Color Coach inspired scrapbook page

The So Shelli Creative Challenge for August is to use a color combination from Stampin’ Up!’s new Color Coach. I knew I wanted to give this challenge a try, but had originally intended to pick a combo using Bravo Burgundy, a color that I have a really hard time working with.

However, on Friday night I decided to sort through all my scraps and file them away. (I store them by color in clear page protectors in a binder.) As I was working through months of scraps, I discovered that somewhere along the line the scrap pile had a run in with some Tombow Multipurpose Adhesive (ooops). There was this pile of Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and So Saffron strips that were all glued together. I was about to throw them out, when I realized that they would make a really cool embellishment for a scrapbook page.

So I whipped out the Color Coach, looked up Peach Parfait and there it was: Creative Combination – Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Not Quite Navy. So I got working on the scapbook page and here is what I came up with:

So, what about the So Saffron? Well, both Pear Pizzazz and Not Quite Navy cards suggest using More Mustard. More Mustard is a Dynamic Duo with So Saffron, which means that they are the same color, just different shades. So Saffron works better with Peach Parfait because it is a lighter shade.

To jazz up the base of the page, I stamped the flower from the hostess set Because I Care repeatedly using Night of Navy ink. For the journaling block I stamped the hydrangea on the So Saffron Top Note die cut using So Saffron ink. It gives that element nice texture without distracting from the text.

In the top right corner is the mess of scraps and Tombow that inspired this whole page. I ran it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions folder.

I then added some bling using Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads taken out of their settings, and created a small flower using some retired So Saffron grosgrain ribbon.

Recipe

• Stamps: Because I Care
• Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy
• Ink: Night of Navy, So Saffron
• Embellishments: Fire Circle Rhinestone Brads, 5/8″ So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon (retired)
• Tools: Corner Rounder Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Top Note Die, Billboard Die

Almost Artisan – Scrapbook Page #2: Exploring Savannah

Here is another scrapbook page that I submitted for the Artisan Award. I’m excited because I saw a it in one of the photos folks have been posting of the display boards at Convention!

Other than the solid card stock, gold brads, ribbon pretty much everything on this page is now retired product. The letters were cut using the Timeless Type and Billboard Dies. I jazzed up the paper pieced ornaments at the top using Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint (which is hard to see in this photo). I ruffled the ribbon by sewing a running stitch through it and then pushing the ribbon into ruffles. You can also do this by putting sticky strip down and ruffling it as you glue it down.

Recipe:

• Paper: Merry Moments DSP (retired), Brushed Gold, Old Olive, Real Red
• Embellishments: Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, Playground Buttons (retired), Gold Brads, Masterpiece Ribbon Originals (retired), 5/8″ Old Olive Satin Ribbon
• Tools: Craft and Ribbon Sissors, Billboard Die, Timeless Type Die, Sponge Dauber, Paper Piercer

Almost Artisan – Scrapbook Page #1: Gazpacho

For the past few years I’ve been a member of a CSA (community supported agriculture) farm share. Throughout the summer and fall I pick up a box of fruit and veggies at my local produce stand. I never know what will be in the box and it has made me a more adventurous cook.

One of my favorite things to make during the summer is Gazpacho, so I thought that a recipe scrapbook page would be a great way to capture my CSA experience.

This page is made mostly from paper and embellishments from the soon to be retired Write Stuff Specialty paper. The letters on the left are cut using the Billboard die, and the letters for the title are cut using the Timeless Type dies. The “g” in gazpacho is from On Board Lots of Letters and was covered in Really Rust textured cardstock.

The ribbon is Crushed Curry 5/8″ Polka Dot Grosgrain, shaped into ripples. I played around with a couple different ways of shaping the ribbon – I sewed it into pleats, put a running stitch through and squished it, and finally settled on using Sticky Strip to glue it into small ripples.

Kristina Werner Color Challenge

My friend Jess and I decided to stamp in the new year last night. We live far apart so we picked a time to meet online and then stamped and chatted. Kristina Werner’s Color Challenge for this week was one of our inspirations.

I’m typically a card maker, but this Saturday I’m taking my friend’s daughters to go see Disney on Ice. Since there is so much pink in this challenge, I thought it would make a great scrapbook page for our girls outing!

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Mystery Spot

This was my scrapbook page for my first layout of GotSketch102. The idea is to use 3 vertical 4×6 photos with coordinating papers/accents. I decided to scrap my trip to the Mystery Spot last summer. I settled on the idea of using spots throughout, so I dug deep into my stack of retired paper for my remaining sheets of Dashing (retired). I then coordinated with So Saffron card stock and retired pattern paper.

I’m a card maker, so I don’t have a ton of stamps/accessories to use for scrapbooking, so I had to make stuff up. I took Very Vanilla card stock and punched holes in it with the Crop-A-Dile for the borders on the top and bottom. I used my Coluzzle to cut out circles and ovals for my titles and journaling. Then I used my black Stampin’ Write marker and made black circles on the black card stock. I had a non-SU! embellishment that I traced onto So Saffron and cut out for the label on the bottom.

Although it is kind of rough around the edges, I’m pretty proud of this page. This was truly a limited supply page. I had to experiment quite a bit to find ways to spice up the layout. It is fun and silly and everything that day with my friend Zita was.