Showing posts with label 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 scrapbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 scrapbook. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2010

All My Children

I decided to scrapbook this lovely portrait of my 3 children.  I have several copies of this portrait, so I thought it would be great to include it in an album.  I used the title "All My Children" as sort of a play on words.  Sometimes, life with our kids feels like a soap opera!  LOL.

Once again, I used Mellow Moss, one of our retiring colors I will really miss.  This 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 page turned out really pretty, and I am so pleased.  Because the portrait is sepia-toned, I chose Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke as my main colors.

Every brown is a combination of many colors, and I wanted to pick up the greens.  Also, if I had chosen to go with brown card stocks and inks, it would be too much of a good thing:)  By using a few of the shades that are in the actual photo, I was able to enhance the photo rather than distract from it.  One of my personal pet peeves with scrapbooking is when a page is created that is a veritable work of art, but the photos are so overwhelmed by the artwork that you only notice the art.  The focus of scrapbook pages SHOULD be the photographs, IMHO!

Would you like to learn how to scrapbook?  Are you a beginner?  Have you started but aren't really pleased with your results?  Join me for a free monthly scrapbook class as part of my Scrapbooking Hostess Club.  You will make two 12x12 layouts each month, using a variety of layouts, color combinations, stamps and embellishments.  It's a great way to learn!  For more information, click here.  Now, let's scrap!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Awash With Flowers

My scrapbook club made this 12x12 layout for our April meeting.  It's awash with color and spring!  I really, really love the Awash With Flowers set.  I've made multiple cards (scroll down to see) and love each of them.  But it scrapbooks beautifully, too!  This simple layout comes together quickly and has ample space for 3-4 photos plus journaling. 

Contact me at 210-492-3218 or candy@sweetstamper.com for information about scrapbook club spaces. Click here for full details of my card and scrapbook clubs.  Regular stamping and scrapping are good for your soul!  Start now!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Book of Me-March


Join us for this fun class, and scrapbook your own life! Here's this month's layout. I love the spring, fresh colors as well as the bright cheeriness! Is cheeriness a word? Well, it should be!

One of our Book of Me classmates is creating this book to give as a gift to her daughter, presently away at college, for Christmas. It will be a perfect book for her to chronicle her first year of college. She can pop in her photos, add some journalling, and have a scrapbook ready and done. What a perfect gift!

Book of Me can be a wonderful gift or a picture of your own life in 2010. It can be a picture of your life in your 20s or first year of married life--it can be what YOU make it! So come join us for a night of creative fun. Our layouts are simple enough for beginners and unique enough for veterans.

Book of Me-March (Lucky Me!)
Friday, March 19th, 6:30-8:00
$15, all supplies included
Two page 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 layout
Hands-on instruction
Lots of fun in a girls night out!
RSVP with payment by Tuesday, March 16th