Nina's Southern Accents: June 2018

Friday, June 15, 2018

A Tale of Two Cards with Rooted In Nature

Hey Y'all!
I have two cards to share with you today! One I CASE'd (CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything or Copy And Selectively Edit) from Carole Baumgartner on Pinterest, and then the other I CASE'd from that card!
Here is the first card:

This was a card we did at my South Georgia Stampers monthly class this month. I think the most fun was making the leaves with Brusho and watercolor paper. I used Yellow, Moss green, and a little Prussian Blue to achieve these colors. Brusho is something you can play around with and so many different results.

The Nature's Roots Framelits contain both cutting and embossing dies. Notice the texture on the leaves....

I cut the leaves, then used the embossing framelit with the new Big Shot Embossing Mats. They give a deeper impression, and make such a difference.

I loved the way this card turned out, and wanted to make it for a monthly Demonstrator swap I participate in, but, alas, I did not have enough Mint Macaron cardstock! So what do you do? Use what you have and CASE your own card!

Here is the result:

Instead of embossing with an embossing folder, I used my Hardwood background stamp and stamped directly on the card base (the stamparatus made this a breeze!), then heat embossed on a piece of Very Vanilla. Because I had to make several of these, and was short on time, I did not add the texture to the leaves.

I love how they both turned out!

Card Measurements:

Card Base- 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 scored at 4-1/4

Mint Macaron layer-4 x 5-1/4

Sentiment piece-appx 1-1/8 x 3-1/4

scrap of Very Vanilla for wood stamp

scrap of watercolor paper for leaves

Which one is your favorite? If you would like to order any of the supplies used, click on any of the images below and it will take you to my online store. For the month of June, if you order $75 of product and use host code Z49HRPGK, I will give you one of our new Shammy's and a case for it! Order must be placed by June 22.

Got a long wish list for the new catalog? Why not join my team-become a demonstrator, get $125 in product for $99, and get free shipping! Contact me for more information.

How did you like Vivian's guest post last week? Isn't she fabulous? I am still planning on more in the scrapbooking series, however some supplies I ordered did not get in in time for me to do a post for this week. Check back next Saturday for more Memory Keeping ideas. Until next time, go CASE somebody!

Love,

Nina

Product List

Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

[148353]

$72.75

Pinewood Planks Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

[143708]

$10.00

Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[133035]

$15.00

Banner Triple Punch

[138292]

$23.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.75

Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[138337]

$8.50

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$7.50

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[147115]

$7.50

Brusho Crystal Colour

[144101]

$30.00

Stampin' Spritzer

[126185]

$3.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

$5.00

Copper Metallic Thread

[141696]

$3.50

5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

[141487]

$7.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$8.50

Embossing Buddy

[103083]

$6.00

Heat Tool

[129053]

$30.00

Big Shot Embossing Mats

[146327]

$15.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Stamparatus

[146276]

$49.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Glue Dots

[103683]

$5.25

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Saturday, June 9, 2018

Intro to Scrapbooking with guest blogger Vivian Sapp

Scrapbooking…..seriously?

Many of my friends wrinkle their noses when I mention scrapbooking, and I’ve heard it all. “I couldn’t sit still that long.” “I’m not that creative.” “It takes too long.” If one of my friends asked me to hike up a mountain or take up baseball games I would wrinkle my own nose, so I get it. Everything isn’t for everyone. When Nina asked me to write for her blog to introduce others to the scrapbook world I forced myself to reflect some on why I do it…why the madness? Companies such as Shutterfly make great photo books that have easy templates to insert photos and a week later there’s a beautiful hard-bound printed copy of any special trip or person or event. So why go to the trouble? Why scrapbook anything? I can’t speak for others, but I can tell you why I do it…

~Individualized Creativity. I am a creative person, and I need a creative outlet. When I was younger I kept my very patient father busy with ideas….rain detectors and ant houses and earring holders…I learned early on I was a loner with a creative brain, and I am happiest when I have an outlet. I’ve never been one to follow the leader and all the rules. Scrapbooking has no set rules. No set style. As with any hobby, you can learn and increase your skill set, but your style is all you. Every friend I have who scraps learns from others and loves to try new things, but still has her own style.

~Social Flexibility. I know people who only scrapbook alone, and others who only scrapbook at crops. For me, it’s very much a mixture of both. My very best friends are scrapbookers. We love to be with each other and spend evenings, days, and sometimes entire weekends scrapping. Some of the best times of my life have been spent road-tripping with friends to events and late night chats with my besties! However, scrapping alone is my time to unwind and relax. That’s my me time…my therapy…my way of processing my life. I will explain more about that in a bit…

~History. For me, scrapbooking is creative storytelling. At this point in my 48 year-old life, I have lost all of my grandparents, and recently my mother. What I would give right now to have a written, pictorial biographies of their lives. My grandparents were amazing people, and I worry that the generations to come won’t know who they were, or maybe one day who I was. I have recently begun to collect photos of my grandparents and parents and am creating albums of their lives to pass along to future generations. I want my children’s documented lives, as well as their parents’ and past ancestors’ lives left for them as a gift for them when I’m no longer here.

~Storytelling. Everyone has them. Those shoe boxes, Ziploc bags or envelopes full of random photos. The precious memories of our lives deserve a better home than a drawer or a shoe box. Scrapbooking gives me a way to put those photos to paper, journal the story of that memory and display it for people to see. Memories fade over time…old age distorts our memories. Documenting and journaling about events is the way of telling the story of your life, your life as a family, and that of past generations.

~Therapy. There’s something very therapeutic about scrapbooking about a stressful or sad event. I’ve never been one of those people who believes in a “Disney World” image, and my scrapbooks reflect that. I’ve scrapbooked messy days, funerals, sad moments. Journaling about a feeling, a not so happy event, a stressful relationship, grief…it is more beneficial than you may realize. One day when my children look back on these albums I want them to see our life as a family wasn’t always roses and unicorns but was good and happy and real.

What do you need to start?

~You need a space. Whether it be a table, a corner of a room, a spare bedroom…just a space to start. After a 15 year evolution, this is part of my space

~Tools. Start simple. A good paper cutter. (Stampin Up’s is the best around. Trust me!) Some basic solid color paper. Scissors. Adhesive. An album. Page protectors. Maybe a work mat. The rest will come as you learn and do more.

~Content. You need a topic area to begin. Don’t start buying random items. Pick pictures from a birthday party, a wedding, a school event. Just get things for that. Add to it as you do more and learn more.

~Ideas. Don’t buy idea books. Once upon a time those were important. But Pinterest and Google have become a jackpot of ideas, so use those resources and save your money to buy other things.

~Network. Learn from other people. Go look at their albums, their spaces, scrap with them and ask questions. Look on Facebook pages and get ideas from strangers. Sign up for crops and classes. My door is always open for anyone who wants to come to my house and look through my albums and my space, and scrap with me. I’ll set you up a table and we can scrap together!

Thanks for reading my thoughts, and thanks to Nina for inviting me to contribute to her blog. Happy Scrapping! 😊
Vivian Sapp

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Memory Keeping-Let's Get Hopping

Hey Y'all!
I'm so glad you are hopping with us today, you may have arrived from Teresa Brown's blog, or if you are just starting with me, make sure to keep hopping so you can see all of the memory keeping ideas the Let's Get Hopping Crew has for you.
I have been AWOL for a couple of weeks now, my husband and I went on a cruise for our 25th anniversary (yay for us!), and it's just been one thing after another! Life keeps us busy, that's for sure.
To be honest, I am not a scrapper....YET! But this project is going to be my kickoff point, and I am super excited. I have a friend, Vivian Sapp, and she is a scrapper-extraordinaire! I am looking forward to collaborating with her on a series of blog posts regarding scrapbooking. She will be guest blogging here this Saturday, so make sure, if you haven't already, to subscribe to my blog so that you don't miss out!
When the memory keeping topic was announced, I was kind of nervous, because, well, like I said, I have not been a scrapbooker. But I knew one memory I wanted to preserve...My daughter's first attempt at making her grandmother's Pecan Pie.

If you have never had Pecan Pie, it is definitely a southern thing. Personally, I can take it or leave it (it is one sweet I can say no to!), but it is many people's favorite, including my daughter's boyfriend. So she wanted to make him one for Christmas and surprise him.
I wanted not only preserve the memory in pictures, but make sure to include a recipe hand-written by my mom. You see, she is 86, and still a spunky thing, but I think preserving something hand written is so special. So I had her write the recipe to include on the page.

And that brings up the subject of preservation...to make sure pictures and other items you are documenting stand the test of time, you need to use acid-free paper and adhesive, which I am proud to say Stampin' Up's products are. Whatever is touching your picture needs to be acid free! Vivian told me a tip though: if you are using anything that you aren't sure is acid-free, you can get transparency sheets, cut it to the size of your photo, attach it to the back, then adhere it to the paper. It puts a barrier between the photo and paper to preserve it, and still allows you to use what you have on hand.
I chose to embellish my page with snowflake die cuts from the Seasonal Layer Thinlit Dies, and I love the sentiment "All hearts come home for Christmas" from the Hearts Come Home stamp set. I used the coordinating Hometown Greetings Edgelits dies for the neighborhood scene.

I layered ovals to make the Merry Christmas label, and used the numbers from the new Make A Difference stamp set for the year. The Merry Christmas comes from the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set. One of my favorite items from the new catalog is the Detailed Trio punch. That is what rounded the corners and punched the decorative holes in the corners of the Old Olive layers.

Memory Keeping Tips:

Use acid free paper and adhesive
If you aren't sure if your paper is acid-free, use a transparency sheet as a barrier

I had so much fun creating this scrapbook page. It will be the first one to go in my new Album. Now hop on over to see what memory-keeping inspiration Jennifer Frost has for us.

Remember to subscribe to my blog, and look for the Scrapbooking series starting this Saturday. If you live in the US and are interested in purchasing any of the items I have used, or just want to get some things for your own memory keeping, click on the products below and it will take you to my online store where you can browse the many stamps, papers, inks, embellishments, etc. Stampin' Up offers. I would love to earn your business. When ordering, please use the current host code Z49HRPGR. For the month of June, if you order $75 or more, you will receive one of our new Shammie stamp cleaners and a stamp case to store it. If you have not seen this, believe me, YOU WANT ONE! It is wonderful for cleaning your stamps.

Thanks for stopping by, see you next time!

Love,

Nina

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