July Stamp of the Month ~ Life is Wonderful

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!  This month we are featuring July’s stamp of the month ~Life is Wonderful (S1507) a set of 8.

If you are coming here from  JENNY GILBERT’s Blog, then you are in the right spot ~ Welcome!  The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around.  If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list of participating  consultants on Melinda’s blog HERE. This month we have approximately 47 consultants participating this month so you are sure to be inspired.

I love this stamp set as the font looks like chalkboard lettering so I knew immediately I planed to use White Daisy or Colonial ink on a dark cardstock such as Black.  I was flipping through the photos I had to scrapbook and saw some fun photos of my son with one of our dogs.  I had just gotten my camera for Mother’s day that year so I had it with me all the time.  I knew the “Life is Wonderful” would be a perfect title for this layout.  I decided to mix up my papers and so I used Chalk it up with Jackson and added the Cranberry Twill ribbon to the mix.  I am really happy the way this turned out, take a look for yourself.

I really love the way these paper packs went together even though if you layout all the papers you would never think to use them together.  I used the cranberry to add a little pop of bright color and to match the red in the photos. Here is a close up of the tittle and individual pages.

I used Colonial White ink on the Black cardstock ~ I love the way it looks like a chalkboard!! I stamped the arrows the same way.

The scalloped border was crated using a border punch I have in my collection.

Her is the entire list of items used for this layout.

• Paper packs ~ Jackson X7195B and Chalk it Up X7184B
• Cardstock ~ Colonial White, Glacier, Black and Cranberry
• Stamp Sets ~ Life is wonderful S1507
• Inks ~ Colonial White, Glacier, Black and Cranberry
• Embellishments ~ Oceanside Sequins Z3041

Your next stop is along this hop is KATHLEEN ANDROLEWICZ’S Blog, so hop on over and see what wonderful creation she has for you today.

Happy Crafting!