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Hey everyone:

I was asked by my great friend, Debbie Henderson, to create a project using products from the Sale-A-Bration catalog and I didn't want to make a card this time, so thought of doing a scrapbook page, which is something I am going to start doing once a week.  

I have been telling our daughter, Elizabeth, for a while now that I'm going to start on her scrapbook (she's 29 and I haven't even started - I'm terribly behind) and when I saw this picture, which is one of my favorites of her, knew this is the one I would use. 

For this page, I used the Lift Me Up and So Very Much stamp sets from the Sale-A-Bration catalog. If you look closely, you can see that the heart on the picture was cut from the word strip and the "love" heart has been raised a little bit.  I also used the balloons from the Lift Me Up stamp set to make the right side of my page have a balloon background.  I tried something new on this page and that was to take three of my main ink colors and did the gradient color technique on my words.  I do believe I will be using this technique more often.  This was such a fun scrapbook page to create and will see myself using this layout again.  You typically see Stampin Up products on cards, but I was surprised to see how easy it was to use on pages.

Thanks Debbie for asking me to do this and look forward to the next project 😊

Janet

Supplies (All Stampin' Up):

cardstock - peekaboo peach, whisper white, mint macaron, watermelon wonder, watercolor
patterned paper - carried away, neutrals designer
ink - peekaboo peach, mint macaron, watermelon wonder, smoky slate
stamp sets - lift me up, so very much, brushwork alphabet, sophisticated serifs
die cut set - up & away framelits
accessories - silver metallic ribbon, fine-tip glue pen, tombow runner adhesive, fancy frost sequins, in-color sequins, sponge dauber

Sending smiles

Happy Sunday everyone:

Last month my friend, Debbie Henderson, asked a few of her team members to participate in a swap and since I had never done that before, thought I would give it a try 😊and it was a lot of fun. We were to use a stamp set from the occasions catalog and love the Lift Me Up stamp set so had to use that one.

There were four ladies who participated and knew the sentiment would be perfect since we live apart.  I can't wait to get their cards.

Here is what I created for the swap.  I have really been on a distress ink blending kick lately and just loved putting these ink colors together.  The big balloon was die cut and painted by using ink and a watercolor brush.

I can't wait for another one.

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  whisper white, watercolor paper
ink:  mint macaron, watermelon wonder, night of navy, smoky slate, peekaboo peach, black
patterned paper:  Carried away
dies:  up & away framelits
accessories - Stampin Up dimensionals, distress tools, watercolor brush, MISTI stamping tool