Scrapbook Club Projects

I {heart} scrapbooking!  And I love having the scrapbook club back in action cuz it helps me get more pages ready to go!  So here’s some ‘before’ shots of the pages for this month.  And hopefully VERY soon I’ll get some ‘after’ shots with pictures on them!

I used the new Night & Day Specialty Designer Papers as well as a LOT of punches on this layout.  I love how versatile the Baroque Motifs stamp set is as well.  Who would’ve thought it would be a great stamp set for Halloween??  But when I pulled out the Night & Day designer paper I immediately thought of Baroque Motifs.  Hope you like it too! 

Here’s the second layout for the scrapbook club members and guests.  Again, I used the Night & Day Specialty Designer paper.  This time I pulled out my Medallion background stamp, inked it up with Frost White shimmer paint and stamped it half on each page.  I also did a ton more punching to make that spider (scallop circle and photo corner punches) and used the Big Shot to get the Build a Bear.  I used a marker to color a toothpick Elegant Eggplant and used that as the holder for the Happy Halloween banner the little bear is holding.

Birthday Party

It was my son’s birthday party today!  It was a lot of fun, perfect weather, great family, friends, and food!  I wanted to share with you what I did with his cupcakes.  First off I made a crazy amount of different kinds, vanilla cupcakes with either Hershey kisses, chocolate mousse, or raspberry filling along with chocolate cupcakes with any of those same fillings, and I alternated between buttercream and chocolate frosting on those and then I also made some carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.  The dilemma?  How to know what kind was what!  So, in sticking with the boat theme (you may remember seeing his invitation here) my DD#2 and I stamped a bunch of boats, stuck ‘em on toothpicks, added a scallop circle on the back and I wrote what kind of cupcake it was.  It was a lot of work but I think everyone enjoyed the different kinds!  So here are some pictures and I’m off to bed… it was a long, but fun, weekend!

S’Mores Dessert

Some of my club members swapped 6" x 6" recipe cards recently and I was lucky enough to get this ‘extra’ swap from Vicki!  (See Vicki’s baby card here.)  Not only does the recipe look delicious (who doesn’t like s’mores??) but the recipe card itself is just too darn cute!   There are so many great details! 
- marshmallows are that puffy white stuff that SU! used to sell a few years ago 
- notice the ‘bite’ out of the corner of the recipe card (done with the scallop circle punch)
- the bear is paper pieced – notice his darker belly?

Isn’t it adorable?  I can’t wait to try this recipe!  Thanks Vicki!  And thank you Phyllis for organizing the swap!

Vicki’s Baby Card

I’ve been meaning to post this card for a while now and am finally getting around to it.  It’s an adorable card from Vicki for me and my new little one!  Isn’t it so cute?  Remember that Sale-A-Bration set So Many Scallops?  And I believe that’s the new Super Fine glitter on there.  And how cute is that little pacifier on the ribbon?  Funny thing is we bought several different binkies for him and his favorite is a clear one!  And it shows the Shimmery White paper and just how pretty it is.

Thank you Vicki for the card (and the gift). 

Happy Memorial Day Everyone!

Birthday Stars

The first meeting of the Twist Card club is this coming Monday night, so I finished designing the final card for club today and used the Mojo sketch to help me do so!  This is one of those sets I had to have months ago that I’ve NEVER used – until now.  You know you have those sets too!  Sets you have to have in your collection, can’t get rid of, but perhaps barely use!  LOL  No worries, stamps aren’t a terrible addiction to have!

Anyway… on to the card.

Supplies
Stamp Sets:
Starring You
Darling Dots
Paper:
Kraft
Ruby Red
Bashful Blue
Glossy White
Whisper White
Basic Black
Inks:
Ruby Red marker
Bashful Blue pad and marker
Creamy Caramel marker
Basic Black Craft and Classic
VersaMark
Accessories/ Embellishments:
Clear embossing powder
Heat gun
Stamp a ma jig
blender pen
scallop edge punch
scallop circle punch
1-3/8" circle punch
black vintage brad
star punch
dimensionals

And here’s the Sketch for this week’s Mojo Challenge: