Wrap It Up #1

This month I decided to do something a little different.  As the year is coming to an end I decided to do my best to go through old albums I have that are full of half finished scrapbook pages.  I used to leaved space so I could type up titles and little blurbs about the photos but lately I haven't wanted much to do with that style.  So instead of letting myself go into the New Year with all these old incomplete pages, I'm  going to do my best to fix them up.  

Since it is December I decided to start with this page that featured a nice Christmas theme.  I'd made a dress out of wrapping paper but the sad face was because I couldn't really sit in it so I knew it'd get trashed at school that day.

Before I revamped this page it was pretty bland and left a lot of negative space that I didn't really care for.

I've realized that one of the biggest challenges for these pages is going to be finding the years that the photos were taken.  I had to do a lot of scrolling on Facebook to figure out if it was my junior or senior year of high school, but eventually I found it and was super grateful for social media.

Obviously, because these were made so long ago, I don't really know what bits and pieces I used to put them together.  All I can list below is what I added that I can identify in the revamp stage.

Identifiable Elements:

• 3D stars-  "Sweet Freedom" stickers by Pink Paislee
• Red circles- Real Red by Stampin' Up!

Christmas in July #8

This might be my favorite Christmas in July card so far.  I really like the color scheme I ended up going with and the stamp set is one that I've always admired from afar.  Luckily for me my mom owns it so that means I get to play with it!

I'm really liking the fact that most of these cards I've been making are really easy to replicate.  It gives me a little peace of mind knowing that if it comes down to it, I can crank out extras pretty quickly.  I usually try to send all different cards to people (mostly because I don't always have the patience to mass produce a design) but if any of these have to be repeated I really don't think I'll feel all that bad about it.

Identifiable Elements:

• Green paper & ink- Wild Wasabi by Stampin' Up!
• Brown ink- Chocolate Chip by Stampin' Up!
• Stamp set- "Ornamental Pine" by Stampin' Up!

Christmas in July #7

This card would've turned out so clean and perfect if I had only noticed that there was still a bit of ink on my thumb when I picked it up to go photograph it.  Unfortunately I smudged it a bit, but I'm not entirely sure that anyone but me would examine it that closely.

As you can see, I've been on a bit of a washi tape binge lately.  I usually don't use it that often, but my mom has an extensive collection and I couldn't resist.  I think it really brought in a cool texture for the look of this card and I'm starting to think I'll have to expand my own collection when I move out in October.

Identifiable Elements:

• Red paper & ink- Poppy Parade by Stampin' Up!
• Sentiment stamp- "Snow Place" by Stampin' Up!
• Mug stamp- "Scentsational Season" by Stampin' Up!

Christmas in July #2

As promised, here is another Christmas card!  I chose to make this one a card that represents Christmas since I celebrate it, but is generally a nice Holiday-season card all around.  Plus, I got to use some funky red hearts without it feeling too Valentine's Day-ish.  Win-win.

Christmas in July #1

I've decided to try something new this month and make a little theme for myself.  Every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of July I plan on posting a different Christmas card.  Not only will this help me stock up for Christmas and make December a little less stressful but it'll be something different and fun for me to do.  To kick things off I'm posting this card featuring the really cool gold striped cards that came in one of the past Paper Pumpkin sets from Stampin' Up!  It worked perfectly for this Christmas theme and I can't wait to send it out!  It was pretty hard to photograph since it's as shiny as it is but alas, someday I'll get the hang of it...