Gettysburg

I have a silly fascination with squished penny souvenirs. I'm like a little kid when I see these machines. I usually jump up and down clapping my hands holding out my hands to my husband. "Do you have any pennies?!" He just shakes his head and pretends not to know me. Luckily Cindy has the same fascination and didn't leave me stranded :)

Club Scrap papers and ribbon. Penny souvenirs. Pink Paislee leather labels.

 

 I thought today would be an appropriate day to post this Gettysburg layout. It was the last time we all got together and caused chaos in Pennsylvania.  The Fabulous Four are flying into Wisconsin today for our annual Club Scrap Retreat.

Safe travels all my Club Scrap peeps. Keep an eye on my Facebook and Instagram accounts (#csretreat2017) for retreat updates. I can't wait to share with you all the retreat goodness when I get home! 

 



Life's a Garden

 

Happy Thursday!

I'm patiently waiting for my Lagoon collection to arrive.  So in the meantime...here's a digital layout using last month's Vintage Botany digital kit. 

 

Club Scrap digital papers, ribbon, tags, flower and stamps. SoCo digital template. Sahin Designs papers strip, sequins and butterfly. Anna Aspnes tape.

Frame it Up

Welcome to July's Artist Team Blog Hop brought to you by Club Scrap. Each month the team presents a themed challenge or technique. The  purpose of the blog hop is to demonstrate the beauty of paper crafts.  Today we'll be showing you framing ideas with your stamps and stencils. 

If you just happened on the blog hop today because you're a regular reader of my blog, and you'd like to view the entire hop, you can start back at Club Scrap. If you're already hopping and linked to me from Tina's Blog, you're in the right spot.

Inspiration for this technique came from July's NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff) challenge on the Club Scrap forum. The goal is to create a frame using your stamps or stencils.  Now you could just use a "frame" type stamp but I decided to use those small border type stamps and create frames.  This turned out to be a little more difficult than expected.  I'm too much of a perfectionist and really like my frame corners to be exact.

 

 

I started off with using the large 5x7 cards from the Vintage Botany Greetings to Go collection. This first card I used a half circle dotted stamp from "By the Seashore". I stamped it twice to make a full circle.  Easy peasy, right?! With a little masking, it does line up well.

Club Scrap papers, stamp, tag, ribbon, button and leaves. Tim Holtz oxide inks. American Crafts twine.

Here's another simple border stamp from Navajo that I used to frame the background mat. I did use my Misti to line up the sides. I love how the green leafy paper we received in Transformations matches well with Vintage Botany!

Club Scrap paper, tags, cut aparts and stamps. American Craft twine.

 I absolutely adore how this framing worked on this card!  I used the Versailles stencil which I do believe I've never used.  I taped off the section of the stencil (1/2 inch from each corner) I didn't want to use and inked all four sides directly onto the card base.

 

All products by Club Scrap.

I have a little secret about my bows on cards.  Bows and knots on ribbon (especially the wider ribbons) make the card very bulky for mailing.  I run the mat with the bow or knot tied through my Big Shot.  It totally flattens the knot and makes mailing so much easier.

Now this last card did not photography very well and I apologize. I die cut the frame and added the sentiment along the edges.  Now...this took several attempts to get right.  You really do need to pay attention to the direction of the sentiment. Just rotating the frame each time you stamped didn't work well.  Some sentiments were upside down, one side was reading up and one side was reading down.  I added dimensional foam adhesive to the frame and backed it with a very light monochromatic print.

Club Scrap papers, ribbon and stamp. Paper Smooches heart die.

Thank you for hoping with us today! I hope you enjoyed the different framing with stamps and stencils. Please continue on to see what amazing frames Kelly has created.

Here are other examples of framing:

Frame It

Position It

Into the Woods



Vintage Botany Blog Hop

Welcome to the Vintage Botany Blog Hop brought to you by Club Scrap.  Each month the talented Club Scrap owner, employees and members present a project, card or layout using the monthly featured collection. The  purpose of the blog hop is to demonstrate the beauty of paper and digital crafts.

If you just happened on the blog hop today because you're a regular reader of my blog, and you'd like to view the entire hop, you can  start back at Club Scrap. If you're already hopping and linked to me from the talented Wendy, you're in the right spot. 

 

Today each member is pulling inspiration from the Vintage Botany collection. This kit features a beautiful, neutral color palette complemented by a gorgeous deep purple. The prints in this kit work perfectly for many events but I chose to use it for a recent outdoor wedding we attended.

 

Every month detailed trimming instructions and layout ideas are provided with each collection.  I tend to gain my inspiration for these Assembly Line Scrapbooking ideas. Sometimes I'll follow the layout exactly, but more times than not I'll add bits and pieces from several layout ideas, as I did here.

This layout was created using the main design of Layout 7&8 with a little twist of 5&6.

 I changed the border strip to match my theme.  I added more wooden button stamps to bring both pages together and HAD to use these adorable pop-up butterfly tags.

To make the little white tabs stand out, color it with a gold metallic pen. Staple it to the cut apart journaling tag and place it in a glassine bag.

Thank you for hoping with us today! I hope you take advantage of the ALSB instructions and get your photos on layouts. Please continue on to see what Tina has created with this collection.