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IT’S MONDAY AND THAT MEANS IT IS TIME TO HIGHLIGHT SOME NEW STAMPIN’ UP! PRODUCTS

This week I have made new projects to share with you, using the MEDITTERANEAN BLOOMS SUITE COLLECTION.

My thoughts about this suite went to Italy! I remember when I was in Sorrento seeing the beautiful blues of the Meditteranean Sea, groves of citrus, aged olive trees and local Lemoncello brewers.

One of the amazing things about travelling is storing these memories and remembering them when we see, hear or smell something that triggers them. Sometimes those memories are recorded.

Today’s project is a memory keeping project.

When Rob and I travelled earlier this year, I took more than my usual share of photos. These scrapbooking pages feature some of the flowers I saw.

One day soon I hope that I learn how to take a straight photo of a scrapbook page.

For both of the scrap pages I used a 12″x 12″ Night of Navy card and added one of the designs from the Meditteranean Blloms Designer Series Paper. The paper was trimmed down to 11″x 11″.

The DSP design features small flowers which is perfect for these pages.

Each of the photos was cut using the Citrus Blooms Dies. For the centre photo, I cut the Basic White leafy frame and placed it over the photo using Adhesive Sheet.

The Mini Alphabet Dies were used to cut the title letters. I used adhesive sheets to secure the title.

Each of the photos have a small journalling tab attached, I used the Keeping Tabs punch and cut each in half and stapled them in place (yes, I still have my retired Stampin’ Up! stapler)

The final elements for each page were white flowers from the Petal Park Builder Punch.

The photos were all glued into place with the PHOTO SAFE Tombow Multipurpose Glue.

Tomorrow I have a simple technique to share with you.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

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Paper Snips
[103579]
$21.00
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MEMORIES ON MONDAY (a wee bit late)

This week’s layout was finished yesterday but I didn’t quite get around to photographing it – so here it is now.

The Beauty Abounds Suite is perfect for scrapbooking because the images, in this piece of Designer Series Paper, are large and colourful.

I stamped the image directly onto the 12″x 12″ Balmy Blue cardstock (retired) using the same coloured ink.

The name of the Suite inspired the title for this page. Now to find a photo of my daughters to add to the page.

I used the Alphabest Stamp Set and coordinating Best Label Punch for the title.

It doesn’t take much to make a lovely scrapbook layout when the paper and stamps do all the work.

I’m so pleased with this layout. What do you think?

There will a second post today for my Technique Tuesday project. Phew – back on track.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25
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MONDAY IS ALL ABOUT SHARING MEMORIES THROUGH SCRAPBOOKING

Memories on Monday takes me back to my first paper crafting memories. I started scrapbooking more than 20 years ago and since then I have spent more time card making than scrapbooking. It is great to return to a regular scrapbooking day.

This week I am featuring the Hues of Happiness Suite Collection.

HUES OF HAPPINESS SUITE COLLECTION (ENGLISH)

For this layout, I imagined a photograph of a gorgeous Spring garden.

After selecting the Designer Series Paper for this layout, I trimmed it down to 8″x 8″ and attached it a piece of 12″x 12″ Daffodil Dleight cardstock.

Then I cut a matte layer for a 6″x 4″ photograph to be added.

Then I used the Alphabest Stamp Set and coordinating punch to create the title for the layout.

Three of the floral images and leaf image were stamped, using Night of Navy ink, directly onto a piece of Designer Series Paper. Each flower and the leaves were then die cut using the Blossoming Happiness Dies.

The flowers and leaves were then arranged around the central photo area and adhered in place.

I finished the layout by using the spiral paper tear away die to cut a Basic White journalling space.

Stamping directly onto Designer Series Paper is one of my favourite techniques.

Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday. I have a few ideas that I am mulling around – you’ll have to wait and see what I decide to do.

Until then, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List
Paper Snips
[103579]
$19.25