Week of Pages {Part 7} Sweet Mayberry

Final day for Week of Pages! Thank you so much for joining me all week. I hope that you have been inspired and gathered lots of ideas for your own scrapbooking layouts.

My final pages use the gorgeous Mayberry papers and fruity stickease. These pages shout summer to me. All the things we adore about summer; blooming flowers, sweet fruits and bright joyful colors. Perhaps these pages would be perfect for enjoying a sunny summer day or maybe a picnic in the park!

Sweet Mayberry ~



Layout 1

Layout 2

Thank you again! Enjoy the weekend, make some memories!

Beach Cruisin' in Cali'

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge projects this week, however it's National Scrapbooking Month, so let's look at some pages!

Using the Mayberry papers, Level 2 Stickease and a template from the new Magic book, I was able to scrap some recent photo's from our Spring Break. Following one of Close To My Hearts How-To books makes the page assembly so easy. Completing the page with Stickease images and just a few small embellishments takes no time at all.

That little bicycle stickease is my favorite! Just a few more days left in May. Come back soon for more scrapbooking inspiration!

Mayberry Workshop

A week from today I will be hosting a Mayberry Scrapbooking Workshop. A perfect workshop to hold in May which just happens to be National Scrapbooking Month. The pages are created from a Level 1 Kit. I used some of the How~To books for inspiration. They require no stamping and go together so quickly!


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Layout 2~

Spring Flowers for H2H

April showers bring May flowers. I wish Spring didn't bring all the wind! I look forward to the sunshine and warmer weather, but this wind is relentless. I also look forward to seeing all the flowers bloom and that's the challenge this week on the Heart 2 Heart Blog. Create a project with flowers or showers! I chose some Mayberry flowers cut from B&T papers, lace and sheer ribbons and some kraft borders. Be sure to check out all the artwork on the H2H Blog.

Mayberry Bunny Boy

Here are some sweet little Easter cards made with some left over scraps of Mayberry paper and the most darling little bunny boy stamp. I would love to share with you how these cards were created. It all started with some left over scraps of Mayberry papers from my "home" banner workshop this past Wednesday. {thanks Pat!} I tend to accumulate a huge bag full of scraps and hate to waste anything. So you gotta get creative!

I trimmed the triangular pieces down into squares using up a good portion of the paper. I then trimmed 3 of the corners and mounted them on colonial white card stock as shown~

** Picture Tutorial **

How to water color an open image stamp without smearing the outline.

Some of you may already know this technique. It happens to be my favorite way to water color an open image stamp and I avoid getting that smearing or bleeding from the darker outside line.

1. Stamp your image in a light ink color. If I am using browns I will use Bamboo ink like I did for this project. If I am using black I will first stamp in a light gray.

2. Using a waterbrush pen and ink fill in your image. Here I used Bamboo for the bunny's body and just a dab of Smoothie for his ears and nose.

Sky blue for his jacket. They are looking pretty blah right now...

The final step is to stamp your outline over the entire image. Ahhh, the beauty of clear stamps! Now you can really see Bunny Boy. That final outline of Cocoa ink really brings him to life and no smears! See the difference.

He's so cute now and ready to go hopping down the bunny trail!!

Home Banner

Today I am having a little class to create this "Home" banner. It uses many new products from the Spring Idea Book that I just love. The first item would be the chipboard pennant pieces, so glad they made these. I was making banners out of just card stock before, so the chipboard really provides a sturdy base. I also used the new Mayberry papers which make the banner more welcoming and warm. I like the soft colors and the patterns like the quilt paper. I used the new scallop punch and new Irresistibles Eclectic Alphabet die cuts. Just sponge ink on the letters and a fantastic pattern resists and shows through.

If you missed this class and are interested in the banner please contact me!

{sorry, the cream organdy ribbon is not CTMH, it is from Tai Pan Trading}