April’s Scrapbook Club theme was beach/tropical vacation pages. 

A close-up of the decorated chipboard.

 This is my attempt at making a palm tree from the Sizzlits Little Leaves die.  My Club members did a much better job!

Everyone had their choice of wording by using the Sizzlits Billboard die.

The Sizzix Scallop Envelope holds the journaling area for this page.

This next page features flip flops and footprints (very hard to see).

The flip flops were a pattern on the Stampin’ Up! website.  Three holes are punched in each flip flop and two pieces of grosgrain ribbon are strung through them.  Embellished with punched flowers and rhinestone brads.

It is very hard to see, but there are two sets of flip flop footprints on the page.  Here’s what I did to make the footprints:

I cut out two sets of chipboard footprints, glued them together and glued them on another piece of chipboard.  I used the Sizzix Big Shot and the chipboard footprints were used as an embossing folder to make the 3-D footprints.

Tags: Big Shot, Scrapbooking

The first project was a gift box.  Poor quality picture and the poor box got squished accidentially.  This is my favorite box to make because it is one piece and uses adhesive in one small area.  The supplies are:

114518 Sizzix Die Cut Box #2

111838 Pink Pirouette Ink Pad

111351 Pink Pirouette Cardstock

100730 Whisper White Ink Pad

114616 Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon

104294 Sticky Strip

104430 Dimensionals

114019 Fleurettes

109110 Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads

107304 Small Oval Punch

107305 Large Oval Punch

114916 All Holidays Stamp Set ("for you")

Such a classy little purse to hold treats, cash, a check or gift card.  The supplies used:

113463 Sizzix Die Cut Top Note

115123 Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper

108692 Basic Gray Cardstock

112579 Flower Designer Brads

104294 Sticky Strip

104045 Anywhere Glue Stick

109064 Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon

101227 1/16" Circle Punch

Velcro fastener

Small brown or white treat bags

This dress card is so easy and quick!  I can see variations of this dress for weddings, proms, baptisms, first communions, etc.  The supplies used:

113468 Sizzix Die Cut Scallop Circle

115123 Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper

101910 Shimmery White Cardstock

113144 Clear Rhinestone Brads

111879 Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon

111835 Kiwi Kiss Ink Pad

114914 Absolutely Fabulous Stamp Set

104430 Dimensionals

I love how the butterflies look with this designer series paper.  The supplies are:

114507 Sizzix Die Cut Beautiful Butterflies

114512 Sizzix Texturz Plates Backgrounds I

115123 Walk in the Park Designer Series Paper

111835 Kiwi Kiss Ink Pad

111353 Kiwi Kiss Cardstock

100730 Very Vanilla Cardstock

105118 So Saffron Cardstock

105120 Bashful Blue Cardstock

112091 Scallop Edge Punch

112082 Wide Oval Punch

114889 Scallop Oval Punch

113790 Oval All Stamp Set

103683 Mini Glue Dots

104430 Dimensionals

Magic happens when using this textured die.  It is definitely E-A-S-Y and is a W-O-W!  The supplies used:

1114517 Sizzix Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die

113692 Scallop Edge Punch

14889 Scallop Oval Punch

113790 Oval All Stamp Set

111833 Baja Breeze Ink Pad

111352 Baja Breeze Cardstock

100730 Whisper White Cardstock

114319 Whisper White Organza Ribbon

101610 Sponge

104430 Dimensionals

You won’t want to miss my upcoming Sizzix classes.  Please let me know if you want to order anything or if you have any questions.

Tags: Big Shot, Decorating, Stamping

Here is some air freshener in its original package, then when it’s all dried up and finally, when the dried up stuff has been cleaned off of it.  I have these air fresheners scattered around the house.  I bought some new ones and was going to throw away the old ones, when I realized that these could be recycled.  My brain kept saying:  miniature photo frame, so here it is.

There are square indentations in the glass that make it easy to use cardstock and designer series paper in each indentation.  I used the Curly Label Punch (112966) on the photograph and layered Basic Black Cardstock (101179) and Walk in the Park designer series paper (115123).

I wanted to add some depth, so I used dimensionals behind the photo and the first layer of basic black cardstock.  I gave this one to my daughter for Mother’s Day.

Tags: Decorating

My daughter decided that Amber is going to have a Minnie and Mickey Mouse birthday party theme.  She was happy that I had the 112530 Circle Scissor Plus and 112531 Glass Mat for her to use to make these invitations.  They turned out so cute, even if she didn’t use Stampin’ Up! ribbon!

Tags: Stamping

This is my swap card for the April 26 Stamp Share for Leaders event.  Here’s a little secret.  The Lovely Lilac cardstock was leftover from an open house project a couple of months ago.  It was scored in the middle and used as a bag topper.  I had about 40 of these in my cupboard.  My goal for this card swap was to use these.  Trust me…I fiddled with these and tried many different ways to use them.  I finally decided on this layout using a 4 1/2" by 4 1/2" card.

Here’s a close up where you can see a lot of texture in this card.  I randomly stamped the flower image on the Vellum Cardstock.

A view of the inside of the card done in Lovely Lilac ink pad.  I stamped the words from the Very Versatile stamp set first.  Then I inked up the flower from the Very Versatile stamp set, inked off the ink and lightly stamped the flowers afterwards.

Supplies:  Whisper White Cardstock, Lovely Lilac Cardstock, Pretties Kit (pearls), Crystal Effects, Very Versatile stamp set, Vellum Cardstock, Lovely Lilac Ink Pad, Small Oval Punch, white embossing powder, Crystal Effects; Sizzix products:  Top Note die cut; Manhattan Bigx XL die cut, Textured Impressions Die.

Tags: Big Shot, Stamping