Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

Welcome back for Day Two of the Neat & Tangled May release! Today, I’m sharing two cards created with the “Sunburst” stamp set, one of three sets releasing this week.

Scroll down for the Simple Scrapper Blog Hop post or click here.

For my first card, I stamped the sunburst with a Hero Arts mid-tone shadow ink and added elements from Just Thinking of You and Swirly Twirly Tags. I heat embossed the sentiment from Swirly Twirly Tags.

Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

For my second card, I stamped the sunburst with a pigment ink pad. I added a stamped heart, which I die-cut, and a sentiment from Kindness Matters.

Neat + Tangled May Release Day Two: Sunburst

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The May release stamp sets go on sale tomorrow, May 8. And for your added convenience, you will be able to purchase the sets at Simon Says Stamp and at i {heart} papers, as well as at Neat & Tangled.

May Simple Scrapper Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome! Today I’m sharing layouts I created with this month’s Simple Scrapper Premium Membership templates, as well as this month’s Story Starters. Click on the images for supplies used.

Although I often scrap seasonally, I scrapped the this layout about a vacation we took in 1995 because I found my husband looking at the photo on his computer. I figured that if it meant that much to him, it was probably a memory worth documenting! The photo was taken with a film camera, and we have a scanned version in our photo database.

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This past month, the Simple Scrapper Membership took part in a “Stash Bash.” Jennifer Wilson encouraged us to use up our supplies in the process of organizing them. I had chosen these heavily themed papers by My Mind’s Eye a couple of years ago specifically for these photos of my husband during our vacation in 2006 to Belize.

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Finally, I used the Story Starter – “Combine photos from different cameras on one layout to tell a more complete event story” –  to scrap a different memory from my wedding than I have in the past. The top photo is one that I took of my reflection in a mirror. Both of these photos were originally color, but I felt that they worked better with one another as black and white photos.

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Check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Simple Scrapper Design Team:
Simple Scrapper (Jennifer Wilson)
Lisa Corbin-Polak
Ronnie Crowley
Margrethe Aas Johnsen
Amy Kingsford
Samantha Landay
Pam Lozano
Aimee Maddern
Van Nguyen
Melissa Priest
Mandy Ross
Celeste Smith
Sara Strickland

The Premium Membership at Simple Scrapper provides skills and shortcuts to help you simplify and find more meaning in your memory keeping. Each month members receive a new collection of sketch templates and Story Starters, story-focused prompts for pages and projects. Want to work with our collections for FREE? Simple Scrapper is having a call for new team members.

Neat + Tangled Release: Sparkle + Shine

Welcome! It’s time for the May Neat & Tangled release! Today, I’m sharing two cards created with the extremely versatile “Sparkle and Shine” stamp set, one of three sets releasing this week.

Neat + Tangled Release: Sparkle + Shine

Neat + Tangled Release: Sparkle + Shine

Head on over to the Neat & Tangled Blog to see the rest of the Design Team projects and to enter the giveaway for this set!! The May release stamp sets go on sale Wednesday, May 8. And for your added convenience, you will be able to purchase the sets at Simon Says Stamp and at i {heart} papers, as well as at Neat & Tangled.

His & Hers Day Five: Anniversary & Love

The focus of today’s  Online Card Classes “His & Hers” course was Anniversary and Love cards. I decided to make an anniversary card for my husband as our anniversary is later this month.

My card is based on one shared by Julie Ebersole, which I just loved because of its “on trend” nautical motif.

His & Hers Day Five: Anniversary & Love

I made a few changes since I didn’t have all of the supplies she used. Julie had stamped her background with a fabulous Impression Obsession background stamp. I used patterned paper as a substitute, but that background stamp is on my “to buy” list. I created the custom sentiment on the computer.

Supplies: My Mind’s Eye patterned paper; Memory Box anchor die; Spellbinders circle die; Studio Calico wood veneer; Simon Says Stamp mini heart die

 

Pinspired and Crafter’s Companion Joint Blog Hop

Welcome! I’m delighted to be part of the blog hop showcasing  Sheena’s “A Little Bit Floral” stamp sets available at Crafter’s Companion.  You should have reached me from Erica’s blog.

My card uses the Lily stamp set paired with an “all occasion” sentiment from Hero Arts.

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You have TWO opportunities to win! You can hop around and comment on all of the blogs for one chance to win a gift certificate from Crafter’s Companion (May 3 – 5, 2013).

For a second chance to win, you can play along!

Create a project and post it using InLinkz on the Pinspired Blog. You have until May 9, 2013 to participate for a chance to win a gift certificate from Crafter’s Companion.

Now it’s time to head over to Jennifer’s blog to see what she’s created. If you got lost along the way, here’s the complete list of participants:

Annette
Audrey
Chrissie
Christiana
Denise
Erica
Jean
Jennifer
Kendra
Khristen
Lalo
Laurel
Mary Dawn
Roxanne
Stacy
Stephanie L.
Stephanie S.
Trena