I love it! I can scrapbook all kinds of stuff that I had left neglected. These are pics from 2003. My friend Cathy and I used to put on a "Merry Christmas Crop" every year. I do believe that 2003 was our last year...
I know the colours look off...I tried everything to fix them, but it just wasn't happening the way I wanted it to. The base is Very Vanilla and the next layer up is Real Red. I then used some stickers from the sticker sheet in the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' Kit and added them to the bottom of the page.
This page is a 12 X 12 base of Chocolate Chip overlayed with a piece of Designer Series Paper from the kit. I added the 8 1/2 X 11 page to the left hand side and added some Chocolate Chip squares to accommodate four more photos.
I'll try to get something done with it this week, but this week is already shaping up to be nuts...so who knows? Hope you have a GREAT weekend!
I used my Stampin' UP! Markers to colour the rubber directly on the stamp, thereby allowing me to stamp both colours at once. I then used my sponge daubers to "colour" the background and my bird. I adhered the bird to a piece of Old Olive Cardstock and set it aside. Then I cut a piece of Cottage Wall DSP and also attached that to a piece of Old Olive Cardstock. My base card is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2" folded in half with a piece of Cottage Wall DSP as the next layer. My Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon was wrapped around the 4 X 5 1/4" piece of Cottage Wall DSP and I attached a brad from the Pretties Kit around the the ribbon and through the Cottage Wall layer before adhering my other two pieces to the front of the card.
I have to tell you...this isn't just another digital program! It can do SO much more...not the least of which is letting you mess around with all kinds of elements without wasting a single sheet of paper. Like the idea? Great! Make a real paper card out of it! Can't stand it? That's OK too! Just discard it and start over!
No pictures yet as I think I'll be using it for Christmas pics this year...I'm pretty sure that all the PJ's I've bought (everyone gets new Christmas PJ's every year) have at least some green and red in them, so we should be good to go!
I didn't add any extra spaces for pictures here, though you could add maybe a small square photo off to the right of the ornaments. The other thing I will do with this (once the layout is complete with pics) is add gold cord to the ornaments.
Notice the four squares of Chocolate Chip Cardstock down the left hand side? Those are for four more pics of Christmas. I mean...let's be realistic here...unless you've JUST started scrapbooking and have no kids, there is no way you will be able to scrapbook an entire holiday using just one picture on a page. Each album would be over 100 pages long at that rate!
Here's my MDS sample:
And here's the all paper version:
For this paper version, the base is 5 1/4" square and is cut from Sahara Sand. The next layer up is Blush Blossom and the top layer is Mellow Moss. The image and sentiment are stamped in Mellow Moss on Whisper White. I used my 1 3/4" circle punch to punch out the image and then used my Circle Scissor to mat it in Blush Blossom. The pearls I used are from the Pretties Kit.
The tree trunk is stamped in Soft Suede after being stamped off first. The flowers are stamped in Rich Razzleberry and most were stamped off once first, though I did leave three of them at full strength for added effect. I added some Garden Green leaves for a little contrast. No little birdie this time.
When I pulled the piece of Sahara Sand out of my scrap bag, I noticed that it had a bit of a wrinkle in one corner, so I cut that small strip off the bottom and added a piece of Bermuda Bay which I first punched with my scallop edge punch.
The base is Rose Red as is the Felt Fusion flower, but it didn't photograph very well and no amount of editing helped (trust me, I tried!). I used my sponge daubers to add Rose Red and Bermuda Bay ink to the Pretties Flower.
I used the Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set and used some Thoroughly Modern DSP to make the cup part of the cupcake. I coloured everything else in using my In Colour markers.
I stamped the background using my Sprinkles tiny background stamps (Thanks Chanda!) and then stamped the flowers from the Simply Said set on Whisper White. I matted the image on Old Olive and Rose Red and then attached the flowers with silver brads (note to self: order more silver brads!). I adhered the matted image to the front of the card and stamped a sentiment in Old Olive on Whisper White to adhere to the inside of the card.
I used another stamp from Very Thankful which I stamped in Pumpkin Pie on Whisper White. It was matted on a piece of Pumpkin Pie Cardstock and then I added the flowers from our Flower Fusion Accents and Elements.
I stamped both images on Whisper White then trimmed the cardstock and matted it on a matching piece of In Colour cardstock.
This is BOO! I know that Halloween has come and gone, but I just fell in love with that little ghost. I am SO hoping he doesn't retire with the catalogue, because I want to keep using him!
This is Very Thankful. RMHC is Stampin' UP!'s pet charity. We as demonstrators as well as Head Office are VERY generous. It works out great for our family, because RMHC is dear to our hearts, since we have two children with cardiac conditions. We have never (yet!) had to use the facilities at RMH as we are blessed to live only 25 minutes away from our local childrens hospital. I have met lots of parents that have and they are always thrilled to receive the cards that demonstrators make so that they (the parents) can brighten their child's day.
I stamped the tree from Season of Friendship in Soft Suede on a pre-cut Whisper White Top Note. The leaves were stamped using Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Ruby Red. The sentiment was stamped in Soft Suede on Whisper White and matted on Soft Suede before being adhered to the front of the card using Stampin' Dimensionals.
They're not exactly traditional Christmas colours, but I was determined to work on whittling down my scrap bag. Which is your favourite?
Not bad for a first try, right?
And here is the inside:
What do you think?