Dear Santa

Well, it's getting closer to Christmas and my to do list is a mile long.  However, I can say I have accomplished two things already.  December Stamp Club and Human Biology.

I know, I know you all will be glad not to hear any more whining about bio class.  I managed to pull of an A.  Not bad for the girl who took Mr. Davis' high school AP class.  Mr. Davis promised anyone who tried hard wouldn't fail.  Well, guess what?  I was the one who failed despite help from her close friend who won awards for getting above and beyond an A+.  Oh well, 25 years later there must have finally been a connection.

Stamp Club was "awesome" according to the ladies.  Now I am scared.  Some projects I spend planning months in advance.  Others I know it is something I think is cool and I want to share, and sometimes I just wing it and fly by the seat of my pants.  This month was more of I wanted to share something I thought was cool and flying by the seat of my pants.

So here is our scrapbook page.  I saw an awesome card made by Jackie Topa here.  Jackie's work is amazing.  But at the last minute I didn't think I had time for everyone to punch a ton of little squares for the the fire place. So Big shot to the rescue.

I just love the Dear Santa stamp.  Of course with my friends and family, I think there should be an "I can explain" stamp to go with it.  We also used my new favorite: The Stocking Builder Punch with green and glitter red paper.  The fire is the wing of the Bird Builder Punch and the square punch is the opening of the fire place.  We aged the background paper to give it that smudged fire soot feel to it.  Of course we will have to put the fire out before Santa can come down the chimney!

Well, off to work some more on the "to do" list that seems never ending before the holidays.

Until next time,

Uncle Sam

Here is a simple scrapbook page.  I had made it for the Fourth of July.  I figured I would put photos from the fireworks.  Well, one place canceled the fireworks due to fog and we didn't make it to the other spot.  The joys of being some what coastal.  Oh well.

This was so simple it only used 3 punches and scrap paper.  The bird punch was used for almost everything. The bird body is the mustache. The wing made the eye brows and nose.  The eyes were punched from 1/4" punch and a small star was punched from Real Red glitter paper.  I love this paper from Stampin Up!  The glitter does not fall off.

I was inspired by this page I saw last year.  I have made this little man face into a Santa face as well.  My friend Gail had an idea of stamping clock pieces near him and changing the hat, it could be a Father Time.  Hmmm, that's something to think about.  Of course, I don't know what to do with this page exactly.  I guess I will keep it blank to see if my son decides to go into the service or not.


Later this week I will be getting ready for the Bay Festival.  I am hoping lots of  people will stop by on July 30th.

Until next time,

Are Those Robins?

Not quite.  They are black and red birds though.  This page was super easy to put together since almost everything was made with punches.  The birds are the Two Step Bird Punch, the mat uses the Scallop Trim punches, and the small rectangles the birds are sitting on were textured with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

Until next time,

Love

Here is the scrapbook page we made for February's club. The "love" is cut out of Pretty in Pink card-stock that had been glued onto a bar coaster. The hearts were punched from the Red Glitter card-stock. The base is Real Red stamped with versa mark using I {Heart} Hearts. Pink Pirouette DSP was used under the wording and laced with the Scallop Trim border punch also in Pretty in Pink.

The red glitter paper is absolutely gorgeous by the way!! I can see it being used for Christmas items. It is so sparkly. I hope Stampin Up decides to continue this item and maybe putting it in a few other colors such as Tempting Turquoise. Wouldn't that be great!?!

Well until next time.

Scrapbook Page 5

Here is a scrapbook page made with the new wheels in the summer mini catalog.  The tulips are made with an oval punch and then the tips are cut out the the point of the star punch.  I am not sure it is one of my favorites...I am undecided on the Razzleberry color.

Happy Stampin

Scrapbook Page 4

Isn't this bird punch the best?  Right along with the border punch.  Oh yes, this was a rough month on the wallet.  I purchased everything to make this page again except the designer paper.  Need I say more?

 Happy Stampin

Scrapbook Page 3

Here was a super cute simple page.  I love that about my demo when it comes to scrapbook pages.  She knows we are mostly card makers but she is trying to broaden our horizons.  (Good Luck Cindi!)  The sweet pea flowers were so cute. I may have to get felt and my  Big Shot out and see if they are something that I can make.  Hmmmm.


Happy Stampin

Scrapbook Page 2

Here is another page.  I love that xtra large flower punch becomes something in the new catalog.  At first I wasnt going to get things from the mini catalog that ended in April... Well guess what?  I got a fair amount from it!  I just thought of what I want to put in here.  Next weekend my 3 closest friends and I are going to be together.  Wouldnt that make an excellent photo.  They all get along but not all of them would be friends if they weren't friends with me too.  Does that make any sense.  But each one has certain qualities that they bring out in me.  One is the loud/daring one.  One is the all around fun one, and the last is the quiet/reserved one.  I am all those depending on which situation I am in.  **Note to self: Besides a snack bring the camera!


Happy Stampin

Love You Scrapbook Page

I am trying to get caught up on all the projects I have made so far this year.  Tonight I took a ton of photos and cropped them.  The first project I want to share was my first scrapbook page of the year. I am not a scrapbooker really, but once a month with my demo we do 3 projects and one is usually a scrapbook page.  Too much time has gone by for me to remember the names of the specialty papers used.  I love the chipboard letters on this-it is so cute.  We didn't do anything special to them except pop them out!  How easy is that?
Happy Stampin