Do you know what day it is Today????  It is No Housework Day!!  Don't you love it?!!
 
I wanted to grab your attention with my Title, so you would look and NOT do any Housework!  My scrapbook page today is about Spring, but I don't want ANY OF YOU to do any Spring Cleaning today!!   

When my husband asks why didn't I do any housework today, I will just tell him that it was on the Calendar! 

Now I want to show you what page I did today.  I used the Upcoming Stamp set from SU! called Elements of Style.  It will be available as of the first of May.  You can see it when your Summer Mini comes in the mail!  IF you have purchased from me, or wish to in the near future, I can send you a Summer Mini, Just let me know!!  I just HAD to have it as soon as I saw it!  It is very Vintagey (that's a word, right?!), and very elegant!  The Hummingbird is so pretty, and all the flowers......

Here is one of the embellishments I did for the page:

   This is a flower I made using the 1/2" Polka Dot Ribbon called Melon Mambo, I cut about 2" and then folded it in half, and that made my petals.  I used the Basic Jumbo Grommets for the center, and then put a Build a Brad inside that.  I cut a piece of the ribbon to go in the middle of the BAB, and I used the crimper to make a leaf!  Pretty cool, right?

Here is another embellishment I have on the page:

  You KNOW how fast those hummingbirds are!  Well, I wanted to capture that, so I used two markers to color him, Pink Passion around the edges and Pixie Pink for the rest of the body.  Once I stamped him near the flowers, I worked backwords just huffing on the stamp and then stamping without re-inking.  I did it twice, each time the image is a little lighter.  I think it looks like he is moving......what do you think?


Here is a close up of the corner of the page, this is the top right.  I have the same image in the top left, and stamped a few times in the bottom right side of the page.  I left the bottom left empty, so the flower would stand out.



   Using markers, you really get to have that pretty detail. 

And last but not least, behind the middle panel where you would have a picture is a pull out for journaling.  Sometimes I don't have the space to Journal, or it's too pretty and I don't want to write on the page.  I used a piece of that same ribbon I used for the flower to act as the pull for the journaling tag.  This way, the page really flows!!  I stamped the same flowers, but stamped off twice BEFORE I stamped on the background of the tag.  This way, it is pretty behind your writing, and continues the theme.  You can't see in this photo, but I lined up the tag making sure it was even, and then drew lines across to make sure my handwriting didn't go downhill! 





AND, now for the page!  Are you ready?  I am very happy about it!!





I love it!!   Now, of course you can change the Paper color and the ribbon color to blue, if you don't like pink.  I think the Bermuda Bay
would be GREAT also!  

Supplies to make this page:

Paper:
#107082        Blush Blossom 12 X 12                         $7.50 for 20 sheets
#102762        Pink Passion  5 1/4" X 4                         $5.50 for 24 sheets of 8 1/2 X 11
#105123        Bravo Burgandy 5 1/4" X 4                      $5.50 "     "        "        "         "

Ink:
#100053        Pink Passion marker                               $3.25
#105112        Pixie Pink marker                                          "
#105113        Always Artichoke marker                             "
#101212       Pink Passion ink pad                               $5.95  for sponging around edges of cardstock

Stamp sets:
#120045        Elements of Style                                     $19.95  set of 5 (clear mount set) from Summer Mini page 12
#115030        Lovely Letters                                            $43.95

Accessories:
#115611       Melon Mambo Polka dot ribbon              $9.95 for a roll of 15 yds.
#114348       Basic Jumbo Grommett                           $6.95 pkg of 20 asst. 
#109108       Build a Brad                                                $9.95  pkg of 24

If you would like to buy any of these supplies you can go here.  

I am going to be doing this scrapbook page for my Class this month.  If you want to join us, just let me know and I will be more than happy to cut this for you too!  When letting me know, be sure to tell me whether you want pink or blue. 
This scrapbook class is on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, so this month it is on the 20th of April.  It is held at my home in Kernersville NC, I hope you can make it!

Don't forget that today is NO HOUSECLEANING DAY!!    So, have some fun this lovely Spring Day!!  No Spring Cleaning today!!

I also am still giving away some blog Candy!!   All you have to do is make a comment on my blog.  I will have the drawing next Monday the 12th.   The SU! stamp set that I am giving away is called Snow Buddies!   Here is a picture of what you are trying to win:



Good luck everyone!!

Have a Great Stamping Day!
Lisa Tedder
Kernersville, NC