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Summer fun with a matching game

Before the kids start saying "I'm bored" this summer, whip out the Scottie Dog stamp set and make this matching game.  Julie Detlef made this for her little girls and they are enjoying this fun homemade game. 

Julie stamped the Scottie Dog on cardstock and colored in the doggy coat with different colored markers.  She made two of each color, mounted each one on a black piece of cardstock (so you can't see the color through the white on the other side) and her girls now have a fun game for those lazy summer afternoons.  You can use the coat patterns with the colors for older kids to add some additional challenge to the game. 

 

Thanks for sharing this great idea Julie!

Fun Summer Cards

Kristie Larsen created these two cards and the colors just remind me of Summer.  Warm and inviting.  Perfect for the neighbor that just moved in a few doors down.  Who could resist a welcoming card with a Gnome Home?

 

For the Summer Birthdays, invite this friendly frog to help you celebrate.

 

Kristie used a tag for the background to hold the mushroom and frog.  The edges have been gently shaded to give a really nice effect. 

Banners, Banners, Everywhere

A Quick Tutorial on the Fun Features of the Small and Large Banner Sets
by Linda Beeson

If you want to know what one of the “HOT” scrapbook accents are for today, it is banners.  Big one, tiny ones, colored ones, any kind.  The really good news is that Pink Persimmon has three stamp sets that feature banners in a variety of sizes (Sneak Peek Hint:  More Banners are coming soon!).  And to make that thought even better, two of the sets allow you to stamp an outline for each banner and then you can stamp a pattern into that outline. I wanted to use one of the banner stamp sets on a “boy” related layout and I wanted to give it a little bit of a different twist so my banners look a little more like flags.  Here is my finished layout.  (Click on any image to view larger)

What I would like to do is give you a little step-by-step on creating the banner with these stamps. 

The first step that I used was to stamp the outline stamp with a Versafine stamp pad on plain white cardstock.  I am using the large banner set. 

Next I took the pattern designed banners and stamped them “inside” the outline stamp.  Here is where the fun comes in because there are several patterns in each set and you can stamp those patterns in any color you want. So, you can stamp them all in one color or make them fit with the color scheme you are using.  I stamped my patterns in blue and green so they matched my photos.  In my little photo, you can see I stamped the large banners and I also stamped some of the little banners so you could see the size difference. 

Here is one of the big advantages to these stamps being clear.  You place the clear stamps on an acrylic block and that allows you to get the placement correct when stamping the pattern into the outline stamp.  I am also showing you the colors I used for my banners and I like to cut the stamped banners out with zig zag scissors because that matches the outline of the stamps. 

 

Another advantage to these stamp sets is you can stamp the outline on any patterned or solid paper you want letting you match what you are working with.  And, still another option is to stamp the pattern only, without the outline stamp.  I cut both of these examples with straight scissors to show how nice they look that way too.

Here is a close-up of my banners.  The cardstock for my layout is new from Core’dinations Core Impressions collection. The embossed design is in the cardstock and all I needed to do was slightly sand it to expose the embossing.  I also used a Fiskars wave border punch to accent the stamped banners. 

Another little stamped accent on my layout is this journaling circle.  This is the Dutch Circle Journal by Pink Persimmon and it has the dotted lines on the stamp to give you a place to write journaling if you want. I used this to hold my title and I stamped it in the same green that I used in my banner.

These stamp sets really have a whole lot of versatility to them.  I love stamps that can be used a number of ways on a number of projects.

Extra Note:  Seems that we are not the only ones who love banners! Head on over to Scrapstreet Magazine to see a card made by Julie Detlef using the small banner stamp set.