Scrappers Night Out

Here they are!! The first 6 pages for the June Scrappers Night Out on Thursday June 29 from 6:30-9:30 or Friday from 9:00-12:00. I love how the pages turned out! The first Double Layout is "Find Joy in the Little Things" this was inspired by wildforstamps off of Split Coast Stampers. It features the Petals and Paisley Designer paper from the Spring Mini with coordinating card stock.

The second set is "Fourth Fun" inspired by Dawn Gering also off of split Coast. Celebrating our nations birthday this layout features patriotic card stock with white craft ink.
















The Third set "friends" inspired by Sharon Harnist off of her blog Paper Fections features the Au Chocolate Designer paper from the Spring Mini. I love these pages!

Each set of pages will be made into kits according to your order. When you arrive you will receive your kit and go to different stations at your own pace to stamp and assemble your pages. This way you can adjust the time to work for you. You may want to change the titles on your pages to fit your pictures, there will be a coordinating alphabet stamp set and ink pads available to do so. You will need to bring adhesive and a scissors. You can also bring a paper trimmer if you have one.

Please RSVP via email, a message under the comment section of this blog or by phone by Friday June 22. For details on price etc. go to my events on my Stampin' Up! website. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

If you are interested in registering for this class you can email me.
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I wanted to try a card using the faux metal technique. I love the way this card turned out.

The stamp set is Looks Like Spring. I used Cameo Coral cardstock for the card base. I took a square whisper white cardstock and stamped the flower from looks like spring using Cameo Coral classic ink. I mounted the flower on Chocolate Chip card stock. I used a Tempting turquoise button from Fresh Favorites 1 for the final touch on the flower.

For the faux metal piece:
I set out my versamark pad and stamped the for you stamp from Happy Everything in the Versamark pad so it would be ready when I needed it. I took a square of whisper white card stock and placed the whole square on a versamark pad. I then covered the versamark with Gold Glory embossing powder. Holding the square with my tweezers from my Crafters tool kit I melted the embossing powder with my heat gun. I covered the first layer with versamark again and added another layer of gold e.p. and melted it with the heat gun. While the melted powder was still hot I quick poured another layer of gold e.p. on the piece. This time I held the heat gun under the card stock and heated from bottom up. This leaves a smoother finish. While the embossing powder was still hot I took my "for you" stamp and stamped it into the gold. It made a beautiful imprint of the words. I then took my Designer label punch, centered the words and punched out the label. I punched an 1/8 inch punch in each side of the label. I also punched two 1/8 inch holes about 1/2 inch above the bottom of the card and another hole about 3/4 of an inch from the bottom. I laced gold cord through the holes on the label and the holes in the card. I secured the label with snail so it would stay in place.

I mounted the flower on top of the label and stamped "Happy" at the top with Chocolate chip classic ink.

Name Frames

Name Frames are one of my favorite projects to make. They make an awesome gift for a baby all the way to adult. This past Christmas I made them for all of my nieces ranging in age from 11 to 18. They all loved them and said that it was one of their favorite gifts. The frame I use most often is from Walmart for only 3.00. It fits a 6" by 12" size paper perfectly. Here are two I made for my own kids Kirk and Danika. What makes Stampin' Up! products perfect for projects like this is that everything coordinates and matches. The ribbon matches the paper which matches the ink, which matches the card stock. It makes for a very classy looking project. They aren't in frames yet. On Monday July 30th I am going to be having a class where we will be making these. Click here for details.

For Danika's I used the Loves Me paper from the Winter Mini. Unfortunately it is no longer available, but Stampin' Up! has many different papers that are just as pretty. Using the Headline Alphabet I stamped the letters with Regal Rose classic ink on Whisper White card stock rectangles. I mounted the white rectangles on Pretty in Pink card stock. I embellished with some Hodge Podge Hardware, silver brads, and bits of of Stampin' Up! ribbon. The flowers are punched with the Daisy Punch and the Spring Bouquet Punch.

For Kirk I definitely wanted a more "boy" look. I used Four Seasons designer series paper mounted of Night of Navy Card stock. The letters are the Headline Alphabet with Real Red Ink on Whisper White card stock mounted on Real Red Card stock. I used Pewter Hodge Podge Hardware to embellish the letters and a piece of Hemp Twine colored with a Night of Navy Marker.