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TIME TO SHARE SOME MORE MEMORIES

Another Monday rolls around and it’s time to share another scrapbook layout. Today’s memories were made in Singapore in 2019 on the homeward bound leg of our two month journey through Eastern Europe.

At first I wasn’t sure that I had any photos that would suit the Cactus Cuties Stamp Set and Cactus Builder Punch. Then I remembered our visit to Gardens by the Bay. In the Flower Dome there is an amazing display of aloes, succulents and cactii.

For the first page I used a Basic White 12″x 12″ sheet of cardstock and a piece of Just Jade cardstock. I chose the brick design from the Bloom Where You’re Planted 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper.

After positioning the photos on this page, I stamped and fussy cut/punched the pots and cactii. These were glued down using Multi Purpose Glue.

I added a small amount a journaling over the bricks.

This area of the garden is titled ‘Aloes in Wonderland’ and has a number of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ statues interspersed among the plants. I thought this was such a clever play on words. Isn’t Alice cute?

This page is almost a mirror image of the first. Instead of using Just Jade cardstock I chose the timber plank design from the same DSP collection. After cutting three 1″ strips of Cinnamon Cider cardstock across the timber paper.

The next collection of photos were added and more pots and cactii to decorate the page.

The White Rabbit looks very dapper in his jacket, checking his pocket watch.

I love all the vibrant greens that are on display in this garden.

Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday – so I’m off to decide which one to share.

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]
$17.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00
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MAKING SURE THAT MEMORIES ARE RECORDED

Monday is my day for scrapbooking. When I decided to use the All Together Collection this week, I knew that I wanted to scrap a page showing Kate and James together.

The stamp and coordinating die that has a pair of hands creating a heart is what I wanter to feature.

The occasion was James’ 30th birthday and Kate did a lot to help organise the party. She was so delighted when she found a beer stein birthday cake.

This is a very simple layout using layers of cardstock and All Together 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper, with one photo the focus.

I stamped and cut three pairs of heart hands. The Real Red cardstock filled the heart shape.

The sentiment, from the Here Together Stamp Set, was stamped in Real Red and punched out using the Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch. Three more shapes were punched from Real Red cardstock.

Half inch, three quarter inch and one inch strips of DSP were cut. I used the Banners Pick a Punch to shape the ends of the paper strips. These were then positioned on the back of the Real Red layer.

Leaves and hearts were coloured using the Dark Real Red and Dark Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends. These colours match Kate’s dirndl very nicely.

I’m looking forward to showing Kate this scrapbook page. It will certainly help us remember a fun afternoon.

Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday. I have the easiest technique to use on black and white Designer Series Paper.

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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MONDAY MEMORIES – TIME TO SHARE A SCRAPBOOK PAGE

My weekly crafting schedule has Monday set aside for memory keeping. It’s the day for turning a 12″x 12″ page into a scrapbook page or pages.

As I am using the Waves of the Ocean Collection, I knew that I needed to scrap some Bell’s Beach photos. As a family, we have visited Bell’s Beach a couple of times.

I started this layout by choosing Bermuda Bay as the base colour.

For the main photo (centre) I created a piece of vellum coloured with Stampin’ Blends and rubbing alcohol. To do this I used Dark Bermuda Bay and Dark Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends and coloured connecting spots before using an eye dropper to drop the alcohol. I cut the vellum and a piece of Night of Navy Foil to make the matte layer the photo is attached to.

After all three photos were positioned on the page, I went on to cut, layer and attach the waves.

The pelicons were cut from a piece of Mother of Pearl 12″x 12″ Specialty Paper. The two pelicans in the top and middle positions each have another die cut pelican underneath – the top one was cut from a piece of Bermuda Bay Foil and the middle one was cut from a piece of the alcohol coloured vellum.

Using the same Mother of Pearl paper, I cut the title for this page with the Playful Alphabet Dies. The Adhesive Sheets that I placed behind the paper made it very easy to attach the title.

After cutting the seagulls, I added them making them fly across the page.

The shimmer on the Mother of Pearl Specialty Paper is so stunning.

Placing this pelican in the corner of this photo added a great finishing touch.

I didn’t put the Playful Alphabets Dies in this photo – if you could see my craft room at the moment, you would understand why I couldn’t find them.

Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday and I have two 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.

Product List
Waves Dies
[158840]
$60.00
Paper Snips
[103579]
$17.00