Scrapbooking 13

This page is another of DS's.  I've used Loads of Love again, this time to match the cars and trucks on his shirt.  You can see below how I've stamped the ute both in a row along the Night of Navy strips, as well as on the top corner of the Sage Shadow rectangle.  I've also added the Loads of Love sentiment from the set to the bottom of the rectangle.  The build a brads have a Sage Shadow circles in them, which has been stamped with the small heart image from I {Heart} Hearts, with LOVE through the middle of the heart.  I have used my circle scissors to cut out the circles of the photo and the mat. I have distressed the edges of all individual pieces of card.

Happy Stamping........Manda

Scrapbooking 2

Here is the next page.

This one uses Real Red, Ballet Blue and a little bit of Basic Black. I've used stamps from I {Heart} Hearts and Always. I have also used a journalling block from a retired SU! set (sorry name escapes me at the moment).  You can't really tell, but I've stamped the background in the spotted heart outline too. 

Here is the embellishment.

Happy Stamping......Manda

Scrapbooking

I am normally a card maker.  I dabble in scrapbooking, I enjoy it, but I find 12 x 12 a bit intimidating.  I have a 6 x 6 album that I've done, but it is really to show off the photo, as there isn't all that much room to add embellishment.

The answer to my dilemma?  8 x 8 inch scrap booking.  Why?  My sister has gone overseas for 5 months, and I thought I'd send her a little reminder of home.  Mind you, she left in May, and I have literally just finished the last page this weekend.  They say that good things come to those who wait. LOL :-)

As I am sending this to her, I have taken the liberty of using lots of things from my non-SU! stash.  There is also lots of retired SU! stuff.  I will be posting a lot of these pages over the next couple of weeks, and you have actually seen one already (click here for original post).

So here is the first page. 

This page uses Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.  The stamps are from I {Heart} Hearts and A Happy Heart.  I've used the scallop square and 1 1/4 inch square punches.  I have hand cut the small heart on the top right box.

Here are some close ups of the scallop boxes.

Happy Stamping......Manda

Valentines Day......

One of the ladies who comes to my monthly Technique Classes asked me to come up with a male Valentines Day card. So I combined this challenge with a new technique to teach, and this is what I came up with.

I have used Baja Breeze as the base cardstock, along with Chocolate Chip and Pacific Point. The DSP is from the Baja Breeze Prints pack. Stamp Sets are I {Heart} Hearts and A Happy Heart. I have used the Suspension techinique, which is usually used for symetrical images, such as circles, so that when the image (in this case a heart) spins, both sides look the same.

Hope you like it........

Happy Stamping........Manda

Haiti Disaster Relief.....

We have all been saddened by the disaster that hit Haiti recently. Stampin' Up! have just launched their campaign to help raise much needed funds.

For every purchase of I {Heart} Hearts stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue, from now until the end of February, $2.00 will be donated to this very worthy cause. Please contact me if you would like to purchase this set.

Happy stamping........Manda