Simply Because

Nita says, KAYA!

After seeing all the beautiful entries of the talented members of PS, I must admit I was intimidated. I almost did not want to submit any entry because for almost 2 weeks I felt an anxiety attack creeping in. LOL. Eventually, I remembered our motto and told myself I shouldn't be competiting with anybody else but myself. This blog was initially conceptualized to motivate ourselves to overcome our barriers and allow us to spread our wings. Using Becky Fleck's June 2006 Page Map sketch, below is my attempt to overcome my fear of stamping. I hope you like it.


Journaling Reads:
This picture is begging to be scrapped simply because you looked adorable in it.

Materials Used:
Daisy D's Playground Plaid and Sidewalk Chalk Plaid pps; Heidi Swapp Hibiscus foam stamp; Memory Makers Magnetic Stamp (Rummage); Craft Express chipboard alphabet; Imaginations Camp Grandma stickers.

Other Materials:
Simply Scrappy Circle Template; Acrylic paint; Pigment Ink; Embossing powder; Ribbons; Colored staple wire.

Techniques:
1. Cut out the scalloped edge using the smallest circle in Simply Scrappy's circle template.
2. Lightly pencil a circle outline and use it as a guide for foam stamping the hibiscus flowers using acrylic paint. Then attach the picture w/c was outlined w/ white acrylic paint and stamp the corner w/ more hibiscus flowers.
3. Paint the chipboard alphabet with lavender acylic paint. Let it dry and attach w/ liquid glue to the page.
4. Use alphabet stickers to spell out the sub-title.
5. Use pigment ink and alphabet rubber stamp for the journaling. Then sprinkle w/ embossing powder and set w/ heat gun.
6. For the finishing touch, attach 3 different ribbons using colored staple wire.

About ME:
Been scraplifting since April of this year and happily contented about it. I've never been as productive and creative as when I embraced this approach. It helps me get started and propel me to finish an LO in no time. As Jana Lillie puts it in Creative Keepsakes, "(scraplifting is) the art of taking someone else's good idea for a page, accent or technique and adapting it for your own creation. You look like a genius - and you don't have to break a sweat. What's not to love?" I totally agree :D (Thanks for the quote, Lee)