Lynn Powell

Stamp A Memory November Challenge

The challenge this month over at Stamp-A-Memory is to scrap a double-page layout. these are my favourite layouts to do as you can incorporate lots of photos on the page, PLUS they look good in your album having it fill the whole opening.

I chose to scrap a recent trip my girlfriend & I made to Port Lincoln in South Australia:

We drove there and back & as it was a girl's trip, on the way back decided to stage a 'Thelma & Louise' moment (I guess you really had to be there!!) These photos were taken from a hill overlooking Eucla.

I've used my punches & Bigshot a lot to create embellishments for this layout - from the scallop border, title & my little journalling spot. The scallop border was created using the Tasteful Trim Die and and my Crop-A-Dile. I've also used my 5-Petal flower punch to punch out a flower from chipboard. this gave me a flower to use as an embellishment, plus I used the negative piece as another embellishment. Both pieces were run through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

Stampin' Up have a fabulous new Designer Frames embossing Folder set, so I though I would use it to create a little journalling spot. I first diecut an oval with the Ovals Die, then ran it through the ovals embossing folder to create the back. I don't know if you can really see the effect to well, but it has a raised border & a row of raised dots around the outside edge. The top layer was punched out using the extra large oval punch.

I hope you find the time to join in the challenge this month, I would love to see what you come up with. You can enter the challenge here. I would also love to hear what you think of this layout, so please leave me a little comment!!

Happy scrapping!

 Product Used:

• Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler Cardstock
• Paisley Petals DSP, First Editon Specialty DSP
• Tasteful Trims Die, Simple Letters Die, Timeless Type Junior AlphabetDesigner Frames Embossing Folder, Pefect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Large oval punch, 5-petal Flower punch, Baroque Motifs stampset
• Other: Brads, Paper Daisies

 

SAM June Challenge

Wow!! It's Stamp-A-Memory Challenge time again! This month's challenge was such fun to do. We had to create a layout using buttons as the main embellishment. This is my take on the challenge:

 

I decided to go with using buttons as the centres on my flowers and I really like how it has turned out! First I coloured my Paper Daisies with reinkers, then used buttons from the both the Regals  Designer pack and  the Designer Big Buttons (in the Autumn-Winter mini) as the centres of the flowers.

I really love that flourish stamp from the Baroque Motifs stamp set - you can get such great effects on a layout with it. Here I've stamped it onto blue DSP with versamark ink before heat embossing with clear embossing powder. Once that was done, I sponged over it using Marina Mist ink. The embossing resists the ink, leaving the colour underneath to show through. I've also stamped the flourish twice again and heat embossed with black embossing powder to give the effect of rub-ons on the page.

For more fabulous layouts based on this challenge, head on over to Stamp-A-Memory  and see what the rest of the team have created. You are sure to get some fabulous inspiration! And while you are there, why not enter the challenge for yourself - we would love to see what you create.

Materials Used:

• Subtles Designer Series Paper, Sweet & Sour Specialty Paper, Love Letters DSP (used on chipboard for the main title)
• Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Basic Black DSP
• Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Versamark inks
• Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Wild Wasabi reinkers
• Clear & Black embossing powder
• Regals Designer Buttons, Designer Big Buttons, Paper Daisies
• Tools:    Timeless Type Junior Alphabet Medium Sizzlets Die, Simple Letters Alphabet Die. Heat Embossing Tool, Bigshot

Thanks for looking