I Bid Adieu

Today, we say farewell to some much cherished favorites as we prepare to welcome some new goodies tomorrow. For my farewell, I decided to post this card that I made for last week's Stamp-A-Stack. It uses Green Galore, one of the retiring colors and some of our retiring ribbon. I also welcome back one of my favorite colors, Pink Pirouette. It is a great card for summer!

Here are the ingredients:
Stamps: Tart and Tangy, Short & Sweet
Paper: Real Red, Green Galore, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Green Galore
Accessories: Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Corner Rounder Punch

Unexpected Scrapbooking

These pictures are ones I never expected to scrapbook. I had planned on putting all my honeymoon pictures in a picture album, but when our summer mini catalog came out with our new travel paper and stamp set, I had to pull these pictures out of hiding. I am selecting the best pictures from our trip to scrapbook, not all of them. I know for many people it can be difficult to not scrap all your pictures, but picking out a select few and not overloading your page truly draws your attention to the pictures you do select. You can always use your journaling to fill in the gaps.

Here are the ingredients:
Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Sentimental Journey
Paper: Travel Journal, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue
Ink: Crumb Cake, Night of Navy
Accessories: Mini Library Clip, Jumbo Brad, Top Note Sizzix Die, Curly Label Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch

I'm Back!

I must apologize for my disappearance over the last two months. We went on vacation in May and I never seemed to recover! Now that I am getting into the summer routine, I am ready to get back into the blogosphere. I am also taking an online scrapbooking class over the next month, so plan on seeing some extra scrapbook pages over the next few weeks. To start things out, I decided to check out the Mojo Monday sketch challenge for this week and this is what I came up with. I decided to mix a little old with a little new. I used some of our retiring Designer Series Paper, ribbon, and buttons along with some materials in our new core colors, Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze.

Here are the ingredients:
Stamps: Inspired By Nature, Just Buzzin' By
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip DSP, Green House Gala DSP
Ink: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom and Baja Breeze Markers
Accessories: Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta, Chocolate Chip Corduroy Buttons, Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Curly Label Punch