2020 Intro Page

Today I have a scrapbook page - intro page to my 2020 album.  Here's a video that shows how I made it:

The background paper was from my stash - no idea where I got it - but the cardstock (Pretty Peacock) & doves (fussy cut from Peaceful Garden DSP) are from Stampin' Up!  I used a flip flap for the journaling (though I may remove it and move some of it to the next page).

Exploring Nature Part 2

Today is the second of the two-part look at the Exploring Nature Scrapbooking Workshop Kit from Stampin' Up!  Last time I showed the kit and how I adapted the first layout.  This time, I've got the last two layouts.  You can see the video showing how I made them & the changes I made here:

Both finished layouts are shown below.  On the last one, I changed a layout that had 6 photos on it, to one that had 16 or more - depending on how you're counting!  And one of those was a panorama photo!

Home for Christmas - Project A

Today I have a double-page layout, made from the first project in a scrapbooking workshop kit from Stampin' Up! (as always all of their images are copyright Stampin' Up!).  This one is called Home for Christmas - which will be available for purchase in early September.  The picture above is my "fix" for this page, with the original way I put it together shown below.  More about that later.

 In a YouTube video two weeks ago, I showed a current scrapbooking workshop kit and compared it with a a sneak peek at two upcoming kits which are made in Stampin' Up!s new style - what's the same and what's different.  In that video, I also cut the pieces for the above layout.  You can see that video here:

Today's video - about this layout - shows how I've added extra photos to this layout:

And here are closeups with a bit more information about what I did.

Turtle-y Sweet

Today I have FOUR double-page layouts, made really quickly because I used a scrapbooking workshop kit from Stampin' Up!  (as always all of their images are copyright Stampin' Up!) - one called Turtle-y Sweet Scrapbooking Workshop Kit.  This time, I'm showing how you can take a kit that is all about cartoon turtles and use it for more "grown up" subjects.  Check out my video:

A Special Gift

Make a quick gift that a love one will cherish!  This one is an 8 x 8 scrapbook showing pictures from a very special birthday celebration.

For tips, tricks, and "how-to's", check out this video:

It's SO nice to have stamps and dies that you can use to make your scrapbooks special.  Right now, there are a couple of products that I especially recommend:

Alphabet dies are GREAT for creating your titles. Stampin' Up! has a great set on last chance sale right now - the one I used for the title on the 2nd and 3rd pages of this scrapbook. It's called ALPHABET A LA MODE and is currently 40% off! 

Some of the stamps I used came from the CELEBRATE TOGETHER stamp set (which is ALSO 40% off as I write this!): Others came from discontinued sets, but there are several really nice new sets you can pick up here.  

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Scrapbooking Without Pictures & More

Usually my scrapbook pages are inspired by photos I have that I want to create pages for, but today's pages were inspired cutting dies!  From the moment I first saw the Made with Sweetness cutting dies, I knew I wanted to create these pages.  I LOVE these cutting dies!  They make such realistic paper fruit!  And since we are still enjoying the jams we made from an abundant crop of peaches from our tree, the memories of making peach jam are still fresh in my mind.  I'm also using the coordinating Homemade Sweetness designer series papers.  

I made two stand alone pages - and a video showing how they were made:

Holy Land Exhibit Layout

Here's a really quick layout made about our visit to the HolyLand Experience.  This time I'm not using a scrapbooking workshop kit.  I’m starting with a sketch from one of the Creative Design Team Sketchbooks that I’ve purchased - along with paper and cardstock that I've pulled.  

Weekend Adventures Kit - A Third Extra Page

Today I have another EXTRA scrapbook page from the Weekend Adventures Scrapbooking Workshop kit. 

Here's a short video about making this page:

 

Everyday You and Me

I just realized that I never got this layout posted - and it's one of my favorites!  I made it in the middle of February.  

I think this was the first scrapbooking layout I've made using Stampin' Up! products.  Oh, wow!  So much easier than the HOURS I used to spend looking through papers and cardstock in my stash trying to find things that went together well and worked with my photos!  I had purchased the Everyday You and Me papers with sticker sheet, and the coordinating set of 12 x 12 cardstock (unfortunately no longer available), and it was so easy to pull together what I needed!

Modifying a Scrapbooking Workshop Kit

Today I've got several scrapbook spreads that started with this Scrapbooking Workshop Kit from Stampin' Up! called Weekend Adventures.  It includes instructions for creating these three double-page spreads about being in the "great outdoors":

I chose to adapt this kit to create several pages with different themes.  I have two videos that show what I did.  Weekend Adventures Part 1 covers the basic modifications I made and why - along with cutting the papers and arranging the layouts.  Weekend Adventures Part 2 covers embellishing and finishing.  This includes a bit at the end of the video about how to add brochures or other large memorabilia to your page without taking up a bunch of space.

 

 

This post shows my finished pages.

A Fun Mini Album

This interactive mini album is based on a design by Tamar Perry of Creative Treasures.  You can find some of her tutorials here.  The bulk of the papers are from a discontinued Stampin' Up! set called Season of Green and Gold, augmented with Stampin' Up cardstock and some papers from my stash.  I've designed it as a gift that will include Title options the recipient can add to the front of the album, a variety of colored mats for photos that can be added to the pages and flaps, decorative embellishment pieces that can be added, and a roll of Stampin' Up!s Tear and Tape they can use to add their photos, mats, and embellishments.  In the picture above, you can see what it looks like without the title.  The rest of the photos are a bit of a walk through of opening the various pages and flaps.

Here you see the album with the strap released and the first flap opened toward the top of the album.  The inside of it, with the lovely gold foil pattern on cream, has a decorative flap that can hold a large photo.  The new page that has been revealed has a decorative mat for a square photo, along with a mat that slides into the pocket that can have photo or journaling on both sides of it.