is from the Sun Prints DSP pack, isn't it beautiful! I used Sahara Sand, Night of Navy and Basic White cardstock to compliment the DSP. The stamp sets I used were In The Moment and Friends Are Like Seashells. In the Moment is a beautiful set and I am getting a bit better at using the blends to color images but I still need a lot of practice! I really love the Friends Are Like Seashells bundle. It has a stamp set, die set and an embossing folder. All used together like I did with the seashells on this page it gives a nice dimensional effect to the layout. I also put Stampin' Dimensionals under most of the shells to add even more dimension.
The Sahara Sand seaweed behind the girl are also from the diecuts. If you look close you will see that I also added some of the Faux Sea Glass embellishments in the title. The dies I used for the title are a mix of a retired Stampin Up set called Hand Lettered Prose and a non-Stampin' Up set called Mac N Cheese. It's a really old set, I don't know how far back!
The dies I used for the tags at the top of the page are Trio Of Tags, another retired set. I needed the tags to be fairly small and that set had one that seemed to be the perfect size. I layered 2 tags with 2 different images from the Friends Are Like Seashells stamp set on them and tied them together with a little piece of white baker's twine.
I hope you can get a little inspiration from my page. Enjoy the rest of the hop, Denise Cox from Canada is up next with more ideas! If the "Next" button doesn't work please click on Denise's name in the list below to continue on in the blog hop.