Hello my fellow scrapping friends!
This week's layout features a photo collage showcasing eight Valentine's themed photos, the County Fair, Photo Booth and Ring Toss Studio Calico Kits, ribbon scrap die cut hearts (shown in yesterday's Studio AE Blog Hop post HERE) and the January Studio AE Stamp Set.
I created the title for my page using some die cut files by Kerri Bradford's TwentyEleven kit. I love these yearly kits because they allow for me to use text (which I love), create titles that clearly give a date to my scrapbook pages (which is important to me) and allow me create freedom with lots of options for mixing and matching the elements to create custom designs. Fabulous basic kits.
Check out Kerri's other yearly die cut kits for even more options!
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To create the sub-title for my page, I used one of the new stamps from Ali Edwards' January Studio AE stamp set. This is a great stamp set. Even though I clearly used the stamps on a Valentine's themed page here, you could use them for any love-inspired project. I will be using these lots and will show additional ways to use these stamps over the next month or so. I stamped the phrase with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder to really make the text "pop".
Here are those die cut ribbon scrap hearts used on a layout. I love creating accents this way! *See video for how to.*
I also added another stamped image from the January Studio AE stamp set and a coordinating phrase from another Ali Edwards stamp set to finish off the left side of the design.
I used one of the corrugated alpha letters to add an "E" over my photo collage (for my son's name). Simple. Easy.
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SUPPLIES (click on photos for links):
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Additional Supplies:
- October Afternoon Sasparilla Stagecoach Paper
- October Afternoon Sasparilla Buttons
Previous Scrap It Weekly 2012 Videos (full listing):
FREE WEBINAR WITH ME & LAIN EHMANN!
If you are interested in learning how to take great photos of your projects, please join me for a FREE webinar on January 18th. Click HERE for details!
I love your layout! I'm so glad that you are doing the layout videos again :) I can hardly wait for the new AE stamp set. Have a great day.
Sandy R. MN
Posted by: Sandy Reinking | January 13, 2012 at 08:15 AM
Love your page toda Nichol. The fact that you used so many pics on your layout really inspires me to do the same. To get them off the shelf and into a album. So love that your doing this free class with Lain. I am all signed up and can't wait to take it on the 18. Can't wait to learn how to take better pics and to better my videos. Thanks a bunch for listing it has a free class. Means so much. Hugs.
Posted by: Dana | January 13, 2012 at 01:48 PM
I have enjoyed all your 2peas videos! Soooo glad you are continuing a "Start to Finish" line. I'll be an avid viewer!!!
Posted by: Dawn | January 13, 2012 at 07:33 PM
Love love love this page! I have never used Watermark pads or embossing powder because I didn't think I would use them. I also never would've thought to use them on patterned paper! My fears are now gone..I'm excited to try both!!
Can you use any Watermark pad? I noticed that one said Dazzle so I'm guessing it has some sparkle to it?
Posted by: marisa | January 15, 2012 at 11:38 AM
I would recommend any Versamark ink pad. I have the regular, frost and dazzle ink pads and you are right, the dazzle one has a bit of sparkle to it, however once covered with opaque embossing powder you lose any of that look. ;)
Posted by: Nichol Spohr LLC | January 15, 2012 at 03:34 PM
Nichol, you are fast becoming my favourite designer. I love all the little touches you put on your layouts and the way you explain them in your videos - its so helpful and so inspirational. I have Pinned you so much in the last couple of days and every single one has been re-pinned. Great work, thank you so much! (And yes please to a UK supplier of those Studio stamps!)
Posted by: Lisa-Jane | January 29, 2012 at 05:49 AM
Nichol, I like to see more stamping for scrapbooking ,with copic markers on how to videos. I just stated scrapbooking and i love your videos.thank you , yvette
Posted by: yvette | February 01, 2013 at 01:51 PM