Sixth Grade

 

This scrapbook page is actually made with a current grade class picture!  Usually I am years behind on adding these to the scrapbook :)

 

I started with a 12" x 12" piece of Night of Navy and then added some stamped images from the Stamp a Bag stamp set.

 

Next, I added some Color Me Irresistible Specialty paper, essentials wooden elements and the picture.

 

Supplies:

Stamp a Bag

Night of Navy ink

Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Whisper White card stock

Color me irresistible specialty paper

Essentials wooden elements

 

 

The Great Hunter

 

My oldest son went on his second deer hunt this fall and it was again a successful (and quick) hunt.  We are fortunate to live along the river and have some nice places to look for deer right in our backyard.  

 

I didn't get as many pictures this year as I did for his first one a year before so I made this layout a one photo page. 

 

I stamped some evergreens from the Lovely as a Tree stamp set and added some English Garden designer series paper, burlap ribbon and some elements from a Project Life collection. 

 

Supplies:

Lovely As a Tree

Early Espresso ink

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie card stock

burlap ribbon

English Garden dsp

wooden essentials elements

cotton ribbon

Project Life accessories (epoxy circles)

linen thread

 

Adventure

 

Today I have something other than a card for you!  It seems like it is hard to get time to put pages together these days, but I hope to get more of them created soon!  

 

I thought the Kraft paper would be a good pairing with the Adventure Bound designer series paper for this page.  I added a title from the Adventure Awaits stamp set and a pennant cut using the Party pennants bigz die. 

 

Supplies:

Butterfly Basics, Adventure Awaits

Mossy Meadow, Island Indigo ink

Kraft, Mossy Meadow, Marina Mist card stock

Typeset specialty paper

Adventure Bound designer series paper

Party Pennants bigz die

Large Polka dots folder

Essentials wooden elements

buttons

linen thread

Phase 10 Box

 

Over the summer the kids and I played a lot of games of Phase 10 and the box kind of had seen better days.  When I was looking for fun things to alter one day I picked up this box and it wasn't until I had it sitting on my desk for about a month that I opened it and discovered it would be great for holding the Phase 10 cards.

 

Before adding any papers to the box, I used my Rich Razzleberry blendabilities maker (the middle shade) and colored the wood in the places that I knew would show after I added the papers and card stock.

 

Next, I added some card stock layers and my "phase 10" using the Sweet Taffy designer series paper, Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry card stock. 

 

Lastly, I added a couple arrows, one that is a wooden essential element which I also used the blendabilities marker on and the other is a punched piece from the What's Up punch.

 

Finally, I added some 3/4" Chevron ribbon (Pumpkin Pie) and had my new game card holder.

 

Supplies:

Metro Type alphabet, Epic Alphabet

Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie ink

Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Rich Razzleberry card stock

What's up punch

Wooden essentials elements

3/4" chevron ribbon

Sweet Taffy dsp

corner punch

sticky strip

Rich Razzleberry Blendabilities

 

 

Happy

More fun with the Draw the Line stamp set on these cards - I paired the stamp set with Flashback designer series paper and the Perfect Pennants stamp set.

 



 

Those little essentials wooden elements are too much fun too, I just had to add one of those to the cards :)  Both cards are the same with the exception of the card stock matting the designer series paper.

 

Supplies:

Draw the Line, Perfect Pennants

Real Red, Memento black ink

Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry and Basic Black card stock

Flashback dsp

essentials wooden elements

1 3/4" circle punch

 

Printers Tray Gift

This is a project I made for a friend to use as a gift, sometimes a hard thing to put together when it is for someone else...

 

It has 6 equal size openings and we placed pictures in 5 of them, but I wanted to add a little extra in alongside the pictures.  Essentials wooden elements, buttons, washi tape and some gold sequin trim and gold baker's twine fit with my idea for the project so I went with it.

 



 

There are some stamped images from the Happy Watercolor stamped set on a couple of the backgrounds using some Gold Metallic ink. 

 

The non picture opening has a Bible Verse with a brush stamp image behind it created using My Digital Studio and a little bit of the Gold Fancy Foil Vellum as well.

 

Watercolor Wonder washi tape fit the theme perfectly as well so I was really happy with how the whole project came together.

 

Supplies:

Printers Tray

Metallic Gold Ink

My Digital Studio

Happy Watercolor

Whisper White, Basic Black, Garden Green card stock

Gold Fancy Foil Vellum

buttons

gold sequin trim

essentials wooden elements

Watercolor wonder designer washi tape

gold bakers twine

 

Feed My Starving Children

 

My oldest had the opportunity to participate in a 24 hour fast in coordination with packing food kits for the Feed My Starving Children program.  He had a great time with his friends and apparently decided to pull an all nighter in addition to his fasting.  Needless to say he was a little tired when he got home!

 

I used the digital download pages called A Split Second and took out a few elements, then added a few hybrid pieces.  There are some chevron punches, some Gorgeous Grunge images, washi tape and essentials wooden elements in the mix.  Oh, and of course card stock - Calypso Coral, Old Olive and Basic Gray.

 

I used Hip Notes for the sentiments on the essentials wooden elements and added the Chevron punched pieces with rolled up glue dots.

 

Supplies:

Gorgeous Grunge

Hip Notes

My Digital Studio - a split second

Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Whisper White and Basic Gray card stock

Old Olive and Calypso Coral ink

Retro fresh washi tape

essentials wooden elements

chevron punch

 

Cheese Box to Card Holder

 

I had been hanging on to this wooden box for several months since we received some cheese in it as a gift from a potato customer of ours.  While I didn't want to throw it away, I wasn't quite sure what to do with it so I just let it sit there and sit there and sit there...

 

During the retreat I attended awhile ago, I felt a little burnout from just making cards and thought I would mix it up a little and decorate the box.  (Good thing I brought it along with me that weekend!)

 

I covered it with Baked Brown Sugar card stock and Retro Fresh designer series paper first and then added some fun elements to the top.  Next, the question of what to put inside...and I thought since I had the Envelope Punch Board sitting right next to me, why not make some fun cards that would be just the right size to fit inside and then whip out some quick envelopes as well.

 

So the result was some fun, quick and colorful cards that measure 7" x 3 1/2" and I just used Very Vanilla card stock to make the envelopes.

 

Instead of matching the Coastal Cabana color in the Retro Fresh designer series paper, I went a shade darker with the Bermuda Bay card stock (although I did use Coastal Cabana ink).  For the Bermuda Bay pieces behind the sentiments, I placed three stamps on one block and just stamped randomly.

 

Supplies:

Hello Lovely, Chalk Talk

Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla, Baked Brown Sugar, Bermuda Bay card stock

Coastal Cabana ink

Retro Fresh dsp

Chalk Talk framelits

Apothecary Accents framelits

Brights buttons

On Film framelits

Decorative Dots folder

Envelope Punch Board

Essentials Wooden Elements

 

Keep Me in Your Heart

 

The Late Night Stampers challenge starting today is Spring flowers or colors and when I think of spring I think of tulips so...

 



I found another fun thing to alter on my trip to the craft store a little while ago.  This is just a piece of wood, about 1/4" thick that I added some specialty paper to and decorated.

 



 

The saying is another one that I found on Pinterest and had pinned - I thought it was a sweet one! 

 

To get the Naturals Composition specialty paper to the correct size for this shape, I just traced the outline on the back side of the specialty paper and cut it out.  It is attached with sticky strip and then to remove any imperfections in the cutting, I sanded down the corners.

 

It is a little difficult to see, but for the Crushed Curry tulips, I colored them in with markers an then also colored another set and cut out the blossoms, adding them to the original piece with dimensionals to make them pop.

 

For these tulips, I used Primrose Petals and highlighted them with Cherry Cobbler.  Each set is also sponged on the edges with Soft Suede ink.

 

I had to add a little Essentials Wooden Element - they are just too much fun!  and I used a stamp from Hip Notes and some Soft Suede ink.

 

The background of the saying has some ink spritzed on it in various colors and also a few images from the Happy Watercolor stamp set.  Linen thread around the whole piece finishes off the elements of this creation - now to find a good place to put it!

 

Come on over and join us for the LNS challenge!

 

 

Kind and Cozy - two ways

I seem to have a difficult time using the Kind and Cozy stamp set even though I really like the images.  For some reason, I just can't figure out fun ways to use it most of the time.

 

 

One thing I really like about the set is the circle that you pop out when you mount the image used above - as you can see I used the circle as a stamp as well to add some color to the middle of the outer image.

 

On each card, I used some scraps of Strawberry Slush that I had embossed with the Honeycomb folder and the circle with its stamped images.

 

Which one do you like better?

 

Supplies:

Kind and Cozy

Strawberry Slush, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla card stock

Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight ink

2 1/2" circle punch

Banners framelits

Angled tag topper punch

Gingham Garden washi tape

Island Indigo bakers twine

Essentials wood elements

Honeycomb folder

Sending Good Thoughts

 

More Retro Fresh designer series paper to share today!  I was using up some scrap pieces (the sentiment layers and the small piece of dsp) when I put this card together.

 

Supplies:

Perfect Pennants

Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla, Pool Party card stock

Baked Brown Sugar ink

Retro Fresh dsp and washi tape

Coastal Cabana ruffle stretch ribbon

Essentials Wooden elements

Gee, thanks

There are a lot of great stamp set and framelit bundles in the Occasions catalog this time around and I have chosen one to use today on this thank you card.

 

 

The bundle is the Just Sayin' stamp set and Word Bubbles Framelits on page 36 of the catalog.  I paired it with the Ampersand folder and some more essentials wooden elements.

 

Supplies:

Just Sayin'

Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, Whisper white card stock

Fresh Prints dsp

Baked Brown Sugar ink

Ampersand folder

Word Bubbles framelits

essentials wooden elements

 

Sweet Birthday!

 

 

My card sample for you today has a mix of Occasions, Sale-a-bration and photopolymer stamp items.  The cupcake is from the Another Great Year stamp set in the Occasions catalog and the words are from the photopolymer stamp set called Countless sayings. 

 





 

Supplies:

Countless sayings

Another Great Year

Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Bermuda Bay card stock

Bermuda Bay and Crumb Cake ink

Sweet Sorbet dsp (SAB 2014)

essentials wooden elements

modern label punch

word window punch

5/8" natural chevron ribbon

Another Great Year

More previews!!  Today's sample uses the Another Great Year stamp set, Retro Fresh designer series paper and washi tape and again the Essentials wooden elements.

 

I just love this big sentiment stamp from the set and that little cupcake is just too cute!

 

supplies:

Another great year

Retro fresh dsp

Very vanilla, Crumb cake, Coastal cabana card stock

Coastal cabana ink

Retro fresh washi tape

Essentials wooden elements