Just Because
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Cardmaker's Icy Rainbow Creative Pack
- Cardmaker's Icy Rainbow Ribbons
- Icy Rainbow Creative Kit
- purple ink pad
- foam tape
- small Zots(tm)
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Cut a 4 3/4"x6 1/4" piece of lavender textured paper. Glue a 1"-wide strip of purple striped paper (stripes running vertically) across the bottom of the lavender paper, letting the strip extend off the edges of the lavender paper.
2) Stamp various swirls overlapping in the top right corner of the lavender paper and overlapping the striped strip. Add pink mini brads to the ends of some swirls. Attach two pink silk flowers to the lavender paper with a purple brad and mini brad. 
3) Place the card with the fold on the left and glue the lavender paper centered on the card front. Trim the ends of the striped strip even with the card edges.
4) Stamp cross stitches overlapping the top and bottom edges of the striped strip. Fold 1" of lavender gingham ribbon in half and secure the loose ends behind the left end of the "just because" cut-out. Use the foam tape to attach the cut-out to the top left edge of the striped strip.
5) Inside: Glue a 3/4"-wide strip of purple striped paper (stripes running vertically) centered across a 1 1/2" strip of lavender textured paper. Stamp cross stitches overlapping the top and bottom edges of the striped strip. Glue the strips across the top of the card inside, trimming the end even with the card edge. Foam tape the "Thinking of you" cut-out over the right end of the striped strip.


Happy Birthday
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Cardmaker's Classic Creative Pack
- Bright Silk Flowers
- Music Brad Buddies(tm)
- Black Gingham Fabric Brads
- black ink pad
- red ink pad
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold on the left. Glue a 4 1/2"x6" piece of black diamonds paper centered on the card front. Stamp zigzag stitching in red overlapping each edge of the diamonds paper.
2) Cut a 5"x2 1/4" piece of tan/red music notes paper. Stamp dots/dashes stitching across the top and bottom edges of the strip. Layer two red silk flowers and attach them to the left end of the strip with a gingham brad. Attach a music note Brad Buddy(tm) to the right of the flower. Glue the stirp across the bottom of the card front.
3) Inside: Glue a 5"x2" piece of black/red music notes paper even with the bottom edge of the card inside. Glue the "happy" and "birthday" tag cut-outs to the right end of the strip.


Baby
Project: Card
Supplies:
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Paper Pizazz(r) Use 'Em for Anything Pastel
- Pastel Monograms
- Pastel Ribbon Set
- Pastel Bow Brads
- embossing ink pad
- white embossing powder
- embossing heat tool
- foam tape
- 5"x6 1/2" blank white card
Instructions:
1) Place the card with the fold at the top. Glue a 2"-wide strip of yellow gingham paper even with the card fold, trimming the paper even with the card edges. Place pastel striped paper with the stripes running vertically, then tear and roll the top edge. Glue the striped paper covering the bottom portion of the card front, overlapping the bottom of the gingham paper with the torn edge of the striped paper. Trim the striped paper even with the card edges.
2) Place the card on a work surface. Emboss swirls across the bottom of the card front, extending off the edges. 
3) Punch out pink and blue monograms to spell "Baby" and place them on a work surface. Emboss swirls on each of the monograms, extending off the edges. Add a bow brad to the first "B" and the "y". Attach the monograms to the striped paper, foam taping the monograms with bow brads and gluing the others flat.
4) Wrap a length each of pink and blue sheer swirled ribbon around the top of the card front, tying the ends together on the front side.
5) Inside: Emboss swirls across the bottom of a 6 1/2"x4" piece of light blue textured paper. Add a bow brad in the bottom left corner, then glue the paper centered on the card inside.


Miracle
Project: 8"x8" page
Supplies:
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Paper Pizazz(r) Baby 8"x8" Papers 
- Icy Rainbow Creative Kit
- brown ink pad
Instructions:
1) Use the tan paper with the large blue letters as the background. Cut a 2 1/2"-wide strip of tan/blue plaid paper and tear along one long edge. Stamp the straight stitch along the torn edge of the strip. Glue the strip even with the left edge of the page, placing the torn edge on the right and leaving it unglued.
2) Stamp a swirl running off the top right corner of the page. Mat a horizontal photo on light blue paper, then glue it to the top of the page with the right edge tucked under the unglued edge of the plaid strip. Finish gluing the torn edge of the plaid strip. Use yellow mini brads to add two yellow turn mounts to the right corners of the photo. 
3) Attach the teddy bear tag at an angle at the top of the plaid strip with a yellow brad in the tab.
4) Stamp a swirl centered below the photo and add a yellow mini brad to each end. Glue the "tiny boy", "adorable", and "miracle" ribbon cut-outs around the swirl.


Family
Project: 8"x8" page
Supplies:
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Paper Pizazz(r) Vintage 8"x8" Papers 
- Cardmaker's Earth's Palette Ribbons
- black pen
- purple ink pad
- brown ink pad
- foam tape
Instructions:
1) Cut a 5"x8" piece of ivory/purple floral paper and stamp rick rack in purple along each long edge. Glue 3/4" from the right side of tan textured paper.
2) Mat a horizontal photo on dark brown textured paper and glue in the bottom left corner of the page. Glue an monogram tile in the bottom right corner of the photo and Zot(tm) a bow of gingham ribbon above it. Stamp two brackets in purple, one in the top left corner of the page and one to the right of the photo. 
3) Stamp swirls across the top of the page in brown. Fold 1" of gingham ribbon in half and foam tape the loose ends behind a flower tile cut-out. Use the foam tape to attach the tile overlapping the left end of the stamped swirls. Write the year on a purple tag cut-out and glue it to the right of the flower tile. Zot(tm) a knot of gingham ribbon to the tab. Foam tape the circular "family" cut-out overlapping the right end of the stamped swirls.


Summer Vacation
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies:
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Paper Pizazz(r) Busy Scrapper's Solution Birthday Papers
- Citrus Embellish-abilities(tm)
- white cardstock
- purple cardstock
- blue ink pad
- Jet Black StazOn ink pad
- fine-grade sandpaper or emery board
Instructions:
1) Stamp one swirl continuously across the top and bottom edges of lime dotted paper, alternating between blue and black ink. Ink the edges of a 7 3/4" square of striped paper black (stripes running horizontally) and glue it centered, even with the right edge of the page. Ink the edges of an 8 1/2"x5" piece of blue dotted paper and glue it centered, even with the right edge of the striped paper.
2) Double mat a vertical photo on white, then purple cardstock. Add a lime mini brad to each corner of the photo, then glue it over the left side of the blue dotted paper leaving the right edge unglued.
3) Computer journal a vertical block on white cardstock. Ink the top and bottom edges and stamp a swirl extending off the right edge. Glue even with the right edge of the blue dotted paper, tucking the left edge under the unglued edge of the photo. Computer journal the date on white cardstock, ink the edges and glue behind the top right corner of the photo. Finish gluing the edge of the photo in place.
4) Stamp blue swirls down the left side of the page. Mat two small photos on white cardstock. Glue the photos overlapping the stamped swirls and accent one with a heart brad. Stamp black swirls overlapping the blue swirls and the corners of the photos. 
5) Sand the tops of two standard lime brads and the edges of one lime big brad. Stamp part of a swirl on the big brad. Use the brads to attach two small and one large silk flower down the left side of the page.


Demara Men
Project: 12"x12" page
Supplies: 
- Swirls Acrylic Stamps
- Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
- 2"x6" Acrylic Block
- Paper Pizzaz(r) Flea Market Fabrics sarapapers(tm)
- Bright Monograms
- Earth's Palette Creative Kit
- white cardstock
- light blue cardstock
- brown ink pad
- fine-grade sandpaper or emery board
- foam tape
Instructions:
1) Ink the edges of a 7 3/4"x2 3/4" strip of rust striped paper (stripes running vertically) and glue it across the top right side of a sheet of light blue textured paper. Ink the edges of a 7 1/2"x3" strip of rust/blue woven paper and glue it overlapping the bottom edge of the striped strip, slightly to the right. Ink the edges of a 7 1/4"x1 3/4" strip of rust/blue woven paper and glue it across the bottom right side of the page. Tear down the left edge of a 7 1/2"x2 3/4" strip of rust floral paper and ink the edges. Glue it overlapping the top edge of the lower woven strip, slightly to the left. 
2) Stamp continuous zigzag and straight stitches across the top and bottom of each of the strips, alternating between the two stitches.
3) Double-mat a 5"x7" photo on white, then light blue cardstock, inking the edges of each. Glue the photo centered over the paper strips.
4) Heavily sand a blue monogram. Place the monogram on a piece of scrap paper and stamp with swirls, extending off the edges of the monogram. Accent the monogram with three brown brads and foam tape it to the left of the paper strips.
5) Computer journal horizontally on the tag cut-out, accent with a brown flower brad and foam tape it below the monogram. Add a small blue silk flower, attached with a brown flower brad, plus two brown mini brads in a row below the tag. Stamp a bracket above and below the collage.