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May Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

It's that time again... time for another Studio AE Blog Hop!

This month's stamp set is Simple Joy by Ali Edwards (May Studio AE) stamp set.

I've got a couple of projects for you this month!

First up, a non-traditional sized layout:

This page is 6x12 and is an insert for this week's Project Life spread. It was a small version of Ali's "Day in the Life" concept. Just a little insert to show what an ordinary everyday is like here at the Magouirk house. :)

I used a photo template by Kerri Bradford (included in supply list below) to create this adorable photobooth style photo strips.

I mixed in lots of the phrase stamps from this month's Studio AE stamp set using Stampin' Up inks in several colors.

I printed some journaling directly on the 6x12 sheert of paper.

I combined this month's stamps with some other stamps, washi tape and minimal embellishments. Easy, fun and something I can definitely see doing periodically to show our everyday life.

Next, I created yet more journlaing cards for my Project Life album. I love having custom stamped cards on hand ready for journaling like I did HERE and HERE.

I combined this month's Studio AE stmaps with some Studio Calico stamps for these fun, colorful and custom PL journaling cards.

I used a stamp from one of Ali's other stamp sets here with one from this month's set:

These journaling cards will be making an appearance in my PL album soon!

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Mindy Miller, May’s Studio AE guest
• Daniela
• Nichol
• Sharyn
• Tanis
• Teri
• Laura
• Ali

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Prize:

We are giving away one random prize – a $20 gift certificate to TechniqueTuesday – to someone who comments during the hop. The winner will be announced on the TT blog on May 13^th. Leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win!

 

April Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop | Project Life Week #10

Welcome to the April Studio AE Blog Hop!

This month the design team is featuring projects showcasing the April Studio AE stamp set, “Hello Routine by Ali Edwards”.

Much like last month's Studio AE project, I stamped some journaling cards for my Project Life album. These are super simple. I stamped each image directly onto one of Becky Higgins' journaling cards. I was sure to stamp these off an edge, whether it be on top or bottom. I felt like with the shape of these stamps it helped to "ground" them, if you will. 

I combined this month's Studio AE stamps with other stamped images to individualize each for this week's layout spread. However, I didn't use them all so I have more ready to be journaled on and included at a later date! Love that.

However, I thought you might like to see the cards in action, so to speak, so here's Week 10 of my Project Life:

This was a crazy, busy week with lots of photos and lots of memorabilia and lots of jouranling. I ended up using 3 inserts for this week. This is definitely not something I will do very often but as I go through my week here, I'll explain why I used and included what I did. 

The first insert is an 8.5 x 11 sheet protector with my kid's band concert program inside.

Here is one of Ali's April Studio AE Stamps on a journaling card. Simple stamping with computer generated journaling and a date stamp. Simple, easy but just look at how much color this stamp adds to my page!

The second insert is Becky's Photo Pocket Page - Design G. I love this style because it allows me to include additional photos and journaling on a sheet protector slightly smaller than the 12x12 ones I use for my weekly spread.

We went on a little Spring Break quick weekend to Washington DC and I wanted to be able to include more than just one photo per day. This was the perfect way to do that. 

I also had stamped up journaling cards specifically for our vacation and included them throughout the week documenting our daily travels. I love that one of the new Studio Calico/Hero Arts stamp sets includes all the states for the USA... perfect for domestic adventures and travels.

The backside of the photo pocket insert page and also the front of the third insert: Becky's Big Envelope Pages. This is where I put all the memorabilia that didn't fit into another slot in my PL album. These are perfect for vacation memorabilia! Consider taking one of these with you when you go on vacation and throw everything into it so it's all in one place ready for memory keeping!

I added additional stamping to the insert that comes with the envelope using Ali's stamps and several of the Studio Calicio/Hero Arts stamps.

Finally, here's the rest of my week 10 with several journaling cards featuring Ali's April Studio AE stamps.

Love the color that these stamped journaling cards add without the bulk. I included some additional stamping to customize them even further.

PROJECT LIFE 2012 | Week Ten Supplies:

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PROJECT LIFE 2012 | Basic Supplies (what I'm using almost every week):

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PROJECT LIFE 2012 | FULL LISTING

• Title Page
• Getting Started. December 25-31, 2011
• Week One
• Week Two
• Week Three
• Week Four
• Week Five
• Week Six
• Week Seven
• Week Eight
• Week Nine

Project Life is a memory keeping system by Becky Higgins. Click HERE to learn how you can start recording your family memories with Project Life.

Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Ali

• Julie Ebersole, our April Studio AE guest

• Daniela

• Laura

• Nichol

• Sharyn

• Teri 

• Ashley 

We love your comments so we are going to draw at random from all the comments left on all the blogs for a couple brand new Technique Tuesday stamp sets.

One person will win Technique Tuesday’s Gone Fishin’ stamp set.

One other person will win the new Take Flight stamp set.

You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. But the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.

All comments must be made by midnight PST on April 13th.

Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on April 14^th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

 

Project Life 2012 | Weeks Eight & Nine #ProjectLife

Project Life for me = Happiness.

All those little bits and pieces that I used to let stack up until I couldn't remember what they were for or why I kept them in the first place now have a home. I love how my Project Life album is a representation of daily life around here. Good and bad. I love that already, just two months in, I wonder why I never followed through before. I look through the past nine weeks and realize just how full life is and how happy I am that I'm recording it. I have scrapbooked for years and years and have albums of layouts but somehow this format gives a much better overall view of our lives. It rejuvenates my soul, has given me renewed interest in all things crafty and leaves me feeling like no matter how many photos didn't make it into my weekly layout, I am not behind. Love this so very much!

Week Eight:

This week features another 8.5x11 insert similar to week seven HERE only I have two  pages of artwork from my little guy. He's been on a real creative bender lately. I love it.

I was really in recovery mode this week. Taking care of myself after surgery and I forgot to take photos some days. In the past I would have let this detour my PL efforts but instead I found creative ways to get around the "no photo days". Instead I added print outs from @Zodiakfacts from Twitter that I had emailed myself and printed out on journlaing cards. I included ticket stubs, business cards, doctor appoint cards and a photo printout from a saved Tweet. 

I added color to my journaling cards with colorful stamping. I used lots of super old stamps too. Some of them are from old, old October Afternoon stamp sets. 

I used a Kerri Bradford template for Wednesday's photo (kit linked below) so I could include more photos from a birthday party. Because I needed additional journaling room and didn't have a 4x6 photo for Friday, I used that pocket to house two journaling cards for the second half of the week. Even thought they aren't "in order" per se I love how I took the space and made it work for me.

PROJECT LIFE 2012 | Week Eight Supplies:

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Week Nine:

The end of February and start of March. This week really drove home the fact that I've made it 2 months with Project Life! It doesn't feel like a chore, rather it feels like something I get to do!

Lots of photos this week (even if that isn't exactly reflected in the layout. My new camera (Canon 60D) was getting a workout. ;)

Lots of color this week too. And stamping. This may be one of my favorite weekly spreads so far simply because I had so much fun playing with stamping.

Nothing too fancy with the weekly title card again. I will likely change them up a bit at some point but for now I am still enjoying the butterflies and banners added to the die cuts so I am keeping with that for a bit.

The alphabet stamps on the "panini" card are from one of last month's Studio Calico kit (I missed the kit but snagged these individually later last month).

I used old/discontinued stamps from my collection for the "capture" journaling card as well. "Capture" is from a 2011 Studio AE monthly stamp set and the rest of the stamps are from an old OA set.

The "you are here" journaling card features stamps from old SC monthly kits and another 2011 Studio Calico stamp set.

I used a KBS photo collage for the photo pocket in the top right corner. Love being able to add multiple photos for a single day this way!

For The Lorax photo, I simply took a screen shot of the poster from imdb.com and cropped it to 3x4 and printed. Super easy. This is how I am doing all my movie posters for the movies we see this year. :)

Because I used 2 pockets for photos and 1 for journaling for Friday, I added additional journaling to one of my photos in Photoshop before printing.

PROJECT LIFE 2012 | Week Nine Supplies:

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PROJECT LIFE 2012 | Basic Supplies (what I'm using almost every week):

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PROJECT LIFE 2012 | FULL LISTING

• Title Page
• Getting Started. December 25-31, 2011
• Week One
• Week Two
• Week Three
• Week Four
• Week Five
• Week Six
• Week Seven

Project Life is a memory keeping system by Becky Higgins. Click HERE to learn how you can start recording your family memories with Project Life.

Ella Publishing Ezine | Stamped Journaling Spots

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today, I am thrilled to be sharing ideas for the Ella Publishing EZine article this week, Stamped Journaling Spots, for creating your own stamped jouranling spots, labels and tags. 

Up first, how aobut a Valentine's layout featuring stamped notebook paper journaling spot accents!

I have always loved the look of notebook paper journaling spots on layouts. Lots of companies have made journaling spot tear off sheets over the years and I'm going to share how easy it is to make your own!

To create these great journaling spots I first ran ledger style patterned paper through my Silhouette Cameo to give that decorative notebook edges with a Kerri Bradford die cut kit (you could also use a notebook edger punch to recreate a similar look). Next, I added a title for my journaling spot my an Ali Edwards Studio AE Stamp. I added glitter pen over the top for an even more pre-made look. Then, I added a sub-title with additional Ali Edwards stamps. Adding text stamping to your journaling spots give them that great pre-made feel that we all love but in a size and style and color that perfectly matches the layout you're working on!

I added layered pre-made die cuts over the sewn on ribbon trims for embellishment.

Here's another example of creating your own stamped label. I am a huge fan of using October Afternoon (or similar) label stickers on my pages but when I don't have one that matches my project, I turn to my stamps to create a custom, perfectly matched accent for my page. I used Papertrey Ink stamps and die for my date label.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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With Project Life being so popular (and taking part in this journey myself this year) I'm always looking for ways to increase my creativity with my weekly layouts. One of my favorite ways to personalize my pages is with custom stamped journaling cards.

Becky Higgins sells these plain journaling cards and they are perfect for stamping up and having on hand to include in Project Life or on any layout. I use my PL journaling cards on all kinds of layouts, not just PL!

I used an assortment of stamps from Ali Edwards, Studio Calico and Stampin' Up to create this set of love-themed journaling cards. I added glitter pen over some of the stamped images for texture and interest.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Additional Supplies:

• Stampin' Up Pink Pirouette Ink
• Ali Edwards Studio AE This One Stamp Set

As I mentioned above on the layout, I am a huge fan of including sticker labels on my scrapbook layouts but I don't always have the right color, the right size of label for what I need. Why not make your own?!

I create this set of stamped labels using images from Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up and Studio Calico. To create the multi-colored label, I colored the stamp with Memento Markers before stamping on the coordinating die cut label. I love how the different colors give the look of a pre-made label!

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Digital die cutting machines give us so many options for creating our own journaling spots and labels! I die cut these file folder journaling spots from ledger paper and stamped them with phrases from Papertrey Ink and Ali Edwards.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Silhouette Image Used:

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Be sure to check out the eZine article HERE at Ella Publishing and stay tuned for exciting news about a new eBook featuring stamping!

Click HERE for more information on this upcoming eBook and a sneak at one of my projects from the book!

KBS | Valentine's Decor Tags

I can't get enough of heart decor.

I love the decorations for Valentine's Day (even though the holiday is not one of my favorites). There's something about the pink/red/white that speaks to my girly girly heart I guess. I am all about ruffles and frills and hearts and flowers. I grew up in a family with a tomboy mom, dad and brother who all loved sports and the great outdoors. I never fit in. It was dresses, doll babies, make up (my mom didn't wear any for years and years), long hair (my dad doesn't like it so my mom has always had short hair) and all things girly for me. For years I thought I was adopted. It's the running joke that if I didn't look so much like my mom my husband is sure that I was switched at birth. But I digress....

My project today is the epitome of all that girly girl stuff I love: glitter, hearts, ribbons & trims, flowes, pink, red, white, buttons, pearls, butterflies and just a touch of aqua.

FYI: This whole project is based on a layout that you will be seeing from me next week that has a lot of similar elements. I love to be able to use the same ideas on multiple projects!

Here's a run-down of the images I used and what kit they came from:

• XOXO (heart)
• Christmas Countdown (rounded tag)
• December Addtions: The Extras (notched tag)
• This & That: Love (eiffel tower, heart on stem)
• This & That: Spring (leafy branch)
• This & That: Summertime (butterfly)
• This & That: Gratitude (house)
• This & That: Lucky (keys)
• This & That: Family (flower, small tag)
• This & That: Freedom (banner)
• Love: Every Little Thing (damask)

I have had this photo display thing for-evah. I've used it to display Christmas cards/photos (until I got too many to house on it). I've used it to display Valentine's hear decor before. I've use it to display ATC cards from a swap we did through Hero Arts. I don't think I ever used it like it was supposed to be used, for photos. And I'm still not. ;) 

I die cut a bunch of tags from Neenah smooth white cardstock using tag designs from Christmas Countdown and December Additions: The Extras and I embossed each with an Impression Plate from Papertrey Ink.

To create the faux chipboard hearts, I cut 4 layers from kraft cardstock for each heart and glued them together with spray adhesive before adding the die cut patterned paper layer. This gives them a more substantial feel.

This heart is actually almost an exact replica of one that you will see on my KBS layout share next week. I loved it so much I had to create one for my stand!

I stamped the "xoxo" definition using a stamp from Stampin' Up's Define Your Life Stamp set. I have had these stamps for years and I still love them as much as I did when I first got them. They truly stand the test of time! I stamped the definition in a light pink that looks much better in real life. Ruffled ribbon, buttons and trinket pins complete this heart.

I die cut the damask for this tag from text paper and layered it on the embossed tag before adding my die cut butterfly sewn in place with a button. Oh so simple. Oh so sweet.

This is actually the first tag I designed for the groupoing. I knew I wanted to incorporate this Eiffel Tower into my tag collage and when I spied the "with love" stamp from Papertrey Ink's Tag-It's #11 Stamp Set I knew what I wanted to do! I printed the "from Paris" on the die cut banner using my printer and finished with the stamped sentiment. Stamped hearts, sewn on trims and some pretty silk ribbon complete the design.

I think this ended up being one of my favorites from the grouping. It was the last piece designed.I knew I wanted to go with a red base but I needed something for the center of this heart. I die cut a flower multiple times (3x from white cardstock and 3x from vellum). I embossed the cardstock flowers before layering them to create this lovely dimensional flower. A red resin flower center brings this floral to life and the stamped tag finishes the design.

Lots of hearts. This one is remniscent of the layout you'll see next week. ;) I sewed some pleated trim to the bottom for a splash of color/texture.

Glitter! Instead of using metal keys that would weight down the tag I created my own faux chipboard keys using Kerri's design die cut just like the hearts above. Instead of finishing with patterned paper I glittered them for some sparkle! Love. A phrase stamped in red finishes this pretty tag.

I created this tag based on the stamp. I used Kerri's house die and completed the tag with a fabric heart and stamped banner. 

I used the "inside" pieces from one of the die cut keys for flowers on this heart. I like using up every bit and piece that I can.

I grouped three of these floral hearts together, secured them with twine and a resin flower and added a stamped tag.

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Additional Supplies:

• Martha Stewart Glitter & Glue
• Safety Pin & Jump Rings
• Making Memroies Resin Flowers, Ribbons & Trims
• Vellum
• Trinket Pins
• Define Your Life Stamps (Stampin' Up)
• Pink Pirouette SU Ink

Click the banner below and be sure to check out what's on sale today over at Kerri's Store:

December Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Welcome to the December Studio AE Blog Hop!

This month the design team is featuring projects showcasing the December Studio AE stamp set, "It's Ok by Ali Edwards".

This is one of those stamp sets that isn't theme specific and will work for so many different themes and styles of pages. I love stamp sets like this where you can mix and match the phrases and images into many many layouts.

Here's a layout I created with the December stamp set:

I added stamping to my computer generated journaling block with two of the phrase stamps from the new set. I stamped one phrase in brown ink and the other with Colorbox White Chalk Ink. The white ink was a little light, so I went over the stamped image with a white Uni-ball Pen for more defnition.

I lightly misted my journaling block with Studio Calico Clay and White Mister Huey Inks then stapled it in place using the Tiny Attacher.

I used two phrase stamps on an October Afternoon label sticker, stamping the phrases with Pool and Crumb Cake Stampin' Up Inks. Then I tucked the label sticker under a patterned paper strip and the photo collage. Tucking bits and pieces like this helps "ground" elements on your pages so that they don't feel like they are flying off the page or lost in space. 

The wheat, windmill and title are all designs by Kerri Bradford (and linked in the supplies below).

The wagon wheel is a design by Loni Stevens from the Silhouette Online Store:

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I love grouping die cuts like this on a page for a more substantial look that tells a better story. I used lots os layering to make the die cuts stand out more against the patterned paper background. I added SC Clay Mister Huey ink to both the wheat die cut and the die cut word "enjoy".

SUPPLIES for Enjoy The Ride layout:

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Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Ali
• Jennifer Gallacher (our Studio AE Guest for December)
• Daniela
• Laura
• Nichol <------- that's me
• Sharyn
• Teri
• Jaime

As a thank you for all the comments received during the hop on all eight blogs, as well as those left on the Technique Tuesday blog, we will give away two stamp sets.

One person will win our Live in the Moment by Ali Edwards stamp set.

One other person will win our Smooch by Ali Edwards stamp set.

You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. But the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.

All comments must be made by midnight  PST on Dec. 13^th.

Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on Dec. 14^th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

 

December Daily | Day 4

Day four was all about finishing up my holiday decorating. I chose to touch on decorating the tall tree in our entryway with close up photos of the ornaments and also the Command  hooks and products that I loaded up on this season. 

My page four before:

And after:

After I finished the right side of my page (and spritzed some SC Mister Huey Clay Mist on my journaling tag) I decided the big snowflake on the left side was too white so I misted the whole side of the page with Clay Mister Huey, really lightly.

I also stamped just a small portion of the long list of holiday words from Ali's Season's Greetings stamp set along the bottom edge of the left side of the spread.

December Daily | Day Three Extras:

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December Daily SUPPLIES:

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You will want to be sure to check out Kerri Bradford's & Lori Whitlock's blogs this week for a fabulous blog party! 

What would a blog party be without a freebie! And better yet? Kerri is giving away one freebie each day, but for that day only.

Check out today's freebie:

Click HERE to download this fabulous holiday image!

And be sure to leave a comment on Kerri's Blog post today for a two chances to win $50 shopping spree(s).

And you will want to make sure and keep an eye out for a KBS special giveaway on my blog this week as well! (wink, wink)

November Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Studio AE Blog Hop!

The design team is featuring projects showcasing the November Studio AE stamp set “25 Moments by Ali Edwards”.

This is the perfect stamp set not only for your December Daily albums but for any holiday layout that you may be working on. Incredibley versatile stamp set that I know I will be using again and again.

I will be incorporating this into my own December Daily album. I will be sharing my inside pages a little later this month.

Here's a layout I created with November's stamp set:

I used the tiny tiny phrase as my sub-title. I love Ali's little tiny print phrases. They are some of my most loved and most used phrase stamps. I stamped it in red on my layout to stand out against the rest of the title and to coordinate with the color/theme of my page.

My entire page was inspired by this phrase from the stamp set that I stamped on a die cut tag. It pretty much sums up how I feel about Christmas now that I am the mommy! I die cut the tag using a Papertrey Ink tag die, added texture with Studio Calico Mister Huey White Mist and then stamped the phrase with Stampin' Up Soft Suede Ink.

I used super duper oldies (but goodies!) tags from Making Memories. These are some tags that I have never used or been able to part with and they are finally getting some use. Love that. Love using old with the new, shopping my stash and getting those products on a page!

Finally, I used one of Ali's hand drawn phrases around my photo collage around the bottom of the page. I love how Ali handwrites around her photos on her pages. However, I am not much of a hand journaler but I can still get that look by using her stamps. Again, love that. I love everything about Ali's stamps. Everything.

I listed some of the products/supplies I will be using in my 2011 December Daily in THIS blog post and I wanted to show how I used some of the die cut designs on a layout in addition to how I will be using them in my mini book. I love how die cuts and stamps can be extremely versatile and work for so many projects. I love products that I can use over and over again.

To add texture to my large die cut number I sprited it with SC Mister Huey White Mist Ink and then with SC Shine for extra sparkle (better in real life).

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

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Additional Products:

• Making Memories Canvas Tag (old product)
• Making Memories Naughty & Nice Tag (old product)
• Brad (unknown)
• October Afternoon Label Sticker
• Button (unknown)

Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Ali
• Melissa Mann (our Studio AE Guest for November)
• Daniela
• Laura
• Nichol <------- that's me
• Sharyn
• Teri
• Jaime

As a thank you for all the comments received during the hop on all eight blogs, as well as those left on the Technique Tuesday blog, we will give away two stamp sets.

One person will win our I Love You  - Eye Chart stamp set.

One other person will win our So Sorry by Ali Edwards stamp set.

You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. But the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.

All comments must be made by midnight  PST on Nov. 13^th.

Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on Nov. 14^th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

Also, be sure to check out this year's December Daily Stamp Set. It is just like last year's wildly popular stamp set only updated with this year's dates! 

December Daily 2011 by Ali Edwards

Check out these posts from last year to see how I used this stamp set:

• December 2010 Preparing the inside pages
• More inside pages (closer look at the stamping)
• Click HERE for all posts regarding my Dec Daily 2010 album

 

 

October Studio AE from Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Studio AE Blog Hop featuring the stamp set, Give Thanks.

This month I've created three cards featuring stamped greetings from the stamp set.

So Very Thankful Card

Card How To:

I paper pieced the card base using 6x6 papers from the new Studio Calico Memoir collection. I spritzed the teal background paper with Calico White and Bluegrass Mister Huey Inks for a nice distressed look. I die cut the labels (PTI) from cardstock and Memoir pattern paper. I stamped the greeting from this month's stamp set right over the text background patterned paper using Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede Inks. For the embellishment, I used resin flowers with die cut felt leaves and hemp. Super simple.

...SUPPLIES (click on photos for links)...

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Gratitude is a Memory ... Card

Card How To:

I adhered patterned paper strips from the new Studio Calico Autumn 6x6 paper pad to my card and added lace ribbon trim underneath for a soft, feminine touch. I die cut the rosette using a My Favorite Things 1/4" die using a scrap of paper from the SC Memoir 6x6 paper pad. The rosette was still a bit too "big" for my card design for I trimmed about 3/4" from one side before creating the rosette shape. I die cut butterflies from felt using a MFT die and added a resin flower to the center of the large layered butterfly. I die cut a banner (PTI and stamped the greeting from this month's stamp set. I was careful to only ink part of it at a time so that I could fit the whole phrase on my banner.

...SUPPLIES (click on photos for links)...

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Give Thanks Card

Card How To:

I used the Mister Huey Mists listed in the supply list below to distress the solid light blue patterned paper from the Autumn SC 6x6 paper pad then I stamped my greeting from this month's stamp set using SU Soft Suede and Dusty Durango Inks. I paper pieced the background using papers from SC Memoir & Autumn 6x6 paper pads. I die cut a leafy flourish (MFT) from another solid paper and added SC Mister Huey Mists to die it a more colorful, realistic look. I die cut leaves from felt and added resin flowers to complete the embellishment.

...SUPPLIES (click on photos for links)...

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Be sure to check the blogs of all taking part in the Blog Hop today:

• Ali
• Heidi Van Laar (our Studio AE Guest for October)
• Daniela
• Nichol <------- that's me
• Jaime
• Sharyn
• Laura
• Teri

As a thank you for all the comments received during the hop on all eight blogs, as well as those left on the Technique Tuesday blog, we will give away two stamp sets.

One person will win the Who What Where by Ali Edwards stamp set (I absolutely love this stamp set and use it a lot!).

One other lucky person will win the You Always Know by Ali Edwards stamp set. 

You don’t need to leave a comment on all the blogs to be eligible to win. But the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win.

All comments must be made by midnight PST on Oct. 12^th.

Tune into the Technique Tuesday blog on Oct. 13^th to see if you are one of the lucky winners.

Scrapbook Stamping | September 2011 + Spawn of True Scrap Registration Open

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR:

Click on the banner to learn all about the online event that features 17 teachers with instructional videos, virtual make n takes and so much inspiration brought to you in the comfort of your own home right to your computer!

SEPTEMBER SCRAPBOOK STAMPING

September's Scrapbook Stamping class features stamping on vellum/fabric/canvas/felt/etc.

One of my most favorite techniques is stamping on vellum with white ink. I love the effect and chose to feature it on my layout. Vellum softens the look of whatever you layer it over and the translucent effect looks lovely when stamped on with white ink.

Here's the sketch that accompanies this month's class. 

The emphasis of this page is definitely on the white ink stamping on vellum, however I needed something for the top right corner of the page. This cute stacked Halloween words die cut from the Silhouette Online Store does the trick. It adds to the theme of the design and serves as a title/embellishment for the page.

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One of my very favorite ways to add white stamping on vellum is with a text border. Not only does this text border serve as a great sub-title for the page but it adds to the page's Halloween theme and gives additional details about the photos (i.e. the date of the event).

Instead of filling an entire collage/grid with photos, I left several "empty" spaces that I filled in with 2x3" squares of patterned paper with stamped vellum overlays on top. Layering some cardstock stickers under the vellum adds to the depth and dimension without adding bulk. A few randomly placed gems add sparkle.

HOW TO

 

SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):

To view September's class at 2Peas, click HERE.

To view all the class lessons in 2011's Scrapbook Stamping Class, click HERE.

To view the guest designer layouts at 2peas, click HERE.

ELLA PUBLISHING BOOT CAMP ***UPDATE***

Due to an technical error the price reduction of Boot Camp has been extended until Sept. 2nd.

Remember to use the coupon code SALUTE to receive an additional $2 off the registration price (making it a total of $5 off).

Click the banner below to register: