I took the day off yesterday, just didn't feel the juices flowing.  Today, my husband let me sleep in and for the first time in 3 nights I got a really good nights sleep!!  So, today I am ready to go! 

I am working on my Daughter Kristi's scrapbook today, she is getting married soon and I like to give a gift of her life in scrapbooks for her wedding!  This is her entire life until she gets married and then it is up to her to continue it if she wants!! 

The scrapbook pages I did today are of her Brother Erik's 16th Birthday!  Kristi doesn't get to come home very often, so when she does I am ready with the camera!!


I came along this sketch online:
 




And it just so happens to meet the Requirements for the New Design Team I am on!!  I needed to have Cardstock (Check!), Designer Paper (Check!), 2 flowers (Check!), 2 Die Cuts for Journaling (Check!!) 

I used the Sizzix Die cut Circles, Scallop #2, for the journaling, and the Die Cut Flower Daisies #2 for the Sun. 

The Title page is called Birthday Bash, and most of the pictures are set in the back yard, so I wanted to make it Sunny and have waves since they were swimming!  

For the 'waves' I used SU!'s cutter kit and with the cutting blade.  I ran the blade along some Designer Series Paper (Walk in the Park-Retired) to make it wavy.    This tool makes it so simple!!
 

Here is a close up of the picture I wanted to draw your eye to on the Title page:



I used the Piercing tool (once again from SU!) and punched to highlight this picture.  I didn't want it to be too 'in your face', but wanted to be subtle.

Here are the two pages:





Doesn't this page make you think of water?  AND make you wish for Winter to be OVER??!!






I used SU!'s Bashful Blue Brads.   I LOVE how everything Color Coordinates!!   When I first started scrapbooking/stamping I went to the Craft Store with some Red paper I wanted to match.......I couldn't find anything that went with that paper!  Then I was invited to go to a Stampin' Up! get together and I saw that once you pick the color you want to use there is SO MUCH that will go with it!  The paper color coordinates with the ink, which goes with the ribbon, brads, Designer Paper, buttons.....you NAME it!!  It makes putting a layout together MUCH easier!!   THEN once I saw how great everything coordinates, I just HAD to become a Demonstrator!!  This way I get the best product AND I get paid to play!  WooHoo!!!  Can't get much better than that!! 




Oh!!!   I wanted to show you how my 'Waves' match up when they are put in an album!



    COOL, right?   LOL  It really doesn't take too much to excite me when I am being creative!!  LOL

I hope you can make my scrapbooking class on the 3rd Tuesday!!  It is held right here at my home in Kernersville NC at 6:30 p.m.  You will make a two page spread, learn new techniques AND make some great new Friends!!

Have a Great Stamping Day!
Lisa Tedder