Here's another layout from our trip to Walt Disney World:
The papers are a mix of Bo Bunny and Stampin' Up + some scraps. Doodled flourishes are stamped, along with the word Cherish. The journalling is computer generate.
This is a scraplift and is my response to the scraplift challenge at My Sketch World. The original layout that inspired me was by Alecia Castro.
TFL!
There are TONS of photos to scrapbook from our trip, so some layouts are simpler than others - so that it doesn't turn into a lifetime project.
This layout is about the SpectroMagic parade we saw in Magic Kingdom. Ideas for it came from a few layouts I saw on the TwoPeas member gallery.
This is about It's a Small World. There will eventually be a 2nd page, as for some reason, both dd and I snapped lots of photos on that attraction. I tried to pick up on the exoticism of that part of the ride. I used a gold leaf pen around the edges of the page and the leaf shape that came from the background wall mural. Lots of rubons from Basic Grey...
In late October, I attended a class at Two Scrapbook Friends. This layout was designed and taught by Karan Gerber. It was meant to be a Halloween layout, so the title was originally "haunting Halloween" but I tweaked it for this layout about the Haunted Mansion.
Those trees were painstakingly cut from patterned paper after they were treated with a Crackle Glaze to give them shine and a cracked texture.
Each of the layouts features a little hidden Mickey head - there are apparently all kinds of them throughout the parks, and a lot of the pins (we got into pin trading - layout to follow) feature them too. I think it's fun, so I'm going to try to incorporate one into every layout (not every single page, but somewhere on a double spread.) For fun!
The other night, my friend Christa had 4 of us for a Christmas card making exchange. Now I've done lots of swaps before but this was different. Rather than mass produce a bunch of cards and then trade them, we each designed 2 cards and cut the materials for everyone else to make them. It was a lot of fun. I showed you last time, the cards I designed. Here, today, are the cards I made there, designed by the other 4 cardmakers.
Red and silver make this one a classy one to give!
Purple is such a hot colour this year in fashion and it's lovely on this card, using a retired Stampin' Up! set called Frosty.
Thanks Joyce!
Red and silver again - aren't they gorgeous together?
Frosty again, this time with moss, burgundy and gold.
Thanks Shannon.
A scrappy Christmas card, mosaic style. I love the little touches - glitter on the poinsettias, small bling on the snowflake - a stamped title.
Silver and blue always look great. The centre panel actually came embossed like that, making this a very quick card to put together.
Thanks Pam!
Punches, Thickers stickers, some stamping, ribbons and glittery embossing, make this a fun and glittery card.
The background is patterned paper. Isn't this a fun group of carolers? I always liked the Merry Minstrels set.
Thanks Christa!
We had so much fun, we're talking about doing this again in the new year, with birthday and other occasion cards. I can't wait!
First Christmas cards of the season.
This one uses a Cuttlebug folder, brushed gold cardstock, and bright red cardstock. The greeting was stamped with gold ink and embossed with glitter embossing powder and heat set. Some gold cord to finish off. This would be an easy card for anyone who needs to do a mass production of cards - they come together very quickly!
This one works for the challenge over at
the Cuttlebug Challenges blog.
The Christmas cardinal was stamped on shimmery white cardstock with black ink and coloured in with Copics.
Then it was layered on cocoa brown cardstock and a patterned paper that I used a border punch on. Ribbon, inked edges and more layers finish the card.
I joined 4 friends last night and brought the supplies to make these 2 cards. They also designed and cut materials for 2 cards each, so we all went home with 10 cards altogether, some great ideas, and a lovely night of friendship and Christmas cheer. Christa had Christmas music playing, we served some tasty Steeped teas and I brought some shortbread that I made using a cookie press. That was fun & easy. I'll be back soon to show you the other 8 cards.
This is DD's grade four photo.
White gel pen on the scalloped half circle, Crystal Effects (like Glassy Glaze) accents the paper cut-out flowers, felt flowers, Prima flowers, brads, border punches and ink.
We went camping up north in August and celebrated our anniversary shortly after our return. The views up there inspired this card for DH. The sky is sponged with about 3 or 4 colours of ink. Actually lots of sponging on this card if I recall. Images are stamped on glossy cardstock.
DD had her birthday not too long ago and she & her friends went horseback riding for her party. I borrowed some stamps from a friend to play with the horse theme. Lots of background stamping. The colouring is a combination of Copics and Stampin' Up! markers.
The title for this double pager is Oopsie Daisy and tells the story of the reaction when Sarah's autograph book falls during her character greeting with Daisy Duck. The right page was done first, following a sketch challenge posted by Dee during a recent online crop at Two Scrapbook Friends. The left page followed a little later in the day.
The paper flowers were created by punching out scalloped circles and then cutting in toward the centre. Glimmer mist tints the felt branch. Lots of glitter on the chipboard title. Inked edges.
DD also used the sketch challenge for her 8x8 page - didn't she do a great job!
Come on back tomorrow -I'll have Christmas cards to show you and I'll try to get a few more layouts from Disney posted over the weekend.
Thanks for stopping by!
If you are attending this Saturday's Christmas cardmaking class at my place, and you want to be surprised i.e. don't want to know what we're making, stop reading now! If you're dying of curiosity, read on!
Attendees will choose 4 of the 5 designs, and then stamp 2 of each to make 8 cards.
This card is a CASE of one done by Beate Johns, except that I eliminated 1 layer.
It features a new set from the Holiday mini, A Christmas Cardinal, new colour with the Riding Hood Red, new Alpine ribbon from the mini, and new punches, the Scallop edge and the square scallop. The large scalloped square behind the cardinal image is actually 4 punched out squares taped together with SNAIL. The dsp comes from the mini catalogue too!
This card is a CASE too from one I saw on Carolin LeBelle's site. I love the poinsettia paper!
The image is coloured in using blender pens and ink. There is dazzling diamonds on the stmaped poinsettias, though it's hard to tell in the photo. Certainly celery, chocolate chip and ruby red make a nice bright Christmas card, don't they?
This card was inspired by one I saw on SplitCoast stampers. I copied the colours and sets but changed up the layout just a bit.
This card features the oldy but goldy Lovely as a Tree to create the landscape for the cheery snowmen from Merry & Bright. The snowflakes stamped in Craft white on the lower third of the Baja Breeze cardbase also come from the Merry & Bright set. Love that Riding Hood Red taffetta - so striking with its white edge!
Does the snow glisten enough?
This card is a CASE from Dianne Pappas. The only changes I made were to the ribbon. I LOVE how the felt ribbon looks and feels on this card - it suits the vintage-y theme and the idea of the sleigh riders huddled under their blankets! Colours are Always Artichoke, Kraft, Ruby Red and Vanilla. The image and greeting are both embossed. The set is Sleigh Bells Ring.
This last card was inspired by one I saw on SplitCoast but I changed it up quite a bit.
This is Pacific Point set off with white and Brushed Silver.
The white felt flurry has been glitterified thanks to Tombow glue (it dries clear) and the chunky glitter.
If you have any questions, leave a comment. If you would like to attend the class, there's still room for 2 more people. Email me to reserve your spot. Kits are available for $30 + shipping (or pickup) where all pieces are pre-stamped and pre-cut and you just follow the instructions to assemble.
You all know that the Sale-A-Bration stamp sets are die cut, right? Here's your reminder, if you forgot. It is so easy to just get to stamping with these! The rubber is already perforated, so you just punch out the stamps and mount them on the rubber. Add the stickers and you are ready to stamp! Gotta like that - AND the sets in the minis are like that too!
So you can see in the photo that I am mounting the Sale-A-Bration set called Friendship Blooms. I used this set already - if you missed it, here's a card I did for a swap, using craft ink to stamp on darker colours and to emboss.
Here's the card I made with the set today:
This card is totally a copy of one I saw on Stamper's Showcase by Twila Mooneyham, except she used the Airart tool to spritz the card with ink and I used a background stamp to create a similar effect.
I loved the card - it's simple and pretty - so it is going in the Occasions class next weekend.
Here is another card for next weekend's class. This one uses the Lots of Sayings set, along with a Hostess set. Isn't the monochromatic feel to this card kind of dreamy? The flower centre is accented with some of the new Lilac cosmo glitter.
Just a reminder: At the class we'll stamp 10 cards altogether, 5 each of 2 designs. Sounds like a lot, but the designs are simple, and you are production line stamping when you start doing more than 1. Believe me, you can stamp 2 of the same card almost as quickly as 1. The class starts at 1 pm on Saturday, February 23rd. If you can't join us in person, but would like to participate, you can:
1. Get the kit version -all pieces are pre-cut and pre-stamped, all embellishments are supplied, along with a photo and instructions. You put it together at home.
2. Round up 4 or 5 friends and I'll bring the class to your diningroom table.
Click here to see the other cards. Happy stampin' and blessings, Ann
This whimsical beauty is created by Lisa Jewer. Lisa's a long-standing member of my team of SU! demonstrators, in fact, she was the first to sign up under me, just a couple of weeks after I signed on. And she is a wonderful friend!
Lisa made this card for a swap featuring Sale-A-Bration sets. Demonstrators will often organize swaps so that we have LOTS of ideas and samples to show our customers.
The card starts with a Soft Sky cardfront background stamped with the flourish from Friendship Blooms set in Blue Bayou. She stamped on the vellum with Groovy Guava ink before cutting it out - it adds a lovely lightness to the card, don't you think? The vellum flower floats over a similar flower stamped on Whisper White. The jumbo brad keeps the vellum flower there without the use of adhesives that usually show through vellum.
Lisa LOVES punches and used her small circle punches to punch out the guava flowers. Double stitched ribbon and patterned paper in Blue Bayou contrast the orange tones of the Groovy Guava.
Thanks, Lisa, for allowing me to share your cheery card.
Stay tuned later this week for another guest artist.
Remember that you can get the set featured in this card FREE through SU!'s Sale-A-Bration promotion, which starts on FRIDAY!
Customers: With every $70 you spend, you may choose a free set from the SAB brochure. Call or email me anytime to place your order.
Hostesses: For every $400 spent at your party, you may choose a free set from the SAB brochure. I still have a few openings left during SAB, so let's look at a calendar together.
Potential Recruits: If you've ever thought about being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, NOW is the time to do it. I'd love to talk to you about the possibilities of owning your own SU! business. Starting your business during SAB means that you get to add a set of your choice from the main catalogue to your custom starter kit. Let me tell you more - just email me for info!
For those of you who are already done your shopping and ready to wrap (that's so not me!), perhaps you'd like a few ideas for gift tags for your lovely packages. I've participated in a few gift tag swaps over the years, so here are some gift tag ideas for you. Some of these are mine; many, of course, are not. And because these are meant to be used, most do not have the original artist's name on them(Yes I've used some of them...). If I post yours and you'd like credit, do let me know, and I'll edit it accordingly. Some of the sets or punches used may no longer be current, but that shouldn't stop you - use what you have to copy these, or allow yourself to be inspired by these, using them as your jumping off point! AND I'd love to see what you come up with, so take a photo/scan and email it to me, and I'd be happy to showcase you as my guest artist.
MMMM - chocolate!
The colour, I mean (of course!)
There's a theme here - snowman make cute images for gift tags!
And snowflakes look great on tags, too!
OK - one more for today. I'll post some more tag ideas in December. 
What a great use for the All About You set!
REMEMBER it's the last day of November - that means it's
And that means you need to call/email me with your order now!
I'll be back tomorrow with the Retirement List - the anticipation mounts! And I'll have the first package from the advent swap to share with you too! See you here!
Happy stampin'! - Blessings, Ann
My friend Christa and I put it on the calendar and made time to scrapbook this past weekend. I got two layouts of the travel album done - I am so happy! Now there's just one page left, I think...
Here are the layouts I completed on the weekend:
Wow - sorry about the glare on some of those photos... I'll try again on a sunnier day when I don't need the lights on - good luck to me on that, this is November in Ontario ba ha ha ha!
Anyway, I chose Real Red to draw the red out of the uniforms of the Horse Guards and the Beefeater.
The Cerise designer paper looks fab with it, and I tied in some Basic Black and Brushed Gold cardstock to enhance the regal setting of the photos.
The title: The "B" is a chipboard silhouette from the On Board Letters. I dragged it through the Real Red Craft ink and once it dried, stamped it with the Baroque Motifs medallion stamp in black. I adhered a small scrap of Cerise under the silhouette, and tied some black grosgrain and gold cord on one side. The "P" is black cardstock onto which I traced a chipboard p from the same packet of On Board Letters. There are 3 different fonts of chipboard letters in that package, offering tons of options. The rest of the lettering I did by hand. I stamped the Baroque Motifs filigree in gold ink.
Here's the second layout:
These photos feature our visit to the London Eye, so I really wanted to play on the circle shape. I used the Uptown designer paper and that dictated the colours I used. The layout starts with So Saffron paper and the Uptown paper. The other colours are Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi and Basic Gray. The circles are cut out using the coluzzle. The hollow circles are stamped with the doodled circle stamp in the So Much set. For the title, I traced the letters from the chipboard set onto designer paper and cut them out.
There are also a few jumbo eyelets to continue the circular theme, as well as some smaller circles created with 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches.
It felt so great to get a few more pages of this album done!
Let me know what you think of them by leaving me a comment. Thanks!
Happy stampin' - Ann
