Here are the pages that we made at my Simply Scrappin' Club last week. We used the Happy B-Day Simply Scrappin' Kit...which is brand-spankin' new in Stampin' Up!'s 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog! I've tried something new: Since I don't have photos on these pages yet, I have added some photo size & placement guides on them. Let me know if this helps you out or distracts you. Don't forget that you can click on the photos to see them larger.
I was inpsired by Mandy Grant's Layout on her site www.l-inkedtogether.com I used the new Sizzix Scallop Square Die to cut out the Large Brocade Blue Scalloped Squares...quick & easy!! I wasn't sure that I wanted all these pages to be actual birthday pages, so I left the "b" off of the "b-day", but there is plenty of room for me to add it if I need to. My hubby tightened up the security on our home computer, so now some of my sites are blocked...this being one of them, so I am posting her original layout here & I've given you the link above to her site.
The following three layouts were all from sketches I received as part of an online class Got Sketch 102. You can find out more about the Got Sketch online classes HERE You can even purchase some of their classes as an instant download!!
I used the BRAND NEW Stampin' Up! Exclusive Sizzix Simple Letters Bigz Dies to punch out the "happy b-day" letters from the DSP in the kit. The Large Ruby Red Star above & the Large White Star below are from the Sizzix Stars #2 Original Die. The Crushed Curry Stars are from Stampin' Up!'s Star Punch.
I used the Taffy Alphabet on the "celebrate today!" title above, and I used the Varsity Alphabet on the "FRIENDS" title below....of course after I put it all together, I realized the title might also appear to say "FINS RED" (tee-hee), but trust me, it definitely says "FRIENDS". So as not to waste all that beautiful DSP under the Certainly Celery Textured Card Stock, I trimmed out a large square on both sheets. From the back it looks more like a frame. Now I can use that DSP on another project.
I hope you have enjoyed my last several postings with the Happy B-day Simply Scrappin' Kit! By the way, I just wanted to let you know that I only used ONE kit to make these 4 sets of pages & the 2 clipboards!! There was plenty of DSP to go around & then some! (Okay, I did use some extra white for the titles & some extra brocade blue for the scallop squares, but it was the DSP that I was using on the clipboards. I would have had to use the extra white & brocade even if I hadn't made the clipboards.) And I have LOTS of Adhesive Die Cuts left over to add to my pages when I put on the pictures & to use on other projects. These Simply Scrappin Kits are such a great value!!
Have a happy, scrappy Sunday!!! Erin
PS...Please let me know what you think about my adding the photo size stuff onto the pages. Is it helpful or distracting??