Digger Fun Scrapbook Page

Happy Valentine's Day.  You would think that I would have a "heart" themed scrapbook page uploaded today being it is Valentine's Day and all, but I don't.  Instead it is a scrapbook page of my son playing on his digger.

The above scrapbook layout is one that I will be featuring at my February 24, 2013 Stamping Technique and Scrapbook Class.  How this class works is as follows:

Stamping Technique & Scrapbook Class
You need to bring adhesive, scissors and two (2) 12" x 12" pieces of card stock for the base of the scrapbook layout and I supply you with the rest.

When:  Sunday, February 24, 2013
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where:  at my house (address will be given upon registration)
Cost: a minimum $35.00 Stampin' Up! order
RSVP: by February 20, 2013 by clicking on Register me

I will upload the card that we will be doing shortly.  So make sure you visit this website often so you don't miss that project.

The 12" x 12" card stock that I used above is Midnight Muse card stock.  If you don't have this color that is fine you can use any color.  If you do plan on attending my scrapbook classes I would suggest ordering the 2012-2014 In-Colors as I will be using mostly those colors as the base pages of my scrapbook layouts.

Remember the theme of the above scrapbook layout is just a guide, if you have a different theme that you would like to scrapbook please feel free to create your own.  Also let me know in advance what your theme is going to be and I will try and make sure that I have some stamp sets that coordinate with your theme (if I own them).

Happy Stamping!
Michelle B
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June Club Scrapbook Layout

Hello Stamping Friends!  I hope you are all enjoying the nice weather outside.  I have a stamping technique and scrapbook club coming up this Sunday and this is the Scrapbook Layout that we will be making.  The stamp set might look a little new to you - that is because it is!!!!  This is the Betsy's Blossom stamp set that is in the new 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Catalogue.  I love the fresh new images that this catalogue has to offer.  You will be amazed when you get your hands on it, if you don't have a copy yet.

While I was looking on my computer for pictures, I noticed that I had lots of pictures that were taken outside of our yard and most of them had pictures of birds in them.  That is where the inspiration of this scarpbook theme came from.  The kids and I absolutely love feeding the birds and "Cyril the Squirrel".  We have so many great memories watching the wildlife that comes to visit us on a daily basis.  Some of these pictures date back as far as 2007.

If you love scrapbooking and need a good excuse to get some done, then you should join my scrapbook club next year.  We all have so much fun together visiting while doing something that we truly enjoy, perserving our most precious memmories.  Send me an email for further information.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Betsy's Blossoms (New 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Catalogue)
Paper: 12" x 12" Lucky Limeade Textured card stock, Whisper White card stock, Early Espresso card stock, Neutrals Collection Patterns Designer Series paper Stack
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Lucky Limeade Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch

Happy Stamping!
Michelle B
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Happy New Year Scrapbook Page - January Club Layout

Here is the January Club scrapbook double page layout that I am demonstrating later this month.  This month's theme is a "bling thing".  I will be teaching different ways to use the different kinds of bling that Stampin' Up has to offer.  If you look in the top left corner of the 1st page and the top right corner of the 2nd page you will see some images that sparkle.  To get these sparkly images I took the Vintage Ornaments Decor Stencil placed it in either corner and then applied VersaMark to it.  I then sprinkled Heat & Stick powder over top heated it until the Heat & Stick Powder because clear and gooey and then I sprinked Stampin' Up! Fine Galaxy Glitter over top, tapped the excess off and heat set it again.  This is one way to make glitter stay in it's place.  I love the look it gives.  To me those images look like fireworks which is perfect for my scarpbook layout theme.  I hope my Club Ladies have fun making glittery fireworks on their scrapbook pages.


Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Paper: 12" x 12" Basic Black card stock, Whisper White card stock, Real Red card stock
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Heat Gun, Heat & Stick Powder, Vintage Ornaments Decor Stencils, Fine Galaxy Glitter, Scallop Edge Punch, Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz Die, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits Die


Happy Stamping!
Michelle B
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Pumpkin Patch Scrapbook Layout

My 2011 stamping technique & scrapbook club is coming to an end.  Our last meeting is this Sunday.... :o(  Although I did enjoy myself (I always do!!) this year I think next year I am going to change the meetings to every month instead of every 3 month.  That is just too much time in between meetings.  If you are interested in joining My stamping technique & scrapbook club next year please send me an email to register.  We will start in January 2012. 

OK now let's talk about the scrapbook project.  It feels like fall to me...well not during the day but at night so I picked a fall theme for our last club project.  I did tell my members if they wanted to they could pick whatever theme they wanted but they needed to use a stamp from the Button Buddies stamp set.  I also told them that if they wanted to they could also change the color scheme of their layout too.  I can't wait to see what they come up with.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle B
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Lemon Surprise Scrapbook Page

I knew when I took these pictures on our family vacation last year that the Tart & Tangy stamp set would come in handy.  Here is my scrapbook page using the "citrus" image as an orange.  This stamp set is found on Stampin' Up!'s Last Chance stamp set list.  This is a great stamp set for summer themed scrapbook pages as well as summer themed cards.  This scrapbook page will be my Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club June layout.  I hope my club members have as much fun as I did making this layout.  If you are interested in joining one of my clubs, please check out the details on the "Clubs" tab.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Tart & Tangy
Paper: Basic Gray Textured 12" x 12" card stock, Whisper White card stock, Basic Black card stock, Daffodil Delight card stock
Ink: Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlits Dies, Itty Bitty Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the right hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
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Bargello technique meets Scrapbook Layout

Scrapbook Layout Bargello Style....here is the scrapbook layout that I demonstrated for my His/Her Cards & Scrapbook Club.  You will see one square on each page has the bargello technique on it.  This scrapbook layout was a lot of fun and easy to do.  Just pick your color scheme find co-ordinating card stock and Designer Series Paper, pick some photos and voila you have a easy peasy scrapbook layout.  I have so many ideas to do with this layout.  I thought it might be cute using the bottom and side squares as building block and either stamping letters on them or animals.  Visit often to see what other ways to use this scrapbook layout.

You can find a great explanation on how to do the Bargello Technique on the Splitcoaststampers website under resources.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp set: Word Play
Paper: Peach Parfait 12" x 12" card stock, Early Espresso card stock, Greenhouse Gala Designer Series paper, Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack, Whisper White card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Baja Breeze card stock
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Alphabet Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Scallop Edge Punch, Jumbo Brad

If you want to learn more about stamping techniques join my technique club.

Michelle B
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Snow Princess Scrapbook Layout - Feb Club Project

For Christmas I got a brand new camera.....a Canon Rebel...yippeee!  Here are some pictures taken with it.  These pictures were taken last Sunday (Jan 9, 2011).  It had snowed so much on Friday, that when my Hubby went to take me to work on Saturday morning for 9:00 a.m. our van got stuck in our driveway.   So before my shift  we were shovelling our driveway.  Being half an hour late for work wasn't too bad.  On Sunday morning we went out to have some wintertime fun!  The kids loved playing in the snow.  It was too cute watching them explore our winter wonderland.

This scrapbook layout is also the layout I will be demonstrating at my February Scrapbook Club.  I hope my stamping friends like it.  There is a technique that is on these scrapbook pages....it is called 3-Dimensional Stamped Layers.  If you look at the close up photo below you will see some of the snowflake image has been raised up and the other part has not been.  You will have to join the club to find out how to do this very easy fun stamping technique.  You can register by emailing me here.  There are still a couple spots left.  The way my stamping technique & scrapbook club works is I provide all of the supplies to created the double page scrapbook layouts we will be making each month and all you need to do is place a minimum order of $25.00 in Stampin' Up! product.

Stampin' Up! products used:
Stamp Sets: Serene Snowflakes
Paper: Whisper White 12" x 12" card stock, Night of Navy card stock, Bashful Blue card stock, Whisper White 8.5" x 11" card stock
Ink: Night of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad, Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad, Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Snowflake Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Scallop Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponge, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the right hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping New Year!

Michelle B.
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October Scrapbook Layout of the Month - Page 2

Here is the second page that I demonstrated at my Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club yesterday.  We always do 2 scrapbook page layouts.  As I was demonstrating this page I was telling the club ladies that I love Stampin' Up!'s Days of Gratitude stamp set as well as their Pear Pizzazz card stock & ink and Peach Parfait.  Fall is also my fav season so this page was easy to make.....it has my fav season and a bunch of my fav Stampin' Up! products on it.

If look at the right side of the stamped leaves square you will see a Pear Pizzazz button on it.  Stampin' Up! doesn't make that color in buttons so I found a tutorial on how to make them myself.  Easy Peasy.  All you need to do is punch out 6 3/4" circles, adhere each layer together with Crystal Effects stacking one on top of the other.  Once the Crystal Effects has dried punch 2 holes in the center using the small hole punch on your Crop-A-Dile and voila a "faux button".  You can either leave the holes bare or tie a ribbon in the middle.  A great way to make an accent for a page in any color you want.

Again click here for the details on my 2011 "Mini" Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club - I hope you will join me for 4 months of scrapbooking fun.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Days of Gratitude, Full Calendar

Paper: Soft Suede 12" x 12" card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Crumb Cake card stock, Poppy Parade card stock, Peach Parfait card stock

Ink: Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die, Simple Alphabet Numbers Bigz Die, Crop-A-Dile, Crystal Effects

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
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October Scrapbook Layout of the Month - Page 1

Today is a day full of happy thoughts and sad thoughts...I am happy because I get to get together with my stamping club this afternoon.  I always look forward to those days.  I will be demonstrating this single page scrapbook layout (plus a similar one to make it 2 scrapbook pages) to them as well as the "color emerging" technique.  I am also sad as today is the last club meeting.  We are finished the Stampin' Technique & Scrapbook Club for the year.  We have meet each month for 10 months.  Wow that time has flown by.  I can't believe the last club meeting is here already.  We learnt lots of amazing stamping techniques and completed 10 double layout scrapbook pages.  I really enjoyed doing a scrapbook page every month.  There is some good news though, next year I will be hosting a mini stamping technique and scrapbook club too.  If you are interested please join me for 4 months of scrapbooking fun.  Registeration has already started.  You can find further details here.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp set: Days of Gratitude (my new fav), Full Calendar
Paper: Very Vanilla 12" x 12" card stock, Soft Suede card stock, Pear Pizzazz card stock, Crumb Cake card stock, Poppy Parade card stock, Peach Parfait card stock
Ink: Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad, Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (my fav SU Tool), Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die, Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz Die, Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons (Holiday Mini)

To order the products to make this project, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!

Michelle B
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Spooky Halloween September Scrapbook Layout

This double page scrapbook layout was really fun to make.  I was already in the Halloween stamping spirit after making the Spooky Bats and Spooky Skull cards.  I found a card that was in an issue of Stampin' Success that had the spiral punch with circles.  Their ribbon wasn't pulled though.....I add that touch all by myself.  hehehe  This double page scrapbook layout is the layout my club members are making for September.  I know I kind of have my occasions in the wrong months but that is what creativity is all about.  When the occasion bug bites ya, in this case Halloween bug, you need to create.  :)

Stampin' Up! Supplies:
Stamp Sets: From the Crypt (spider image), Wicked Cool, Sanded
Paper: Basic Gray 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Peach Parfait Textured card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Basic Black card stock
Ink: Peach Parfait Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: 3/4" Circle Punch, Spiral Punch, Basic Black 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.


Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's Scrapbook Layout of the Month.......July

Here is the scrapbook layout of the month for July.  This is the page I did for my daughter and also the page I demonstrated at my July Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  The version I did for my son has already been posted.  You should check out how different these two layouts look by having 2 different color schemes.  The Certainly Celery card stock has dry embossed circles around it.  To do that technique all you need is a template with circles on it and a stylus.  I made my template by using the Big Shot Die-Cut machine and the Circles #2 Bigz Die.  I cut out the whole Circles #2 Bigz Die in thick window sheets (Stampin' Up! brand) tossed away the circles and kept the negative as my template.  I then put the template on my table, put the certainly Celery Card stock on top and used my finger to find a circle and then used my stylus to dry emboss that circle.  I then repositioned my template to do another dry emboss circle and so on.

Another technique I demonstrated on this scrapbook page was the use of Stampin' Up!'s new builder wheels.  It is so easy to use 3 builder wheels at a time and to get each one of have a different color by using a triple cell cartridge.  Before I used to use my Standard and Jumbo wheels on a Classic or Craft Ink Pad to get ink on them but when you are using more than one builder wheel it is kind of hard to do that.  I bought an un-inked triple cell cartridge, added Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip and Rich Razzleberry Classic Re-Inkers and voila easy peasy.

Here is a close up of the Certainly Celery dry embossed circles.....

The possiblities for this technique are endless with the Big Shot Die-Cut Machine and all of the Big Shot Dies available.  A winter scrapbook page with dry embossed snowflakes would look good.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: Birthday, Candle Craze & So Many Stars Builder Wheels, Birthday Bliss, Word Play
Paper: Rich Razzleberry Textured card stock, Certainly Celery card stock, Whisper White card stock, Chocolate Chip card stock
Ink: Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker & Classic Re-Inker, Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad & Classic Re-Inker, Chocolate Chip Classic Re-Inker
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Circles #2 Bigz Die, Stylus, Stampin' Dimensionals, Alphabet Simple Numbers Bigz Die

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle 

Michelle's Scrapbook Layout of the Month...June!

I was checking my blog to see what it looks like to you and notice I am behind on uploading some of my scrapbook pages.  Yikes!

Here is my June scrapbook layout of the month.  This scrapbook layout was featured at my June Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  I came across a scrapbook page similar to this in one of Stampin' Up!'s Stamping Success Magazines.  This is a magazine that Stampin' Up! Demonstrators get once a month.  It is full of products ideas, card and scrapbook layouts and it also has ways to promote your Stampin' Up! business.  I always look forward to receiving it.  A great perk for Stampin' Up! Demonstrators.  The scrapbook page they features had a neutral tone to it.  I love the idea of 4 pictures similar in size in the middle of the page (like on the 2nd page of my scrapbook layout).  It is amazing how different a scrapbook layout can look when you change around the color scheme.  hehehe

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp set:
Paper: Rich Razzleberry Textured card stock, Soft Suede Textured card stock, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series paper, Whisper White card stock, Melon Mambo card stock, Crushed Curry Textured card stock, Dusty Durango card stock
Ink:
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Sewing Machine, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

My Son Turns 1 Scrapbook Page

I was one busy girl this week....2 scrapbook double layouts completed and a bunch of cards - yeah!  I was on my FACEBOOK page the other day and saw that I needed to send out 11 birthday cards for my family & friends whose birthdays are in the later part of July - wow!  I have most of them done but I still need to do 3 masculine birthday cards......stay posted to see those.  I always struggle with masculine birthday cards.  Hopefully my stamping mojo is working and I can find a creative idea for them.

This scrapbook page is all about celebrating my son's first birthday.  I took the layout idea from the Scrapbook Lounge's Scrapbooking Page Planners.  This one is called 8.5" x 11" color-block.  If you look closely you can see the Whisper White card stock and Bashful Blue card stock look like an 8.5" x 11" card stock piece.  This scrapbook page idea came to me after I made one similar for Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club.  The theme for that one was my daughter's 3 birthday.  I wanted a scrapbook page that I could use Stampin' Up!'s new builder wheels....So Many Stars, Birthday & Candle Craze.  As you can see in the right hand top corner of the right page it has the full message on the Birthday builder wheel.  I really liked the card sample in the Idea Book & Catalogue and when I saw it I wanted to demonstrate that.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp sets: So Many Stars, Birthday, Candle Craze builder wheels, Playful Pieces
Paper: Whisper White card stock, Bashful Blue card stock, Soft Suede Textured card stock, Old Olive card stock
Ink: Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Soft Suede Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories: Scallope Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Alphabet Simple Numbers

To order the products to make this card, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Preschool Memories........a Scrapbook Gift

It has been a while since I last posted on here...and the reason is.......I have been really busy making a scrapbook for one of my daughter's teachers.  She has 2 preschool teachers and one of them retired at the end of the preschool year so the other teacher approached me to see if I could make a scrapbook of her to give as a gift to the other one.  It was a lot of fun to do and very challenging as the teacher only wanted me to use primary colors.....red, blue and yellow...and to keep it a school theme.  I am more of a pink and green gal and I love using flower stamps.  After spending a week and a bit on it it is finally finished and was given to the teacher last Thursday.  The teacher that received this as a gift from the other teacher loved it.  Here is one of the pages I created.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Sets: First Day
Paper: Crushed Curry Textured card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Brillian Blue card stock, Real red card stock, Basic Black card stock
Ink: Basic Black Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Chipboard, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die, Scallop Edge Punch, Ribbon (bought at a craft store), Tombow Adhesive

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's May Scrapbook Layout of the Month

I know I just uploaded April's scrapbook layout of the month but I need to upload May's as well.  Because if I don't I just may forget.  hehehe  I just finished this scrapbook page in the nick of time......my May club is next weekend.  Yikes I best getting to cutting the supplies.  This scrapbook layout is another Scrapbook Lounge Scrapbooking Page Planners.....it is Layout #5 called 12" x 12" Freestyle.  To go with my bow tieing and Shimmer Paint technique theme for my May Club you will see I have incorporated both of those techniques on this scrapbook page.  If you look at the small Melon Mambo 1/2" Circle you will see that is has been stamp with Frost Shimmer Paint.  The bow tied just under the journaling of the scrapbook page is a "classic" bow and the stamp on the left side of the right scrapbook page layout has a mixture of Frost Shimmer Paint and Melon Mambo Re-Inker.

This double page scrapbook layout was so much fun to make.  This page has some of my fondest memories on it.  My daughter sharing something that I love.  Not only do I love card making and scrapbooking but I have a green thumb as well.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Baroque Motifs (one of my favs)
Paper: Melon Mambo 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Certainly Celery card stock, Whisper White card stock, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper
Ink: Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad, VersaMark, Certainly Celery Classic Stampin' Pad, Melon Mambo Re-Inker, Frost Shimmer Paint, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Scallop Circle Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Certainly Celery 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, 1/2" Circle Punch, Modern Label Punch, Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad, Paper Piercer

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's April Scrapbook Layout of the Month

I forgot to upload this last month....opps!  These 2 scrapbook pages were a lot of fun to make.  I had a really hard time deciding on the colors.  Just ask my friend Wendy.  She had the joys of talking to me while I was ranting off color combos.  hehehe Thanks Wendy.  This is the same scrapbook layout I demonstrated at my Club get together in April.  We are currently using all of the in-colors and it was time to use Dusty Durango.  The way the Dusty Durango and Bermuda Bay looked did not appeal to me one bit.....but after trying different things I thought I am just going to make it and see what it looks like all finished.....I was amazed and very pleased at how it turned out.  Yeah!  While I was making this page I felt a little sad as my baby is not a baby anymore.  He is 20 months now and the pictures on this page were taken at the beginning of the month.  He can do so many different things now and just loves life.  This is a page of great memories.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used
Stamp Set: Favourite Things
Paper: Dusty Durango 12" x 12" Textured card stock, Bermuda Bay Patterns Designer Series paper, Bermuda Bay card stock, Whisper White card stock, Sahara Sand card stock
Ink: Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad, Dusty Durango Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip, Tag Corner Punch

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Travel Scrapbook Page - Project #1 - May Scrap & Card Camp

At last my wait is OVER!  I received some new stamping products today.  yeah!  Now I can finally finish the projects for my May 16 Scrap & Card Camp.  Here is Project #1 - the 8.5 x 11 scrapbook page that we will be doing.  This is a picture of my family eating at Jackson's Hole & Grill in Nelson, B.C. while on our family summer vacation last year.  The projects being offered at my May Scrap & Card Camp were inspired by a scrapbooking video I saw done by a Stampin' Up! office team member.

I was just thinking as I was uploading this scrapbook page that perhaps some of you are like me and you don't have a 8.5" x 11" scrapbook.  My scrapbooks are usually 12" x 12".  The fun thing about scrapbooking is you can easily convert a scrapbook page to whatever size you want.  All you need to do is grab a piece of card stock that is 12" x 12" and voila your 8.5" x 11" scrapbook page is now a 12" x 12" scrapbook page.   I have a 12" x 12" scrapbook page version of this scrapbook page and will upload it in the next couple of days so that you can see the difference and how easy it is.  The cost for this scrapbook page project is $10.00.   Remember if you are unable to attend you can always get the projects to go!

Stampin' Up! supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Sentimental Journey (Summer Mini Catalogue)
Paper: Kraft card stock, Old Olive card stock, Rich Razzleberry card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Soft Suede card stock
Ink: Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker, Old Olive Classic Stampin' Spot, Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad, VersaMark
Accessories: Spiral Punch, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Circle Designer Brad, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Just a Few of My Fav Things Scrapbook Page

While I was creating a scrapbook page of my son to demonstrate at my April Stampin' Technique and Scrapbook Club I had to make a second one (different colors of course) for my daughter.  Here is what I came up with.  I love scrapbooking.  The memories that came flooding back when I made this were unreal.  I think I was beaming the whole time I made it.  She looks so happy in just about every pictures.  My son's version is the same layout and theme but different colors.  His scrapbook page will be is the one I am demonstrating at my April Club.  Just think for every scrapbook page I make if I made another one slightly different for my other child I could really get a handle on all of the pictures I need to scrapbook.  Yeah!  This scrapbook layout is taken from the Scrapbook Lounge's Scrapbook Page Planners.  Isn't it great!  In their scrap map they use 12  2-1/2" x 2-1/2" squares instead of 9 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" like I did.  If I find pictures that I can cut that small I just make try out their picture sizes.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Favourite Things
Paper: Dusty Durango 12" x 12" Textured card stock, So Saffron card stock, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip card stock, Whisper White card stock
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad, Dusty Durango Stampin' Write Marker
Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Alphabet Sizzlits Decorative Strip Dies, Scallop Circle Punch, Tag Corner Punch, Choclate Chip 5/8" Satin Ribbon

To order the products to make this scrapbook page, please contact me directly or go online to my Stampin' Up! Demonstrator website. There is a direct link on the left hand side of my blog.

Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's March Scrapbook Layout of the Month

Here is my scrapbook layout for the month of March. We had fun making this scrapbook page.  I love the monkey stamp from the Fox and Friends stamp set.  He is too darn cute.  I think I may change the pictures on this page when the weather is nicer and I can get some playground photos.  My little guy does love sitting in a sink full of water and having fun.  He is too cute - kind of like the monkey stamp.  hehehe  I gave the ladies a choice to do the monkey page or to substitute the monkey for a bird.  A couple of them did a bird page using the Two-Step XL Bird Punch.  Their pages looked amazing.  You can't really see on the image but we did the sewing technique for this scrapbook page.  We sewed a zig-zag stitch along the Very Vanilla edges.  The hostess of the month wanted the sewing technique to be demonstrated.  It was fun.  I like adding sewing to my card and scrapbook pages.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Fox & Friends
Paper: Bermuda Bay Textured card stock, Soft Suede card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Old Olive card stock, Sahara Sand card stock
Ink; Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories: Two-Step XL Bird Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die
Happy Stamping!
Michelle

Michelle's February Scrapbook Layout of the Month

Here is my scrapbook layout for the month of February.  The ladies in my club had a choice of either doing a dog themed scrapbook page, cat or Build-A-Bear if they didn't have a dog or cat.  A couple did the Build-A-Bear page and only 2 did the cat the rest of use did the dog page.  The P is for Paw standard wheel is a lot of fun to use.  You can cover a piece of card stock very easily wheeling that wheel around.

Stampin' Up! Supplies used:

Stamp Set: P is for Paw standard Stampin' Around wheel

Paper: Soft Suede Textured card stock, Very Vanilla card stock, Basic Black card stock, Whisper White card stock

Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Naturally Serif Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die

Punches used to make the dog: Word Window Punch (ears), Scallop Oval Punch (tummy & muzzle), 1-1/4" Circle Punch (face), Wide Oval Punch (body), 1/2" Circle Punch (feet), Small Oval Punch (legs), 5-Petal Flower Punch (space in muzzle for tongue), Small Circle punched from Crop-A-Dile (tongue)

 

Happy Stamping!
Michelle