December Calendar Pages New Year New You Webster's Pages

These are the December pages for the Webster's Pages®  "New Year New You" Calendar Class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

                                          Page Left

Page Left Directions:

Cut out 3 individual flowers from white sheer frayed roses ribbon by May Arts® and then dye one of each with the following inks:

Pink/ Red Flower: Stampin' Up!® "Strawberry Slush"

Blue Flower:  Versa®  Color Ultimate Pigment Ink "Sky Blue" and Versa Magic® "Turquoise Gem"

Green Flower:  Stampin' Up!® "Pear Pizzazz" and Adirondack Earth Tones "Lettuce" by Ranger®

Use Glubers® to attach the flowers to the bottom right corner of "Personal Growth" from the "New Year New You" line by Webster's Pages®.

                                          Page Right

Page Right Directions:

Use red "Berrylicious" card stock by Bazzill® as the background for Page Right.

Attach a 12-inch piece of Maya Road® l pale green lace approximately 1.25 inches from the top of the page. Apply pop dots to the back of  "12 Months of Improvement" sign and position the left edge of the sign at the 6.25 inch across the page and .50 inch from the top of the page.

Use Memento® black ink and the scroll stamp from the "Bliss" stamp set by Stampin' Up!® to stamp 3 scroll images one next to each other starting at the left side of the red card stock.

Once you have stamped your 3 scroll images next to each other, attach a 12 inch long by .50 inch wide strip of cream floral paper at the top of the three scrolls.

Cut a frame from Stampin' Up!® "Pretty in Pink" card stock and attach it slightly overlapping the cream floral strip. Stamp a butterfly from the "Bliss" stamp set by Stampin' Up!® under the upper right corner of the frame, as shown. Use the Stampin' Up!® banner punch to punch out 4 cream floral banners and 3 yellow zigzag banners from scraps.  Attach each banner with a pop dot across the top of the frame.  Use double-sided tape to attach the "New Year New You" cameo in the center of the frame.

Attach the purple "Attempt the Absurd and You Will Achieve the Impossible" banner on top of the pink frame and cream floral card stock strip as shown.  Attach a scrap of leftover arrows approximately 4 inches wide underneath the purple banner.

Using "Pollen" card stock by Bazzill®, cut out a globe with the American Crafts® globe die.  Cut a clock face from "Shining Moment" paper by Webster's Pages® and center it on the globe.  Attach the completed embellishment as shown, setting the globe base on top of the /&/ symbol so that it is no longer visible but all the other words on the banner can be seen.

Mat the December calendar on a piece of "Jetstream" card stock by Bazzill® directly under the "12 Months of Improvement " sign and approximately .50 inches from the bottom of the page.

Ink the edges of the red card stock with white craft ink from Stampin' Up!®



I hope you have enjoyed 12 months of paper crafting with Webster's Pages®  "New Year New You" Collection.  May your 2015 be wonderful and full of blessings from God.  In His Love, Kim.

Day 287: Bird Tile

Tonight I made a bird tile.  I purchased a box of tumbled tiles from my local hardware store so I can make coasters or decorative tiles. I applied the bird rub-on Decor Element from Stampin' Up!, and colored inside the blank areas of the rub-on with Copic markers.  When the ink appeared to be dry,  I peeled off the stencil, used a VersaMark stamp pad to create the blue-green background, and added some flowers from Prima and a few pearls from Jolee's.  I sprayed the tile with a matte acrylic finish by Mod Podge to prevent smearing or running.

Day 186: Wild About You Card

I made this cute card for my nephew using "Safari Kids" prints from DCWV and solid card stock from Stampin' Up!  I ran the green paper through my Sizzix machine in a Cuttlebug embossing folder inked with VersaMark and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder from Stampin' Up!

Day 86: Lamb of God Easter Card

Tonight I made more Easter cards.  This one I call "Lamb of God".  The cross stamp, all papers, embossing powder, and markers used are from Stampin' Up.  The lamb stamp is a retired PSX stamp.  The names of Jesus background is from Morning Star. I used VersaMark ink to stamp all images on "crumb cake" card stock and heat embossed with brown embossing powder.  I colored the cross with markers, cut it out, and attached it with pop dots.  I also cut out the lamb and attached him with pop dots. I like the dimension the pop dots give to the card. This is one of my favorite Easter cards that I have made.

Day 84: "Ode to Spring" Easter Cards

Tonight I started to work on my Easter cards.  I am using "Ode to Spring" by Repeat Impressions (http://www.repeatimpressions.com/images/2605.gif ) as my focal image for my cards.  I covered the flowers with painter's tape and used VersaMark on the rabbit portion of the stamp, wiped off the painter's tape with an alcohol wipe, and then stamped onto white cardstock.  I then poured a pastel embossing powder (Stampin' Up!) over the VersaMark rabbit image.  Despite having the painter's tape on the flowers, embossing powder still wanted to collect where the flowers were supposed to be.  I just used a sponge paint brush to brush off the embossing powder in the areas where I didn't want it.  Then I heat embossed the rabbit. Using my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line the images up, I then over-stamped the flowers in brown Memento Ink, and colored the flowers with Copic markers. Tomorrow I will finish the cards.

Day 78: Get Well Card

Tonight I stamped a wishing well (Sweet Impressions) on Neenah paper, then colored with Copic markers and Koh-I-Noor pencils.  The darker wishing well was colored with the Copic markers, the lighter one was colored with the Koh-I-Noor pencils.  I used gelly roll pens by Sakura to add some shine and glitter to the water and the roses on the cards. I used an argyle embossing folder (Cuttlebug) and tried to do the same heat embossing that I learned at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour workshop, but I had trouble getting results I was happy with.  I used the same technique, so either my VersaMark is old, or maybe it is the Cuttlebug embossing folder.  I do recall the instructor saying she found the Sizzix folders a little easier to work with for this technique.  I stamped "Get Well Soon" (Repeat Impressions) on a scrap of yellow paper (all papers by Stampin' Up!), added a couple of eyelets and used foam tape (Scotch) to add dimension to the wishing well and to the sentiment.

Any comments on which wishing well you like better?  I think I prefer the lighter one, which was done with the Koh-I-Noor pencils. The one with the Copic markers is a little dark; however, I don't have all that many Copic markers yet.  Maybe when I get a few lighter colors, I will be able to create lighter images with the Copic markers.

This is not one of my favorite cards I have made...still needs to be tweaked, but I'll get it figured out.

Day 52: Perfume Bottle Card

I have been having fun making cards with stamps in my stamp collection.  My mother collects perfume bottles, so I bought this set of four stamps last year at the 2011 Stamp Scrap Art Tour so that I could make a card for her. This is the first time I have used them.  Unfortunately, they are not marked, but a web search shows that they are from Golden Acorn Rubber Stamps.  There are 6 classic perfume bottles in their collection.  I only purchased four of  the series.  At top left is Classic Perfume Bottle #3, at top right is Classic Perfume Bottle #4.  At bottom left is Classic Perfume Bottle #1, at bottom right is Classic Perfume Bottle #6. I just selected several pieces from my "pinks" scrap folder, stamped a  perfume bottle on each scrap with VersaMark (Tsukineko)  ink, then heat-embossed with gold embossing powder by Stampin' Up! (SU).  I punched them out using a label punch (SU), crumpled them up and adhered them to a piece of gold card stock (SU) stamped with French Script (SU) background. I used a ticket corner punch (SU) on the corners of the gold paper. I picked up a bunch of old costume jewelry at a flea market last summer, and knew I would use it for cards.  I was trying to remove the pin from the back side of this brooch, but the metal was so soft, I broke off some of the design.  So, I just cut the top part down.  I used some gold-embossing powder on a perfume bottle button from Buttons Galore to make it gold, then used double-sided tape and glue to hold it in the center of the brooch (I had removed the black plastic center that was original to the piece). I placed a tiny crystal (The Paper Studio) in the center of each perfume bottle to add a little bling. I mounted the whole card front onto Rich Razzleberry card stock (SU).  I think Mom will really enjoy this card when I send it to her.  Love to you, Mom!

Day 16: Embossing a Background

From the time the kids were little, they have always blown the fluffy white dandelions off their stems and made a wish. I took photos of them doing that and tonight I was working on my daughter's scrapbook page. Using VersaMark ink, I stamped several of Penny Black's "lace flower" stamp on white vellum. I poured white embossing powder (Stampin' Up!) on the blooms, shook off the excess, and then poured green embossing powder (Stampin' Up!) on the stems, shook off the excess, and then heated with my heat tool (Stampin' Up!). I really like the effect. It looks like the dandelions are blowing around in the wind, and the vellum adds a softness to the page I like. I still have more to do on this page, but it is late, so I will get back to it tomorrow.