GinaK's Design Team was asked to participate in this week's Splitcoast DIVA Scrapbook challenge and I was able to get a couple of pages done for it! (A MAJOR accomplishment for me b/c ever since I did the inaugural DIVA challenge with Papertrey I haven't scrapped a page since! So much for my New Year's resolution eh??)
You can find out more about this challenge HERE <-------click!
These pages came easy for me though - I've had the idea for them for months and so it was only a matter of clearing some space off my desk and getting to work!
I took these pictures back in the summer before we moved - and when Gina released her Make a Wish - Stamps For a Cause set with the dandelion image I KNEW I'd have to use that with these pictures on a scrapbook page!
This is a 2-page layout - the pages are 8x8" (I am LOVING this size - I used to do 12x12 pages and while I like having more room for pictures, I started to dread making them b/c they took up so much room on my desk and it was just getting difficult to be able to get a page done without having every available surface covered! Now that I'm doing this size tho I can do a 2-page layout and it doesn't take nearly as long and doesn't take up nearly as much space! LOVE it!).
I was originally only going to have one 4x6 picture per page, but as I was going through all the pics I had taken I found so many more that I wanted to use! So I came up with this layout:
I cropped the main pictures to 3x5", and the smaller ones to 2.5x4".
GinaK's dandelion stamp was inked up with craft ink, stamped onto the card stock, then embossed with Iridescent Ice (Stampin' Up!) embossing powder.
The letters are all die-cut - I just love how they turned out!
I used a couple of pieces of Pink Passion (SU!) card stock - covered them with VersaMark ink then with Iridescent Ice EP and heated them. Once they had cooled I used my CuttleBug Red Tag Sale Alphabet to cut out the letters I needed.
EDITED TO ADD: Yes I am quite proud of my idea to make glittery card stock to die cut the letters from (at first I was planning on die cutting the letters then covering them with some sort of adhesive and THEN covering them with glitter - but then I thought "there has to be a better (less messier!) way!!" and came up with this idea). For something even EASIER - you can actually buy glitterfied card stock in yummy colors - DoodleBug Sugar Coated CS to be exact - which will definitely be going on my next order from ATS (b/c I STILL had VersaMark and Iridescent Ice EP all over the place....).
I also used that alpha set to die cut 2 small tags (the set comes with a die for one large and one smaller tag) that I stapled ribbon to and slipped behind each main picture to use for the journalling.
The ribbon is from Michaels (I used sticky strip to attach the ribbon to the bottom of the page), the flowers are Prima and I used Dollarama (jumbo) brads and Bazzill Brads to attach them.
If you'd like to use this sketch to make a page (or 2!) and upload it to Splitcoast please use the keyword SBDD10_AmyR so that it's easier to find!
STAMPS: Make a Wish stamp set by GinaK Designs (Stamps For a Cause). CS: Wild Wasabi Textured, Pink Passion (Stampin' Up!). INK: VersaMark, Garden Green Craft Ink. ACCESSORIES: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, CuttleBug Red Tage Sale Alphabet Dies, Prima Flowers, Brads, Ribbon.
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Stay tuned - my Friday card sketch will be posted later today!! :o)
