SSINKspiration Red, White, and Blue: Baseball Fun

Happy Friday!  The holiday weekend is just about here and I can’t wait!  Aidan is heading to Boy Scout camp for the week which means we have a “kid free” week and Chris and I are planning some adventures while he’s gone.  Earlier this week we finally had Aidan’s baseball team end of the year party (with all the crazy rain we had this spring there wasn’t a tournament and the end of the season ended with a cancelled game so things were up in the air but we finally got an email that said “The Cubs Win, The Cubs Win”)  I decided to make cards for all of the team coaches for Aidan to thank them for all their support and instruction this year so I decided to use today’s Red, White, and Blue and star them over on the SSINKspiration blog as the inspiration for the card design (plus it fits since it matches the Cubs colors).  Earlier this week a lady shared a card she made using on of this months Paper Pumpkin stamps for a perfect baseball so I was off and running.

I started with Pacific Point cardstock for the cardbase and then added a layer of Crumb Cake Cardstock.  I did a lot of stamping on this piece to really build texture and dimension.  I used the Timeless Textures and Gorgeous Grunge stamp set along with Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Real Red, and White Craft ink for each of the elements.  Some stamps were stamped off once or even twice before stamping to help soften the coloring.  After about the sixth different stamp I finally had to back away and be done with the background.  I also stamped the greeting on this layer, using a stamp from the Suite Sayings stamp set and used my Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker to color in just the “thanks” part of the stamp before stamping.

Next I added a piece of Real Red Designer Series Paper (from the Brights DSP Stack) and matted it with Pacific Point cardstock.  To make the baseball I started by cutting a circle out of Whisper White cardstock using the Big Shot and Layering Circles Framelits and then I stamped using the Paper Pumpkin dashed circle using Real Red ink and only stamped part of the circle to make the strings on the baseball (isn’t it perfect??)  I attached the baseball with dimensionals to the cardfront and then wanted a little bling (I know…) so I cut a small star using the Star Framelits set and Gold Glimmer Paper and it was also attached with dimensionals.

This card really came together fast (once I stopped stamping layers on the cardfront) and I love the fun baseball and will definitely be using this idea again for other projects, including scrapbook pages.  The other design team members are sharing some fun ideas using this theme so if you have time to check them out.

Below are easy ordering links to the products used on today's card:

Have a great holiday weekend!

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Fall Baseball, Round Two

Happy Saturday!  I'm really looking forward to this weekend, this is the weekend every year that Chris is out of town for a work conference so it's a weekend that Aidan and I have lots of fun, just the two of us.  We had dinner last night and then today we're at it early for the Nokesville Day parade (Aidan's baseball team is riding in the parade) and then we have a baseball game in the evening so we'll be on the go all day.  Because of this I wanted to make sure to share this weeks scrapbook page with you before I forgot.  This weeks page is the corresponding page to last week and shares Aidan's baseball team photo from the fall season. 

 

I used My Digital Studio and the Game Day Photobook to whip this page up in a flash.

Below is a list of the digital products used on this page:

Background
     Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 5, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - texture, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow reversed, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - team photo, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow reversed, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58

Punches
    Oval Punch

I hope you enjoy and that you're taking time to memory keep all the photos you take, I love looking back the pictures and remembering all the great times, Aidan's growing up way too fast!

 

Diana

Scrappy Saturday: Fall Baseball

Good evening!  What a wonderful day, we were on the go all day with Chris and Aidan heading to Pennington for Spring Fling while I worked on getting errands done before we were off to Aidan's baseball game.  We had rain which thankfully stopped long enough to get through most of the game.  Since our weekends have been full of baseball lately I decided to keep with the theme for this weeks scrapbook page.  Once again I used the Game Day Photobook Download and My Digital Studio to make this page and the coordinating page I'll share next week.  I love how the pages are already designed but that you can change anything you want.  I just popped in the pictures and edited them.  Added some graphics and text and recolored a couple of items and just like that I'm done.  This photobook is also great if you want to make a photobook for the team to commemorate all the teams highlights, it's great for any easy project and can completely customize it to your sport, colors, etc.

Below is a list of all the items used on this page.

Background
     Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - large dots, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - arrow, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - tab, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - perserverance, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - splatter 2, Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    Sporting\Sporting - go team, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58
    Extreme Elements\Extreme Elements - stars, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Extreme Elements\Extreme Elements - stars, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = REAL RED 199,44,58

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = CRUMB CAKE 179,161,131
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232 

I hope you enjoy and have a very Happy Mother's Day tomorrow filled with family, fun, and lots of opportunities for new memories (it's the everyday moments that make up our lives, cherish them!)

Scrappy Saturday: Opening Day Fun

Good morning and Happy Saturday!  Today is National Scrapbooking Day and I'm so excited to share a fun and easy layout I made for opening day of baseball which was last week.  One of the things I love about My Digital Studio is how easy it is to get your photos into a layout while everything is fresh and at anytime (I'll admit I made this page in my jammies last night).  Opening day was so fun and we're really looking forward to a great season.  I used the Game Day Photobook Digital Download and it's awesome, the pages are all designed and there are lots of great elements included that you can add to personalize the pages to your specific sport and I changed the colors of the elements to match our team colors.

Below is the supply list for the page so you can easily recreate it.  Since today's National Scrapbooking Day I hope you have the opportunity to to do something to help with your memory keeping (be it traditional, digital, hybrid, or even just taking pictures of friends and family to remember the day), every moment is special.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Diana

Supply List
Background
     Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232

Stamps
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 6, Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - 8, Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - stitching 2, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - stitching 2, Color = 0,0,0
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - frame 1, Color = EARLY ESPRESSO 80,57,49
    _Designer Kits/Game Day/Game Day - game on, Color = 18,23,61
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - ball, Color = 176,31,47
    Game Day Baseball\Game Day Baseball - hit, Color = 179,32,48

Punches
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = 179,32,48
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = BASIC GRAY 118,122,121
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = SAHARA SAND 194,187,169
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232
    Basics\1.25 Square Punch, Fill Color = VERY VANILLA 254,249,232