Random Cuteness

We made cute mini albums at the stamp club meeting this month.

I made these by cutting up old cereal boxes, mac and cheese boxes, granola bar boxes, pretty much any box I got my hands on. Then I ran them through the Big Shot using the Top Note die. I choose some paper and cut those using the Top Note die and adhered them to the chipboard base.

We also recycled spiral wire from old spiral notebooks. We punched holes using the Cropodile and threaded the wire through.

My daughter said I was "going green" because I was reusing so many things but really I just like saving green. :)

I titled my mini album "Random Cuteness" and filled it with random photos of my kids.


Notice the square scallop punch in the pictures? I used it! I cut the squares diagonally and slide them behind the corners of a few of the photos as photo corners. So there is one idea.
I'm really looking forward to seeing every one's ideas for using the scallop square punch!

Scrap Challenge

A few posts ago I asked what Stampin' Up product you would like to see used for inspiration. One friend suggested the square scallop punch. So I thought it would be fun to host a challenge focused on using that punch. I know I could use a challenge to get me scrappin'.



The challenge...
Use at least one scalloped square somewhere on your layout. It does not have to be Stampin' Up brand but it does need to measure 1 and 1/2" square. You can cut, fold, etc the 1 and 1/2" square it just needs to start out that size so we can use your idea as inspiration when using the Stampin' Up scallop punch.

That's it. Pretty simple, huh!?

Due...
Saturday, May 30th.

So put on those creative thinking caps.

Winner...
will receive 10% off their next Stampin' Up order and a grab bag of goodies from my stash, a few chipboard pieces and a stamp, maybe some ribbon, lots of fun stuff.

I plan to play along to see what ideas I can come up with using this cute little punch.

You can enter as may layouts as you want before the deadline. You can include a link to your layout in the comments of this post or email a photo of your layout to r.ricks@mchsi.com. I look forward to seeing every one's layouts!

It's been too long...

Sorry I haven't been around all month!! Life was totally crazy and busy. Things have calmed down a little now and I'll be posting a contest soon so be on the lookout.