Go Reds --- Kinda Sorta, Not Really!!!

This is the 4th 2 page spread for my Cincinnati Game/Trip section of my baseball scrapbook. I'm on a roll and just can't seem to stop scrapbooking, however it will be placed in the 2nd spot in the section as far as order of pages goes. If that makes sense. Anyway... like I said I'm on a roll. I've set up a goal to scrapbook a single page a week so that I can get 52 pages done by the end of the year. Currently, I have 9 pages done and need to get 6 more done so I can be on track for my goal. This really shouldn't be that hard but we'll have to wait and see how it all goes. Even if I don't reach the goal it won't matter because at least I'll get quite a few pages done in the attempt at reaching the goal and I'll be proud with the final outcome of the scrapbook.

The journaling reads:

"Okay so the fact that Scott is wearing a NY Mets jersey in the picture makes the title a bit far fetched, but I thought I would at least give a small shout out to the home team. After all they lost badly & their fans were extremely outnumbered. It just doesn’t seem natural to me that the away team would have more fans in attendance then the home team. However, it didn’t seem to bother the Reds’ fans that much because they still were super nice to us, even though we were clearly cheering for the Mets."

Page Recipe:

Stamps: Sporting Goods
Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Non-SU Vellum & Baseball DP
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Actual Tickets & Seating Chart, Photo Corner Punch, Cricut Cartridges -- Going Places & Basic Shapes & George, Glue Dots, Xryon Machine

October Technique Class - 2007

My upline had a Christmas in October Technique Class so all the projects were winter/christmas related. I loved it and was really inspired.

I ended up loaning out two of the projects to another friend before I got pictures taken so once I get those back I'll add them to this post. In the mean time I hope you enjoy the sparkle tag punch burst ornament.

I love this project the most and have made a few more since then. I plan on making a ton more too in the colors of my living room so they can go on my christmas tree next year. I wanted to make them for this year but didn't end up having enough time so it'll have to wait until next year. The other times I've made them I gave them as a hostess gift at my workshop so no picture of that one. It looked the same as this one so you're not missing out that much. The other time I just did the star part and attached it to a wedding card. I unfortunately gave the card away at the wedding before taking a picture of it. I'm going to try to replicate it for another wedding I have coming up so I'll take a picture this time and get it posted in a separate blog entry. This are sort of tricky to make but are actually really easy once you get the hang of it. You'll need both tag punches that SU sells. The easiest way to do them is to punch out the small punch and then punch the big one around it like a frame. Once you get the little punched tags you attached them to the vellum with glue. I got lazy on the engagment card and just ran them through my Xryon machine. This makes it all alot easier but you have to be careful not to tear the frames apart. I will post a tutorial with photos to make these in another blog entry sometime soon.

Celebrating Frienship - October 2007

I decided to participate in a monthly RAK Attack in one of the online groups I'm in and this is the card I came up with to send out. It is quite simple to make though I wish I had went ahead and put white embossing powder onto the white craft ink to make the wording stand out a bit more but it's okay. Hind-sight is 20/20 right. I'll probably make more of these cards but in different colors in the future to send out so all my friends who read this blog keep your eyes open and don't forget to act surprise when you get the card.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: All Holidays
Paper: Almost Amethyist, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White (Craft)
Accessories: Spring Blossom Punch, White Eyelet, Purple Rhinestones
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

Punch Flowers & Polka Dots - April 2007

These are almost complete cased from someone on SCS though I can't remember who now. I really enjoyed making the cards though it was tricky at first getting the petals to look right. I still don't think I got them exactly right but at least they look okay.

Card 1 Recipe:

Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive
Ink: Craft Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain
Techniques: Punch Petals
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3

Card 2 Recipe:

Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Marigold Morning, Old Olive

Ink: Craft Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain

Techniques: Punch Petals

Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 3

March Technique Class - 2007

We made this altered gift card tin and mini accordian scrapbook at the March Technique Class. Sticking with my inability to make decisions on what pictures to include and exclude on even the most simple scrapbook related items this album is not completed yet either.

RECIPE FOR TIN & SCRAPBOOK:
Stamps: Doodle This, Warm Words, So Very, Doodle That
Paper: Various SU Papers
Ink: Various SU Inks
Accessories: Gift Card Tin, Crystal Effects, Markers, Blender, Ribbon
Techniques: Altered Tin, Mini Accordian Scrapbook

Along with the altered gift card tin and mini accordian scrapbook we also made two cards. The first one is posted here with its recipe but the second one I can not share online because my upline who designed the card submitted it for a challenge. If she wins the challenge the card could be published so she asked us not to share it. I'm sure since since I'm now writing this post several months later it might be okay but I am not going to risk upsetting her so I'm going to keep it off my blog and out of SCS still until she tells me otherwise. For the non-posted card we used the polished stone method. I have heard many people say they hate that technique though I'm not sure why because I found it to be fairly easy and the results were stunning. I wasn't thrilled with the way mine looked exactly but I could tell if I hadn't done such a quick and sort of sloppy job with the metallic ink that it could have been a lot better.

CARD RECIPE #1:

Stamps: Weathered
Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Au Chocolate
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Oval Punches, Circle Punch, Tab Punch
Techniques: Punches Galore
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1