I got these photo’s of my son printed the other day and they have been staring at me all week to scrap. So here are two layouts I completed today. This first layout, I have used a New Stamp set from the Summer Mini Catalogue from Stampin’ Up! called “Friendly Flowers” I love this stamp set as it is so versitle to use on any layout or card. 

Design Cindy Banks-Images © 1990-2008 Stampin' Up!

This second layout, I had this great robot pattern paper and thought these photo’s would look great with it.

Design-Cindy Banks ©

I was really excited this week to receive some new stamp sets from the new Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalogue, soon to be released on December 1st. This stamp I have used on this layout is from a set called “For Father” which is a great set to make male cards. Also new is the patterned paper I have used and is from the Designer Series called Ginger Blossom.

I took this photo about a year ago when our apple tree was blooming and often thought about how I would scrap it, so when I got this stamp I thought staight away of scrapping this photo.

Recipe: Cardstock: Ruby Red, Whisper White, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. Stamp Sets: Back ground - Canvas and For Father. Inks: Stazon Black, Versa Mark, Sahara Sand, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Mellow Moss ( I have used the blender pen with these inks to colour the image) Designer Series Paper - Ginger Blossom. Signo White Gel Pen - Faux Stitching. Note: I have printed the wording from a font on my computer onto Old Olive cardstock.

Design Cindy Banks - Images© 1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

I saw a Mini Album, which is put together using 2 x 12×12 sheets of cardstock to make a fold out album. So I decided to have a go at making one. I have themed this album on Christmas using the Season of Joy stamp set and Designer Series Paper - Dashing.

Front Cover : I have Embossed Resist the stamped tree in Old Olive ink.

Inside Cover

View of the first page turned over

View of the third page flipped up

Folded completely out

This would make a great gift for any occasion.

Recipe: Stamp Sets-Season of Joy, Polka Dot,Big Deal Alphabet. Cardstock-Real Red, Old Olive, River Rock. Pattern Paper-Dashing. Ink-Real Red, Old Olive, Versa Mark. 1 3/8 Circle Punch. Ribbon-1.6cm Gros-grain Old Olive. Clear Embossing Powder and Heat tool.

Artwork Cindy Banks - Images©1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

I was fortunate to have a day to myself yesterday as my boys spent a day with there cousins, so I went off to a local scrapbooking store for a browse. There is so much nice stuff out there and very hard to resist not buying the whole shop. I did come away with two sheets of the new Basic Grey paper from the collection Offbeat and the sticker sheet that matches and here is what I created with them:

Artwork - Cindy Banks © 2008

This week has been a little bit crazy and I actually haven’t been very creative, so I haven’t had time to post this week. I am happy to say that I had some time today to complete a scrapbook page. I am currently working on my eldest son’s baby album so here is the page I completed.

Design Cindy Banks - Images © 1990 - 2008 Stampin’ Up!

When I showed this layout to my brother he said it looked like an advertisement for a jeans commercial. I’m not sure about that, but I am happy with the way it turned out.

In this layout I have used the stamp set “Wanted”, Background stamp “Sanded” and Designer Series Paper - “Outlaw” from Stampin’ Up! The cardstock is Chocolate Chip and Really Rust. I painted the chipboard letters and stamped them with white ink. I turned the photo from colour to black & white to give it more of a rustic look. Hope you like it.

Artwork & Design Cindy Banks - Images © 1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

Here is another layout I completed over the weekend.

Artwork Cindy Banks © 2008

Just of late it seems that all I have have been making is cards, don’t get me wrong cause thats a good thing and I love making cards, but sometimes I just want to scrap. So yesterday I decided to complete a page and here it is:

Artwork Cindy Banks © 2008

Artwork & Design By Cindy Banks- Stamped Images © 1990-2008 Stampin’ Up!

I just love this page of my boys, I think it reflects on how brothers really are tough on the outside, but soft textured on the inside. They don’t like to admit it but I really do think they like each other.