Warming Up the Wright Way!!!

Here is the next two pages for my baseball scrapbook. These pages were inspired from a layout I found online and since I had so many pages with David Wright warming up before the game in Cincinnati I needed to find a way to use the majority of them so I wouldn't have to actually pick a few of them. David Wright clearly is one of my favorite baseball players.

Recipe:
Pictures are 3x3 and there are 9 of them mated with Whisper White. I then used Only Orange & Brilliant Blue. I don't recall which Cricut cartridge I used to cut out the title but that's how I got the title and then used the photo corner punch by SU to punch out the photo corners that I put in just the 2 opposite corners on the two pages. I needed a little something for down the sides to spice up the pages so I took just pieces of paper that were 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 and put them down the sides to make the illusion of stripes.

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

Fireworks the Night before the Game

I got another 2 page spread done for the Cincinnati section of my baseball scrapbook. I am definately on a roll and enjoying every moment of making these pages. Well maybe not every moment but pretty darn close to it. I am hoping and planning on getting another two pages done tonight after work, but since my photo sorter didn't arrive yesterday like it was suppose to and was rescheduled for delivery today I'm hoping I get it early enough to get a bit of the sorting done and the another page at least some what done. We'll see ... I never know for sure until I'm there working on something.

The journalling on this page reads...

After sitting in traffic for an hour heading into Cincinnati we finally arrived and got checked into the Westin. While checking in we encountered several of the NY Mets players which was absolutely amazing. However, my curiosity got the best of me so we followed the crowds of people toward the river like a bunch of lemmings. Once by the river we were surprised to find out that there was going to be a fireworks show, which Cincinnati has every Labor Day weekend. So we decided to stick around and enjoy the incredible fireworks show.

RECIPE:

Paper: basic black, whisper white
Accessories: CM Oval Cutter, SU Corner Round, SU Large & Small Star Punches covered in a variety of glitter & embossing powders, silver metallic marker
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2

Navy Day @ the Ballpark

Here are the next 2 pages for my scrapbook. They probably will not be going in the next spot but they are the next ones I made for the trip to the game in Cincinnati part of my scrapbook. I hope that makes sense. I didn't like what I came up with at first but after playing around with it some more I finally came up with a product I liked.

I had no clue that it was going to be Navy Day @ the Ballpark but it was sort of nice because my husband is in the Navy and enjoyed seeing all the other guys in their uniforms and such. It was a great day at the ball park even though it was 110 in the shade.

RECIPE:
Paper: Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Summer Sun
Ink: Brilliant Blue SU Marker
Accessories: CM Wavy Cutter, CM Oval Cutter, Sticker Letters
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

Road Trip Summers - Title Page for Baseball Scrapbook (1)

This is the title page for my first scrapbook in which I've decided to document all the summer trips I've taken over the years to see baseball games. I'm also going to include pictures of baseball games that family & friends have taken that I didn't necessarily attend but since they're baseball I'm putting them into this book as well. I'm very excited about the whole book and everything I've thought up so far for it. The list is a list of all the ballparks I've been to in my life. Part of me says I don't remember having been to the old Milwaukee Brewers ballpark but my dad insists I have been. He also insists I've been to the Cleveland Indians ballpark but I know for a fact that I've never been to Cleveland. I am 100% sure I stayed home that year because I've never been to Kings Island Amusement Park either and that's the summer which my dad, mom, & brother went there. I stayed home because I had to work. :( Anyway... I counted the Milwaukee ballpark since I somewhat recall it but I didn't count Cleveland because I'm so sure I haven't been there. I'm not worried about it because I'm sure I can make it to Cleveland at some point and mark that ballpark from the list anyway and have pictures to prove it. There are no pictures to proof the old Milwaukee ballpark. ****After talking to my parents it apparently wasn't Cleveland that they claim I've been too. They thought it was the old Cincinnati Ballpark. I'm not sure if it was actually a different ballpark or just the same ballpark with a different name since they change names fairly frequently. But my mom agrees that she didn't think I went because I was already away for college that summer and she didn't recall me having went to Kings Island with the family.

I came up with the name for the book because of two things... 1 because I grew up hearing about how the home team always had the advantage and that "road trips" were always tough because the away team lost the advantage of being at their home stadium. 2 because not only was the away team on a road trip when they played the game I am documenting but I'm on a road trip as well. Road trips for me are much more fun though and I always enjoy watching baseball in person especially when my favorite team or now teams are playing. I know it is totally wrong but I'm a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. I grew up being a Cardinals fan and then I blame the recent obsession with the Mets on my friend Jody and the Mets absolutely amazing in every way imaginable third basemen David Wright. Not only do I have this weird combo of favorite teams but my husband does too... though is is slightly more unusual because he grew up a Chicago Cubs fan and it was the Mets that beat the Cubs to make it the World Series back in like 1969. As you can somewhat see the Mets are the only team that my husband and I agree on. This also applies to every other sport imaginable. We don't agree on anything. He likes Iowa... I like Illinois... He likes the Bears... I like the Packers... The List just goes on and on.

The page above was really simple to make. I didn't do any stamping and used my cricut and computer for the most difficult parts. Below is the recipe for what I used. If you want more exact details let me know, but I think it's pretty self-explanatory.

Scrapbook Page Recipe:
Paper: DP Azure, DP Criese, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Whisper White, Going Grey
Ink: computer laser printer ink
Accessories: Small & Large SU Star Punches, Cricut with Print Press Cartridge, SU Markers (Bashful Blue, Real Red, Basic Black)
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

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