First of Many Scrapbook Pages

This is the first of many scrapbook pages that I've done all on my own without casing someone else or having someone tell me what to do. I made this 2 page layout for my scrapbook I've recently started to work on. I'm going to make one with all my trips to baseball stadiums and probably will also include other family vacations in there as well. I've decided to call the book.... "Roadtrip Summers." It's sort of a play on the fact that I"m taking roadtrips in the stories and photos and the fact that the baseball teams are often on roadtrips as well. LOL.

The journaling reads:
"Who would have ever guessed that a week in NYC would lead to a trip to Cincinnati to see the NY Mets play the Cincinnati Reds over Labor Day weekend? Well it did and although the 5 hour trip actually took 6 because of the bumper-to-bumper traffic going into the city. It was more then worth the drive. The Reds have a beautiful stadium but the fact that it was 110 in the shade and there was no breeze to be found anywhere was a bit of a downer. In fact, I ended up getting sick and missed the last 2 complete inning of the game. Even after experiencing the evils of heat exhaustion, I still would make the trip again but maybe next time, I’ll check the forecast a bit better and remember the sunscreen and portable fan!!!"

RECIPE:

Stamps: Sporting Goods
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Real Red, Whisper White, DP Notations
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Circuit - Basic & George, 50 States, CM Oval Cutter
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3

Thanks Galore - November 2007

I made these cards based off a card I saw on SCS using the So Very set but since I wanted to make thank you cards and I didn't have a set that would go with the So Very that would say SO VERY GRATEFUL. I made 50 of these cards and kept 25 of them for myself and then sold the other 25 to a friend. We each got 5 of each of 5 colors. My very favorite ones were the Tempting Turquoise cards. Unforunately, I forgot to take a picture of all of them before I started using them. I really need to get better at taking pictures of the cards as soon as they're done, so this doesn't happen so much.

Card Recipe #1
Stamps: seeing spots
Paper: rose red designer series paper, whisper white, basic black
Ink: basic black, rose red
Accessories: black gingham ribbon, circle punches (1-1/4 & 1-3/8)

Card Recipe #2

Stamps: seeing spots

Paper: Certainly Celery designer series paper, whisper white, basic black

Ink: basic black, certainly celery

Accessories: black gingham ribbon, circle punches (1-1/4 & 1-3/8)

Card Recipe #3

Stamps: seeing spots

Paper: Lovely Lilac designer series paper, whisper white, basic black

Ink: basic black, Lovely Lilac

Accessories: black gingham ribbon, circle punches (1-1/4 & 1-3/8)


Card Recipe #4

Stamps: seeing spots

Paper: Cameo Coral designer series paper, whisper white, basic black

Ink: basic black, Cameo Coral

Accessories: black gingham ribbon, circle punches (1-1/4 & 1-3/8)

Card Recipe #5

Stamps: seeing spots

Paper: Tempting Turquoise designer series paper, whisper white, basic black

Ink: basic black, Tempting Turqouise

Accessories: black gingham ribbon, circle punches (1-1/4 & 1-3/8)

Winter Swirls - August 2007

I made this card for a swap I participated in as part of a yahoo group. I stamped the tree in whisper white craft ink and then embossed the tree in whisper white embossing powder. For the background I used the shaving cream technique. It is pretty simple to do. I have found the best type of shaving cream is the cheap stuff from the dollar store. It does not work with the gels it must be the white cream kind. Once you've sprayed some shaving cream on a paper plate or something like that and then you just take a few drops of re-inkers and swirl them around with a plastic knife or something similiar. Then you put your paper down on top of the shaving cream for a few seconds and then pull it up and whip off the shaving cream and the paper now has a nice swirly/tie dye effect. I plan on making another card using this technique again and will make a tutorial at that time for this technique.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Solemn Stillness
Paper: Handsome Hunter, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: White EP, Bashful Blue & Brillant Blue Reinkers, Gold Stretch Cord, Gold Eyelets
Techniques: Shaving Cream & Embossing
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3

Free Wheelin' Promotion

Free Wheelin' Promotion
Dates: March 18-April 30, 2008
Promotion Details:
Buy a preselected stamp set and receive the coordinating wheel for FREE! Options, prices, and bundled item numbers are listed below:

Item Number Description Price

112848 Wonderful You bundle $33.95
Includes Wonderful You stamp set
and free Stems & Silhouettes jumbo wheel

112851 Life's a Breeze bundle $29.95
Includes Life's a Breeze stamp set
and free Something Fishy jumbo wheel

112850 Pun Fun bundle $30.95
Includes Pun Fun stamp set
and free Sweet Stars jumbo wheel

112847 Year after Year bundle $30.95
Includes Year after Year stamp set
and free See You Around jumbo wheel

112849 Stitched Exotics bundle $33.95
Includes Stitched Exotics stamp set
and free It's Beautiful jumbo wheel

112853 Enjoy Every Moment bundle $29.95
Includes Enjoy Every Moment stamp set
and free Daisy Dash jumbo wheel

March Blog Challenge - 2008

Here is the challenge for March... I know I'm a few days late but I'm still doing better then last month.


The challenge for this round is to make a card or scrapbook page using the One Sheet Wonder (OSW) technique. Basically you create your own designer paper by stamping a variety of images in a variety of colors. You can use as many or as few images and colors as you but once you're sheet is stamped to you liking, you then get to cut it up to make several cards. The number of cards you can make using a OSW depends on how big the piece of stamped paper is and how big of pieces you cut them into. I've seen people take 1 sheet of 12x12 paper and come up with as many as 10-20 cards. For my card I only got 4-6 cards from a sheet because I used a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper and I didn't have the exact measurements figured out when I started cutting. I know bad me. I could have used the scraps to make a card with a different layout then the one attached her but this was the card I wanted to make so I didn't use the scraps. The reason for the lack of measurements before hand was because I was casing the card and didn't follow the original design exactly. Sorry I can't recall at this time who it was I cased it from. They did a wonderful job and though I changed a few things I didn't change much.

Challenge Requirements... Please email me your designs no later then 9pm on March 31st. All those who submit cards that use the OSW technique will have their names put into a paint can and a winner will be drawn at random. I will announce the winner the first week in April. The winner of the challenge will win a set of cards designed by me using the OSW technique. Please put Faye's Blog Challenge in the subject line so I don't miss it by mistake in my mail box.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Big Pieces, Sincere Salutations, Snow flurries
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Garden Green
Ink: Garden Green, Real Red
Accessories: Non SU Brad, Ribbon, Button, Retired SU Silver Cord
Techniques: OSW
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1