Convention Disney Scrapbook Swap

After spending the morning out visiting Stampin' Up's headquarters in Riverton (this facility is beautiful and amazing) I headed back to the convention center to participate in my first organized swap.  I signed up for a Disney scrapbook swap to get some ideas for all the Disney pictures I have to scrap.  We're huge Disney fans so anytime you can get ideas to use it's a wonderful thing.

This is the left side and I used some Red Glimmer Paper and the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Die for the letter as well as the Oval Accent Bigz Clear die for the journaling elment.  It's hard to tell from the picture but I embossed the Real Red cardstock layer with the Hexagon Embossing Folder.  The stamping on the Basic Gray piece uses the Clockworks stamp set.  I also used the Real Red 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon and some Marina Mist DSP from the Perfect Polka Dot DSP package for the bottom accent.

The right side of the page features a Mickey head that I created with the 2 1/2" and 1 3/8" circle punches and embossed all the circles with the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder.  I also used the new Filmstrip stamp as a decorative accent behind the journaling piece that uses the 2 1/2" circle punch, photopolymer stamp set (for "Mickey") and the Window Frames Collection framelits.

 

I really like how this layout turned out.  It has lots of space for pictures and would for for a Hollywood Studios layout, or other Disney fun.  I'm so excited to see all the ideas the other swappers created.

 

Take care,

 

Diana

Retro Sketches Sketch Challenge: Yippee-Skippee!

I'm so excited that it's Friday and the weekend is just about here.  We've got a really exciting weekend ahead of us, Aidan is taking is pre-test for his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and he needs to pass it in order to take his Black Belt test in two weeks.  He's been working really hard at this for the past 3 years so I'm excited but also really nervous so please keep him in your thoughts.  Anyway, today I want to share the card I made for this weeks Retro Sketches Sketch Challenge.  I was using the new Soho Subway designer series paper on another project this week so it was siting out on my desk so I decided to try to come up with a more masculine card.  The cardbase is Crumb Cake and I stamped the background with the Clockworks stamp set and Crumb Cake ink (love the swirly, geometric images in this set).  Next I added a piece of Soho Subway designer series paper that is matted on a piece of Island Indigo cardstock (I used the Finishing Touches Edgelits and the Big Shot to cut the decorative border along the bottom.

The next layer uses the Early Espresso coredinations cardstock (love this stuff) that was embossed with the Big Shot and the new Alphabet Press Embossing Folder before sanding the cardstock so the images really stand out.  This piece is matted on Summer Starfruit cardstock.  I added two neutral brads to the top right corner (they're retired but I don't have any of the new candy dots to use which would have been perfect).  I also added a piece of Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon and a matching bow that's accented with a Basics 3/8" Glimmer Brad.  The greeting is from the new Yippee-Skippee stamp set (one of my absolutely favorite new stamp sets!!!!) and I used Stampin' Write Markers to add the ink directly to the rubber before stamping, punched it out with the Decorative Label Punch and then sponged around the edge with Crumb Cake ink.  As usual, I used dimensionals to attach the greeting to the card so it pops up.

 

I really like how this card turned out and the colors are so fresh and different from what I normally use, I love how when you use our designer series paper it provides you some great color inspiration and a means to step out of your comfort zone while knowing that the colors will work together since Stampin' Up already planned the images and colors to work together.

 

Hope you enjoy and happy stamping this weekend!

 

Diana