Forever Family

Here's a couple of scrapbook pages that I made for National Scrapbook day on the Angels Only website.

I used my Scor-pal to make borders around each of the pages...such a quick way to add embossing!

This is a closeup of what I call the stamping box.

To make the stamped piece, I cut a rectangle out of a piece of scrap paper and used that as a template to stamp the background. By doing that I created my own patterned paper and it was stamped only in the places that I wanted it.

Below is a closeup of the stamping on the second page of the layout. I did the stamping the same way, only this time I moved the template over slightly and stamped the image with a different colored ink.

The patterned paper that I used on page one is from the TAC Penelope paper pack.

The flowers are from the Buttons & Blossoms packs that The Angel Company carries in our Serendipity Magalogue.

A FUN Discovery!!

I LOVE stamps that coordinate with punches or die cuts! It makes my work A LOT easier and so much faster!

This past week I was playing around with one of my favorite sets and made a FUN and SURPRISING discovery that I can't wait to share with you!!

The star image from the "Linear Sentiments" stamp set coordinates PERFECTLY with the star nestabilities die cuts!! I was super excited when I found this out and have been playing with these stars ever since!

If you are unsure what die cuts I am referring to, there is a picture of what they look like below. You can use these dies in your Big Shot or Cuttlebug machines and many other die cut systems!

In the picture below, you can see how I used the 2 smallest sizes of the star nestabilities on my card.

The largest star on the card was made by first stamping the Linear Sentiments star image on ivory cardstock. Then, I took the 2nd smallest nestie, lined it up on my paper (the image fits perfectly!) and then put it through my Big Shot. The embossed edge begins at the edge of the stamped image! I think you can see that better in the closeup photo below.

The smallest die cut star on my card was made by again stamping the image on my ivory paper. Then, I took the smallest die from the star nesties set and centered it over my image and ran it through the machine. If you look closely, you'll be able to see the embossed edge on that die cut as well. How wonderfully exciting is that!!!??

I used a color combination that should be very familiar to you by now if you are a follower of my blog. I promise I'll move on to another color scheme soon! The cardstock is TAC brown, TAC Ivory, Robin's Egg 1, & Blue Green Bazzill. The ink colors are Water Lilly Green & Burnt Umber Palette, Thatched Straw VersaMagic & VersaMark.

Take a look at the texture!! That is SO YUMMY and it is polka dotted!! I made this using a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Here's another view of my happy, finished, polka-dotted star card!!

If you make a card using the Linear Sentiment star stamp paired with the star nestabilities, please leave me a comment with a link so that I can check yours out too!! Have a great day!

Deco Designs

Deco Designs is one set that I will be SO SAD to see retired in June! I love this set and just had to pull it out today to use.

You can see in the photo below that I put an eyelet in the top right-hand corner of the image and looped my ribbon through it and then tied the tag through it using scrappers floss.

I stamped the branches with Burnt Umber Palette three times without reinking. I stamped the bird with Aquatic Splash VersaMagic ink. The paper is TAC Kraft, TAC Brown, Ultrasmooth White & Blue Green Bazzill.

Don't forget that all retiring sets are available at a 25% discount through the end of June...but supplies are limited so get it before it's gone!

Congratulations Inman 2009 Graduates

Today is graduation day for the Inman Teutons Class of 2009. You know what that means! Time to make graduation cards and there's nothing like waiting until the very last minute to do so. That's how I spent the last part of my morning.

I came up with a very simple design so that I could make multiples in an assembly line style.

Here you can see the dimension on the card. The stars are on pop dots and the orange bazzill strip has been crimped.

This last card was my first attempt but I wasn't really "feeling" it, if you know what I mean. So, I scratched that design and went with the other instead.

School colors are orange & black, just in case you thought I was in the "Halloween" mood or something!! :)

Both cards use the TAC "Date Disk", "Mini Occasions" and "Ordinary Greetings" stamp sets. They also both use TAC Ultrasmooth White paper, Orange Bazzill and TAC Black paper and Noir & Orangerie Palette ink.