Heart and Craft

These pages of my Dad’s album showcase the arrival of my sister and I:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip.

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses.

Accessories: Dimensionals. Brads, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 punches.  Photo Corner Punch.

Up to now the journalling has been from Mum. On this next page my own journalling comes in as I reflect on my childhood:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Old Olive.

Stamp Set: Circle Circus.

Accessories:  Brads.

On this next page my younger sister Kaz has her own journalling:

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Old Olive, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow, Old Olive.

Stamp Set: Circle Circus.

Accessories:  Brads.

So no doubt you are noticing the consistent theme to each page.  It took so much time out of the process as so many things about each layout was already decided.

I’ve still got more to come!

Here are some more pages from my Dad’s album:

As you can see my Dad was in the Navy (for 20 years), the photo of him in the centre of the page on the right is a favourite of ours.

Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: Sage Shadow, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip.

Stamp Set: Nursery Necessities.

Accessories: Dimensionals. Brads.

The general sketch of this page above has been continued with this page:

Cardstock: So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum.

Designer Series Paper: Windsor Knot.

Ink: So Saffron, Versamark.

Stamp Set: Always.

Accessories: Dimensionals. Brads, Black embossing powder. heat gun.

I’ll be back….

Here is the titlepage to my Dad’s album:

Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Cameo Coral, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip.

Inks: Sage Shadow

Stamp Set: Tres Chic background stamp.

Accessories: Photo Corner Punch. Mat pack. Paper piercer. Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon.  Dimensionals. Ribbon charm from my stash.

I will return with more!  Happy Scrapbooking.

Yesterday we celebrated my Dad’s 60th Birthday, so now I can finally show you a Scrapbooking gift that my Mum, Sister and I gave him.

About 6 weeks Mum, Kaz and I got together for coffee to discuss Dad’s birthday.  2 hours and 3 coffees later we had decided that it would be lovely to make Dad an album.  Once we got home and the realisation of what I had committed to sunk in I could not sleep (however that could have been the 3 coffees???)

Anyway, knowing that I didn’t have heaps of time I decided to make it easier for myself by having a colour scheme (that matched a DSP paper pack) and a set page layout for every page.  This way I was not going to be overwhelmed by choice and it would force me to keep it simple (Simple Pages, Completed Albums…sound familiar to anyone? )

So I decided on Windsor Knot (it has a simple Masculine look), coordinating cardstock (Whisper White, Old Olive, Sage Shadow and So Saffron), plus I decided to do the album in a 8×8 inch size as I find it less intimidating than 12×12 inch.  By the end of the album I was a little tired of the same colours and did branch out a little, particularly on the pages from the kids, however having a set colour scheme helped to tie the album all together. 

The next day (after Mum had also had a restless night) she delivered a huge stack of photos covering all the topics we had decided we wanted to include.  There were so many that I couldn’t resist including so I found an easy way of making a photo collage, so that I could print out one 4×6 inch photo but have 2 or 4 photos on the same print.  Like this photo above.  I used Picasa, which I accessed from my GMAIL account, it is free and did exactly what I wanted.

So, join me for a step by step peek into Dad’s album….see you tomorrow.

Happy Scrapbooking!

I often look for an excuse to make cards with the girls, kinda like a win/win situation   This is from a recent session with Tegan:

While we were making our cards Tegan said “you know I would rather just make up my own design that copy one of yours”.  I did not know whether to be proud of her creativity or sad that she is not the blatant copier that I am!

Anyway, here is her ORIGINAL creation…

Stamp Sets: Embrace Life, Defining Alphabet. Whimsical Words.

She has cut out her flower and adhered it on top of some “5 Petal Flower” Punched shapes as they are her leaves.  She has also used the Curly Label punch.

Her colours are Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss, River Rock (retired as it is one of last year’s In Colours) and some retired DSP (it was called “Ginger Blossom”).

Good work Tegs, maybe you can be my card designer?

Happy Stampin’

Here is another version of the candles that I showed you last week.  I have shortened the height of the boxey bag to better suit the size of the candles.  I have changed the colours to a scheme of Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Bashful Blue.  Here it is:

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Here are my last two cards that use Party Hearty.  Believe me there is still so much more that you can do with this set.

This one is like one on Marelle’s site:

This card uses Candy Lane DSP.  I used markers to colour on the stamp so that I was able to get the different colours.

This card also uses some Candy Lane DSP along with Regal Rose ribbon and cardstock. The top of the cupcakes have some Dazzling Diamonds.

I’ll soon be sharing a big scrapbooking project that I have been working on, so check back often!

Happy Stampin’

Here are some cute little pop up cards that I did a while ago.  They do fold flat and fit into an envelope.  Check out how well the sentiment fits inside the scallop circle punch!  Ihave used the stamp set “All in the family” for the little kiddies.

The boy version…

The girl version:

If you would like to make these cards there is a tutorial for it here.

This is a great card for those men in your life!

Stamp Set: Party Hearty.

Cardstock: Kraft, Bordering Blue, Night of Navy, So Saffron.

Accessories: Brads, Silver Embossing Powder, Square Punches, Dimensionals, 3/4 inch circle punch.

If this card is a little time consuming you could always try this one…

This card also uses Party Hearty, along with some DSP from Windsor Knot. The colours in this card are Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Whisper White.

Happy Stampin’

Here is a Christmas Card, cased from Marelle, that uses Party Hearty!  I especially love the buttons at the bottom right!

Stamp Sets: Party Hearty, Many Merry Messages.

DSP: Good Morning Sunshine.

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White.

Inks: Kiwi Kiss (and then the top of the hat stamp coloured in with Ruby Red marker). Chocolate Chip.

Accessories: Button Bouquet, Riding Hood Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Stamp a majic. White cotton.

Do you love the buttons but don’t have the budget to have buttons on your cards?  Would you like to learn how to make faux buttons?  Stay tuned….

Happy Stampin’