So I *am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, and I do have a few customers who order from me. As such, I will try out the new products if I feel they can be useful to me- ideally, so that I can point customers in that direction and answer their questions. When Close To My Heart closed their doors last year, Stampin' Up! purchase the remaining inventory and offered a deal to their Makers to join us. And Stampin' Up! decided to step back into carrying "official" scrapbooking products.
You know I've been using Stampin' Up! products almost exclusively for my scrapbooking for the last 22 years. Why not use quality and coordinating paper, ink, and alphabet stamps if nothing else- but most of their "regular" stamps work perfectly too!!
But there have been a few of these new scrapbooking kits that I have been interested in. When this one hit the Last Chance Products list, I decided that was a perfect time to give these kits a try and see what I think. I also snagged some of the Two-Tone card stock packs, altho mostly because there was a discount on 12x12 card stock, which is how I prefer to scrapbook! As I write this, this exact kit, Two-Tone card stock, and more are currently on the Last Chance Products you can find (and order from!) right HERE.
But there have been a few of these new scrapbooking kits that I have been interested in. When this one hit the Last Chance Products list, I decided that was a perfect time to give these kits a try and see what I think. I also snagged some of the Two-Tone card stock packs, altho mostly because there was a discount on 12x12 card stock, which is how I prefer to scrapbook! As I write this, this exact kit, Two-Tone card stock, and more are currently on the Last Chance Products you can find (and order from!) right HERE.
So let me show you what I cranked out the other morning, in the space of about an hour. I had selected my photos and this kit and that's all I did ahead of time. I didn't follow any of the kit instructions (helloooo Paper Pumpkin kits!) but I had fun using a bunch of little coordinating things on these pages. And the only thing I "added" was inspired by the kit. Even "suggested", if you will. ha!
These are all the same photo shoot, and they may have needed scrapped for several years... The supplies all came in the same package, but the pages still feel different!
On these two single pages, I cut the base in half at the 6inch mark, and flipped the top to the other side of the Two-Tone card stock. It's subtle, but it adds a bit of interest!
Autumn To Remember Scrapbooking Workshop Kit, Glue Dots
Old Olive ink, Blending Brush, Pattern Party Decorative Mask (retired)
(Crushed Curry, Petal Pink & Old Olive Two-Tone card stocks)
(Crushed Curry, Petal Pink & Old Olive Two-Tone card stocks)
The only thing I added was that I pulled an old (retired) Decorative Mask and added a bit of Old Olive ink on the second page of the double, behind the photos. The idea came from the paper stripes in the kit, but it's just a thin paper, meant to be an accent, so I didn't know if it would hold up to the Blending Brush or not. The masked worked just fine. Everything else came from the kit!
And in case it sells out before you get a chance to click on the kit, here's what comes with it, so you can decide if that's worth the cost to you.
First the suggested layouts have a complete photo so you can see what you'd end up with. On the bottom of that front sheet, it tells you to select specific photos, which is cool actually.
The pretty paper- the top corner are single sided, the lower set are double sided and I showed both sides.
The top two sheets are die cuts. The smaller wood sheet is die cuts. The bottom right corner are stickers. I like all of them.
