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A Quick Layout & Class Info!

I wanted to share my upcoming class info with you and a layout! For those of you new to my blog, I teach Memory Box classes at Stamp Salado in Salado, TX. My next class will be held on July 30th at 10:30 a.m., and it will be the first of a scrapbook series. We will be making two 8x8 scrapbook pages using Memory Box stamps, pearls, dies, and papers. For this first class, here is the "easier" of the two pages you will be making: 


This is actually the right-hand side of the two pages. I prefer scrapping single pages but created these two pages to match for those of you that enjoy doing two page spreads. This will work for either type of scrapper! If you are new to scrapping, join us. It's really just like making a larger card with a photo!

After this July class,  I will be holding classes on September 3rd and September 17th so be sure and mark your calendars! I hope to see you! Blessings,

Focus on the {Image}

Have you played with any of the new tree stamps yet?  I am talking about the Tree of Blooms G1769 and Tree of Birds G1768 stamps. These are perfect stamps for coloring and creating a simple card. The reason I say "simple card" is because it then keeps the focus on the colored image. That is just what I did today with the Tree of Blooms stamp.

First, I stamped the image onto X-Press It blending paper.


Then I used these Copics to color the tree and flowers:


After coloring, it was very fast to ink the edges of the paper, add my background paper from the 6x6 Valise paper pack, and then to add some twine and a sentiment to finish. Super simple yet keeps the focus on the image.

Papers:  Memory Box Valise, Memory Box kraft notecard, X-Press It blending paper
Stamps:  Memory Box Tree of Blooms G1769, Memory Box Let's Catch Up B883
Stamp Ink:  Memento rich cocoa, Tim Holtz Distress Ink rusty hinge
Copics: G40, G82, G85, Y21, Y38
Embellishments:  Paper Trey Ink rustic twine

And just a note, I did not mean for it to turn out to be a Fall card but that's what happens sometimes when I don't plan in advance and just play. LOL! I hope you enjoyed it. So, grab those Copics and your Memory Box tree stamps and have some coloring fun! Thanks for stopping by!

Remember Using Paint Swatches?

So, do you remember using paint swatches on your cards and/or layouts? It used to be "the thing." I used a few on my layouts but never cards. Well, yesterday as I was creating, I decided to have some fun and put one on a card with the new Memory Box Valise papers! Here is how my card turned out:

Papers:  Memory Box Valise, Memory Box kraft notecard, X-Press It cs
Stamp Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Palette Ink black
Stamps:  Memory Box Make Me Smile B1765, Memory Box Cocoa Bean Butterfly C1714
Copics: Y21, Y26, Y28
Embellishments: Memory Box classic scallop die, Distress Stickles frayed burlap, burlap from A Millon Memories, misc. paint swatch, sewing machine

To color the Cocoa Bean Butterfly {C1714} stamp, I used my Copic markers. Here are the colors I used. To see how I labeled my Ciao markers, feel free to see my post here.


I also used the Memory Box Classic Scallop die and finished off the card with the Memory Box Make Me Smile {B1765} sentiment stamp.

I hope you have enjoyed today's little card. So, grab your Memory Box papers and stamps, a paint swatch, and have some fun! Have a great weekend! 

A Layout for Tuesday!

Today, I thought I would share a layout using some photos I have been meaning to scrap since last spring. The colors in the new Valise Paper line really matched these photos perfectly! (**Please note that the photos came out a bit 'yellow'. The paper is truly a kraft color with teals and greens. The close-up shots show the original colors much better than the photo of the whole layout.)



Papers:  Memory Box Bill of Sale, Keepsake, and Valise
Memory Box Stamps: Cocoa Bean Butterly C1714
Stamp Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink black soot
Embellishments: Memory Box classic scallop die, Prima flower, Heidi Swapp chipboard alpha, Zva Creative pearl flourish, Recollections leaves, Glossy Accents, sewing machine

I started out with a 12x12 sheet of the 'Bill of Sale' paper and cut it down to 8x8 since that's the page size that I scrap. I then matted the photos on papers from the 6x6 Valise paper pack. After mounting and placing the photos, I stamped the Cocoa Bean Butterfly stamp {C1714} several times just for fun. I then used the Classic Scallop die to create a border at the bottom using the same paper I used for matting. The cute journaling tag I cut from a 12x12 sheet of the Keepsake paper. To create the clocks, I punched out two clocks from the clock paper also in the 6x6 Valise paper pack. I covered them in Glossy Accents to look like a glass face over the clocks. To finish, I added stitching, pearls, a flower, and leaves.

These really are great papers. I hope you will give them a try along with the new dies next time you paper craft! You won't be disappointed! Have a great day ahead!