Birthday Boy Scrapbook Spread

My scrapbook club will be doing this spread this Sunday evening. I conveniently scheduled a birthday theme the month after my son's birthday. :)

I used Bashful Blue as the base for these 12x12 pages. I stamped the party hats from Party Hearty along the bottom in Versamark. Then I stamped the title on an 8.5" x 11" sheet in Whisper White Craft Ink (all except the first letter of course) using the Schoolbook Serif Alphabet. After I got the title on, I ran the sheet through my printer to add the journaling. I stamped the "Celebrate You" from Party Hearty in Kiwi Kiss in and punched it out with the 1 3/4" Circle Punch. I layered that to a Real Red circle cut with the Sizzix circle die and stamped the image again in Bashful Blue and layered that to a Real Red circle too. I layered a piece of 5 1/2" wide Real Red on each outer edge and then layered the Kiwi Kiss over top. Finally I added a "B" cut from chipboard covered with Whisper White using the Serif Essentials dies and added some 1/2" striped Grosgrain and a Jumbo Groment along the bottom edge.

Riordan's Baby Card

Here's a baby card I made a few months ago and didn't post... didn't want it on the blog before the receipent got it... but he's probably crawling and talking by now! LOL!

I wanted to personalize the card, and was going to put his name "Riordan" on the card, but only had the Serif Essentials dies at the time. I ended up using only his initials and still had to make it a long card. I used the stars and verse from Nursery Necessities. Stars are stamped on So Saffron with So Saffron ink. The verse is embossed with white on the Bashful Blue background paper. The dry embossing is the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder on Whisper White card stock, run through my Big Shot. Single star is a Stampin' Up! chipboard star covered in So Saffron. Some paper piercing and blue gingham ribbon finish it off.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

A Happy Glittered Heart

This is the first of two projects my stamp club made last night. It's just a simple Valentine that isn't too frilly to give to your guy. And, I promise, this is the last of the Kraft card stock for Valentine's Day this year!

I stamped the Tic-Tac-Toe in Versamark and embossed with black EP on about a 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" square of Kraft. I also covered a small chipboard heart with the two-way glue, including the edges and applied some red ultra-fine glitter to it. I layered the Tic-Tac-Toe to a Basic Black square and attached that to a 4 1/4" square Kraft card. After the glittered Heart dried I attached it as shown with glue dots. A little bit of black gingham through a hole in the lower right-hand corner adds a bit more detail too. Oh my gosh! No dimensionals on this entire card! Wow!

A Valentine Treat container coming next! Don't forget that it is Sell-a-bration, and you can get a free catalog by ordering on-line from my website, too: www.1morestamp.stampinup.net.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Celebrate 8 Card

This is a card I did with the leftovers of a scrapbook page I did for my son's last birthday. You can see the pages here: http://1morestamp.blogspot.com/2008/05/celebrate-8.html. It's very simple... I just didn't want to let the left over negative "8" get lost, so I did the card.

I used Bashful Blue card stock and did direct to paper with the white craft ink for the strip of blue. The card is Whisper White with Bashful Blue ink stamped. The "8" is colored with Real Red craft ink and attached with glue dots and silver brads to a circle of the Bashful Blue. I finished it off with now retired Old Olive Twill ribbon.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

My Garden

Well, you may recognize this page if you saw my earlier Friends Page (March 2008). My clubs liked that page so much I decided to reinvent it using current Stampin' Up! products. For this one I used Rose Red card stock instead of Purely Pomegranate (couldn't get enough of just that color in 12 x 12 for my clubs), the same Pumpkin Pie Designer Series papers, and the Pumpkin Pie Die Cut Blooms. I sponged the die cuts and layered them with Rose Red and Chocolate Chip punched flowers and circles to create my various flowers.

I thought it would be fun to document my garden in the back each year, so hopefully this is the first of many annual garden pages!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Summer Fun Page

This is the page my scrapbooking clubs did in March. The colors are based on the Summer Picnic Designer Series Papers and are Old Olive, Real Red and Bashful Blue. I used the Friendly Flowers set for the centers of the Die Cut Blooms and some are mounted on chipboard circles.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Celebrate 8

Hi Everyone! Sorry it has been so long since I've posted... I've been busy doing non-stamping things like painting, wrangling with a new computer, and darned if I know what else. The time just flies when you're having fun they say... so I guess I must have been having lots of fun!!! LOL! Anyway...

This month is National Scrapbooking month, so to start the month off, I thought I'd post my most recent scrapbook page. This page uses the direct to paper technique and chipboard (which is all 25% off from Stampin' Up! this month). I started with Ballet Blue card stock, smeared Whisper White Craft in over top in both horizontal and vertical directions, and spread the ink a bit with a sponge where I got it too thick. While that was drying, I cropped my photos and layered all of them on Real Red card stock. After the white ink dried, I stamped the star from Nursery Necessities along and underneath where I planned to place two of my photos, and stamped "Celebrate" at the top. I added a On-Board Chipboard star, heart, and tag covered with Certainly Celery Designer Series Paper. The "8" is inked with Real Red craft ink and that and a red button were attached to the chipboard with mini glue dots. After I was all finished I added a few swipes of dots with the Lots of Dots Jumbo wheel. Both the dots, stars, and celebrate where stamped in Ballet Blue Classic ink.

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

Friends Page

I've had some people bugging me to post this page I did last month. (You know who you are! LOL!!!) So, here it is...

The base of both card and page are Purely Pomegranate textured card stock. Then I layered Pumpkin Pie Designer Series paper to both. For the page I used some self-adhesive die cuts from a Simply Scrappin kit that was a Hostess set a while back. I added clear Rhinestone brads to the center of several flowers. I covered the chipboard letters with the Pumpkin Pie DS paper and attached them with Mini Glue Dots. The journaling was printed right on the background paper. I added Pomegranate Double Stitched ribbon along the top of the DS paper and paper piercing at the bottom. The die cut flowers were attached with Dimensionals. Oh, and I did layer two of the photos on Chocolate Chip card stock and spiral punched the main photo's layer. I think that is everything.

I actually did a card with these colors first and liked it so much that I made this page. This is the card I made first, which inspired me to do the page:

For this I used the new felt flowers called Flower Fusion (110720 - $14.95). I also stamped the swirl from Baroque Motifs on the card. Again, I used the clear Rhinestone Brads, Double Stitched ribbon, and looking at it now, I should have added the paper piercing as well. I'll have to go do that...

Happy Stamping!

Brycia

The Noun Belt

I just couldn't pass up taking some photos of my cute little guy this day when he came home from school... with his "Noun Belt".

For this layout I used Blue Bayou texture card stock as the base and layered Wild Wasabi textured card stock on top. All the elements are from the Creative License Simply Scrappin kit offered as a Hostess Reward in the 2007 Fall-Winter Collection catalog. The kit actually came with Soft Sky card stock as well, but that didn't match Andrew's shirt, so I used only pieces without the Soft Sky color and added a bit of Bashful Blue instead to coordinate with the color of his shirt. I used the spiral punch on the Bashful Blue layer behind the central photo, a bit of Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware and Linen thread to add some details. The chipboard letters are colored with Bashful Blue craft ink.

Happy Stamping and Scrapping!

Brycia

Time for Hearts

Wow! It's February already! Time to make a Valentine for your special someone! If you don't have tons of heart stamps, a big chipboard heart is a great alternative. This one is covered in Rose Red Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up! Sanding the edges of the heart with a sanding block after the background paper is attached gives the smooth wore edge. The card base is Purely Pomegrante with a rectangle of River Rock stamped with River Rock ink and the Linen background stamp. A bit of twill tape and hemp ties it up. The verses are both from the Happy Everything set.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Pick a Petal Jar

With so many cute containers and jars decorated in the new Stampin' Up! catalog I decided to try my hand at it. This is my first - I've been into black and white lately.

I used the Pick-a-Petal set with Versamark and black embossing powder for the petals. I also black embossed the "c" on the front. The "chipboard" label was printed on the computer on white card stock and then pressed into Versamark and embossed with clear powder. I stamped white dots on the glass with the White Staz-on. Lots of Black Gingham, clear buttons, and Brass Hodgepodge hardware finish it off.