New Year New You Webster's Pages October Calendar Pages

The following are the instructions for creating the October calendar pages for the Webster's Pages® "New Year New You" calendar class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Page Left

Use the green print on the reverse side of the Webster's Pages® New Year New You "bucket print" paper as the page background.

Approximately 1/3 of the way from the top of the page, attach a piece of Karen Foster Design ® "Pastel Pink Scrapper's Floss" to the background paper for your banner. (I taped the two ends onto the back side of the background paper. Give the floss enough slack for a gentle, natural curve.)

Apply adhesive onto the back of the October calendar and mat it onto a piece of "Pinkini". Set aside.

Using your Sizzix® Big Shot® and the smallest banner from Stampin' Up!® banner framelet collection, cut two banners from "Pinkini". Using the next larger size banner, cut two banners that match the background paper. Using the next larger size banner, cut two banners from "Pinkini".  Layer the banners one on top of the other as shown.  Attach the banners to the bottom side of the matted October calendar as shown. Apply adhesive to the right, left, and bottom of the matted calendar, but leave the top of the calendar free from adhesive. This will create a pocket for you to add journaling notes and/or photos. Center this piece in the middle of the pink twine.

From "Pinkini", die cut a doily using a mini doily die from My Favorite Things®. Fold it in half and attach as shown.

Punch out eight pennants with Stampin' Up!® pennant punch by EK Success®. I used SU "Old Olive" for 4 pennants;  Bazzill® "Pinkini" for 2 pennants; and Webster's Pages® floral print for 2 pennants.  Apply a mini Glue Dot® to the back of each pennant and adhere on top of the pink twine as shown.

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Use Bazzill® "Pinkini" as the background for this page.

Punch out 3 butterflies using Bazzill® "Pinkini"; 3 butterflies using Bazzill® "Pollen"; and 2 butterflies using blue SU that matches your label. Run all the butterflies through your Xyron®. Remove the clear cover but leave the butterflies on the waxed paper. Apply "Icicle" Stickles™ by Ranger to the butterflies and allow to dry.

As shown, cut apart the quote "Life is a journey that gives you the liberty to draw your own map and choose your own route." Run all these pieces through your Xyron®. Adhere the word "life" to the label punched from blue card stock.  (It is Stampin' Up!®, but I don't know the name.) Mat the words "is" and "a" on some of the green paper that remains after you cut apart your quote. Set the words aside.

Use the clouds die from My Favorite Things to cut out three white clouds. Use a sponge dauber to ink the clouds with ColorBox® "True Blue" pigment ink. (You may want to practice on a scrap piece of paper to determine the right amount of ink and pressure to use to achieve the look you want on your clouds). Apply a small amount of the Stickles™ on the clouds and swirl it around with your finger.  Set aside and allow to dry.

Cut a piece of blue card stock (that matches your label and butterflies) to 5.5"wide x 5.75" high. Using the tree and leaf stamps from Stampin' Up!® "Season of Friendship" stamp set, stamp a tree onto the blue card stock that matches your blue label and butterflies. Use SU "Baked Brown Sugar" ink for the tree trunk and SU "Pear Pizzazz" ink for the leaves. You may stamp as many or as few leaves as you like. The fullness of your tree is up to you. (Just know that more leaves will result in more work a little later!) Place your tree on top of the Sizzix® "Frame, Oval Scallop" die. Be sure to position your paper at an angle so that your tree will fit inside the oval shape. (You should not be able to see any of the design showing on the parts of the die that are not covered by paper.) Run through your Sizzix® Big Shot®. It is okay to have some leaves or part of the tree trunk on your scalloped frame; this is not a mistake. Apply adhesive to the back of the oval and attach it flat against the upper right portion of the "Pinkini" background, as shown. (Be sure to leave space for the scalloped frame!) Apply pop dots on the back side of the scalloped frame and then place it around the tree in the oval. Use the "Icicle" Stickles™ on the leaves of the tree. Be sure to apply Stickles™ to the leaves on the frame, too. Allow to dry.

When all of your pieces are dry, assemble the page as shown.

New Year New You Webster's Pages September 2014 Calendar Pages

These are the September 2014 calendar pages for the New Year New You class held at The Paper Forest Scrapbook Boutique in Washington, Illinois.

Page Left

We will be using "Frosted Kiwi" by Bazzill® as the background for this page. Approximately 2.5 inches from the top of the page, adhere the striped border pieces which are in your kit. (There will be a gap in the center of your page, but it will be covered up by the large label we are going to cut out next.)

Using the largest framelit from Stampin' Up!®'s "Labels" collection, cut a label from Bazzill®'s "Passionate" card stock. Use Stampin' Up!® white craft ink to give the label a chalky look. Center the September "New Year New You" (Webster's Pages®) calendar in the middle of the label. Use Kaisercraft® "Antique Rose" rhinestones to embellish the edge of the label as shown, using the largest and smallest rhinestones from the pack. Add some pop dots to the back of the label and adhere in the center of the two striped pages.

Using "Old Olive" card stock (Stampin' Up!®) and the Bigz ™ Tulip die (by Sizzix® for Stampin' Up!®), cut out two sets of the tulip design. Set aside all pieces except for the two fleur de lys shapes.  Adhere one on either side of the label, angling them and embellishing as shown.

Using "Passionate" card stock and all five "Floral Frames" (by Sizzix® for Stampin' Up!®), we are going to make a layered flower for the page.  Nest all five dies within each other and run through your Sizzix® Big Shot™ die-cutting machine. You will end up with five flower layers.  Use the white craft ink to give the flowers a chalky look like you did on the label. Adhere pop dots on the backs of all the flower layers. Beginning with biggest layer, adhere to the center of the page underneath the label. Then add the next biggest layer, turning it so that it is not a perfect fit within the largest layer, but slightly offset so you can see the "Frosted Kiwi" paper peeking through. Continue with the remaining three layers, remembering to offset each layer.

Go back to the tulip design pieces you set aside earlier. Find the two tulip-shaped pieces. Adhere pop dots to the back and attach on either side of the flower. Find your scroll pieces and place them on either side of the tulips, taking note of the right side of each scroll. Place the scrolls right side up in your Xyron®, along with the two large dots and four small dots. Run all through the Xyron® and adhere as shown.

Cut four more small flower shapes from "Passionate" card stock. Layer two flowers together using a pop dot between them, and adhere to the other side of the tulip design.

Embellish the large flower, tulips, scrolls, and small flowers with the rhinestones as shown.

Page Right

We will be using "Path of Happiness" from Webster's Pages® "New Year New You" collection as the background for this page.

Adhere the large quote "You Never Know How Strong You Are And Your Strength Will Keep You Going" to the center of the page.

Add the following small quotes as shown:

Illuminate
I Am Strong
We Are Born to Shimmer
A Sparkle of Strength
Glow
We Are Stronger Than We Realize

Embellish the four corners of the large quote and the ends of each small quote with rhinestones, as shown.

I hope September was blessed and that October will be wonderful! Stay strong on your journey to a new you!

Day 303: One Moment in Time Gears Card Part 2

I punched gears and circles out of brushed silver card stock by Stampin' Up! I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig and rich cocoa Memento ink to stamp the pocket watch (Rubber Stampede) and the verse (Repeat Impressions) onto the silver card . I ran everything through the Xyron machine, then attached  the pieces to the front of my card.  The inside verse I wrote says:  Your birthday only comes once a year, so Celebrate!

Day 137: Bringing Baby Stamped and Colored

My neighbor complimented my card-making skills and asked if I would make a set of baby cards for her to purchase.  I knew right away I wanted to use Stampin' Up's "Bringing Baby" stamp.  I used Memento ink in Tuxedo Black to stamp the image and then colored it with my Copic markers.  I fussy cut the image and ran it through my Xyron.  I colored blue and pink images, but am only showing the blue here:

Day 114: A Visit With Santa Page: Day 2

After a weekend away, I finally got back home and back to my son's scrapbook page.  I cut a title from Santa words paper by October Afternoon.  I used the Curlie Girlie alphabet die set by Sizzix and my Big Shot machine to cut the letters for the first part of the title, "A Visit With".  I ran the letters through my Xyron and attached them to Cherry Cobbler card stock from Stampin' Up.  I used a "Santa" crystal embellishment from Me and My Big Eyes to finish my title.  In order to further decorate the page, I added a Santa metal sign embellishment by Tim Coffey and tied a scrap of ribbon to it.  I also added a Santa scene from Jolee's, and even wrote my son's name in the "nice" column.

Day 64: Candy Land Title and Cards

I wanted to place the title "Candy Land" on the first page of my two-page layout, and at first I thought about using some colorful primary alphabet stickers I had in my stash; but then I decided I would really like the title to use the same letters that are on the Candy Land game itself.  I wanted to work on this layout now, and not have to search the internet and then wait to receive something in the mail days from now, or run to area scrapbook stores to see if they had a Candy Land title.  So, I copied the letters on the cover of the game box, reduced the size, printed them out  on white card stock from Georgia Pacific using my HP Printer, and then fussy-cut them for the title.*  I ran the letters through my Xyron adhesive machine. I punched out nine 1.25 inch squares with a punch from EK Success using Real Red paper from Stampin' Up! and attached the letters to the squares. Then I punched out nine 1.375 inch white squares with a punch from EK Success on card stock from Georgia Pacific and attached those to the back of the smaller red squares.  I edged the squares in Real Red ink from Stampin' Up! to make it look like there was another layer of red beneath the white.  I thought there was not enough contrast between the white squares and the white background paper, but I did not have the next larger size square punch, so this was my quick fix.  However, that still didn't give me enough contrast.  I really wanted a red title strip to go underneath the letters, but the only red paper I had was 8.5x 11 inches and my scrapbook pages are 12 x 12 inches.  I have seen where people paint or ink acetate plastic, so I decided to do that. I have a stash of acetate plastic I have collected from product boxes, so I found a piece that was longer than 12 inches, and cut it to the dimensions I needed to make a title strip for my page (1.75 inches wide by 12 inches long).  I inked the acetate plastic with Blazing Red StazOn Ink by Tuskineko and left it to dry overnight. (StazOn ink is permanent on plastic or other slick surfaces, but drying time varies depending on what you are inking, so leaving it to dry overnight was a precaution so I would not smudge the ink.)

I began critiquing the second page and decided that the two matted photos, one embellishment from Jolee's and my journaling block were not enough, and that the page needed more. I decided to copy some of the playing cards and print them out and mat them and then lined them up down either side of my photos.

Satisfied with my progress, I decided to leave this and come back to complete the assembly of the pages tomorrow.

*Advice on cutting out the letters A and D:  to cut out the middle of the letter D: there is a slight separation where the D starts and stops at the top left of the D.  Using scissors with a very small, fine blade, cut along that separation and then cut out the center part of the D, following the inside of the D until you get back to the beginning.   Advice on cutting out the letter A:  make two copies for each A; then cut out the crossbar of the A on one copy and set aside; then cut through the crossbar on the second copy, following the lowercase "n" or upside down "u" shape; glue the crossbar on top of the "n"/ upside down "u" shape.

Day 49: F is for Family

Continuing to work on those family photos tonight, I titled our family portrait, "F is for Family".  I used a turquoise paper from Stampin' Up! as my background page. I placed our family photo (8" x10") on the left hand side of the page. I cut down a pair of scroll photo corners from Laserline (based right here in Washington, Illinois) and put one in the upper left corner and one in the lower right corner of our photo.  I used teal pearls from Jolee's on each of the scrolls to add dimension to the photo corners. I cut out a large size black oval and a medium size turquoise oval (papers from Stampin' Up!; die cuts and machine by Sizzix), ran them through my Xyron machine, then layered the turquoise oval onto the black oval.  I used the Curlie Girlie  "F" alphabet die from Sizzix to cut out the "F" monogram from black paper, ran it through the Xyron, and layered that onto the ovals. I placed that in the center of the remaining 3.5" on the right side of the paper, even with the top of my photo. I also used  some really pretty silver alphabet brads with a black scroll design (Colorbok) to spell out "family" below the "F" monogram.  Some family definition stickers (7Gypsies), a green and turquoise rub-on (Colorbok), some turquoise ribbon from my stash, and some teal pearls (Jolee's) completed the page.