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October Scrapbooking Club Pages

These are the pages that my scrapbook club made this month.  They are pretty easy pages when you use the Big Shot to make the leaves.  My stamping helper Melody designed these pages and I think they are so adorable.  Hopefully, I won't have to rely on help for much longer because believe it or not that is the part I like.  There is nothing more fun then just sitting down to play to come up with my upcoming project ideas.  Anyways, since I had a few minutes tonight I figured I would do a quick post.  I hope you enjoy this idea.  I know my club members really had fun making the pages.

Thanks for visiting.

Audra Moncur

For All You Do Scrapbooking Page

 

Here are the scrapbooking pages that my scrapbooking clubs made in August.  I always give everyone an idea and then tell them to tweak it so it fits their needs. I would say majority of the time they just copy my idea but there are a few that like to give it there own style. I find it so hard to not use my Big Shot when I'm scrapbooking, there are just so many great dies that I always seem to pull it out for some part of the page.  On this page we used the Big Shot to make the Big Swirl and to add some of the flowers. I do have to say the the Cottage Wall designer paper is really getting used these days.  That was the starting point for my page and then I pulled out some of the colors from the paper. 

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White & Old Olive

Ink:  Rich Razzleberry (stamp off to get the lighter shade)

Accessories:  Cottage Wall designer paper, Big Shot Swirly die cut, Birds & Blooms Big Shot sizzlits, Eyelet Border Punch

I also wanted to show you how my friend Tracy used the stamp set called Circle Circus to make it a little more flexible for her family of boys.

 

Remember you can always take an idea and use it in a way that will work for you.  I hope I've inspired you to pull out some of your stamps and think about making a scrapbooking page.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!!!

Audra Moncur

Big Shot Butterfly Scrapbook Page

 

This is the scrapbook page my scrapping club made last month.  I thought that the negative image from the Swirly diecut was the perfect addition to the opposite page of the scrapbook.  This is a pretty simple spread but I think it is pretty cute.

Supplies Used:

Ink:  Baja Breeze (stamped on the small butterfly if you can't see it in the picture)

Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, So Saffron, & Chocolate Chip

Stamp Set:  Great Friend

Accessories:  Walk in the Park paper, Swirly die & Beautiful Butterflies die

I realized that I never posted the retiring Home Decor items so here is the list.  Plus you get 25% off.

Retiring Home Decor

I'm really excited because I actually got to make a few cards today just because.  They aren't for a class or anything.  I don't know how long it has been since I've felt up to doing that and actually had the time.  Now I'll have to take pictures because I used the Parisian Breeze paper that is retiring.  Boy, I sure do love this paper.  I wish it was going to stay around but I guess I'll have to fall in love with the new in colors.  I'll post pictures soon.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!

Fresh Cuts Scrapbook Page

Obviously, I'm bad in business with my internet.  You have no idea how painful that was not to have access to the internet.  I felt so lonely and alienated.  I just knew I was missing out on so much.  I did take a sneak peek at my e-mail at work just to make sure I wasn't missing something huge, but still I only had a minute and it definitely wasn't enough time to get through what I needed.  Anyways, I've got a tutorial that will be posted in the next couple of days so make sure you check back soon.

Above are the scrapbook pages that my scrapbook club made in June.  I have a group that meets that half are into scrapbooking and the other half aren't.  So I usually take one of the cards and show them how you can convert the idea into a scrapbook page.  Some months I don't do this precisely but I try and stick to this when I can.  After making the card that was posted a couple of days ago I figured that the sparkly image made with the heat & stick powder would work great on a scrapbook page, so I simply used the same size piece of cardstock and added it to my scrapbook page.  I haven't put anything in the Hodge Podge piece yet since I haven't actually figured out what pictures I'll be using.  Anyways, I always love being able to show my customers how flexible our stamp sets are.  Whether you are a scrapbooker, a card maker or both, there is something for everyone.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set:  Fresh Cuts - available in the next Stampin' Up! catalog

Cardstock:  More Mustard, Basic Black & Whisper White

Ink:  More Mustard

Accessories:  Heat & Stick, Dazzling Diamonds, Hodge Podge

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!!!

Live Your Dream - Scrapbook Page

Here is the 2 page layout that my scrapbook clubs did this month.  We used the poppin' pastels technique for this page and I really like how it gives the flower such a beautiful soft look.

Supplies Used:

Stamp set:  Live Your Dream (mini catalog)

Ink:  Basic Black

Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black & Blue Bayou

Accessories:  Pastel Chalks, Versamark pad, & spong daubers

Here is a picture of each of the pages individually so you can get a better idea of the page layouts.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!!!

Seeing Spots Scrapbook Page

This is the scrapbook page that my scrap clubs made this month.  It uses dry embossing on the Vanilla & Chocolate Chip cardstock, but I just don't think you will be able to see it in the picture.  Each month I make a scrapbook page and then show how to use the same colors and stamp set to make a card.  Yesterday I posted the card.  I think this helps people see that you can use the same stamp set for cards or scrapbooking.  That is what I love about stamping.  You can use it for so many different things.

I'm not sure this is actually the way the pages will be because I just laid a few pictures down so you could get a feel for the look.  I want to make sure I give some thought to how I want to scrapbook our trip to Disney World.  I have tons of pictures and I'm sure I will have to pick through the best pictures.  There is no way I can scrap it all.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set:  Seeing Spots

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, River Rock & Very Vanilla

Ink:  Chocolate Chip & River Rock

Accessories:  Light Table, Seeing Spots template, & Empressor Stylus

Thanks for visiting.  Have a great day!!!

Christmas Scrapbook Pages

Scrapbooking week was so fun for me.  I hope you have enjoyed the pages that I've shared.  I just love these pages.  I used the Letterpress alphabet & the Bodacious Bouquet stamp set on these pages.  I just love Bodacious Bouquet and I haven't played with it recently.  I think I'll have to get it out again.

I know that my kids would be embarassed if they knew that I showed these pages.  Especially my oldest daughter.  It sure is fun to look back at pictures and see how much your kids have changed or it is kind of scary, I don't know which.  Before I know it my oldest will be out of the house.  I guess that is one good reason for me to get caught up on my scrapbooking.

Supplies used:  Letterpress Alphabet & Bodacious Bouquet

Cardstock:  Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke & Whisper White

Ink:  Bravo Burgundy & Always Artichoke

Thanks for visiting during my week of scrapbooking.  It was fun and it helped me get some pictures in my scrapbook album.

I'm going to try and finish off the week by doing a tutorial tomorrow.  Then I think I will be at 20,000 hits and there will be some great blog candy just around the corner.

Old Faithful Pages

I was able to do another page from our Yellowstone trip.  There is nothing fancy about these pages.  Again, because this is a trip and I want the focus to be on the pictures there isn't a lot of stamping going on.  I did a title using the Letterpress Alphabet stamp set.

For the base of the pages I used the textured Sage Shadow cardstock from the Round Up scrapbooking kit.  With the kit I like that I'm able to stick with similar colors so all of my pages go well together.

For the journaling I used the Sage Shadow marker to match up with the cardstock color.  Sometimes I journal with the black marker and other times I like to match up colors.

Tomorrow I'm going to reach back into one of my favorite scrapbook pages that we did for my scrap  club last year.   

Scrapooking Week Continues

I may have to do this again.  It is really fun getting some scrapbooking pages done.  Unfortunately, I went back to work part-time this week so it probably wasn't the week to do it.  Anyways, I'm off today so hopefully I can figure out the pages for the rest of the week.

I used the background paper from the Round Up kit for these pages.  Then I used the Touch of Nature stamp set to add a leaf to the title and the journaling blocks.  Then I used the Best Friends alphabet set to stamp the title.  I wasn't sure what to put for the title so I went with something simple.  I really wanted the page to be about the pictures so I didn't to a lot.  I didn't even mount any of the pictures on cardstock.  Sometimes layouts with Nature just need to be simple to keep the focus on the pictures.

Yellowstone Scrapbook Page

I'm so happy that I actually got to scrapbook some pages for my personal album.  I decided to focus on our vacation to Yellowstone.  For these pages I used the Round Up scrapbooking kit.  I thought the colors would be perfect for our trip.  In fact, I will probably do a lot of the pages using this kit so they will all kind of tie together.

I also used the Wanted stamp set to add a little bit to the backgrounds.  I stamped the stars on the Creamy Caramel cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink then I used the star again on the opposite page using Creamy Caramel ink but I stamped off once before stamping on the journaling block.  I wanted it to be very subtle.

On the second page I focused on the pictures and then did the journaling.  I used the Stampin' Up! font cd to create the journaling.  I go back and forth.  Sometimes I write in my own handwriting and other times I use the computer for my journaling.

Supplies Used:

Stamp Set:  Wanted

Ink Pad:  Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Round Up Scrapbook Kit

Tomorrow you will get another scrapbook page plus a card.  See you then.