Stamp-a-stack Projects

As promised, here are some snaps of the projects we worked on yesterday at the Stamp-a-stack (SAS). The idea of a SAS is to build up your stock of cards by having a mini-production line. Yesterday's class consisted of 10 cards (3 designs) with the focus on buildong our stock of gender neutral cards.

The first card (below) is a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) from Split Coast Stampers though I am very naughty and do not remember the person who posted it to give them credit. Edited to add: all credit for this design goes to Kimberly Joy on the SCS website...


Next are two designs based on sketches from Clean and Simple Stamping. This site is a great resource which I highly recommend.

As you can see each card is simple enough that we were able to complete 10 cards in the allocated 2 hours, with time to spare for lots of chatting and snacking, of course. I hope all the girls had a nice afternoon, I know I certainly did...

Happy Stampin'

Kylie

xo

Card Details:

First photo:

Stamps - Circle Circus, Occaisional Greetings

Cardstock - Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink - Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa

Other - Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon

Second Photo:

Stamps - Occaisional Greetings

Cardstock - Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Good Morning Sunshine DSP

Ink - Chocolate Chip

Accessories - 1 1/4" square punch

Third Photo:

Stamps - Animal Stories, Happy Moments

Cardstock - Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Washington Apple DSP, Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP

Ink - Chocolate Chip, So Saffron

Accessories - Scallop punch, 1 #/8" circle punch

I'm back!

Well, it's been a lovely Christmas and New Year. I have been spending heaps of time with the hubby and kids, hanging out, going swimming...and stamping, of course! It's actually been really nice to just be stamping for fun at the moment without the subtle pressure of upcoming workshops or classes. I love both workshops and classes but a break is nice, too.

Since I joined Stampin' Up! I have been loving the card making, but I have sorely neglected my first love, scrapbooking. For me, scrapbooking is so much more than photo albums. It's about recording and preserving my families history, and when I am scrapbooking I become so absorbed - it's totally therapeutic. So, today I am sharing with you my first Stampin' Up! scrapbook page.

Each year I choose a photo, and write a brief summary of the main events of the year and complete a 6" x 6" double page layout. I always keep them very simple. These yearly summaries live in a special album of their own, so that no matter how far behind I may become with the family album the years are recorded. It has become a great little album to look back on...though I am a year behind. The layout above is for 2008 (just waiting for the photo to arrive from Snapfish). I will share 2009 with you when it is complete.

Here is what I used:

Stamps: Hello Again (Summer Mini, pg 14)

Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White, Good Morning Sunshine DSP

Ink: Summer Sun

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker, Hodge Podge Hardware, (non-SU! date stamp)

Cheers,

Kylie xx