New England Stamper

Christmas Scrapbook in a Box

Please don't think I'm ahead of the game and scrapbooking my Christmas pictures from this year - 2009.  Nope, the pictures I put into this Scrapbook in a Box are from 2007!  It's a start, right?  It was actually a special Christmas because it's the last one we spent in the UK and it was my niece's first Christmas - she was only a couple of months old.  I plan to put a little journaling in the empty squares.

The project is one we made in Stamp Club this month and we used the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin' kit.  These kits are perfect for this project - you can get 3 boxes from one kit if you use the patterned paper as the box lids.  

I've made several of these boxes before.  A summer box:

A July 4 box:

 

If you'd like to make one, here's a pdf file with the instructions: Download Scrapbook in a Box with Photos E

Hope you all had a great Christmas - thanks for stopping by!

Fall Button Page

Yes, I know it's still summer and this is a Fall page - perhaps I'm looking too far ahead or perhaps I just can't wait for the first day of school!  This page is for Crafty Creation's button challenge and when you're done here, hop over to the blog and check out my fellow design team members' beautiful work.

I had a lot of fun making this page because it includes so many of my favorite things - ribbon, buttons, nature stamps and earthy colors. 

As it is a nature-inspired page, I wanted to add as much texture as possible.  I used textured c/stock, that was also ripped; the page edges were sponged with Chocolate Chip ink and grass from Inspired by Nature was stamped on the bottom.  I added more texture with four different ribbons, buttons and a lot of foam tape to give the page dimension.

The majority of the buttons are from SU's Button Latte collection and I stitched each one onto a piece of wide twill tape with Linen Thread.

Here's a close up of the tag:

I hope you are able to play along with the button challenge this week.  And if you have any questions about the page, leave a comment or send me an email.  All supplies can be purchased from my Stampin' Up! website.

Supplies

• Stamps: Lovely as a Tree (115026), Inspired by Nature (111656), Season of Friendship (111776)
• Card stock: Kraft (107070), Close to Cocoa (101341), Very Vanilla (101650), watercolor paper (105019)
  
• Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic ink (100908), Chocolate Chip marker (100071), Versamark pad (102283), Old Olive Classic ink (102277)
  
• Accessories: Button Latte (114333), Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets (108431), Twill Tape (105245), Linen Thread (104199), Kraft Taffeta ribbon (109068), Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon (retired)
• Tools: Cropadile (108362), Aquapainters(103954), Ticket Corner punch (107215)

Missing...

Yes, I've been missing for a week.  And I've been missing stamping and blogging too.  I've have a virus which is stopping me doing just about everything, but I hope to be back in the saddle soon.

Here's a rare (for me) scrapbook page  that I made a while ago and I used it for the Crafty Creations Challenge this week, which is travel.  I'm sponsoring the prize this week, which is a whopping 25 yards of ribbon - check it out!

The block with the black and white gingham bow opens up to reveal an accordian folded booklet with some journaling.  Here's a close up:

The title is chipboard letters covered with patterned paper:

And here's a closer look at one more detail which I like - a mini library clip:

I hope you are having a wonderful summer and can find some time to create and have fun.

All supplies by Stampin' Up!

• Stamps: Celebrate Everything, Short Order Numbers
• Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Baja Blue, Fifth Avenue d/paper
• Ink: Basic Grey, black marker
• Accessories: mini library clips, black and white gingham ribbon, On Board Chipboard
• Tools: Round tab punch, Big Shot, Texture plates
  

Sweet & Simple Scrapping Saturday

Happy Scrapbooking Day!  It's time for another Sweet & Simple Saturday project and I'm sharing a scrapbook page with you today instead of a card.

I'm not a big scrapbooker (I put too much pressure on myself - can you imagine!), but I was delighted to find Jennifer Buck's blog with some CAS (clean and simple) page layouts. I chose this layout Jennifer posted a couple of weeks ago to showcase a favorite photo. 

[Sorry about the wrinkle in the left corner - I'll have to flatten it in my album.] 

The patterned paper flowers are die cut using the Flower Layers #3 die (available through SU).  I jazzed up the yellow flowers with some Sunflower Shimmerz and the polka dot patterned paper with Celery Shimmerz.  Here's a closer look:

Remember that if you use Shimmerz on any of your scrapbook pages, you can enter them to win some new pots of Shimmerz .  You don't need a blog, just start a gallery on Splitcoaststampers or Two Peas in a Bucket, upload your project and then leave a link on the Shimmerz blog.  You have a whole week to post them - so get busy!

Happy Scrapping!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Ali Edward's Capture the Moment (Technique Tuesday)

• C/stock: Whisper white, Good Morning Sunshine (SU), Kaleidascope (My Mind's Eye)

• Ink: Not Quite Navy ink & marker, Celery & Sunflower Shimmerz

• Accessories: Velvet brads (Creative Imaginations), Chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp)

• Tools: Big Shot, Flower Layers #3 die

 

Sweet Bundle of Love Mini Book

I just cannot stop making these mini books with Stampin' Up!'s Top Note die!  I posted another a few weeks ago and I plan to make another with my club this month. 

This baby book or album was made using felted wool (for today's Ways to Use It challenge on Splitcoast).  We have a beautiful quilting store in the area called The Quilted Crow and they have a huge selection of this gorgeous fabric.  It's softer and lighter than the kind of felt you'd find at the craft store or Joann's and really nice to work with.

Here's the directions:

1. Using your iron set on wool, attach a piece of felt to a 4" x 11" piece of vanilla cardstock with Heat n Bond Lite.

2. When cool, run the cardstock/felt piece through the Big Shot twice with the Top Note die (it cuts like butter!) to make your front and back covers.

3. To make inside pages: run pink and saffron cardstock through Big Shot with Top Note die four at a time.  Make as many pages as you wish.

4. Punch holes through covers and pages using a Crop-a-dile and bind with two 1" book rings.

5. Make hole reinforcers using a 1/2" circle punch and attach to cover with liquid tombo.

6. Stamp "Sweet Bundle" with white craft ink onto certainly celery c/stock, heat emboss with white embossing powder and punch with 1 3/4" circle punch. 

7. Sew a felt flower and button onto your large celery circle with crochet thread and attach to album front with liquid tombo.

8. Tie coordinating ribbons to book rings and trim.  Fill with pictures of your sweet bundle of love or give it as a baby shower gift.

Recipe (All supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

• Stamps: Sweet Celebrations
• Paper: vanilla, certainly celery, pink pirouette and so saffron cardstock
• Ink: white craft ink
• Accessories: pretty in pink narrow grosgrain ribbon, bashful blue taffeta ribbon, kiwi kiss/vanilla satin ribbon, Flower Fusion, Button Bouquet, 1" book rings from Staples, felted wool, crochet thread and Heat n Bond lite from The Quilted Crow
• Tools: Big Shot, Top Note die, Crop-a-dile, 1/2" hole punch, heat gun

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Recipe Book

I've got another mini album to share with you today.  I made this album for my brother Pat and his partner Lou.  They both like to cook, so I figured they'd be able to use it.

The front and back covers (approx. 7" x 9") are made from mat board and covered with patterned paper from the Be Merry collection by My Mind's Eye.  The edges are sponged with old olive ink.  The 3 holes are reinforced with eyelets and it is all held together with 2" book rings.  

The little oven mitt is a paper pieced stamped image from Baked with Love by Kim Hughes. 

The page protectors and recipe cards are from Making Memories' Fa La La collection.  I included a few of my own favorite recipes to get them started.

 

An envelope is attached to the inside back cover for clipped recipes.

Recipe:

Stamps: Baked with Love by Kim Hughes (Cornish Heritage Farms)

Paper: Be Merry patterned paper (My Mind's Eye), recipe cards (Making Memories), whisper white c/stock, mat board

Ink: brown Stazon, chocolate chip marker, old olive

Accessories: brown chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp), real red, chocolate chip, baja breeze ribbon & Linen Thread, (SU), envelope (SU), 2" book rings, blue eyelets (unknown)

Tools: Cropadile, large oval punch, sponge

Have a great day!

Mini Albums

Here is a mini album I made for my brother Richard and sister-in-law Helene.

The chipboard covers measure 6" x 6" and the 12 card stock pages measure 5.75" x 5.75".  The edges of the covers are sponged with riding hood red ink and the hole re-inforcers are made from the same colored card stock.  The album is held together with 2" book rings, which are embellished with riding hood red and kiwi kiss ribbon plus some small silver bells, which I thought would amuse my niece.

The inside pages are decorated with riding hood photo corners and rhinestone embellished snowflakes stamped with Versamark.

Recipe:

Stamps: Holiday Collection (Stampin' Up!)

Paper: riding hood red, certainly celery c/stock.  I can't remember who made the patterned paper - it's driving me crazy!

Ink: riding hood red (SU), versamark

Accessories: riding hood red grosgrain ribbon (SU), kiwi kiss/very vanilla satin ribbon (SU), clear gemstones (Hero Arts), white chipboard letters (Heidi Swapp), bells, 2" book rings

Tools: Cropadile, sponge, sanding block

Thanks for looking!

 

Journal Your Christmas Pages

As promised, here are a few of the pages from my Christmas scrapbook.  I will probably add bits and pieces to each page during the month as the mood takes me, but it's good to get something down everyday.

The patterned paper on this page is from this year's Country Living Kit from Stampin' Up!.  The tag was made from whisper white c/stock, a tag corner punch and the Lined Paper stamp from Cornish Heritage.

The snowflake on the left page was made with SU's Ski Slope paper and the Sizzix die Snowflake #2 with my friend's Big Shot. The layered felt snowflakes are called Holiday House Felt Winter by American Crafts.  The tag on the right side on the red envelope is from Making Memories and the tags are the same as above.

Thanks for stopping by.

Journal Your Christmas

I started my Christmas journal yesterday.  I'm taking part in the Journal Your Christmas class organized by Shimmelle Laine.

The idea is to prepare your journal or scrapbook ahead of time so that making entries every day or every few days is less work and you are more likely to finish it.  Of course, I never have unfinished projects :)

The album measures 6" x 6" and the front and back covers are acrylic and they are attached with 2 huge 2" book rings.  I chose big ones because I know it's going to be a thick book by the time I'm done.  The patterned paper behind the acrylic panels (not attached to them) is a flocked paper from Making Memories and the chipboard letters on the front are Heidi Swapp.

 

I made 25 inside pages from several different materials.  I alternated between kraft c/stock, patterned paper attached to c/stock, envelopes and transparencies.  Each  page was numbered ahead of time with a variety of materials - old playing cards, tickets, chipboard numbers, stamps etc.  It's quite an eclectic mix, but I like it.  Here are a few of the empty pages.  I'll share some decorated pages later this week.

 

 

 

Have a great day!

Scrapbook in a Tin

Stampin' Up! has made the skinny silver tins available again for just $1.95 each (code #108333).   I'm a sucker for tins of any kind, so I had to get one.  Here's what I did with it - a scrapbook in a tin just waiting for my Christmas 2008 photos.  I made a vellum pocket in the lid and put pre-stamped and punched words to use as accents in the finished album.  The card stock pages fold out accordion style with enough space for 6 pictures.  The recipe can be found at the end of the post.

 

Recipe: all products by Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Simple Serif Letters & Numbers

Paper: Ski Slope designer paper, riding hood red, baja blue, vellum & whisper white c/stock

Ink: riding hood red

Accessories:  Little Felt Flurries, rhinestone brad, wide grosgrain choc chip ribbon

Tools: corner rounder, oval punches, scallop edge punch, white gel pen, sanding blocks