Cover Pages are tricky…

Well, for me anyway.  Cover pages for scrapbooks.  I never know what picture should be the first picture in the scrapbook!  Maybe if I scrapped chronologically it would be simpler, huh?  ANyway, one of my friends/scrapbook club members had a baby girl last week and I wanted to design a cover page appropriate for her beautiful (and I mean BEAUTIFUL) baby girl.  Here's what I came up with.  I envision a nice black and white picture (or maybe sepia toned one) on the Chocolate Chip layer and her name and birth date written on the Daffodil Delight scallop circle.

What do you think?  Do you see my vision?  What other title might you put on here? 

And remember, for all of you moms with boys only.  It's OKAY to use flowers and butterflies on your scrapbook pages (okay, maybe not for football pictures, but ya know what I mean!)!  It's YOUR scrapbook!  You're a girl!  It only makes sense!

Items Used:
Beyond the Garden DSP (very pretty and fun paper in the current Summer Mini)
Jumble Alphabet (retiring 6/30 :( )
Scallop Border Trim Punch
Perfect Polka Embossing folder with Big Shot
Corner Rounder
Beautiful Butterflies Die for Big Shot (exclusive to Stampin' Up!)
Self Adhesive Halfback Pearls
Buttons
White Baker's Twine
Daffodil Delight 1/8" taffetta ribbon
White Gel Pen
Card Stock: Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango

Tracy’s Red, White, and Blue swap card

Here is yet another great red, white, and blue card!  Of course I'm always bias to stars, stripes, bling, and ribbon and this has all of the aforementioned!!  Tracy did a great job with the challenge, don't ya think?  She incorporated a lot of punches, namely the large star punch, 1/2" circle punch,and the scallop edge border punch.  The Big Shot was also used with the Square Lattice embossing folder for the Real Red layer.  And of course some jewel rhinestones! 

Valentines and Birthday Cards

Here are the cards from this week’s club meeting.  I love getting together with you ladies!  You are all so much fun.  Because of the holidays and all it felt like it had been forever since we got together and it took me a few minutes to get back in routine.  It was great fun!!  And I wish you all could’ve seen the swap cards.  (Each month members have the opportunity to participate in a card swap with each other.)  There was a snow globe card, TWO stair step cards, embossing, glitter, bling, and more!!! 

Supplies used include:
Stamp Sets: With all my Heart, I {Heart} Hearts, Well Scripted
Punches: circle punches, Heart to Heart punch, scallop edge
Accessories/Embellishments: Circle scissors plus, Scallops Die #2, Chunky Essentials Glitter, white gel pen, corduroy buttons, Soft Suede polka dot ribbon, vintage brads, clear rhinestone brad

First Card of the New Year!

Wow – it was both great and difficult to put ink to rubber to paper today!  It has been waaaaay too long since I have stamped.  It was awesome to sit and stamp again but very difficult to get a groove going as well.  Let’s hope I’ve worked out some kinks and the next ones come more quickly and easily.

I started with the Mojo sketch from this week (I did stray a little from the sketch but that’s okay) and knew I wanted to play with two new stamps: I {Heart} Hearts and Well Scripted.

Even with a slight loss of clear chunky glitter to my stamp room floor (thanks to my 2 year old) I like the way it turned out and hope you do too (especially my stamp club members who will be making this Wednesday night!). 

The color is a little off (got a new camera for my birthday last month and still have A LOT to learn on it!) but the colors used are Real Red, Chocolate Chip, and Very Vanilla.

Thoroughly Modern Scrapbook Page

Here is one of the two 2-page layouts my Scrapbook Club did last night.  It’s made with the Thoroughly Modern Designer Paper, some 5/16" Neutrals brads, jumbo eyelets, jumbo grommets, Sahara Sand cardstock, Rose Red cardstock, and Bermuda Bay cardstock.

Remember, you can always join us a a guest at our Scrapbook Club classes and make some headway on your scrapbooking!  Check my Calendar of Events to see when we meet and let us know you’d like to join us!  We’d love to have you.