Two Page Nautical Scrapbook Layout

The Sea Dragon Pirate Cruise in Panama City Beach Florida is the best pirate cruise for both kids and adults in my opinion.  We have taken the cruise each of the last two times we have visited the beach.  My son absolutely loves it, and has been begging me to scrapbook his pictures of our last trip.  So with school out I finally have had time to sit down with him and make the pages.

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Right Page

Stamps: Word Play
Ink: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock:  Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Naturals White, Nautical Expressions DSP
Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Antique Brads, Decorative Label Punch, Dimensionals

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Two Page Nautical Scrapbook Layout

June 1 Meeting - It's all about Birthdays

For our next meeting which kicks off the new Stampin' Up! catalog, we will be creating a two page Birthday scrapbook layout, a single page birthday scrapbook layout, and two birthday cards with one of them being a gift card holder.



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Right Page

Stamps:  Party Hearty, Sketch a Party
Ink:  Concord Crush, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
Cardstock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Concord Crush
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Punch, 3/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Round Tab Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, SNAIL

Stamps: Party This Way, Perfect Alphabet
Ink: Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Cardstock:  Ice Cream Parlor DSP, Pacific Point, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Pennant Punch, Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Brights Brads, SNAIL

Stamps:  Party This Way
Ink: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
Cardstock:  Ice Cream Parlor DSP, Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Accessories:  Daffodil Delight Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine, Tombow Multipurpose Glue, Sponge, SNAIL

Stamps: Party This Way, Dot Dot Dot
Ink: Pacific Point, Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Whisper White
Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Real Red Ribbon, Top Note Die, Bigshot, Snail, Sticky Strip

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June 1 Meeting - It's all about Birthdays

ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Brads

Brads
These great brads are so easy to use! Just use a hole punch, insert the brad, and you’re done.

Features & Benefits

Use to embellish cards, scrapbook pages, and other paper crafts
3/16" Brads Available in Gold, Silver, Metallic, and color collections
Gold and Silver: approximately 200 brads per container
Metallic: approximately 120 brads per container, 30 each of 4 colors (Gold, Silver, Antique Brass, Pewter)
Color collections: approximately 120 brads per container, 20 each of 6 colors
Brights: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, and Tempting Turquoise
Neutrals: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White
Regals: Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, More Mustard, and Night of Navy
Subtles: Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and So Saffron
Can be heat embossed for unique colors
Antique Brads Look like vintage metal buttons
20 brads per container, 4 each of 5 designs
Sizes range from 1/3" to 3/4"
Designer Brads Styled Silver finish
2 sizes of brads in each assortment: 1/2" and 3/4"
2 assortments available
Flower: 16 brads per container, 8 of each size
Filigree: 16 Filigree brads per container, 8 of 2 sizes, plus sixteen 3/16" brads

Flower Brads High-quality cast brads
48 brads per container: 8 each of 6 colors
Approximately 1/2" diameter
Available in color collections
Brights: Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, and Tempting Turquoise
Neutrals: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, and Whisper White
Regals: Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Elegant Eggplant, Garden Green, More Mustard, and Night of
Navy
Subtles: Certainly Celery, Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and So Saffron
Lead-free
Glimmer Brads Approximately 3/8" diameter
Each set includes 40 brads, 8 each in 5 colors
Available in four assortments that coordinate with Stampin’ Up!’s exclusive colors:
Basics: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Champagne, Gold, and Silver
Brights: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Rich Razzleberry, and Tempting Turquoise
Subtles: Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Rose Red, So Saffron, and Wild Wasabi
2010–2012 In Color: Concord Crush, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, and Poppy Parade

Jumbo Brads Fun, big size
Available in 2 sizes: 5/16" and 5/8"
Each assortment includes 4 colors: Chocolate Chip, Silver, Whisper White, and Very Vanilla
5/16": 80 brads, 20 each of 4 colors
5/8": 32, 8 each of 4 colors
Can be heat embossed to create unique colors

Mini Brads Cute, tiny size
1/8" brads
Available in Silver
200 brads

Printed Designer Brads 3/8" brads with printed polka-dot design
Assortment includes 2011–2013 In Colors: Calypso Coral, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder
40 brads, 8 of each color
Rhinestone Brads Add sparkle
Coordinate with Stampin’ Up! colors
Available in 2 shapes: circle and square
Circle: approximately 80 brads, 4 colors of 3 sizes
Square: approximately 80 per package, 4 colors of 2 sizes
Fire assortment includes Pink, Red, Pumpkin, and Yellow
Ice assortment includes Light Blue, Green, Turquoise, and Lilac
Clear Circle brads: approximately 84 brads, 28 each of 3 sizes

Quick Trick You can change the color of 3/16" and Jumbo Brads easily. Press the head of the brad on a VersaMark pad, dip it into Stampin’ Emboss powder, and then—holding the brad with tweezers—heat it with the heat tool until the powder melts. Once it cools, you have a custom-colored brad.

FYI You can use the 1/16" Circle Punch to make a perfect hole for your brad. Make sure the hole is far enough from the edge of the paper that the tails of the brad won’t extend past the edge. If the punch won’t reach where you want to place your brad, use the paper-piercing tool to punch a hole wherever you want.

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ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Brads

ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Bone Folder

Bone Folder (102300)  $6.95

This bone folder gives your handmade projects crisp, clean folds. Use it for everything from getting beautiful, crisp folds to distressing the edges of a card, scrapbook page, or accent.

Features & Benefits

 Scores, burnishes, and distresses paper
Creates clean, crisp folds
6" long
Made of genuine cattle bone
Sanded smooth and polished
Point on one end only
Quick Trick Use the pointed end to score your cards. Use either of the two beveled sides to burnish a smooth fold without leaving any marks.

FYI Due to the organic nature of this product, the shape may vary.

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ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Bone Folder

May 20th Stampin' Meeting

We have one more meeting before our catalog for this year leaves us and we get a look at all of the new goodies that Stampin' Up! has in store for us.  So I have put together a double layout and three cards using some of my favorites from this year.

The scrapbook layout that we will be making features my all time favorite designer series paper, Everyday Enchantment.


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Right Page

Stamps: Fresh Vintage
Ink: Soft Suede
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Old Olive, Everyday Elegance DSP
Accessories: Top Note Die, Bigshot, Everyday Elegance Brads, Beautiful Butterfly Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Scallop Border Punch, Sponge

Stamps:  Word Play, Triple Treat Flower
Ink: Garden Green, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Real Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Beyond the Garden DSP
Accessories: Flower Punch, Five Petal Flower Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, Simply Scored, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Stamps:  Sprinkled Expressions Ink: Calypso Coral
Cardstock: Pool Party, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Accessories: Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack, Dimensionals

Stamps: Outlined Occasions
Ink: Calypso Coral
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Accessories:  Everyday Enchantment Ribbon, 1" Square Punch

Can't wait to see everyone again next Sunday at 2:00.


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May 20th Stampin' Meeting

ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Blender Pens

Blender Pens (102845) $9.95

Blender pens combine the flexibility of watercolors with the convenience of markers. It’s easy to achieve a beautiful watercolor effect using blender pens with just about any color source. The tip cleans off with just a stroke or two on scratch paper. One pen is all you need for all of your colors!

Features & Benefits

Combine the flexibility of watercolors with the convenience of markers
Flexible tip on each end of brush
3 per package
Blend Stampin’ Pastels, Watercolor Pencils, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, and Classic Stampin’ Pads for beautiful watercolor effects
The tip cleans off with just a stroke or two on scrap paper—which means you won’t need a different pen for each color
Acid free, xylene free, nontoxic
Quick Trick To use a blender pen to create a watercolor effect, color or outline a stamped image with Stampin’ Write Markers, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, or Watercolor Pencils. Pull and blend the colors with the blender pen. You can also dip the blender pen into Stampin’ Pastels or Classic Stampin’ Pads and apply directly to paper.
FYI To clean the tip, simply scribble on white paper. Discolored tips will not affect performance. 
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ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Blender Pens

ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Big Shot, Dies & Accessories

Big Shot (113439) $99.95

With the Big Shot machine, you can create die cuts with any of our exclusive Stampin’ Up! dies—or any Sizzix die. The Big Shot machine comes with Standard Cutting Pads and a multipurpose platform so you can start cutting immediately. From crafting to quilting and everything in between, the Big Shot is a big deal!

Features & Benefits

Manual, multipurpose die-cutting system
Use to quickly and easily create die-cut or embossed shapes, envelopes, tags, and baskets
Great for cards, scrapbook pages, home décor, and more
Cuts a variety of materials
Portable; no electricity required
Can be used with dies from any die manufacturer
Big Shot machine comes with 2 Standard Cutting Pads and Multipurpose Cutting Platform; all other dies and accessories are sold separately Dies Steel-ruled (Bigz, Bigz Clear, Bigz L, Bigz XL, Originals, and Movers & Shapers) dies
Cut through a variety of materials, such as Wood Sheets, Window Sheets, On Board Sheets, Magnet Sheets, Cork Sheets, and Décor Elements
Use with Cutting Pads and/or Premium Crease Pad; Multipurpose Platform not required
Chemically-etched (Clearlits, Decorative Strip, Embosslits, Sizzlits) and molded dies (Letterpress Plates, Textured Impressions, Texturz Plates) dies
Cut or emboss Designer Series paper, card stock, or other thin materials
Designed to cut or emboss one sheet of paper or card stock at a time
Use with Cutting Pads and Multipurpose Platform
See Idea Book & Catalog for die images FYI

Steel-ruled dies have sharp edges—handle with care.
When cutting intricately-detailed images, paper (or other material) may become caught in the die. Remove carefully to prevent ripping.
Not all materials will work well with some designs. Experiment a bit with your dies and materials to make sure you get the cutting results you want. When using Bigz or Originals dies that have score marks, perforations, or lots of details, we recommend that you cut just one piece of paper at a time. Use the Premium Crease Pad with dies that have score marks for best results.

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ABC's of Stampin' Up! - Big Shot, Dies & Accessories

Single Page 12x12 Summer Scrapbook Page

I was so excited when I saw that the Lovely Letters Alphabet Stamp set was not being retired this year.  I absolutely adore this alphabet stamp set.  So I thought I would use it to title this page I have of a few pictures of us at the lake last summer.  I love going up to West Point Lake and spending time with my sister and her family.  The kids love the water, and I love documenting their time in it.

Stamps:  Lovely Letters Alphabet, Tropical Party, Surfs Up
Ink:  So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP
Accessories:  Ribbon Lace Border Punch, Daffodil Delight Ribbon, Dimensionals, 1 3/8" Square Punch, Oval Punch

So tell me what are your favorite activites for the summer?  Leave me a comment and let me know.  And if you like the Lovely Letters Alphabet set as much as I do you can order it from my online store.
~Stacy Royster

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Single Page 12x12 Summer Scrapbook Page