Keeper of the Scrapbook

I'm How Old??

I have been playing with this idea for a page for over a week and finally finished it last night! I wanted something lighthearted and playful and I think this worked perfectly.

I was inspired by the incredible Julie Ebersole aka JulieHRR  on her blog which you can find here...Julie's blog.  For this page I scrap-lifted the layout from the weekly challenge at SCS. This weeks guest Designer Diva team is Lotus Paperie. They are awesome! You can check out their work here... Lotus Paperie.

I used the new SU designer paper Western Sky. It is beautiful. I printed all my text on the computer in Blue Bayou using the RGB codes. I didn't think about it until I started uploading but I did NO stamping on this page at all!

See ya!

Marcie

SCS Weekly Scrapbook Challenge

I made this page for the weekly  Scrapbook Challenge at SCS. One of the challenges was to leave open space around your central image. Well, that was definitely a challenge to me because I love pictures and usually try to put as many as I can on a page! LOL But I love how it turned out! I may have to use this occasionally to highlight a special photo. Oh, forgot to tell you that I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig for the first time!! Very easy to use and huge help with aligning the title (by the way in case you are wondering - the K in Crack is off on purpose!). Finally I folded smaller piece of Not Quite Navy in half and adhered the picture on top and put hidden journaling underneath. It opens like a card. I will just cut a flap on my page protector for easy access. 

Recipe: All of the materials are Stampin' Up!

Card stock - Only Orange and Not Quite Navy. Stamps - Sanded background stamped in Real Red over the only orange card stock. I used the Short Order alphabet stamps and a piece of chipboard for the over sized C and the exclamation point.

Finally a new Scrapbook page!

I have been so busy working on Christmas cards and gifts that I have neglected my scrapbooking! So today I participated in an SCS (www.splitcoaststampers.com) scrapbook  inspiration challenge. The technique was to sand the edge of your photo. I tried several different sanding instruments but I think my favorite was the small plain emery board because of it's size and ease of use. I did go back over the edge with a larger piece of sand paper and scuff it up a little for added distressing. I would suggest that you first practice on a picture that you don't care about to get the feel of the technique. Let me know if you try this! Happy sanding!