SUINKWWC40 - Let's Get Scrappy

Good Morning! I hope everyone is having a good week so far. It's Wednesday, which means it's time for another WHACHADOIN' WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE at Storage Units, Ink & More. This week's challenge is to create a scrapbook page in honor of National Scrapbooking Month. So, do you want to play along? If so, check out THIS post for more information. If you upload your creation to SCS, remember to use keyword SUINKWWC40.

I wanted to create a scrapbook page for this photo of my youngest Daughter. She is five now, but this was taken at her 1st birthday party (please excuse the quality of the photo, as it was taken before I owned a digital camera...LOL!).

This is an 8x8 page and I used Core'dinations cardstock for the base. All other cardstock and patterned paper, as well as the ribbon and brads are from the Birthday Girl Key Ingredients from Taylored Expressions. The It's My Party set by SUINK was just perfect for this page. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them in with Prismacolor Markers. I paper pieced a couple of the balloons and added StarDust Stickles to a couple others. It's really hard to see in the photo, but the background is stamped with the balloon image using Gable Green ink. The "Happy Birthday" image was cut out with my Mega Curved Rectangle dies and the balloons are popped up with dimensionals.

Don't forget to check out the SUINK Blog for more scrapbook pages from the design team.

Also new this month at Storage Units, Ink, and More is their website. They have merged their two wonderful websites into one to bring you everything you need under one roof ~ http://www.suink.net/. Plus, they are now carrying My Little Shoebox patterned paper, ribbon, buttons, and flowers (YIPEE!). Go check it out!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL day!

SUINK May Sneak Peeks

Good Morning & Happy Monday! It's my turn today to give you a SNEAK PEEK at some of the fun new goodies being released this month by Storage Units, Ink & More. This month is a bit different than most. No new stamp sets will be released; however there are lots of fun new products that SUINK is releasing, including patterned paper, ribbon, buttons, and flowers. These will all be available starting Wednesday, May 13th.

I have a few different things to show you today, so stick with me...LOL! First up is an altered picture frame. I picked up the unfinished picture frame from Wal-Mart for less than $3.00. I started by tracing the frame onto a sheet of My Little Shoebox Patterned Paper, then painted the frame with Light Leaf Green acrylic paint. After the paint was dry, I covered the front of the frame with Mod Podge and adhered the paper. Then, I sanded around the frame to smooth out all the edges. To finish the frame off, I added a few matching flowers and buttons and one of my favorite black and white photos of my girls.

Next, is an 8x8 scrapbook page. This is my VERY FIRST scrapbook page! So, I used THIS scrapbook layout for my inspiration. This is a perfect layout to showcase the new Core'dinations Whitewash Collection that SUINK will be releasing this month. The base of the scrapbook page is Core'dinations cardstock and layered onto that is more My Little Shoebox Patterned Paper. I adhered a picture of my girls to another piece of Core'dinations cardstock and distressed around the edges. I tore three different colors of the Whitewash cardstock and adhered some flowers and buttons.

Lastly, is a card using the SUINK set, Butterfly Garden. I used Taylor's Sketch #66 for my layout. This was a perfect sketch to showcase the new button being released this month. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it in with Prismacolor Markers. I added some StarDust Stickles to the image and blue rhinestones to the butterfly's antennas. I also used the Core'dinations Chocolate Box cardstock, which I distressed to show the beautiful turquoise color hidden beneath. Also new this month at SUINK is ribbon; I LOVE RIBBON!!! On this card, I used some green and brown polka dot ribbon.

Amber is also sharing her SNEAK PEEKS today, so head on over to her blog to see her adorable creations. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope everyone has a GREAT day!