Scrapping Our Scan Photos

I simply couldn't delay adding our scan pictures to our scrapbook and got planning a layout last week.  I wanted to use the new pastel in-colours that Stampin' Up! has brought out this year and got to work using up lots of snippets.  Here's what I came up with:

I'd love to take credit for the lovely wording but I came across it on the internet and thought it was perfect.  Our three pictures are mounted on some Baked Brown Sugar card with little flags cut out of Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush and Coastal Cabana.  The little journalling tag and heart are leftover from the Artisans Embellishments Kit I enjoyed working with from the last Spring/Summer Seasonal Catalogue.  The lettering and rub-ons aren't SU - part of the lettering is from a sticker alphabet set and part is die-cut out of more scraps of in-colour card.  All of this is on a sheet of Very Vanilla patterned paper - SU have brought out new stacks with new patterns now that the colour families have been updated.  I'm trying to use up my old stacks so I can play with the new ones!

Supplies
Card: Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Very Vanilla patterned paper from the neutrals stack (retired)
Other: Artisan Embellishment Kit (retired)
Other (non-SU): rub-on, butterfly and delight tag, sticker alphabet sheet, alphabet dies

Hope this makes you go 'awww'!  As it uses up lots of snippets, I'm taking it for a play in the Playground which is always lots of fun!

Before you go, just check out this house!

Have a lovely day,

Thanks So Much

I've got a quick little thank you card to share with you today, made with the wonderful Oh, Hello stampset which coordinates with the Tea for Two range of papers (my favourite... ever!).

I stamped the oval pattern in Bashful Blue (going to miss this colour so much!) and then stamped the greeting in Early Espresso over the top.  I layered it over a doily from the Artisan Embellishment kit on a So Saffron card base.  The arrows were stamped in Gumball Green, Baja Breeze and So Saffron with the outlines overstamped in Early Espresso.  The flower stamp fussy cut out tied with a piece of twine, plus a beautiful rose embellishment, also from the Artisan Embellishment kit, finished the card off.

Supplies
Stamps: Oh, Hello
Ink: Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, and marker pens in Gumball Green, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Midnight Muse
Card: So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Oval Framelits and BigShot, linen thread, doily, rose embellishment, stamp-a-ma-jig

A few more snippets used up on this card so I can go along to play in Di's duckpond (oops mistyped that first as duckpong!).

It's been another gloriously sunny weekend up here and we've all been making the most of the weather...

Nothing says summer like rubbing your face in long grass, does it Socks?

Hope you've had a great weekend too,

Special Scrapbooking

One of the things I love about scrapbooking is that you can scrapbook pretty much anything.  My scrapbook is as eclectic as I am, with pages about food sitting comfortably next to important family moments.  Today I am sharing the scrapbook page I made for when our nephew was born (he's one year old on 1st May -- behind, moi?).

All of the papers are from the lovely Tea for Two pack and I started my layout by cutting out the papers I wanted to use.  I stamped the words 'it's a boy' in the top right and those cute little baby feet in the bottom right, all in Marina Mist.  The lovely lace is part of the Artisan Embellishments Kit, as is the heart doily, the die cut heart card and the 'love' ticket stub.  I added some ivory paper onto the card, held in place with an old SU brad.  To finish, I adhered three roses from the Flower Trim from the current seasonal catalogue.

Here's a closer look at the centre of my page:

It's not what I had in mind for this page... it just kind of happened, but I just kind of like it this way!

Supplies

Stamps: Baby Prints

Ink: Marina Mist

Paper: Tea for Two Designer Series Paper

Other: Artisan Embellishments Kit, Flower Trim, brad

As always, if you have any questions about Stampin' Up! or if you would like to place an order, please do not hesitate to get in touch on 07977 141605 or by email.  I will be happy to help!

I have a happy springtime doggy to share with you today:

Have a happy day!