Stampin-Style

Journaling With A Twist

Stampin' Up! Mixed Bunch &
Framelits Labels Collection

On June 2nd I participated in a Fund Raiser for St Theresa's Catholic Church here in Palm Springs.  It was called Scrappin Around The Clock and was intended to be an all day event targeting you scrapbookers out there!  And that it did!  I, however, have never been into scrapbooking.  I'm a guy of immediate gratification.  I want to start a project and 20 minutes later tops I'm done!  BUT I needed to come up with a scrapbook project, so here it is.  It uses the Two Tags die as the main journaling vehicle.  I added punches of the Mixed Bunch stamp set punched out and added to the page so the journaling is hidden until you are ready to read it.  I think it's pretty nifty!

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Mixed Bunch Wood Mount (125535)
• MDS Frames With A Flourish Paintbrush Set (119104 - Digital Download)

Ink -

• Daffodil Delight Classic (126944)
• Tempting Turquoise Classic (126952)
• Pumpkin Pie Classic (126945)
• Melon Mambo Classic (126948)
• Old Olive Classic (102277)
• Rich Razzleberry Classic (126950)

Paper -

• Certainly Celery 12 x 12 Card Stock (124271)
• Old Olive Card Stock (100702)
• Daffodil Delight Card Stock (119683)
• Pumpkin Pie Card Stock (105117)
• Melon Mambo Card Stock (115320)
• Rich Razzleberry Card Stock (115316)

Accessories -

• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools -

• Boho Blossom Punch (119858)
• Blossom Punch (125603)
• Two Tags Bigz Die (115954)
• Framelits Labels Collection (125598)
• My Digital Studio (130645)
• Sponge Daubers (102892)

Putting It Together Tips:

• When you construct the Two Tags component, only glue the top half of the Blossom punch to the tag.  This allows the blossom to cover the slit in the page.
• The Old Olive card stock Framelits were a little boring by themselves so I shaded the edges with a sponge dauber and some Old Olive Classic Ink to make them pop right off the page.
• I used the large Boho Blossom punch to create the flower centers ONLY on the flowers with the tags.  That's how you know which flowers have the journaling attached.
• The Framelits work great to cut out the frames AND the photos.  What a great way to give the page pizzazz!

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PPA95 - Brads - not Pitt or Paisley

Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio

The Pals Paper Arts challenge this week is a Cleans & Simple Element of Style - the brad!  Much like Pitt or Paisley, both have style.  But this week I decided to use a venue I have never used before - a scrapbook page.  And what better way to celebrate the brad - especially the country western one - than with a photo spread of the Palm Springs Rodeo that I attended a few weeks back.  A bunch of my friends attended as well so “Friends” was the sub-theme of this page.  My Digital Studio is so easy to use and this being National Scrapbook Month I figured no time like the present to play “pioneer” with our digital paper crafting software!

Stampin' Stuff:

Stamp Sets -

• Friends 24/7 (113218)
• Defining Alphabet (114952) 

Ink - 

• So Saffron Classic (105213)
• Real Red Classic (103133)
• Pumpkin Pie Classic (105216)
• Daffodil Delight Classic (119667)
• Garden Green Classic (102272)
• Pacific Point Classic (111837)
• Lovely Lilac (Retired) 

Paper - 

• Night of Navy Dotted Stripe (MDS)

Accessories -

• Black Brads (119736 - Neutrals Assortment)
• Filagree Designer Brads (112577)
• SNAIL Adhesive (104332)
• Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)

Tools -

• My Digital Studio (118108)

Putting It Together Tips:

• My best tip here is to invest in My Digital Studio!  Two versions are available.  The full version includes everything to create the above pages PLUS a lot more!  Current plus retired colors and lots of Designer Series Paper Comes with this version and we are releasing digital versions of our other products all the time.  Clicking on the pic above will take you to the Stampin' Up! page to give you all the information.  And you can always contact me for more information and to purchase My Digital Studio.  My Digital Studio Express is a pared down version perfect for those who are not sure this is not for them and want to experiment, or for the person who only wants to purchase the stamp sets and embellishments they like.  Ether way they are both on easy to use.  Until the end of the month  the Digital+ Starter Kit—over a $320 value - is on sale for just $122.50!  Ask me about the details.  Anyone who purchases My Digital Studio from me gets one hour of 1 on 1 virtual training, plus you can shoot me an email any time you like for your questions.
• To get the dimension on the tickets, I scanned the individual tickets making sure that the scan only included the ticket an not any background.  Then I positioned them on the page and using the Rotate option I custom rotated the angled ticket 70%.  Then while the ticket was still selected, I used Drop Shadow to give the 3D effect.  It sounds complicated but it's oh so easy.  

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