Happy Monday!

Did you have a good weekend?? I want to know who filled my weekends up with so much to do! Hmph. :D

Yesterday afternoon, we did a paper bag class. These little albums are SO much fun to do! We did ABSOLUTELY no stamping, and very little punching or Big Shot work - and you can easily get three albums out of a Simply Scrappin' Kit. If you added some more scraps, some ink, yaddayadda - you could do an untold number of these! :D

Here's the front....

This is the Christmas-themed SS kit. The colors are Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist, Old Olive, and Very Vanilla. SS kits come with 12x12 textured card stock, which makes it a lot of fun to work with. The word "celebrate" was one word, but we cut it to fit the page. :D

I fibbed a bit; we did do ONE Big Shot thing, just because I love the new snowflake die that's in the Holiday Mini - but we ONLY used them on the front cover. :)

Here's one inside spread; I also pulled out the pocket tabs a bit, so you could see them:

Yes, the color's a bit off, and I have no clue why. Oh, well. :) The light hit it wierd!!!

OK, I'm off! Tonight is the Advanced Techniques class - and it's gonna be awesome. :D You'll be seeing the cards this week, but they're all Technique Junkies techniques, so no details. You're just gonna have to come to classes! :)

Have a wonderful evening - and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something!!!

Simply Scrappin' Kits

Good afternoon! How are you doing today? Have you been stamping lately? :D

You know, I rarely purchase Simply Scrappin' (SS) kits. I get them if I have a plan for a class - like the paper bag album class on Saturday. But I keep forgetting what an incredible value they are!

You get two sheets of four different colors of card stock. You get three sheets each of two different two-sided designer series papers. And you get two sheets of three different self-adhesive die cuts. That's a LOT of material to use! For the class on Saturday, each person gets a half a package. And that will mean lots to take home - I still have about a third of my die cuts, two sheets of DSP, and some good chunks of the card stocks!

So, I decided to show you today what I made with just a few of my leftovers! :)

Don't you just love the colors? This is the Christmas-themed SS kit; it came with Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, and Marina Mist. Not a single stamp on here. Just lots of fun die cuts - and this is a 6x6 scrapbook page.

OK, I'm off! :) I'll be back tomorrow with another sample. I hope you're having a great week - why is it so hard to get back to work after a trip?!?! :D

Have a wonderful day! Take the time to STAMP - or SCRAP - something! :D

Ohhhhhhhh, so you're not SCRAPPERS, huh?

I think I feel a challenge in JULY coming up. :D IF we can fit it in between all the other stuff going on in July! :D

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THE BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST!!!!

SO, you're not commenting cuz "They're nice, but I don't scrap"? OK, well, we'll get through this series, and we'll get on with it. But I AM gonna show you the rest of these pages, because I really like this little book. :D

This is completely done - except for the month punch - with the TAILOR MADE Simply Scrappin' Kit. I LOVE the die cuts that come in that kit. Did you know they're repositionable for 24 hours, and then become permanently adhered? COOL, let me tell ya! :D

The color's just a TINY bit off, but oh, well. :D You really don't care, because they're scrapbook pages, right? :D

I'm off for another stupid-busy weekend. :D Have a WONDERFUL weekend, my friends, and be SURE to take the time to STAMP something!

Continuing with the scrapbook layouts! :)

Today will conclude the single page layouts; tomorrow, we'll start with the doubles!

Don't forget to enter the FOURTH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST I posted yesterday!
This is the last page of the album; we used the TAILOR MADE Simply Scrappin' Kit for this, and it went together in MOMENTS. Sorry the color's a bit off; the background card stock is Sahara Sand.

Simply Scrappin' Kits are just that: made to make scrappin' SIMPLE. You can dress it up or not - but it will take such a SMALL amount of time to do your scrapping with the kits!




OK, here's one of my favorite pages. :) It's September!


Again, SUPER simple - but how CUTE, huh! :)

We embossed the apples from TART & TANGY on More Mustard card stock; the apples are made with the Round Tab Punch and a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker was all we used to freehand the apple seeds!

I hope you've enjoyed the single-page layouts; as I've been telling you, the whole thing was designed to finish QUICKLY. More embellishing is always possible, but not necessary! :)

OK, I'm off! Come back tomorrow for the beginning of the double pages! And PLEASE, take the time to STAMP something - maybe an entry for the card contest? :)

Week FIVE of the Twelve Weeks of Christmas!

Where HAS the time gone?!?!? Do you realize we only have 57 days left until Christmas?!?!? Time is FLYING, everyone - don't be caught in the cold! :D Start getting things done NOW, so you can ENJOY Christmas!

But enough about that. For today's 12 Weeks email, I took it easy - after last week, can you blame me?? :D It's a scrapbook page; although I did it with MY DIGITAL STUDIO, if you have the CHRISTMAS JINGLE Simply Scrappin' Kit, you could EASILY make a very similar page!


OK, I'm OFF! Have a WONDERFUL weekend, and be SURE to take the time to STAMP SOMETHING - and have one less thing to think about for Christmas prep! :D

Happy Wednesday!

Good Wednesday, dear friend! How are you today? Surprised to see me again so soon? :D Well, my dear friend Becky taught me how to pre-post, so I thought, while I had a few moments Tuesday evening, I'd get another couple of samples all set up for you! :D

PLEASE, PLEASE GO VOTE! I'll leave them up until JULY 7!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK. Today I have two samples from the last Scrapbooking Class, in June. The first one used Summer Picnic DSP and the TART & TANGY stamp set, both of which were only available in the Occasions Mini that just ended. But you could use any of the DSP and coordinating stamp sets Stampin' Up! has! :)



We used punches to make the apple, and the colors of card stock are Sahara Sand (ink, too!), Whisper White, Real Red, Close to Cocoa (for the stem), and Glorious Green. Isn't it cute????

Here's another one; this one is completely made with the Summer Days Simply Scrappin' Kit, available until AUGUST 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you like it, check it out online (page 175) - these are colors I would never have chosen to go together, but I LOVE them in this kit!

We used the self-adhesive die cuts for the flower, three stacked on top of each other. Then, we used the Embossing Buddy to cover the adhesive on the back of the flower, so it wouldn't stick where we didn't want it to. :) It's stacked on top of two dimensionals, so that photos can slide underneath it.

Isn't it CUTE? Doesn't it make you want to come to a scrapbooking class? CLICK HERE to check out my class schedule - it's not too late to register for an upcoming class!

OK, I'm outta here - Kenn's waiting for me. :) But there's a whole lotta stampin' goin' on around here - are YOU taking time to stamp something??????????????? ;)

NEW paper bag album!

Sherie and I had a great time yesterday morning! She followed my sample pretty closely, the one I posted last week. But *I* had to not do the same thing - too boring. :) So, I came up with this design! I used white paper bags for this one, and covered more of the bag with the card stock. It uses the same Simply Scrappin' kit from Sell-A-Bration, but I did use more than just a half of one this time. The inside of the brackets is what you see on the squares on the front; I also used another half of the Coral rickrack strip for an inside page.

I like the way this one turned out; it's not as "girly" as the first one, and is much simpler on the inside. Tell me what you think!

Last two pages of my paper bag album!

Good morning! I've been up too long already today - Mom and I headed out to a community garage sale locally, but there were only four places participating - it was rainy, and it's been cold lately. I found a couple of little things, and then came home. The next thing on my agenda is teaching this paper bag album to my ONE customer who's coming! :) We're going to have a great time - and I think I might even do another album with her. Since I've got one more prepared - had a cancellation - why not? I can give it to a hostess, or give it as a door prize, or maybe even give it at my hostess appreciation luncheon in October!

Anyway. This is made with the Simply Scrappin' kit from Sell-A-Bration this year. There's hardly ANYTHING to these pages, but I really like how the color-blocking turned out! :)

Did you know you could click on the photos to get them bigger (if I uploaded them that way?)? Take a look. :) And don't forget to scroll through the old postings - you never know what you might find!

Have a wonderful weekend! Thank you to everyone who's looking at this blog - I appreciate the (very!!) few comments that have been left, to let me know SOMEONE is paying attention! :)

Paper Bag Album!

Well, ladies, I'm going to post about this album today. :) It's what I'm teaching at my class this Saturday (For more class listings, go to http://poohisstampin.stampinup.net/Events.aspx), and it uses the Simply Scrappin' kit from this year's Sell-A-Bration. I absolutely LOVE this kit; it's SO easy to use, and has great self-adhesive die cuts. Plus, the colors are so springy! :)

I alternated the paper bags, so every other page has a pocket - that blue tab you see sticking out is the tab on the first pocket. My little book has a total of 10 pages not including the front and back covers, and I used less than half of a SS kit on it! I think they make wonderful gifts - and with Mother's Day and Father's Day coming up, you could do one for both parents with one kit! :) The only things I used not in the SS kit were the brads, the ribbon - wide organdy and Prep School Ribbon Originals - and adhesive. Easy peezy! :D

Maybe tomorrow, I'll show you my favorite interior pages.... :) Have a wonderful evening! Thank you for reading my blog - and please let me know you do!!!!!