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Simply Scrappin’ Maniac

Sue — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:50:09 +0000

I don't know about you, but I tend to do things all at once when I scrapbook. I don't make one or two scrapbook pages at a time. Oh no. I make as many as I can. Sometimes I make pages according to my photographs. And, sometimes, I make my pages (or the bulk of the pages) before I even have my photographs developed.

When I was at the cabin with my downline in April, my goal was to complete three Simply Scrappin' kits. I did it and came home with almost 100 scrapbook pages!

Here are the scrapbook pages I made using Simple Scrappin' kits from Stampin' Up! plus a package of white or vanilla 12"x12" cardstock.

This is a retired Simply Scrappin' kit "Tie the Knot". I have all my son's wedding pictures developed and cropped, but haven't put them on scrapbook pages yet.

Here are some of the layouts. As you can see, I still have leftovers from that I will use to make more pages.

I have alot of Christmas photographs from 2009 that are printed and cropped. But again, no scrapbook pages done. This is the 115696 Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin kit.

Lots of fun pages and yes, more leftovers to make more pages later.

I panicked when our third grandgirl was born in January 2010. When I started her scrapbook, I realized I never made a scrapbook for our second grandgirl! What? Seriously? Yikes!

I purchased the 113059 Petal Party Simply Scrappin' kit for Amber's scrapbook. Do you hear a sigh of relief? Whew! I'm not totally caught up, but I've on my way!

I believe the Simply Scrappin' kits are the best value for your money. For only $19.95 you get three 12"x12" double sided printed papers, eight 12"x12" coordinating pieces of textured cardstock and six 6"x12" sheets of self-adhesive die cuts. If you add a package of twenty sheets of 12"x12" Whisper White or Very Vanilla cardstock, you will easily have 30+ pages for your scrapbook!

Simply Scrappin' kits can be found in the catalog on pages 164-167. Please let me know if you need any help in selecting the Simply Scrappin' kit that will work with your scrapbook project.

Simple Scrapbook Page Layouts

Sue — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:21:46 +0000

About a month ago, when my downline was at my cabin, Sandy M. shared these scrapbook page layouts with me. I loved how they used "scraps" and they were truly simple!

Happy scrapping!

Mother’s Day Gift

Sue — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:54:13 +0000

Here is the mini scrapbook that the students at my Big Kids, Little Kids Mother's Day class made. They used the Tea Party Designer Series Paper and Whisper White cardstock for this project.

The base of the scrapbook is using 114519 Bag w/Scallops Sizzix die cut.

Fold it in half and then fold in half again.

This is the inside of the scrapbook with places for three photo's.

This is the outside of the scrapbok with one place for a photo. Where it says "i love you" is where the child writes their name and the year the scrapbook was made.

Scrapbooking for the Walls

Sue — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:51:48 +0000

At our townhouse, we had a huge wall in the master bedroom. I hung 8 x 10 frames with baby pictures, graduation pictures and wedding pictures of our children and my hubby and I. At our new house, we don’t have a big enough wall anywhere to put these frames. So, I took all the photographs out of the frames and made black & white copies of the photographs I wanted to use. I decided to make six 8"x8" scrapbook pages with these photographs that I will hang in our new master bedroom. I have an old window frame that was painted white with red crackle paint showing through. Since, I didn’t want to get rid of this window frame, I decided to paint it black and put my six scrapbook pages in it.

The finished project, which I adore! The "family" metal sign at the bottom is from a craft store.

Scrapbook Page 1: This is me.

Scrapbook Page 2: Our wedding day and 26 years later at our daughter’s wedding.

Scrapbook Page 3: My handsome hubby.

Scrapbook Page 4: Our sweet son.

Scrapbook Page 5: Our children’s weddings.

Scrapbook Page 6: Our darling daughter.

Do you want to see how I adhered the scrapbook pages behind the glass panes?

Pop-Up Glue Dots worked very well!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Bride Specialty, Brushed Silver

Ink: Basic Black, Going Gray, VersaMark

Stamp Sets: Wonderful Favorites, Vintage Labels, Elements of Style, Holiday Blitz, Only Ovals

Punches: Scallop Square, Eyelet Border, Wide Oval, Medium Jewelry Tag, Modern Label, Pinking Hearts Border, 1 3/4" Circle, 1" Circle, Full Heart, Star, Large Star

Sizzix Products: Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Lots of Tags die cut, Two Tags die cut, Scalloped Heart Embosslits Die

Ribbon: Whisper White Organza, Black Gingham, Basic Gray Taffeta

Accessories: Filigree Designer Brads, White Gel Pen, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Clear Rhinestone Brads, Basic Jumbo Grommets, 5/15" Neutral Jumbo Brads, Clips Assortment, Metallic Eyelets, Silver Brads, Heat Tool, Metal Edge Tags, Silver Embossing Powder, Black Embossing Powder, Clips Assortment, Metallic Eyelets, Pop-up glue dots

To order any of the supplies used in this project, click "shop" at the top of the page.

Turn Greeting Cards Into Scrapbook Pages

Sue — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:11:55 +0000

At my February downline meeting, I challenged everyone to use some of the greeting cards, from my recent Card Buffet, and turn them into scrapbook pages. As demonstrators, we tend to tell our customers that a scrapbook page is really just a big greeting card. Here are the scrapbook pages some of them created.

Featuring: 114982 Holiday Blitz Stamp Set and 118386 Whimsical Words SAB Stamp Set

Featuring: 117690 Vintage Vogue Stamp Set

Featuring: 113252 Thoughts & Prayers Stamp Set

Featuring: 118134 With All My Heart Stamp Set

With this greeting card, the layout was copied, but a different stamp set was used and different colored cardstock.

Featuring: 118378 Good Neighbors SAB Stamp Set

Featuring: 115764 C is for Cat Stamp Set

I’m proud of them for doing something that was challenging and out of some of their comfort zones!

Halloween Scrapbook

Sue — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:39:37 +0000

One of my downline, Sandy, surprised me with this Halloween Scrapbook.

I love the Night & Day Specialty Designer Series Paper (retires 1-4-10) and the Twick or Tweet stamp set. I can’t wait to fill this with pictures of the grand girls!

Scrapbook Convention

Sue — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:53:22 +0000

In late October, I attended a scrapbook convention with three of my downline. It was wierd to be attending something other than a Stampin’ Up! convention. We all got a few new ideas to use in our upcoming classes. But we all agreed that there wasn’t the comraderie or excitement that is always at Stampin’ Up! events!

October Scrapbook Club

Sue — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:49:25 +0000

The first theme for October’s scrapbook club was birthday pages made in primary colors. The Big Shot "Alphabet Simple Letters" has become my favorite alphabet die cut.

The Big Shot "Big Bold Cupcake" sizzlits die cuts were very fun to use. Crimped the bottom of the cupcake and added brads to the top.

I’ve been wanting to try the Big Shot "Lattice" die for a while. Glue dots work the best to make them stick to cardstock.

The second theme was Christmas featuring Merry Moments designer series paper, Old Olive, Real Red and Very Vanilla cardstock.

Embossed words in Iridescent Ice embossing powder and punched with the ornament punch. Added silver cording on the back held with a brad.

This page features the styled vanilla hodgepodge hardware kit with retired real red striped grosgrain ribbon.

Again, the embossing was done with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.

Autumn Scrapbook Pages

Sue — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:49 +0000

One of my downline, Autumn, attended my recent Halloween class. She changed one project from a Halloween theme to an autumn theme. She used the Big Shot "Bag with Scallops" die cut to make the six bookmark look-a-like bases. She used the Big Shot "Alphabet Simple Letters" to spell out her name. The Scallop Punch, 1 3/8" punch and 1 1/4" punch and the Falling Leaves stamp set were also used. Don’t you love the new In-Colors of cardstock, ribbon and ink: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Soft Suede? Great job Autumn!

Baby Girl Scrapbook & Card

Sue — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:04:21 +0000

My friend, Karla, recently had a beautiful baby girl. It was time to make a purse-size brag book/scrapbook for the new mom. I love using the Sizzix Top Note Die Cut to make these. I embellished some of the pages and texturized some of the pages. I love the colors of pink and brown together!