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This week I thought I’d focus on stamping in scrapbooking. Even though I’ve been stamping for a long time and scrapbooking for about 3 years I never really put the two together until recently. This is a layout that I made for a friend of mine for her birthday. The photos were taken at her husband’s birthday which was a Wild West Murder Myster Dinner Party which was a huge success and heaps of fun! But I won’t go into that now. Hehehehe.
The background cardstock is Mellow Moss and I used the ‘Weathered’ background on the left hand side to add interest. I love using the Weathered background stamp as it’s great for so many things – great for masculine cards, heritage scrapbooking layouts and looks really really beautiful with flowers for a shabby chic look. Over the top of the Weathered background I stamped the star from the ‘Artifacts’ stamp set three time down the side and inserted Antique Brass brads to the centre of each star. Again, this is a really versatile stamp set that I use often – I’ve used it for masculine cards, heritage layouts and the star stamp looks great on Christmas cards. The photos have been layered onto Close To Cocoa cardstock then layered again onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I distressed the Very Vanilla cardstock by running my nail around the edges and creasing them then I edged the cardstock with Tim Holtz Antique Linen inkpad (very kindly donated to me by Buzz and Bloom). To make the transition between the background stamp and the photos I layered some Stampin’ Up! scrapbooking paper (Simply Scrappin’ Vintage Keepsakes) which I tore down the side and also rolled a wheel stamp over. The wheel stamp I used is also by Stampin’ Up! and called “Size it Up”. Not sure if you can see it well in the scan or not but Size It Up is a vintage-looking ruler – great for school layouts, cards for teachers, cards for men into building/renovation, and heritage layouts. Up the top of the layout I’ve used my favourite Stampin’ Up! alphabet stamps – they’re called “Collage Alphabet”… now this I have used heaps! Extremely versatile and always interesting looking. Hmmm, what else? I’ve used photo turns or photo anchors, whatever you like to call them, to anchor down the photos. Down the bottom I’ve used an oval bookplate, behind it I’ve stuck a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock which I stamped with the Weathered background then written over it then I’ve tied some Natural Hemp to the sides to continue with the cowboy-type theme. Lastly I edged the whole layout by dragging the Creamy Caramel inkpad around the outside of it so it didn’t look so clean-cut. Not the most complex of layouts I know, but I really wanted the photos to be highlighted and I think it’s a good example of stamping in scrapbooking.
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Layout by Angela Sargeant
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Creamy Caramel inkpad
Bravo Burgundy inkpad
Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress inkpad
Mellow Moss cardstock
Very Vanilla cardstock
Simply Scrappin’ scrapbooking paper: Vintage Keepsake
Natural Hemp
Weathered background stamp
Artifacts stamp set
Collage Alphabet stamp set
Antique Brass Hodgepodge (brads, photo anchors, oval bookplate)
Stampin’ Write marker: black (for journalling)
To finish off my card I stamped the word Fun from the “Sweet Spots” set using green on white cardstock (notice this stamp is debossed instead of embossed which means the outer circle will be in whatever colour your ink is and the word Fun will be in whatever colour your cardstock you are stamping on is). I then punched out the stamped circle using the half-inch circle punch and mounted that onto my card using some double-sided foam tape. I also stamped the word “Sweet” up the top right hand corner. I wanted to highlight this word so I stuck a clear flat button with gold thread threaded through over the word Sweet. Almost done! Finally I layered the card onto some pink cardstock then onto the green folded cardstock. Again, seems like it takes a long time when I type it all out but this would be fairly quick to recreate. The time is in the design! 
