Paper Sunset Scrapbook Page

 

Hi Everyone! Today I am taking part in the Scrapbooking Global Stampin' Up! Blog Hop!  Scrapbooking Global is a great Scrapbooking page on Facebook.  Participants use primarily Stampin' Up! products so I find it a great resource for inspiration! Scrapbooking is why I joined Stampin' Up! 18 years ago! My husband was sent to Iraq and I didn't want him to miss all the things our 4 1/2 year old was getting up to while he was gone. I started doing classes and doing more and more cards, which I love, but that put my scrapbook pages on the back burner a bit. I found I was only making 4 or 5 pages a year! Well I will never get caught up at that rate! Just before Covid, I added a scrapbook page option to my Card Buffets, that way I had to make at least one page a month! During all the Social Distancing I made even more!   I am trying to keep it up, so hopefully you will see more and more pages from me! 

This months There is Creative Backgrounds. I had several ideas floating in my head for this one.  Sponging, decorative masks, mixed media and more!  In the end I was looking at the photo of my husband with our middle child at a dock in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.  The sun was just setting and we were waiting for a table for dinner at JJ's, a favorite burger joint on the water.  Ben was doing all he could to keep Zachary out of the water! Such a wiggle worm. 

I used a base in Sahara Sand with another layer of Basic Black.  On a sheet of thinner 11 inch grid paper I began layering my strips of cardstock.  I wanted to layer on the grid paper so that when I got all the strips glued down, I could then trim the edges to get the perfectly straight.  I layered Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo and Gorgeous Grape.

I used the Waves Dies for the accents on my page. I love the look of those layered cloud dies. In the past I have used these dies with Basic White with accents of Balmy Blue or Smokey Slate but I thought this time I would be super dramatic and use Night of Navy and Mango Melody. What do you think? Too Much? I sort of like it! 

I hope that you  will follow along on the Hop! And, if you are a scrapbooker too, join our Scrapbooking Global page on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1204438373008307

You have most likely come from the Talented Sharon Dalton.  Next up is Courtenay Heuston from Australia. Hop on over to see her creation!

Use your scraps! 2 card ideas to help you use those strips of scraps

Hi Everyone!  Many years ago, I wrote up a blog post about using up your paper strip scraps.  You know, those thin little strips we all end with a ton of as we use up are designer series paper. That old blog post continues to get A LOT of views all these years later. Most of the items I used in that post have since been discontinued, so I thought I would make a new sample using scraps.
Here is a link to the old post in case you want to check it out.

  For this version I used the Bold Butterfly die to cut out a butterfly shape from the Background of my cardstock, and instead of using the butterfly, i used the negative space from the cut out.  I placed strips of designer series paper behind the cut out.

On this second version, I adhered strips of designer series paper to a scrap of thin paper (I used the grid paper I work on) and then used the Butterfly thinlit to cut out the shape.









Both samples use the Butterfly Basics stamp set. This is a great stamp set with many images that would be great for layering. I love the two sentiments that come with this set, "Sending wishes your way" and "Happy Birthday" both in a beautiful font.
The designer series paper used here is from the Moroccan collection, which is on sale right now! YAY! .   There are a lot  of great papers and ribbons and more on sale in both the Clearance Rack and the Retirement sections of the online store, click my shop button to go straight to my online store and see the deals!  These are While Supplies Last, so don't delay!








I made a quick video with step by step instructions for both versions of the card. 

Look through your paper stash and see what color combinations you can come up with!