Scrap Layout

I had my scrap club on LAST Thursday and meant to post it WAY before this. There is so much going on right now it's not even funny! I wanted to post last Friday. Oh well.

This was a fun one to do. What I loved most about this layout is the fact that it can be used for ANY sort of event. I took a very elegant layout and used it for a VERY goofy purpose! This is my favorite thing to scrap about! My family and their "faces." Well, that's all this time. I will try and come back by Sunday for another project idea!

Scrap Club Layout

In Scrap Club we explored using different patterns of DSP (Designer Series Paper) on one page. This layout was created using the colors out of Good Morning Sunshine DSP.

This layout is OUT of my comfort zone as I like more subdued colors. This is bold and in your face. Which, if you know me, IS my personality style but NOT my scrapbooking style.

Anyway, we used a combination of Chunky Glitter and Fine Glitter on the heart. You may not be able to tell but there is a very cool dual tone effect going on here.

Mourning/Celebrating the Loss

While I am super-excited by the new catalog and products. It's time to mourn the loss of some of my favorite sets. What better way to do that than to stamp with them one last time before they leave!!

Yesterday, Donna (one of my success-line) and I planned her 1st workshop! It's Father's Day themed. Here is a 6 x 6 scrapbook page done with one of my ALL TIME favorite Alphabet sets, Big Deal Alphabet! This is the "pumped-up" version. We added a few accessories to it (colored hardware) and a few techniques (sponging) to it and it really makes it pop.

To show some versatility, we folded the scrapbook page in half, removing the Chocolate Chip photo frame for those that don't scrapbook and might need an additional card for say a father-in-law, step-dad, etc. Basically the only thing that we added to the card was a little bit of hole-poking under the "ALL-STAR" and some sponging around the entire card.

Good Luck, Donna! Knock their socks off!!

Last Day to Sign-Up for $75

Here is a page we did this month in Scrap Club. It uses the FABULOUS new Alphabet set, Jumble. It's 20% tonight until about 11:50 PM! WOWsers! We also used the Big Shot for the flowers using the newer embosslets. It adds so much to add a little sponging in the center and around the edges. I LOVE IT!!

Also, this is the last day to get the 3 packs of DSP and textured Card Stock buy 1 get 1 free!! Take advantage while the getting is good!!

If you have been on the fence about signing up, now's your last chance! You will NEVER see a $75 again!

Another Fun Layout

This Simply Scrappin' Kit, Sunshine Garden, has so much potential! Here is another layout using the same sheet of DSP (Designer Series Paper) from the kit and the same sheet of Die-Cut Stickers! WOW!! Hold on to yourself, I have one more layout to show you as well! In that layout, I finished the sheet of DSP and used the same sheet of Die-Cut Stickers BUT didn't finish them yet!! I still have more stickers left! WOW!!

If you are looking to get into scrapbooking, feel free to contact me. I can show you so many different ways to do it! Don't forget to take advantage of the great 3 for 1 special that Stampin' Up! is having! Buy 3 packs of 12 x 12 (a common size for Scrapbooking) Textured paper or 3 packs DSP and get 1 FREE!! WOO HOO!! Thank you, Stampin' Up! See my website for complete details! http://mamaschroeg.stampinup.net

May is National Scrapbooking Month!

I can tell you that my roots are deep in scrapbooking. I have always felt not only the creativity towards it but the NEED to do it for my children. It is their legacy that I am capturing on film (ok, in this day and age it's not film anymore it's digital) and with words.

Here is a layout that I did with my Scrap Club this month. This uses the Simply Scrappin' Kit, Sunshine Garden! I actually made three layouts using 1 sheet of the Designer Paper that comes in the kit AND 1 sheet of the "sticker die-cuts" in the kit. Something else you will find on the page is our Hodgepodge Hardware. Have you ever tried to "dye" these pieces? WOW!! It's a stunning addition to this page.

Yes, More Stencils

So here's a page I haven't even thought of finishing yet... do you know why? Because it so SOOOOOOOOOO Beautiful as is!! WOWSERS! I know what I want to do with it but I wanted to show you the page as is, nekkid. This is the Parisian Damask Stencil from Stampin' Up! (of course). Now, I used sponge daubers and Chocolate Chip craft ink. I pounced lightly on the main image then went back and pounced harder on the "accents". This page is Pink Pirouette.

I can't wait to finish this page! I won't be able to even work on it until at least Friday of this week or even next week. I have lots coming up!

Stenciling an album!

Remember how I said that stenciling is addicting... well, I didn't stop at a scrapbook page! I wanted to decorate an album.

I used the Kind Thoughts "small" stencil. I also used Chocolate Chip Craft ink, stencil gold creme paint, sponge daubers and a stencil brush. I went to town on this album. I really loved how this turned out. Now this album isn't finished! My plan is to add a few more embellishments like half-back pearls and other lovely things! I will post this album again... when it's all done.

Stencils will be my focus this week!

So, I have been playing with the Stencils that Stampin' Up! has come out with. I wanted to share just a few of the fabulous things I have done with it! Once I started, I couldn't stop! It's quite addicting. So, now I am going to have all the stencils and I probably will NOT paint with them! LOL. I know that the intent is to paint your walls but....

I have just recently formed my first Scrapbook Club and I am so excited!! I have been wanting to scrapbook and every workshop that I have done, I have been asking for members. Well, now that's a reality! WOO HOO!! Now this is NOT the page they are going to do but it is a page that I love!! It is so simple but is so very beautiful. The page they will do will have stenciling on it! *wink*

Now I swear this layout is a 12 x 12! I had to take the picture at a weird angle so that it would have a HUGE flash spot on one of my nephew's children! Sorry about that.

Workshop Scrapbook Page

Hello all! Here is the scrapbook page that I mentioned in my previous post. This is my Max; crazy as he wants to be... or is that crazy as he wants to bee? LOL! This page was a lot of fun! Using punches to create a scene is one of my favorite things!

When I first started scrapbooking with Stampin' Up!, I had a hard time using any size but 12 x 12. My favorite is 8 1/2 x 11 but I am really digging the 6 x 6 and 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" sizes! Now, this one started out as a 6 x 6 - which my hostess got the "blank" one. It turned into an 8 1/2 x 11... but I even showed how you can take it to 12 x 12. WOW that makes me happy!

Workshop Scrapbook page

Greetings All!
I wanted to show you something really cool! I introduced my last workshop ladies to this 6 x 6 page. It is a very simple page to put together with two techniques - clear embossing the sun and markering a stamp. I used Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Riding Hood Red; accenting with Summer Sun - very summery looking page in my opinion! I chose the Life's A Breeze set because, quite frankly, I am still scrapbooking the summer... course, I haven't scrapbooked in a really long time so....... hey i started here! LOL!!

I then asked and answered this question, "What if I don't scrapbook 6 x 6? What if I scrapbook 8 1/2 x 11?" I showed them what they can do with this page by dropping it into the 8 1/2 x 11! I got a lot of "Ahhhs" from this. It got them thinking, ok, this can be used in many ways. I love to get customers thinking. I watched them and it was so quiet at that moment that you could have heard a pin drop! I wanted to take their pulse at this time so I said, "Do you see how the 6 x 6 easily fits into an 8 1/2 x 11?" A little more silence and some nodding... this is good.

Then I went for their next shock because I normally don't scrapbook in 6 x 6. Now, I then said, "Ok, now what happens if someone asks, "I don't scrapbook either of those two sizes. I scrapbook 12 x 12. I am ready for them when I show them this: then I showed them what a 12 x 12 could look like. Peoples eyes got bigger as I finished up the demonstration. I still had one trick up my sleeve though! However, like me, when I was shown this way of showing customers what they can do with a 6 x 6, I had that same awe-struck face.


I asked if anyone was NEVER going to scrapbook ever... silence. "Good, well if anyone cares to make a card out of their scrapbook page..." I showed them what a card would look like, just in case there were people there that didn't or wouldn't scrapbook. I showed them this card. It uses the exactly elements that I made the scrapbook page. I literally just folded it in half.

Well, I hope you enjoyed my little presentation! By the way, I have no idea what happened to the scrapbook page above. It was right when I uploaded it... now it's all crooked! UGH!

Scrapbooking

I was a Creative Memories Consultant for 4 years. I have a hard time even thinking about stamping in my scrapbooks. I did my Scraps in the Mail pages. I have to say, I am tickled with the way they came out. I won't post them here though. I will post the 12 x 12 pages I had done after my Scrapbook U! classes, since Kimberly posted the originals on her blog. (See my first post for today for the link)

This page has yet to be titled. I will call it, "Beauty Happens Here." I am leaving the space open for some journaling. My favorite type of photography is landscapes. I tend to take pictures of things that are "interesting" to me. LOL! That is a broad subject though. It could be the curve of a tree, a rock formation... etc.

The other page we did at Scrapbook U! is this one: I love the colors on this one. Wild Wasabi - Purely Pomegranate... mmmmmm mmmmmmm.... it is just yummy! Kimberly is such a talented artist.

I am still having a hard time stamping and scrapbooking. Though, I am feeling the need to scrap more. I have a few more pictures I really want to scrap. The 12 x 12 pages are for me... the 8 1/2 x 11 pages are for the kiddos and hubby.

You will see an 8 1/2 x 11 page from me soon. Maybe tomorrow!