Say Goodbye to Marbled, Letters for You, & Large Letters Dies

I LOVE the Large Letters dies, they are my go to for scrapbook titles and are great for the eclipse technique I’m using here.  I will keep my set but there is a new die set on the way that I may have to use with this one.  I was trying to do an eclipse card I saw Jennifer McGuire do with colored letters and a white background but apparently you don’t want to use Berry Burst to do this.  🙂

For my first attempt, I used the Marbled background stamp, Versamark, and white embossing powder…Apparently you should make sure you cleaned your stamp well before putting it away because it came out with a pink tinge.  🙂  Then I stamped the letters on the background and tried to wipe away the ink off the embossing powder before die cutting….Um, that didn’t work well either, more pink tinge.  I went with it and attached the letters with mini stampin’ dimensionals.  🙂

For my second attempt, I die cut the letters first and then stamped them…Still the issue with coloring the embossing but at least it didn’t smear on the rest of the card.  I die cut 3 more sets of letters and built up the dimension for this version.

Previous posts using Marbled or Letters for You.

Supplies:

141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
144772	Marbled  Clear-Mount Stamp Set
143755	Marbled  Wood-Mount Stamp Set
144243	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Berry Burst
140272	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White Thick
147143	Classic Stampin’ Pad Berry Burst
102283	Versamark Pad
141712	Large Letters Dies
109132	Stampin’ Emboss Powder White
103083	Embossing Buddy
143263	Big Shot
110755	Multipurpose Liquid Glue
144108	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

My OnStage Scrapbook Swap

I signed up to be in a scrapbook swap at OnStage, this is the layout I created.  I was inspired by the 08-20-2009 PageMaps sketch from http://letsscrap.ning.com/ now http://letsscrapsketches.blogspot.com/.

My layout has the title popped up on dimensionals but for the swaps I used adhesive sheets to save time putting them together.

I created lots of little leaves by die cutting them first and then using the negative space and my Stamparatus to stamp all of them at once.

Since I only had so much Designer Series Paper to work with, I created this layout first to see if I liked it.  I like this layout more entirely because of the Blackberry Bliss but I didn’t have enough of this paper to do 12 more.

I’ll post the swaps I got in return on Thursday.

Supplies:

148353	Rooted In Nature  Clear-Mount Bundle
141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
124302	Cardstock 12″ X 12″ Whisper White
119684	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cajun Craze
100730	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White
140272	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White Thick
146338	Nature’s Poem Designer Series Paper
147085	Classic Stampin’ Pad Cajun Craze
144108	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
144106	Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

 

These products are running low due to an inventory issue and will likely be sold out before the Holiday Catalog ends:

• Snowflakes & Stars Wire Elements (Item 147819)
• Santa’s Signpost Framelits Dies (Item 147911)
• Chicken Wire Elements (Item 147807)
• Alpine Sports Thinlits Dies (Item 147916)
• Sincerely Santa Project Kit (Item 148029)
• Festive Farmhouse Cotton Twine (Item 147888)
• 5/8″ Striped Burlap Trim (Item 147889)
• Detailed Leaves Thinlits Dies (Item 147921)
• Galvanized Buttons (Item 147891)
• Galvanized Clips (Item 147806)
• Takeout Thinlits Dies (Item 147927)
• Tranquil Tide 1/4″ Velvet Ribbon (Item 147802)
• Real Red 3/8″ Mixed Satin Ribbon (Item 147894)
• Farmhouse Framelits Dies (Item 147922)

These products are also running low and likely to run out but will be carrying over:

• In The Woods Framelits Dies (Item 147919)
• Detailed Deer Thinlits Dies (Item 147915)
• Swirls & Curls Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Item 147923)
• Merry Christmas Thinlits Dies (Item 147912)

Beautiful Blizzard – Day 13

This was my daughters favorite card and one of mine too.  I just love the color combination.  I’m almost exactly CASE’d it from TatianaCreative.com.au.  Her card was just so beautiful.  Now I just need to create a scrapbook page to put the SNOW on.  🙂

Highland Heather and Pool Party were stamped off before stamping on the card front for the snowflakes, Balmy Blue was stamped full strength.

Supplies:

149921	Beautiful Blizzard Clear-Mount Bundle
149922	Beautiful Blizzard Wood-Mount Bundle
148562	Beautiful Blizzard Clear-Mount Stamp Set
148565	Beautiful Blizzard Wood-Mount Stamp Set
147902	Blizzard Thinlits Die
143263	Big Shot
140603	Big Shot Die Brush
139684	Precision Base Plate
140272	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White Thick
141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
141712	Large Letters Big Shot Framelits
146499	Pick A Pennant  Photopolymer Stamp Set
147105	Classic Stampin’ Pad Balmy Blue
147103	Classic Stampin’ Pad Highland Heather
147107	Classic Stampin’ Pad Pool Party
104430	Stampin’ Dimensionals
144108	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

Beautiful Blizzard – Day 2

I love to scrapbook and I always create a layout for Demos Galore because I know there must still be some others out there that, like me, still scrapbook.  With two Demos Galore sessions a year at least I get two layouts done.  🙂  I really need to put more time into it since this layout is from 2013.  The Letters for You and Brushwork Alphabet stamp sets are my go to for scrapbook titles.  For the Brushwork Alphabet, I first stamped in Balmy Blue ink and then again using Memento Tuxedo Black.  This was a happy accident since I couldn’t see the title over the stamped snowflake background and I decided to darken it up.  I used the snowflake stamp to create my patterned paper by simply stamping once using Balmy Blue and then stamping a second time without re-inking turning my stamp as I went.

Supplies:

149921	Beautiful Blizzard Clear-Mount Bundle
149922	Beautiful Blizzard Wood-Mount Bundle
148562	Beautiful Blizzard Clear-Mount Stamp Set
148565	Beautiful Blizzard Wood-Mount Stamp Set
147902	Blizzard Thinlits Die
141772	Brushwork Alphabet  Photopolymer Stamp Set
141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
147004	Cardstock 12″ X 12″ Subtles
124302	Cardstock 12″ X 12″ Whisper White
140272	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White Thick
147105	Classic Stampin’ Pad Balmy Blue
132708	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
146957	Paper Glimmer Sparkle
144142	Faceted Gems Clear
144108	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
143263	Big Shot
140603	Big Shot Die Brush

Great Grandma Scrapbook Layout

I’m trying to do more scrapbook layouts so today I’m playing along with the Let’s Scrap challenge.  I had a minor issue with this layout because I put one piece of Designer Series Paper on upside down, so it’s not exactly like the sketch.  I used my Stamparatus and applied the ink with sponge daubers and stamped twice to get a clean & bold image for the pennant stamp.

Here’s the sketch I was following:

Here is what it was supposed to look like but then things would be upside down.  🙂

Supplies:

141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
146499	Pick A Pennant  Photopolymer Stamp Set
148393	Pick A Pennant  Photopolymer Bundle
141712	Large Letters Big Shot Framelits
147004	Cardstock 12″ X 12″ Subtles
144246	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Tranquil Tide
146926	Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper
146907	Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper
147108	Classic Stampin’ Pad Petal Pink
147146	Classic Stampin’ Pad Tranquil Tide
133773	Sponge Daubers
143263	Big Shot
144108	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
146276	Stamparatus

Blind Scrapbooking Challenge

This is something I’ve never done before but it really sounded like fun.  I did a blind scrapbook challenge over on the Scrapbooking Global – Stampin’ Up! Facebook group.

Here are the instructions (edited for clarity):

Materials

• 12″ x 12″ Cardstock Base
• 4″ x 12″ Matching DSP
• 1-1/4″ X 12″ Cardstock Strip for border punch
• 4″ x 3″ Cardstock that matches DSP or layout Base
• 3-1/2″ x 2-1/4″ Cardstock that matches DSP or layout Base OR if you don’t want to journal you could add another photo 3-1/2″ x 2-1/4″
• Scraps of Whisper White Cardstock for sentiment
• Scraps of Whisper White Cardstock for large flower stamp
• Scraps of Whisper White Cardstock for 2 small stamped Hearts
• 40cm piece of matching ribbon
• Metallic Thread
• Pearls
• 1 Colored Doilies or Pearlized Doilies or retired doilies
• Wooden Embellishments – 1 leaf and 2 hearts or similar
• 2 Matching Classic Stampin’ Pads to your cardstock
• 2 Matching Ink Daubers to your cardstock
• 4″ x 6″ photo
• Adhesives – Tear & Tape, Snail, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals and Glue Dots

Method

1. Starting with your 12″ x 12″ cardstock base, stamp background with matching Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad.  Stamp along the top left hand side, depending on the size of your background stamp you may have to stamp twice.  (NOT GOING PAST THE MIDDLE POINT OF THE CARDSTOCK).
2. Stamp background with matching Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad, stamp along the bottom right hand side, depending on the size of your background stamp you may have to stamp twice. (NOT GOING PAST THE MIDDLE POINT OF THE CARDSTOCK) – I missed this one.
3. Cut your doily in half, stick one half under the top edge of your matching DSP approx. 1″ off the left hand side edge, now with the remaining half of the doily stick it approx. half way along under the bottom edge of your matching DSP.
4. Next stick your matching DSP with Tear & Tape or Snail approx. 4-1/2″ down from the top of your 12 x 12 layout across the page. (You could distress/ink the edges of this piece if you desire.)
5. Using your scraps of Whisper White cardstock, stamp your large flower stamp with your matching Classic Stampin’ Ink Pad. Cut out your flower with scissors, dies, or punch.
6. Using your scraps of Whisper White cardstock, stamp 2 small hearts cut out with scissors, dies, or punch.
7. If you want, ink the edges on the 4″ x 3″ cardstock and 3-1/2″ x 2-1/4″ cardstock. (If you don’t want to journal you could have another photo here.)
8. With your 1-1/4″ x 12″ cardstock strip punch the bottom edge with any border punch or die and stick on with Tear & Tape or Snail to your matching DSP approx. half an inch off the bottom.
9. Grab your photo, you could add a couple of mats if you want. Tie your ribbon around the photo.
10. Grab your 3-1/2” X 2-1/4″ cardstock for your journaling block (which you may have distressed or inked) and add your journaling or you could have another photo here.
11. Using your scraps of Whisper White cardstock for a sentiment, stamp a small sentiment.
12. Stick your journaling block (or photo) with Tear & Tape or Snail to your distressed/inked 4″ x 3″ cardstock, leaving a small border on the bottom right hand side to stick your small sentiment. Add Tear & Tape to the back of this to stick under your photo.
13. Stick one of the stamped hearts beside your small sentiment on your journaling block on the right hand side of sentiment with a Glue Dot or two.
14. Now with your 4″ x 6″ photo, stick it on an angle between the 2 halves of the doily.
15. Add your 2nd stamped heart above the photo.
16. Add some Metallic Thread behind your stamped cut out large flower with some Glue Dots. Add to the bottom of the photo just overlapping your.
17. Add your wooden leaf embellishment under your flower with a Glue Dot or two.
18. Stick your 2 wooden heart embellishments with Glue Dots to the top left hand side of the photo.
19. Stamp your large title underneath the DSP toward the right hand side of the edge of cardstock base using matching Classic Stampin’ Pads Ink.
20. Add your pearls.
21. Your layout is finished.

Here is how I interpreted it.

Supplies:

141968	Letters For You  Photopolymer Stamp Set
140653	Number of Years	Retired
140517	Timeless Textures  Clear-Mount Stamp Set
140514	Timeless Textures  Wood-Mount Stamp Set
143774	Eclectic Layers Big Shot Thinlits
141712	Large Letters Big Shot Framelits
140622	Large Numbers Big Shot Framelits	Retired
143751	Seasonal Layers Big Shot Thinlits
145372	Stitched Shapes Framelits
147002	Cardstock 12″ X 12″ Regals
146983	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Gray Granite
140272	Cardstock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Whisper White Thick
147820	Festive Farmhouse Designer Series Paper	Coming 9/5
147083	Classic Stampin’ Pad Cherry Cobbler
146912	Ribbon Tulle Polka Dot 5/8″ Whisper White
146936	Doilies Pearlized
103683	Mini Glue Dots
143263	Big Shot