StampAmemory - Stampin Up Scrapbooking

Me And My GIrl

I've been using Crumb Cake cardstock a lot recently as a basis for my layouts and this one is no exception. It just seems to go with everything!!

I just love these photos taken at Candace's football presentation night just recently:

I saw a layout in one of the Scrapbook magazines that I thought would be perfect for these photos, so of course I scraplifted it!! I can't remember which issue though - I'll have to go searching through my pile to find it again.

I've used the Silver Foil Smooch Spritz across my cardstock, just to add a bit of interest to an otherwise plain background, then just added strips of colour with patterned paper and plain cardstock. I've added a strip of doilies from the Flirtatious Specialty DSP, though because the colour wasn't right for this layout, I used my brayer and Cherry Cobbler inkpad to change the colour to one more suitable.

My title has been made using a combination of chipboard letters from 'Onboard Alphabet Soup' and diecut letters using the Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies.

I am so loving my Bigshot and all the fabulous dies that are available - I'm sure you would agree!! I love the fact that you can create so many of your own embellishments to use on layouts - and you can create them again and again and again - in whatever colour you need. I've used the Tasteful Trim Die to create the scalloped border along the bottom of my photos and the Perfect Pennants die to create the journalling spot at the top of my page. The holes in my scalloped border have been made using my Crop-A-Dile (another oh-so-handy tool!!).

The chipboard label is from a retired set of On Board chipboard shapes. I have a whole sheet of them left over that I still have to use! They come in so handy. All I have done with this one is to cover it with Baja Breeze cardstock, then cut and sanded the edges down to fit the shape of the label. I've stamped an image from 'Love Defined' (a retired set) to place under the label.

I'm really happy with the way it has turned out - what do you think??

Here is a list of what I have used to create this layout:

• Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Old Olive cardstock
• Mocha Morning Specialy DSp, Flirtatious Specialty DSP
• On Board Alphabet Soup
• Paper Daisies
• Silver Foil Smooch Spritz
• Antique Brads
• Paper Daisies
• Love Defined stampset (retired) , Notes & Details stampset

Tools: Bigshot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Die, Tasteful Trim, Perfect Pennants Dies, Crop-A-Dile, Circle Scissor Plus

Have a great day!!

 

Starting out small

I am also really sorry for being late a nd rather absent. I went for a very last minute trip to the UK to see my Mum and help her get back on her feet after a hip replacement.  Once back I blinked and missed October! Wow and is only 30something days to Christmas...had best start shopping then!

I am very sad to say I havent done a double layout for the challenge but do hop back and see the one I did for my last monthly post!  Double pages just don't happen in my house.  I have also been busy with some work for a magazine and so I will post more details and ask you to keep an eye open for some of my stamping in some issues to come!

At our Auckland Big product day out back in August we were given a sneak of the new product from the 2011/12 catalogue.  We were given the UNDER THE BIG TOP stamp set as part of our attendance and we were able to assemble a gorgeous 6x6 page. 

I loved the page but had no idea how I would use it as most my boys albums are 12x12.  What a great way of showing how easy going bigger really is I thought! My customers who are 6x6 gals, but a little scared of going bigger, loved seeing this technique of starting with a small page and building up.

My 6x6 page started out his the white area and red background.  I found some matching pattern paper for the background and went from there.  I loved the idea of the flags made in cardstock and embossed with PERFECT POLKA DOTS and thought a banner mirroring this look would work well. An extra large flag brought the page together with some strips of paper. Don't you just love the little stamped and coloured clown!?

I added the tab punch to help keep your eye on the page, especially the photo.  If you have spotted that yummy Bakers Twine it might just be a little sneak peak from the new Summer Catalogue!

 

So am off to scrap; yes you heard right! I have found my mojo and loving getting crafty. See you next month

The Movie That Wasn't

Hi!

Apologies for the late posting of my layout today - my family has been hit hard by a nasty virus which was a tad more important to deal with!  My layout today was of a much happier moment though - a family trip to the movies.  We don't often get a chance for all five of us to go to the movies, so it was a fairly special family day for us.

A wonderful organisation runs a movie day several times a year for families of children with special needs.  It's lovely to be able to go to the movies and know that it doesn't matter if your child cries or crawls around all over the floor - everyone in the cinema is very understanding!

To create my title I used the Just Add Cake DSP and my smallest circle punch.  The smaller letters were punched from the sheet of DSP with the letters in circles.  A quick and easy way to create a title, or in my case, to create some of the smaller words in the title.

I also decided to use some of the tickets to help tell the story of the day.  We had tickets to see Cars 2 but we were directed into the wrong cinema and ended up seeing Kung Fu Panda 2, hence the title of my layout.  I don't think the movie we saw really mattered, it was more that we had a trip to the movies as a family.  I used some circle punches to highlight the name of the movie we were supposed to see on the ticket.  I added some extra journalling using the back of one of the tickets so that the colours would match.

Ink: Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaller  DSP/Cardstock: Just Add Cake DSP, Poppy Parade  Other: Big Shot, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Dies, 1/2" Circle Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch

Catch you later,

Tina

Challenge #28 - Double Page Layout

Our challenge topic this month is to scrap a double page layout.

Click on the team members name to visit their personal blog page to see their full layout.

Nikki

Tina

Lynn

Steps to enter the challenge

1. Create a layout using the criteria mentioned above. Our design team creates with Stampin' Up! products, feel free to use other products but we would love to see some Stampin' Up! products if you can.
2a.Post you layout online, on your blog, an online gallery, such as Splitcoaststampers.com or Flickr.com or e-mail photos to rosnat@iprimus.com.au (and your entry will be uploaded to the SAM challenge blog) with a direct link back to this post

OR

2b. Add your name and link to Linky tools (not necessary for those e-mailing photos)

Entries close Midnight, Friday 25th November