Spring Scrapbook Page

This was the last project for my scrapbook club. After all the snow, I was in the mood for spring but didn't have any good spring photos so I made an empty page.

We used Certainly Celery for the base with Old Olive Designer Series Paper along the bottom. The flowers were created by paper piecing with a variety of punches and strips of cardstock using Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, and some random printed paper retrieved from the recycle bin. This spread is green in more than one way! We also used an assortment of silver brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge and the Circle Brads collection, clear buttons, black buttons, and green buttons. I encouraged the club members to make each flower unique from their neighbors and mine... some double punched from the Extra Large Fancy Flower (117191) punch and each with a different arrangement of circle punches and button in the center. The leaves were punched from Old Olive using the large oval punch twice on each leaf.

I punched my title with the Stampin' Up! Simple Letters (115960) dies out of Old Olive card stock, but since I'm not positive what I'll want my title to be until I decide on my photos, I attached the letters to a strip of card stock and attached it temporarily.

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.

Blue-Eyed Blonde Spread

This was a really fun page to make, with all the funky color and lots of texture. I love these fun photos of my daughter so much, I had to try to make a page as fun to go with them!

I used Basic Black for the base and then layered a 3 1/4" by 11" piece of Kraft along the bottom. I pierced the top and bottom edges of the Kraft. Then I layered circles cut with the Sizzix Circles #2 and Clear Circle out of Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Urban Oasis Designer Series Papers. The circles cut from card stock I then texturized with the Stampin' Up! Textuz Plates for the Big Shot. I cut the title with the Go Go Boots Alphabet using Black card stock, added a black embossed "December" from the Full Calendar set and '08 with the Go Go Boots Alphabet. I added three pieces from the SoHo Hardware to finish it.

Oh, the journaling I did on the computer and ran the Kraft card stock through. That is my favorite way to journal - ya got a spell checker, ya can reformat, and no screw-ups! Sorry to the Purists who like the handwritting sample... it's just not for me whenever I can avoid it!

BTW, this is the spread my new scrapbook club will be doing tonight. I have a second session Monday morning at 10AM and have room for guests then. If you are interested, please email me at 1morestamp@gmail.com for more information.

Happy Scrapping!

Brycia

Christmas Photos

This is a Christmas spread I did two years ago but don't think I ever shared. Forgive me if you've seen this before... but for those who haven't, here it is!

First, as you can see, it's not your traditional "Christmas morning" type page. I don't think I had any scrapbook worthy shots that year. I did have lots of "Christmas card photo" shots though, since I had given up on the formal, serious photo and just told the kids to act silly while I clicked away. That year was one of the most fun Christmas photo sessions and I think this page conveys that.

The page is very simple, but you know I like simple. Whisper White with a swatch of Real Red in the middle, edged with black gingham ribbon. I made a large "ornament" by cutting a circle, using Versamark and clear powder to emboss a texture on it, and sponging the edges. This dotted background is retired, but any background stamp would provide interesting texture. A few accent words and a title stamped in black, and journaling done on the computer, and that's all that is to it!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and has a safe and happy new year!

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Water Park Pages

I wanted to share these fun pages with everyone a few days ago (sorry for the delay Lori!), but you know how time can get away from you! Anyway, here they are. This was the last project for my two scrapbooking clubs, BTW.

As you can see, I had some fun taking the photos of this layout! I wanted to show the detail of the button above. I think these little emblishments really add to the fun of this otherwise simple spread. For the buttons, I used small bits of background paper adhered to the clear buttons with Crystal Effects. They really look great in person!

The colors for this one are based on the Muirfield Designer Series Papers, and are Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, and Whisper White. I really cheated a little on the last one, as Muirfield DSP really combines Very Vanilla with the other colors, but I think it worked out fine. The base is a 12"x12" sheet of Whisper White, and the letters were cut using the Serif Essentials Big Shot dies from chipboard covered with Whisper White card stock. The small print was done on the computer on Whisper White card stock. Hey, did you notice something here??? This is my first page with NO STAMPS! Oh my, what has happened to me!!!

Happy Scrapping!

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

Christmas Spread in Real Red and Old Olive

I finished my Christmas spread in record time this year, due to my first scrapbook club meeting on January 6th. Gotta love those deadlines for pushing me into action! LOL!

This year I did a really simple page using Real Red as my base, with a strip of Old Olive Textured card stock at the bottom and a strip of striped paper from the (now retired) Dashing Designer Series papers. I did stamp "Celebrate" repeatedly in Real Red down both outer sides of each page, but it doesn't show up in the photo. I also stamped the "Celebrate" from
Celebrate Everything in Old Olive on the Old Olive Textured card stock. I used a few piece of Pewter hardware from the Hodgepodge Hardware set that I brightened up using a sanding block on both pages. The "Wii" W is from the Big Deal Alphabet and the i's are from Short Order Alphabet. "Love" and "Christmas" are both from
Fundamental Phrases.

Scrapbook in Saffron

Last night was the last meeting of my current scrapbooking club. This is the spread we did. Of course, everyone else does 12" x 12" but me, but you can get the idea. This layout actually works much better for 12" x 12".

I used So Saffron as the base, with Petals and Paisleys Designer Series papers with the It's All Good, Short Order Alphabet and Short Order Numbers stamp sets. Tempting Turquoise and Old Olive were used for stamping and matting the accents. I also did the "embossed brad" technique with the Crop-a-Dile around the edges. You can read how to do the embossed brad technique at the Stamp Lounge:
http://stamploungeprojects.blogspot.com/2007/08/crop-of-love-dile.html

I will be starting another scrapbooking club in November, if you are local and interested in joining, email me at: bryciak@yahoo.com.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia