MORE SCRAPBOOKING

This SUMMER FUN layout would be great for photos of the beach or pool, a day spent fishing or just laying in the sun, vacation or "Stay-cation". There is lots of room for photos of any size, with small accents from the Occasions Mini Catalog's new set, JUST BEACHY. The bottom border was created using a Bashful Blue Ink cartridge and the SOMETHING FISHY jumbo roller wheel. The ink was rolled on Bashful Blue card stock and on Tempting Turquoise card stock. Both strips were hand torn to create the nice texture along the top of the border. KIWI KISS is a nice background contrast and provides a lush green color of summer.

Can't you just feel the hot summer sun in the title block below? The "S" was cut from SUMMER SUN card stock using the Cricut and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge, and the other letters of the title were stamped using the TAFFY ALPHABET SET and Summer Sun Ink. The "S" was placed on a 1-1/4" SQUARE PUNCH of Tempting Turquoise layered on a piece of ONLY ORANGE Square Scallop Punch. One of the Orange Flowers from the FLOWER BRADS ASSORTMENT makes the perfect finishing touch, don't you think? All of this is layered on top of TEMPTING TURQUOISE PRINT PATTERN DESIGNER SERIES PAPER.

I thought this layout would be good for photos from the Strawberry Festival, which is a large local event held in nearby Plant City, FL annually in March. I know... I know... these are cherries, not strawberries. But this stamp set, TART & TANGY, also has a cute strawberry stamp in it. But I wanted to use this awesome print from the (now retired) ROCKABILLY SPECIALTY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER. Can you see that I also used the cherries stamp and Versamark Ink to create my own patterned paper for the background? This is the best of both worlds: using Stampin' Up!'s beautiful DSP -- and creating my own patterned paper using repetitive stamping of the main image stamp and Versamark. How much easier can it get?!?

The embellishment below was created by stacking alternative colors of card stock using successive sizes of Circle Punches and the Scallop Circle Punch. The rhinestone in the center adds just a touch of bling to the spread.

We are having so much fun creating these layouts as we work toward compiling a year's worth of photos into one full scrapbook by the end of the school year. Would you like to join us? Class meets 9:30AM until noon every first Saturday of the month at my house in Apollo Beach, FL. Contact me here to R.S.V.P. two weeks prior to the class date. If you would like to take the class but flying here each month creates a problem for your busy schedule, contact me about ordering a packet to be sent to you via the USPS. I would love to have you join us -- either way!

~Alice