Honduras Scrapbook Page - STVSKETCHGK1

Well I'm back to working on my cruise scrapbook...I'm only 2 years behind - LOL!! It seems like I'll never finish it!! I used the sketch challenge this week on Stamp TV for my layout:

I kept it simple with just stitching around the pictures and a flower using my new set from Verve! Hopefully I'll have some more scrapbook pages soon!

Jen P :)

Vroom! Vroom!!

My twin nephews are turning 3 this week so it's time for some little boy cards! When I saw the sketch challenge this week on Stamp TV, I knew right away what I want to do. Here's the sketch:

I've had this little boy stamp set for awhile now and remembered the truck and stop sign:

I paper pieced the truck and used buttons for the tires. I punched silver paper for the bumpers and it's hard to see in the picture, but I used a piece of acetate on the window. I had stamped the stop sign in white, but it was hard to see as well, so I used a gel pen to make the "stop" stand out. Off to post my second card...

Jen P :)

Back to Cruising! Stamp TV - STVSCJH10

My boss is planning a cruise this year and all the talk about cruises brought back memories of my cruise in 2008. I had started scrapbooking it last year, but never finished, so I decided to pull out the cruise pictures again! This week's sketch over on Stamp TV was perfect for the 2nd page of formal night pictures.

Here is what I came up with:

I had already done the first page - click here - so I went with the same colors and flowers (my favorite stamp!). I was stumped with the middle oval, because I was thinking I had a larger oval nestie...so I used the smaller ovals and put some flowers to fill in the bare spots. Together the 2 layouts look really nice!

Jen :)

Stamp TV/Scrappy Sunday - Sunflower Page

For the 2nd part of the Stamp TV 9/15 Scrapbook Challenge, I used the Scrappy Sunday sketch for this week.

I was flipping thru some old pictures and the sunflower theme went perfect with pictures of my mom's birthday from 2006. My niece was sharing smiles with everyone :)

Here is a close up of the sunflower and also a peek of the ribbon running behind the pictures:

I loved this sketch! Make sure you check out the sketch from last week too...it's a flip of this week and works perfectly as a 2nd layout with this one.

Jen P :)

Details: SU Ink - More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip; SU Paper - More Mustard, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip; Paper - Debbie Mum PP; Stamp - Sunflower Designs by Rubber Stampede; Misc - Ribbon

Sketch Girl Challenge - SG5

The sketch for 9/1/09 over on Sketch Girl was very challenging!! It looks easy but I think the set up of the boxes and circles just gives a huge challenge of what to use!

I decided to use this sketch for the Stamp TV Scrapbook challenge this week, which is a double duty challenge - meaning you have to make a card & scrapbook page! The only challenge was that you had to use the same stamp set for both the card & page. Here is the card using the SG5 sketch:

I knew I wanted to do something fall and had pulled out some old pictures that I've been wanting to scrapbook. But I couldn't decide on what stamps to use - I need some new stamps ~ LOL!!! I ended up just using a sunflower stamp because it went so nice with my Debbie Mum PP. Check back for my scrapbook page...I'll post that later today...

Jen P :)

Details: SU Ink - Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, More Mustard; SU Paper - Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Always Artichoke; Debbie Mum PP; Stamp - Sunflower Designs by Rubber Stampede; Misc - Buttons & ribbon

Stamp TV Scrapbook Challenge - STVSCR26

This week's Scrapbook Challenge at Stamp TV is keeping my cruise scrapbook album alive...instead of back in the drawer where it's been for a year LOL! :) This is the sketch for this week's challenge STVSCR26:

Here is my version:

Stamps: Tags & More SU, Bitty Bugs Roller SU, misc small dragonfly

Paper: Eggplant Envy SU, Mellow Moss SU, misc stripe & flower PP

Ink: Eggplant Envy SU

Misc: Scrapnfont Scrap Color Me 5 (title) & Scrap Baby (journaling)

This is a scrapbook page of Cave Tubing in Belize. While we were tubing down the river, there were tons of dragonflies...some even landed on us! So I decided to use dragonflies instead of stars on my scrapbook page. After much searching thru my old stamps, I finally found some dragonflies - one from the SU Tags & More set, one from the SU Bitty Bugs Roller and a misc one I found. Here is another page of our time in Belize:

Using the same stamps, ink, paper & SNF, I added a strip of ribbon to tie in the green since I didn't have another page of the stripe PP. Side by side the two pages look really nice!

Jen P :)

Stamp TV Color Challenge - STVCC22

Over at Stamp TV http://stamptv.ning.com/, the 7/20 Color Challenge requires you to use Green, Brown & White/Vanilla on your card. This worked out perfectly for me! I had been planning on making a card with the Changito Tire Swing stamp I just bought - yeah I know I'm obsessed - LOL!!! So after searching and searching for a palm tree to use, I finally found one at my friend Jenn's house. She was going thru all her stamping stuff - beading is her new thing - and we found a store bought die cut Palm Tree hiding away in a drawer. It was just right for what I wanted to do:




Stamps: Changito Tire Swing by Stampendous, Happy Birthday from a SU set

Paper: Garden Green & Confetti Cream SU, misc background paper & Palm Tree Die Cut

Misc: Twine for rope swing & cover wire for the monkey's tail

Taking some inspiration from my sister's idea of the little girl swinging - http://lastminutecrafter.blogspot.com/2009/07/swinging-on-by.html - I wanted to make the monkey swing when the card is opened. I used some twine and freestyle cut the opening with a Purple Cow cutter. Since the challenge was only Brown, Green & White/Vanilla, the tire had to be brown, but I think it's cute anyway!

Jen P :)