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.