Happy Bday 2U 6" by 6" Scrapbook Class

Hey Scrapbook Friends! This one's for you! Here are two samples of a 6" by 6" brag book that's all about birthdays! This class will run at the same time as the All About Birthdays card class on May 19--you can do both, if you want! Cost is $20. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can attend. I need to order the kits! These 6" by 6" pages make great brag books for a single event or layer onto a 12" by 12" spread for an easy focal point.

Some of the colors (Brocade Blue and Crushed Curry) in this book are retiring soon so I'm pretty sure this fun kit won't be available in the new catalog. Please let me know if you'd like to attend.

All About Birthdays Samples--Finally!

I'm sorry it has taken me so long to get these birthday card class samples done. Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week and I'll begin posting what I've been working on...I think you'll understand why the birthday class took so long to get done!

The All About Birthdays class is on Wednesday, May 19 (morning or evening) and I have to move up the RSVP date to ASAP because I have to order supplies. Some of the cards are done with the Happy Bday 2U Simply Scrappin' kit. I realized that with the major color renovation I wasn't going to be able to use this kit after July, so I thought I better get the class done! The other cards that are part of this class are mini (3 by 3) cards using Bitty Birthday and then there are six fun tags that use Party Hearty and Crazy for Cupcakes. It's a great class to get stocked up on birthday necessities! Cost is $20. Please let me know ASAP if you can attend.

Bailey's Birthday!

My sweet neighbor is turning 7 soon! Her mom always makes my girls' birthday cakes--delicious and beautiful--so I had to do a good job on her invitations! I used the Simple Birthday Thanks stamp. I "modified" mine...I cut out the center part of the cupcake that has the thank you note form when I mounted it. This allowed me to simply stamp the outline of the cupcake. I did the party info on the computer and printed it on Pretty in Pink card stock, then used the Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to get the cupcake base stamped such that all the party info was perfectly centered. (The SAMJ is a "must have" tool. Let me know if you need to learn how to use it...I'll give you a private lesson and you'll be sold!) I stamped the top of the cupcake on Close to Cocoa card stock and cut them out. The cherry on top is the best part--I stamped them in black, colored them in with Real Red and then added Crystal Effects over the top. This photo doesn't do it justice--they are shiny and sparkly in real life!

Birthday Pages

These are the two pages that I made to coordinate with the 6" by 6" page that we made at Sandie's workshop. I struggle with pages that I know are going to people with boys...you know me...GIRL MOM all the way! Sandie thought these pages were great and that was awesome because I made them for her as a "thank you" for hosting the workshop. My hostess gifts are always different and just whatever I feel like making at the time, so it was a perfect way to give these to Sandie while at the same time showcasing what you can really do with a 6" by 6" size page.

By the way, I LOVE my Simple Letters Alphabet die cut set. They are still a good size, yet they are skinny enough to fit a lot of letters across a page. The other decorative elements on this page are the use of the scallops. I added a little bit of Real Red card stock that was punched with the scallop edge behind the 6" by 6 pages so that the blue border didn't blend into the background. I also added a half circle mounted on the scallop circle that said "Happy Birthday to you" above the small page on the right. It is so easy to make scrapbook layouts when you start with 6" by 6" pages as the focal point. While I did make these to give to Sandie, I also made a set to keep for myself. Now, if only I had time to put photos on all the page layouts I have I might be closer to being caught up on my scrapbooking!