Sherrill Graff is a Stampin' Up Executive Demo who lives in Las Vegas. She is the lead demo for the Ronald McDonald house in Vegas and is constantly volunteering to do things for the house, as well as for all types of other charitable organizations. She even has demos making special dream books for homeless children so they will have something to call their own. She recently asked if someone could make some two page scrapbook spreads for the Ronald McDonald House Albums -- I'm assuming these are children who have been through the house. I only know that for the toddler I chose, Rebecca Grace Hildebrand, there are two pictures that measure 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 and a 6x6 hand-written letter from her parents. I also know that the colors in the pictures are Pretty In Pink, Sage (which I interpreted to be Mellow Moss/Always Artichoke), Burgundy and Black. Because I haven't seen the pictures, here is what I came up with.
This page will be used to mount the hand-letter from her parents. I cut 1 1/2" written squares, sprayed them with alcohol so they would moisten up but dry quickly and scrunched the heck out of them to distress them. Next, I used my new sewing machine (THANKS MOM!) to sew around the edges. It is supposed to look like I don't know how to sew and be a bit "off" -- more along the lines of an early childhood sampler. I glued down the squares, but the middle square, which measures 7.5 square, was actually sewn onto the page. I distressed the squares with Mellow Moss and Bravo Burgundy inks. I stamped on some of the squares but tried to make them look like they were stamped a bit off too, once again to look like the samplers of old.
The next page, the right hand side, will hold the pictures of Rebecca and her parents. I wanted this to look as if I had sewn a piece of fabric onto the paper and I think somehow I achieved that desire!
I used the zig-zag stitch to place the top piece down after I had distressed it. If you click on the picture, it should enlarge and you can see that there is a floral detail in the top page. I used picture clips and brads to appear as if they are going to hold the pictures.
After I broke the Very Vanilla paper down across the bottom, I ran it thorugh the scalloped punch and wanted this to appear as lace. I stamped the sentiment (non-SU, but I really do believe this and HAD to include this on the page!) and used my zig-zag stitch to attach it across the top and allowed the bottom to float free. I used a Bravo Burgundy ribbon which I had run through the Always Artichoke ink pad to add a bit of color to the strip, but it is also distressed with both Mellow Moss and Bravo Burgundy Inks.
I'm hopeful Sherrill likes the pages. It has been forever since I scrapped and I am thinking that since I have my MDS certification, I should start scrapping Andy's school stuff for graduation -- doing it digitally would be so much quicker and I could add embellishment to my printed projects. I've already got lots of his activities done, but his high school years are far from finished. And now, since he is having surgery next week, and has yet to have his Senior Pictures taken, I'm wondering if he is ever going to get this done! My only solace is that he will graduate whether he has pictures done or not. It's a done deal at this point and the next hurdle is for him to choose from all of his many college options.
Okay, enough about the page and my fabulous son! I've got tons of stamps and extras that I'd love to move to a new home. Do you have room for some new supplies in your craft area? If so, read on!
All you have to do is to check in at least three times each week over the course of the next month and leave a comment on my blog. Let me know what you like and what you need to see more of, what you don't need to see at all and especially if there is something you would like to see but haven't. For instance, I don't show a lot of fancy folds (cards) on my blog. Want to see some of those? Want to see more scrapbooking alternatives? Contest starts on Monday, January 25 and will run through Sunday, February 28. I'll be updating my blog each day of the week (not the weekends, I take those off to create new stuff to blog!) and I'll draw a winner on Monday, March 1. If you aren't local, I'll send your package out by Friday of that week and if you are local, I'll drop it off by Friday of that week. Regardless, the winner's package will contain at least $100 in stamping stuff! I value your opinions, but I need to hear them!
Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping! See you tomorrow with Blogger's Challenge -- I weenied out on this one and took the easy road.....you'll see!
The scrapbook pages you made for the Ronald McDonald are so beautiful!!!! thank you so much for caring about the kids!
love you, sherrill graff istmpnv@aol.com
Posted by: sherrill graff | 03/05/2010 at 11:58 AM