There's a new tool in the Summer Mini Catalogue - Circle Scissors. I've been having lots of fun playing with it and now have circles and rings all over my craft desk. I grabbed a handful to make this scrapbook layout.
I picked the colours to coordinate with a favourite photo of my daughter - Close To Cocoa, Pink Passion, Pretty In Pink, plus some Confetti White. I used my spiral punch (pg 152) to add a little interest to the photo matting.
I arranged my various rings and circles into an overlapping pattern (then rearranged them a few dozen times of course.) My two way glue pen was handy for sticking down the narrow ones. After they were all stuck down I trimmed off the excess with my trimmer.
I've used some of the self adhesive dies cuts from the Simply Scrappin' Kit "Sweet Nothings" as well. (You can find the kit on page 138 of your catalogue.)
Popping a few up die cuts up with Stampin' Dimensional foam tabs adds an extra bit of dimension.
The Circle Scissors tool can cut circles up to 6 inches in diameter. I love that you can cut an inner circle then wind the blade out a little without moving the tool or your paper and cut another larger circle to form a ring. I love the glass mat too (also available in the Summer Mini.) You get such nice cuts using a glass mat, I think I'll be using this a lot with my craft blade too.
If you need this tool in your craft stash, get in touch with your Stampin' Up! demonstrator. If you don't have a demonstrator, you can find contact details for we StampAMemory girls in the sidebar on the right. We'd be happy to help.
Happy Scrapping!
Sue Madex
Wow Sue, that's beautiful! I love it!
Posted by: Claire Daly | 19 December 2009 at 11:34 PM
I love this Sue - it's REALLY beautiful! All the re-arranging of the circles paid off; the design is very pleasing to the eye :)
Posted by: Christine Blain | 19 January 2010 at 08:23 AM