Sweet Pea Scraps, scrapbook kits, embellishments

Design Team Layout Gallery for Current Month - July 2008

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SHE is beautiful… I took some less than perfect photos at a rodeo recently. Being discouraged I used this shot of my daughter and her friend you can barely see their faces but with the sun shining in the background it was perfect for me… extra supplies – Heidi Swapp stamp, Ink – Stampin’ up, label maker.

Questions – My son is at a very inquisitive stage… questions, questions… no more was needed to be said!! Extra supplies – staples, circle stamp – unknown, ink – Stampin’ up.

RIDE – As soon as I saw this paper with the white streak like marks on it, I thought it would be perfect to us a flower stamp with and use the white streak marks as if they were stems on flowers… I loved how it turned out. I don’t think it looks too feminine. Extra supplies – flower stamp – Michaels, white craft ink – Stampin’ up, staples.

MY wish for you – just a simple layout to add to my daughter’s first year album. Extra supplies – staples, patterned paper from my stash.

COBY, COBY, what do you see?? – I didn’t use any extra supplies on this layout, I just sanded the edges of my photo and used my photo editing software to add the title to my photo before I printed it out.

A happy day or not…- I used the big chipboard star hoping for the effect of it being a photo corner. I think I achieved what I set out to do… I like it… Extra supplies – label maker, staples.

Got It - MME transparency, GinX coaster letters and brads from my stash

Natural Beauty by Jana Eubank I used the arrow stamp to stamp an arrow image in colored ink. Next I outlined it in black and cut it out to make an accent for my page. The journal block was longer than I wanted, so I simply cut it in half and used both pieces stacked on top of each other. Buttons, embroidery floss, Jenni Bowlin Letter Stickers and American Crafts Thickers are from my stash.

Crazy Hair Day -- I LOVE the way these papers look with these picture of my son on his school's Crazy Hair Day. I used a Stampin Up Background stamp (Sanded) to add additional grunge and texture to the right upper corner of my layout. The American Crafts Thickers and letter stickers are from my stash.

Castle Park Fun -- I cut out the orange flowers from the Little Yellow Bicycle paper to add a splash of bright color. The clear buttons, embroidery floss, and Jenni Bowlin letter stickers are from my stash.

The Guys -- Don't be afraid to let your stamped image bleed off the edge of the paper, like I did on the tab of the graph paper. I also used the arrow stamps to create a border strip for the bottom of my page. The green repeated around the page draws your eye around the layout. Instead of a journalling block, try writing around a chipboard shape! American Crafts thickers and red striped ribbon are from my stash.

It's So Hard to be Little -- To soften this layout I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the blue cardstock and added a clear heart from my stash. The ribbon also adds a bit of softness. The American Crafts Thickers and SEI letter stickers are also from my stash.

Mountain Man Rendezvous by Jana Eubank I wanted this layout to have a Western feel to it. The asterisk on the journaling block reminded me of spurs and the scroll pattern in the pattern papers had a little bit of a Western flair. I cut the brackets out of the journal block to frame my title. I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the red cardstock strip and then added some kraft twine and sewing. The final touch was the blue twine whip-stitching around the edge. The twine, Heidi Swapp Copper Chipboard letters and Jenni Bowlin letter stickers are from my stash.

Amateur Storm Chaser: I love to watch storms as they roll in and I'm always trying to capture lightening or other cool weather phenomenon on film. I was lucky enough to capture this single strike of lightening while filming my last storm. I loved the chipboard stars and covered them with coordinating patterned papers. To achieve the soft inked edges on my journaling cards, I applied ink with a felt pad. From my stash: Letters: Making Memories, Doodlebug. Buttons. Stamps: Studio G, Paper Salon.

Just 4 U: To celebrate my son's Great Grandma's 92nd birthday, he picked out a special flower especially for her.I used a few transparent items on this layout, a male shaped image from Maya Road and some clear min flowers from Heidi Swapp. I just loved all the bright colours of the papers in this kit and took some time to sew 3 different borders in green yellow and white to match some of the page colours. I used randomly placed brads to also add a pop of colour throughout my page: check out the quotation marks! From my stash: Clear Elements: Maya Road, Heidi Swapp. Brads: Making Memories, Bazzill, Basic Grey. Misc: Thread.

So You: My son is always looking gross and dirty so I wanted to capture a typical photo of him. I dry painted a little on the background and layered my papers on top of the paint. I tried to keep my colour scheme strickly green, black and white. I used my ribbon treading punch by Fiskars to add interest to my photo edge. From my Stash: Digital Journaling Stamp: "Journal It" kit by Jessica Alger. Punch: Fiskars. Stamps: See D's, Technique Tuesday. Paint: Adirondak.

Family Ties (92): To celebrate my son's Great Grandma's 92nd birthday, my sister-in-law, niece, mother-in-law, myself and my son all went for a visit to wish her a happy birthday. I loved the Chatterbox artsy.licious Luscious Frame from the June kit and I thought it worked perfectly on this page. To get the large bracket shape, I traced a large chipboard negative from some chipboard a friend had and hand cut it out of the Basic Grey paper. To get the decorative edging on the other side of the paper, I used a Fiskars embossing and edging punch. I wove the long Luxe journaling spot through the cut out and layered my photo, stitching and my Maya Road Family Ties Calendar Turn on top. I inked my numbers and the insides of my flowers to match the colours of my buttons and voila! Complete! From my stash: Flowers: Prima, unknown. Brad: Heidi Swapp. Pen: Signo, Micron.

A Little Rain Must Fall: Being a boy, my son doesn't mind getting wet. So one day while it was raining outside we allowed him to play out in the rain in just his diaper and rubber boots. He played outside for about an hour and just loved getting dirty with his truck out in the puddles. The Sassafras Lass buttons were so great to use. They are already threaded and have adhesive on the back! From my stash: Letters: Making Memories.