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It has been a while since I entered a challenge at Stamp-a-Memory but this month's challenge fitted perfectly with the new catalogue release and my favourite new products!! This month the challenge is to scrap a photo that is more than ten years old.

I have scrapped a photo of my paternal grandmother's parents (my great grandparents). The photo was taken in either the 1950s or 1960s (waiting on my mum to confirm the date for me and then I will add it to my page ...I have left a small oval journalling spot for the purpose).

Here is a close look at the bird. I have heat embossed the image several times and then cracked the image. Isn't the crotchet doily pretty. It was an op shop find and I have added some cotton twine as well.

I coloured the chipboard letters with a Bashful Blue marker. I like the suede effect it gives to the letttering.

The stamp set is Nature Walk and the patterned papers are from Botanical Gazette.

Thanks for looking.

Lisa

Stamp-A-Memory Challenge

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and are enjoying the post Christmas peace. I love the period between Christmas and New Year so many pyjama days and nowhere to be at any given time. So relaxing.

I just wanted to share a little gift I made for my hubby's brother and his lovely partner. I used this year's Christmas photo of my boys to decorate a calendar for them.

I picked these calendars up for a few dollars at one of the cheap shops in town. They originally have a little whiteboard on top and I have used sticky strip to attach a little layout over the top and then repunched the hanging hole with my trust crop-a-dile. I added an eyelet as well for strength.

I used my Sizzix to cut out the numbers for the year.

This month's challenge at Stamp-a-memory is to scrapbook about a gift or make a gift so I think this fits the criteria.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Supplies:

DSP - Celebrations

Real Red Cardstock

Pacific Point ribbon (retired)

Photo Corner punch

Sizzix and Timeless Type Alphabet

Sticky Strip and Glue Dots

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Stamp a Memory Challenge - Shaped Layout

Hello there, my poor old blog has been sadly neglected for quite some time now...I really don't know where the time goes.

I have some scrapbooking to share today. This fortnight's challenge at Stamp-a-memory is to create a shaped layout.

I decided to go with a crescent moon shape to go with a sweet photo of my Matt-man asleep in his cot (it was a rare site with that child I tell ya).

I am really pleased with how this turned out. I have the layout sitting against an acrylic frame in the photo so you can see it a bit better (I hope).

My title has been stamped with the Jumbo Outline Alphabet and cut out.



Thanks for stopping by and I promise to update again more frequently (I rooly truly do).

Lisa

Stampin' Up! Supplies:

Sweet Slumber Specialty paper

Barely Banana Textured Cardstock

Stamps: Jumbo Outline

Ribbon: So Saffron grosgrain, Riding Hood Red Taffeta

Inks: Riding Hood Red, So Saffron and Baja Breeze

Punches: Large and Small Star, scallop border

Big Shot Dies: Top Note

Other: Sponge Daubers, Many Marvelous Markers, Button Bouquet button, Crop-a-Dile, Stampin Dimensionals, sticky strip, glue dots

Bridal Shower Card

One of my lovely scrapbooking friends is getting married this month and to celebrate Mum and I travelled to Uralla on Sunday for a little scrapbooking shower with friends.

It was a lovely day and even though I did absolutely no scrapbooking it was fabulous to catch up.

I was still in a pink, black and white mood after this layout (and it won the Stamp-A-Memory Challenge..I was very excited lol).

Anyway back to the card, I have used Sale-a-bration set "Vintage Labels" together with the Mr & Mrs from "Occasional Greetings" and the damask stamp from "Friends 24-7".

The large black scallop oval is actually a diecut I "borrowed" from my Mum's stash but it fitted the wide oval punch so perfectly...obviously it was meant to be.

Here is Dannii and her gorgeous bub Cooper. Aren't the veil and bling divine.

Danni sure knows how to dress for the occasion.

Wishing you all the best for a fabulous wedding day Dannii and a lifetime of love and laughter with your man and your gorgeous little bub.

Can't wait for another Scrapbooking day otherwise I will be waiting to see all the girls in August at this fabulous event.

I was checking the SPCC blog this morning for the new colour challenge and noticed that my soccer layout made the Top 5. I thought that was prety cool. Love those cute photos of Ben playing soccer.

Thanks for visiting and thanks to everyone who has left comments for me. I absolutely love reading them and it has really made my week.

Happy stamping

Lisa

Supplies:

Stamps: Occasional Greetings, Friends 24-7, Vintage Labels

Card: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Paper: Bella Rose

Punches: circle punches in 3 sizes, scallop edge punch, wide oval punch

Other: Whisper White Tafetta Ribbon, Black grosgrain ribbon, 1/2 pearl from Pretties Kit, sponges, stampin' dimensionals

SAM Challenge 4

The Stamp-a-Memory challenge this time around is to use black and white plus one other colour of your choice.



I chose Pink (Pink Pirouette to be precise). Once again I have used one of my sister-in-law Shelley Wendt's gorgeous photos, this time of my youngest niece Miss Briannah.

Here is my entry:








I stamped and heat embossed a corner detail using the Frames with a Flourish Stamp set.





I used 3 different sizes of circle punches to make my flowers. The punched circles were crumpled and sponged with Pink Pirouette ink before being adhered together with dimensionals. I used white half-pearls from the Pretties Kit for the centre of my flowers.





I made my black and white background paper using the Damask stamp from the Friends 24-7 stamp set. I used my trusty stamp-a-ma-jig so that I could stamp the images fairly evenly. Leaving the stamp-a-ma-jig in place also meant if my image didn't stamp clearly I could re-stamp before moving it (and yes that happened several times).






I had a lot of fun with this challenge and I adore this photo of Briannah - pretty and wild at the same time.

Thanks for stopping by


Lisa

Supplies:

Stamp Sets: Frames With a Flourish, Friends 24-7, Defining Alphabet
Cardstock: Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Patterned Paper: Bella Rose
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Versamark
Punches: Eyelet Border, 1 3/4" circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1" circle, Butterfly, double slot punch
Other: Pretties Kit, stampin sponges, stampin dimensionals, pink taffeta ribbon, Flower Button (Button Bouquet), Stamp'n'write Journaller, Black Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

Stamp a Memory Scrapbook Challenge 3

Some Australian Stampin' Up! Demos have got together to create a blog dedicated to using Stampin' Up! products in our scrapbooks. Go check it out here and they have some pretty cool ideas and gorgeous samples.

Each month they also host a challenge. This month the challenge is to use the word "Love" in your layout. Click here to see the challenge post.

I have also used a fantastic sketch for my layout by Rachel Ricks over at the Scrappy Side. She has some fantastic layouts on her site. Here is the link to the sketch I used.

And here is my layout:




I loved the little clouds Rachel used on her sample layout so I have used them here to. Thanks for the inspiration Rachel.


Here is a close up of some of the detail:



Deb Godley took these super cute photos of Sam for me and I absolutely love them (and the little munchkin of course). Thanks Deb!

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Supplies:

Paper:Sweet Slumber Specialty Paper
Cardstock: Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red
Stamps: Defining Alphabet
Punches: Scallop Edge, Heart To Heart
Other: Crystal Effects, Timeless Type Chipboard, Sponge Daubers, Chocolate Chip Marker, Stampin Dimensionals