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Adding a Dash of Personality with Rubber Stamps From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-265

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Match whimsical designs to the recipe. For example, a cute honey bee could be used for a sweet treat, or handed-down honey recipe ... ... while whimsical, stamped fruit is the perfect complement to a tangy dessert or jam recipe. Here's a trick: instead of allowing a frame to "chop" a feature from one of your photos, cut that feature away from the photo background, and allow it to extend over the frame border.

Designer Dee Gruenig uses rubber stamps to embellish all her album pages, creating a whimsical -- but unified -- look throughout.

Materials:

Small album
Page protectors
Apple-printed paper
Posh Impressions Rubber Stamps (Window Frame, Apply Duet and Corner Stamp Set)
Opaque sticker paper
Matting papers or cardstock
Craft knife
Brush art markers
White ballpoint correction pen
Beveled ruler
Scissors
Paper cutter
Xyron machine with adhesive cartridge, or other adhesive
Photos (or copies)
Recipe

1. Cut paper to fit inside page protector, then run matting paper through Xyron if desired. Trim matting paper or cardstock 1/8" and 1/4" larger than recipe card. Adhere together.

2. Stamp window frame, corners and duet applies onto the opaque sticker paper. Apply ink to each stamp with the brush markers, then presses. Stamp black duet apple outlines over the colored apples.

3. Run photo through Xyron, if desired, or simply apply glue, then adhere photo to fit behind the stamped frame opening.

4. Use white correction pen and ruler to draw a line 1/8" from outer edges along the left side and top of one page, then along top and right side of opposite page.

5. Stick frame to left page near top, and recipe to right page near top.

6. Stick photo corners over matted recipe, then add stamped apple designs along bottoms of both pages. Turn images in random directions.

Die-cuts/templates provided by Ellison Craft & Design. For more information about Ellison, see Resources.

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RESOURCES :
Decorating Scrapbooks With Rubber Stamps
Model: 0806998466
Author: Dee Gruenig

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com

Storytelling With Rubber Stamps
Model: 1930500017
Author: Joanna Campbell Slan
(2002)

EFG, Inc.
Website: www.newsletterinfo.com

From Stamps to Memories -- A Complete Guide to Scrapbooking With Stamps
Model: 0967338506
Author: Cynthia J. Ludlow
(1999)

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Rubber stamps and accessories (Posh Impressions)
Posh Impressions
Website: www.poshimpressions.com

Family Scrapbooking: Fun Projects to Do Together
Author: Lael Combe Furgeson and Stephanie F. Taylor
Order this title from Amazon.com.
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com

Making Scrapbooks: Complete Guide to Preserving Your Treasured Memories
Model: 0806999004
Author: Vanessa Ann

(1998) To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com

Meals and Memories: How to Create Keepsake Cookbooks
Model: 0966979907
Author: Kathy Steiligo
(1999)

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Carlo Press
Website: www.carlopress.com

Recipe Keepsakes: Your Special Collection of Family Treasures
Model: 0967793203
Author: Sheryn R. Jones
(2000)

To order this title from Amazon.com, click here.

Cookbook Resources
Website: www.cookbookresources.com

GUESTS :

Dee Gruenig
Owner and President, Posh Impressions
Websites: poshimpressions.com