Scrapping and Stamping Luau--- so far

Oh...it's been so long since I've had a weekend to work on MY SCRAPBOOKING!  I am usually hosting the scrapbooking event and don't have enough time to get involved in my own scrapping pages.  But not this weekend.  Here's the "limited" supplies I brought!

  

Last night (Friday 7pm-1am) I got 3 whole pages done!  And I know what you're thinking...only 3 pages...well technically it's 7 pages as I do one for me and each one of my kids in the pictures.

Anyways...enough yacking...let me show you what I got done!

Black Eyed Susans....Jeremiah and Alexander took a little break on the neighbor's retaining wall.  Not sure about the look on Jeremiah's face in the second picture but Alex sure thought he was very funny.  I made the flowers using the Daisy Delight stamp set and coordinating punch.

Crazy Cousins...Jeremiah and Chevy were buddies!  These silly boys are only 4 months apart in age and were crazy everytime we got together.  This page showcases retired DSP and buttons.  I used current cardstock for the mats...Very Vanilla and Garden Green

First Day of Headstart...Jeremiah started preschool the day after his 4th birthday.  I remember how excited he was to use his awesome new backpack!  The background DSP isn't SU! but everything else is.  I used a retired stamp set to create the scissors and pencil.  Colors are Lemon Lime Twist, Pacific Point, Basic Black, and Balmy Blue (with a real red-ish background).  

I hope you find some of these pages inspirational to use stampin' in your scrappin'!  I do have an upcoming class for Scrapbook pages 

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Fabulous Fall Wedding Signs

I created two signs and table numbers for a wedding.  This is what I came up with for the signature drinks sign.  It's 12x12 wooden frame which can be hung up or put on an easel.

I didn't like any of the "stains" for the picture frame.  First I tried to do cherry cobbler...but it just didn't look right.  So then I put the chocolate chip hue over the top.  That looked better but still didn't "pop."  So then I painted with a green shimmer paint over the top.  AND WOW!  WOW! WOW!  It really livened things up.  And the green paint was pulling out the ink of the cherry cobbler and chocolate chip to create this lovely bronze look.  I left the inside of the frame the stained cherry cobbler.  You can see by the order of the pictures what the steps were that went into doing just the frame.

The left side is the painted side
and the right side is just the two stains.

Here you can see the outside color and top color
before I painted over the outside. 

I laid everything out to see if I'd like it.  I really liked the cherry cobbler ribbon.  But it needed
something else.  Let's add a subtle background and mat the pictures.

Here you can see the leaves I heat embossed for the background.  I mixed early espresso & gold embossing powders with a little bit of gold glitter to get the "bronze" affect.  I really like embossing on the textured paper as it adds a little bit to the leaves as well.

You can also see how adding the mat really frames the sayings and adds that little touch of "importance."  Even though it's behind glass, you can tell the different layers really add dimension.

Here's the full view again...yes with a reflection but I wanted you to see the whole look with the frame and everything.  You can see all the little details as I explained above.  These are the little details that really make the project stand out.  The red inside of the frame with the matting of the signs go hand in hand.  And of course mimicking the leaves in the background and bringing the colorful ones to the foreground also brings out the color of the frame.