Stampamemory - Stampin Up Scrapbooking

Using up waste product

The base of my layout originally started out as a sheet of chipboard from on board lots of letters (pg. 147 code 109182). I love the chipboard but couldn't bear to through the excess away, hence this layout. Something you could also do with the negative chipboard sheet is to use it as a stencil and "colour" with pencils, watercolour wonder crayons or even sponge daubers and inkpads.

Close up of crystal effects

Materials list:

Stamps: Winter post, ABC alphabet upper, simple serif mini alphabet and numbers

Cardstock: Whisper white, basic grey, real red, yoyo yellow

Ink: Sahara sand, basic black, whisper white, glorious green, real red

Punches: Square scallop

Accessories: On board lots of letters chipboard sheet, C6 whisper white envelope, stampin' write markers, crystal effects

Other: Silver gel pen

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I hope this inspires you to think "outside the box" and you some products you otherwise wouldn't have first thought of. I also have another layout in the gallery using another sheet of chipboard from this same pack http://clairedaly.typepad.com/photos/layouts_about_family/all-of-us-by-ros-davidson.html

Ros Davidson.

Edited to add: I placed real red cardstock behind the chipboard adheing it in place with snail before filling in the letters"d" "e ""m" and "r" with crystal effects.

Lumpy Bumpy Layouts

There are so many styles to try in scrapbooking, clean cut, vintage, retro... the list goes on. But the thing I really like to do sometimes is make a real lumpy bumpy layout. You can't have too many of these in your album as you can't close the thing haha, but occasionally it is nice to create that 3D effect.

For this layout I create a 6 layered flower. It was all done by using the stamp set, Petal Pizzazz and a small flower from the Pretties kit. It is as simple colouring in the edge of the stamp with a Stampin' Write Marker ( a pale one), stamping it on a piece of cardstock. This gives you a line to cut around. I did this 3 times with the larger flower of the set and once with two smaller flowers. When putting the flower together I made sure that the larger flower petals where visible beneath eachother. I also used Stampin' Dimensionals to give the full bodied look. I adhered the Pretties flower with a Mini Glue Dot and lastly adhered it to the layout with Sticky Strip, as nothing holds better!

So there you go. I hope that gives you an idea on how to get a little more chunk into your layouts. Have fun creating.

Tanja Westwood

Ingredients used:

Stamps: Petal Pizzazz, A Beautiful Thing

Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red

Designer Series Paper: Baja Breeze

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker, Pretties Kit, Chocolate Chip Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brads

Adhesive: Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombo Mono Glue

Emboss Resist in Scrapbooking

Here is a quick and simply layout using the very fun Emboss Resist Technique. It is as simple as...

1. Stamp up a piece of cardstock with your desired pattern.

2. Stamp a bold alphabet with Versamark, not forgetting to rub down the paper first with the Embossing Buddy to reduce the static

3. Sprinkle CLEAR embossing powder over your Versamarked images

4. Heat with the Heat tool, until it all becomes nice and shiny

5. Allow to cool for a minute or so, then dab your Alphabet with a inked up sponge dauber, to bring it out from the background (this made it much easier to cut out also)

And thats it. I can be done with so many stamps. Go give it a go. It's loads of fun. Here is my layout...

My Ingredients

Stamps: Sense of Time (Spring Mini), Big Deal Alphabet, Warm Words

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Kraft, Pacific Point

Ink: Baja Breeze,Pacific Point, Sahara Sand, Night of Navy

Punches: Small Star, Large Oval

Accessories: Night of Navy Stampin' Write Marker, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Clear Embossing Powder, Versamark, Sponge Daubers

Adhesives: Tombo Mono Glue, Stampin' Dimensionals

Have fun creating!!!

Tanja Westwood

Cheeky Pants Face

Hello Lovely People,

Isn't it just so true that the more cheeky the face your kids pull, the more you just can't resist their charms! Here's a page I've made of my Liam making one of his many cheeky faces! And doesn't he just love the camera...."work it baby,  w o r k  it." Oh my dear Liam, I DO love you sooooo much xox!

Lately I've been quite enjoying creating layouts using Whisper White as the background and this page is no exception. I love the sense of contrast that it poses and also the way it makes an image just pop off the page. This layout is quite a funky design which I hope you will enjoy.

Until next time - Happy Scrapping

Di Gill xox

 
 Layout Recipe:

Heading: Can't get enough of your cheeky pants face

Card Stock: Textured 12 x 12 Whisper White and Kraft.

Stamp Set: Trendy Trees (to decoarte the tree trunk)

Ink Colours: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red and Sahara Sand.

Designer Series Papers: Washington Apple, Walk in the Park, Patterns in Riding Hood Red, Haiku and Sweet Slumber Specialty (for the tree top, the clouds, the smaller part of the title and the paper strips).

Chipboard: On Board Loads of Letters (for the main title and the hearts).

Other: Black stitching on the sewing machine.

Keep cool in this heat by sitting at your craft desk and creating a new Stampin' Up! layout.

Di

Ski slope designer series papers

My layout today uses one pack of designer series paper, some cardstock and few additional materials. It is quite a simple and straight lined layout that can be created with minimal supplies.

I used stampin' dimensionals to "pop" up a few circles and to stop the layout looking so flat and one dimensional.

Journaling reads:

A.K asked me to do a photo shoot of her and Callum so she had some recent photos to put with her Christmas cards. Of course, Callum totally hammed it up and it was a crack up! “I think” there was a few shoots she was happy with in the end.

December 2008

Materials list:

Cardstock: Kraft, whisper white

Ink: Real red, whisper white, baja breeze, old olive, chocolate chip

Designer Series Paper: Ski slope

Punches: 1 1/4" circle

Accessories: Stampin' dimensionals

Other: Small typewriter medium font

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work.
Ros Davidson.

Colouring Fabric Flowers using Stampin' Up! Ink Refils

Hi Everyone,

Di here; I hope you're all surviving in this heat! A perfect time to be indoors doing craft in the draft of an air conditioner, I think.

Today I am going to show you a really simple an effective technique that allows you to scrapbook by customizing your floral embellishments according to your chosen colour scheme. Today's technique is: Colouring Fabric Flowers using Stampin' Up! Ink Refills.

I am using two products from the Stampin' Up! range to do this:

1) An Ink Refill &

2) A fabric Flower from the 'Pretties Kit' (see page 149 of the IBC $55.95).

Step One

Select one or more fabric flowers from the kit (there are a number of styles and sizes) and an ink refill bottle in a colour that co-ordinates with your project.

Step Two

Part fill a plastic bowl with a small amount of water. Into it you need to put a few drops of the the ink refill you have chosen. The deeper the colour desired - the more ink you need to add. Mix it around to blend all the colour into the water.

Step Three

Place the plain white flower(s) into the water and push it in the inky solution. You may need to use tweezers to keep it submerged. Leave it soaking for a couple of minutes and then remove with the tweezers. Set it aside on a piece of paper toweling to dry. Tip: If you want to dry it a little faster, then you can use a heat gun. Be careful not to put it too close to the flower or you will damage it.

And there you have it. A beautifully coloured, co-ordinating flower ready to affix to your layout. Super easy & super quick!........ and don't be afraid to use flowers on boys pages either. Here's the layout I've created of my cheeky Liam.

Layout Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Organic Grace & Dreams de Jour

Ink Colours: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Sahara Sand and Basic Black

Card Stock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red & Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Patterns Series in Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red

Embellishments: Fabric Flower (coloured with Rose Red ink), Hat pin and beads (from the Pretties Kit), Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Stickers (from the Sweet Nothings Simply Scrappin' pack)

Other: Centre Piece and butterfly both coloured using an aqua pen and the Water Colour Crayons: Regal Rose, Rose Red & Old Olive.

Punches: Tab punch & Eyelet Border

Enjoy your scrapping and I'll be back soon with a new layout.

Di Gill

 

Twin punch art

Today's layout features photos of my 3 eldest children and answers to a common question I am often asked. For this layout, I decided to echo the "twins" theme by having two of the same photos and punch art.

The journaling down the right hand side of the layout reads

"I often get asked if I have any twins when people hear that I had 4 kids in less than 4 years.

I normally reply "No, just fertile"

Which generally results in some nervous laughter."

The hidden journaling reads

"Aunty Fiona has this photo up and work and is often asked if Nikki and Drew are twins.

It always made her laugh as Drew looks a lot older than the 13 months he is in the photo and looks to be almost the same height as Nikki at 25 months."

Materials list:

Stamps: Big deal alphabet

Ink: Night of navy

Cardstock: Kraft, barely banana, night of navy, whisper white, pink pirouette

Designer series paper: Urban garden

Punches: Word window, 1/2" circle, large oval, small oval, full heart, 5 petal flower, horizontal slot, round tab

Accessories: White gel pen, fashion district rubs ons

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest layout.

Cheers,

Ros Davidson.

Using Stampin' Up! Punches for Random Journalling ...

Sometimes I just like to record lots of random bits and pieces about a particular event, or time in my life or in this case my son's life. I try and do one of these layouts for the boys at least once a year. Just to record the little bits and pieces of stuff that make up everyday life: what they are doing at this stage of their life, what they like etc. The Stampin' Up! punches are perfect for lots of little journalling spots! I liked the random look of just arranging all the different types of shapes. I also added some extra journalling directly onto the photo.

Here's a run down of all the Stampin' Up! products I have used on this 12x12 page:

• Paper: Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper;
• Cardstock:Real Red and Kraft cardstock;
• Punches: Wide Oval, Large Oval, Scalloped Oval, Scalloped Circle, Scalloped Square, Designer Label, Large Tag, 1 3/8" circle
• Other: Button Bouquet Designer Series Buttons, Build a Brad, On Board Essentials and Timeless Type chipboard, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker, Chocolate Chip ink (for inking edges)

Have a go at some random journalling. There are so many great pages you can do this way. Others I have done include 'Random memories of My Childhood', 'Random Christmas Memories', 'Favourites', but the list of ideas is endless!

Until next time, happy scrapping,

Claire xx

Brothers

Hello Beautiful People,

Today I have a very sweet and simple 8" x 8" boys layout for you. This is a design that anyone of any skill level will be able to do and you'll be quite surprised to know which 'Simply Scrappin' pack I have used to make it. It's the 'Sweet Nothings' pack (pg: 138 IBC)! Yes, you did read correctly. At first glance this pack speaks "femininity" but, having boys, I am always trying to find ways to utilize Stampin' Up! products to my best advantage for male layouts regardless of their more obvious use. I hope this page broadens your imagination and helps you to think outside the square, as they say.

Here's what I've used:

Simply Scrappin' Paper Pack: Sweet Nothings - Both the Riding Hood Red Background Textured Card Stock & the Kiwi Kiss Designer Series Paper plus all the stickers shown on the page are from the pack.

Extra Card Stock: Whisper White

Stamp Set: Calender Alphabet & Numbers

Ink Colours: Kiwi Kiss and Riding Hood Red

Embellishments: Kiwi Kiss Corduroy button, Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon & Chipboard letters from the 'On Board Loads of Letters' set that have been inked up in Kiwi Kiss Ink.

So, how simple is that! Why don't you try one yourselves?

Until next time - happy scrapping.

Di Gill

Selecting colours for your layout and Using your Paper Cutter

I had several photos sitting around that I have been looking forward to scrapbooking.  One photo is of my Dad skydiving and the others are of my oldest son Jared (at 3 years of age) attempting to "FLY like Granddad"  The shot of my Dad is crisp and clear with a beautiful blue sky in the background.  The shots of my son- although very sweet- were taken at dusk in Winter and they aren't perfectly focussed due to the movement of the swing.  To "tell the story" they really needed to appear on the same page.  To get them to "work together" I decided it would be best not to overwhelm the page with lots of colour but rather stick with mainly neutral colours.  I used "whisper white" and "kraft" and a touch of "night of navy" and "baja breeze" because the blues seemed to work best with the colours in the different photos.  Here is the finished product

You will notice that I made a feature of the photo of my Dad by "framing" it in a piece of Night of navy cardstock.  I will explain in a moment how I made the frame....but first more about the layout.

The chipboard letters have been inked in Baja Breeze.  I then stamped the smallest image from the "Circle Circus" stamp set over the top using "night of navy"  Under the title I have used a small strip of patterned paper from the "Walk in the Park" Designer series paper pack (from the Spring Mini)  I also used the whisper white Jumbo brads that are also from the Spring Mini (Don't forget that the spring mini catalogue finishes at the end of November- don't miss out on your chance to order items from this mini catalogue!)

Here is a close up of the journalling.  I have stamped the journalling block from the stamp set known as "From the Kitchen of" (pg 93)  It had the word 'recipe' on it- which I simply omitted by inking up the main image and then using a cotton tip to remove the ink on the word "recipe"  I have hand-written the journalling using a night of navy marker.  The '05' is from the "Calendar alphabet and numbers" stamp set.

Here is a close up of the featured quote from the "Dreams du Jour" stamp set.  The image has been stamped on Kraft but then adhered to chipboard accents that have been decorated in the same manner as the title and also with a touch of patterned paper

Now back to the explanation about creating a frame.  The concept is really very simple- but I think that sometimes we forget how the basic tools like a paper cutter can be used in a variety of ways.

For the purposes of this demonstration I will cut a piece of cardstock to 10cm x 15cm

You line the cardstock up at the 10cm mark.  The place where the orange blade is marks the zero point. When you move the orange blade across the tracking it slices the cardstock and you will have a piece of cardstock that is 10cm wide. 

 The same is repeated to cut the 15cm side, however you need to ensure that you swing the arm out from underneath the paper cutter to reveal the 15cm mark.

To cut a frame that is 2cm thick you will need to place your cardstock into the paper trimmer so that it sits on the 2cm marking on the right hand side.  You will need to start cutting at the 2cm mark that you will find on the blue strip/ cutting guide.  Ensure that the arrows on the orange cutting blade point to the 2cm mark

You slice down until you reach the 8cm mark on the blue strip 

You turn your cardstock 90 degrees.  Again you line the cardstock up on the 2cm mark on the right hand side.  In the following photo I have lifted up the blue cutting guide so that you get a better idea of what I mean. 

Lower the blue strip/ cutting guide and as you did previously- line up the orange blade with the 2cm mark that you will see on the blue strip/ cutting guide

and stop slicing when you reach the 13cm mark on the blue cutting guide.

Repeat the steps above for the remaining two sides.

You will then have a rectangle that you can pop out of the centre

Revealing your 2cm wide frame

Of course- you could make your frame as thick or as thin as you like.

I actually used this same technique for my featured layout.  I wanted there to be a strip of whisper white appearing around the edge but didn't want to use an entire sheet of whisper white cardstock - especially when the majority of it would be covered by photos and the journalling block.  I created a "frame" of whisper white which was then adhered to baja breeze cardstock.  I was then able to use the piece of whisper white taken out from the centre to create a card.

 
If you don't  own one of the paper cutters available through Stampin' Up! be sure to get in touch with your SU demonstrator who will happily have one shipped to you.  If you do not have a SU demonstrator I would be more than happy to help you with your ordering needs (or contact your nearest demo on the right hand side)

Cheers!

Miriam Thomas