NEW CATALOGS ARE HERE!

January 17, 2009 By

Our beautifully awesome new catalogs have arrived! I am continually impressed with the art and design staff at Stampin’ UP!, they’ve out done themselves yet again.

I have subscriptions to about 7-8 different rubber stamp, scrapbook magazines, and craft magazines, and yet the best resource by far is our very own Idea Book & Catalog. Even before I became a demonstrator I collected past issues of their catalog for inspirations.

Here are several ways you can get your copy of the 2009 Spring & Summer Idea Book & Catalog:

1. You can purchase a copy for just $10.00

2. You can pick-up your copy FREE if you are a member of the 2008-2009 Scrapper’s Club

3. Your copy is FREE with a $25.00 order.

4. If you book a workshop your copy is FREE.

First orders can be placed MONDAY January 19th, and YES I’ve got an order going in Monday, so if you want to be included in that order just shoot me an email or call.

Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!

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Let it SNOW!

January 16, 2009 By

Here’s a fun whimsical layout for those ski or snow pictures. If you look closely you’ll appreciate its simplicity and versatility; and it’s one that you can use time and time again throughout your scrapbook pages. I’ve utilized a couple of classic design elements that will help you with your other pages as well. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig it’s easy to make repeating borders with your stamps; change the snowflakes border with flowers and birds; the snow mounds are replaced with two shades of green and the page elements are changed out with trees and flowers and you have a spring or summer page layout ready for outdoor pictures. OR, use fish and seashells for the border strip and use tan and a pale brown for the mounds and you have a seascape ready for beach pictures…get the idea? Don’t have the right verse or greeting . . .no problem, using “Double Line Doodling” it’s easy to make just what you need, that’s where the sign came from, that’s right, it’s “FREEHANDED”. Sometimes I think we rely too heavily on stickers and stamps and forget that we can actually draw something ourselves if you just give it a little practice!

Dimensionals were used to add lift for the snowman and penguin. This also adds depth to the page as well as the excessively distressed edges of the snow mounds. I hope you like this light hearted layout, it was quick and easy. . .and that’s the way scrapbooking should be!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. . .Enjoy!

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Cotton Candy Christmas Layout

January 5, 2009 By


Now that Christmas has come and gone, it’s time to put some of those pictures in a layout right?!? What to do…why not look at this Christmas in a unique exciting color theme! Remember Cotton candy as a kid? How sugary and sticky and PINK it was? Even though the main color was usually basically pink there was always an array of soft lovely colors interwoven within the sugary strands of crystals, and that’s what we have in this layout…interwoven lucious colors of pinks, complemented by So Saffron set on a bold background of Old Olive and Certainly Celery. The DSP I used is from the beautiful Georgia Peach collection. And, I just love using my Large Star Punch to add a 3-D touch with our Designer Hardware. “A Christmas Wish” is from the Home for Christmas Stamp Set from the Holiday Mini Catalog which runs through January 18th.

This layout is quite versatile too, you have a large space for portrait pics or you can fill up your white canvas with multiple pictures of various sizes, as I have chosen.

In one two-page spread I have hit the highlights of our Holiday Trip to Disney World…using 18 pictures ranging in size from 4×6 to a 1 1/4″ square…now that’s what I call “Optimizing Space”!!

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12 x 12 Progressive Page Final layout

October 24, 2008 By

Well , I apologize for the delay in posting this last entry on the Progressive Page Layout, but it has indeed been an exciting last 10 days or so as my computer slowed to a crawl not allowing me to do much in the way of imaging or creative stuff…and finally dying on Saturday, luckily though the new one had already been ordered and had actually arrived ahead of schedule (Phew!)and the old hard drive kept ‘kicking’ just long enough to transfer to the new one.

The question was raised in last weeks class, ‘Just why would you build a page this way’ and I suppose the best answer would be that not everyone is comfortable with creating 12 x 12 pages and are very intimidated by trying to ‘fill-up’ 288 sq inches of space in an appealing, attractive format. By starting out small with a 6 x 6 then building up to an 8 1/2 x 11 and then finally finishing a 12 x 12 layout ( times 2) is much simplier. It’s sort of like gardening, not many people are comfortable with large garden spaces. It’s easier and more satisfying to start small, get the hang of things and gradually work your way up. Progressive Page Building may not be for the more experienced scrapbook enthusiaist, but there are lots of folks out there that need a bit of encouragement and sense of accomplishment along the way! Have a great week!

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Step 2 Here we GO!

October 14, 2008 By

Using an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of Summer Sun and Chocolate Chip you are going to mount your 6 x 6 pages as shown on opposing corners. Add a couple of photo squares to mount additional pictures. Please notice that there is a picture on each page that didn’t “fit” the desired photo square but I allowed them to hang over slightly. Remember, it’s about your pictures not perfection!

Die cut ‘f-a-l-l’ with the SU BIG SHOT from Sizzix and Chocolate Chip cardstock. Stamp the leaf image using Summer Sun, Only Orange, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin‘ Ink and cut out leaving a tiny amount of white around the outer edges to allow for contrast.

And, there you go! You have now progressed from 6 x 6 to 8 1/2 x 11 in a smooth transition and eye appealing format.

Stay tuned for STEP 3, 12 x 12!
Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

(P.S. I will include all cutting dimensions with the 12 x 12 post)

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Fall Progressive Pages

October 11, 2008 By


Fall is by far my most favorite time of year because I love the cool mornings and chilly evenings. The stress of long, hot summer days has subsided and it seems to be much easier to laugh and smile. It’s a time to gather with family and enjoy country fairs, parades, and being together. Some of my most treasured memories of my parents revolve around this time of year and so I chose these photos of them with my boys when they were little to celebrate this month’s layout.

I first learned about the Progressive Page Technique in August at Convention from SU’s first Million Dollar Demonstrator, Mary Polcin. I absolutely fell in love with and appreciate the idea and simplicity of starting small and building up.
Many new and even veteran scrapbookers can get stumped at trying to decide where to start when staring at a huge 12 x 12 piece of cardstock and a pile of pictures, so watch as we create a lovely 12 x 12 double page layout using this Progressive Page Technique.
I have started with Mary’s basic 6 x 6 page that she showed us and created a companion page to go along with it, so check back in a day or so to see the 8 1/2 x 11 pages as we build on what we have started with.
Materials needed:

CARDSTOCK: (2) 12 x 12 Only Orange, (2) each of 8 ½ x 11 Chocolate Chip and Summer Sun, (1) each of 8 ½ x 11 Whisper White and Only Orange
STAMP SET: Best Wishes & More; # 111602 page 55 for $ 26.95.
INK: Summer Sun, Close to Cocoa, Only Orange, Chocolate Chip
EMBELLISHMENTS: Circle Designer Brads, # 112571 page 184 for $5.95; 1” Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in Chocolate Chip # 111849 page 186 for $ 8.95; Photo Corners Handheld Punch, # 109042 page 188 for $15.95.
ACCESSORIES: Sizzix BIG SHOT and Serif Lower Alphabet

TAKE NOTE: If you look carefully you will see that by using a White Wash Technique on the edges of my photo’s I have not only saved a little $$ on cardstock, but I have also reduced the overall weight of the pages as well. This is a great technique to get that ‘pop off the page’ look of a bright white edge around your photos, while createing that line of separation between contrasting colors and gives a distressed sort of look to your pictures. Next time you’re in Michaels or Hobby Lobby check out their sale on Acrylic craft paints, I found my bottle for $ .50 and a foam brush for $ .25…and you’re ready to do hundreds of photos!
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