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  • Embossed Miracle Page
  • From "Scrapbooking"
    episode SCB-365
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    Completed spread: "Our Little Miracle."

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    An embossed teddy bear -- suspended from a safety pin and blue bow -- adds texture to a page featuring baby blue and black and white photos.

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    The journaling -- done on translucent vellum -- lifts to reveal a bonus baby photo.

    Embossed elements are a sweet complement to a page celebrating the miracle of life. Sara Douglass demonstrates.

    Materials:

    Phrase Starters and Alphabet Fun Upper stamp sets
    Brocade Blue, Ballet Blue, Bliss Blue, and Radiant White Vellum card stock
    Ballet Blue and Brocade Blue Craft ink pads
    Write Me a Memory font CD
    1/16" circle punch, Special Occasion and All-Around Classy Brass templates
    Stylus tool
    Silver Mini Deco Fasteners
    Stampin' Dimensionals
    MonoAdhesive
    Safety pins
    Embroidery floss
    Needle

    1. For background, tear a long strip of Ballet Blue card stock. Attach to left edge of Brocade Blue card stock.

    2. Stamp "our little" with Ballet Blue ink on Bliss Blue card stock. Layer on Brocade Blue card stock with torn left edge. Attach to background.

    3. Using the stylus and the Special Occasion template, emboss three teddy bears onto Bliss Blue card stock and cut them out. Attach the teddy bears down the side with Stampin' Dimensionals, safety pins, and embroidery floss.

    4. Emboss the zigzag design from the All-Around template on two strips of Bliss Blue card stock to be used on the sides of the photo. Attach the photo and the embossed strips to Ballet Blue card stock and attach to background.

    5. Stamp "Miracle" with Ballet Blue and Brocade Blue ink above photo on background.

    6. Type the journaling with Liesly font, sized to fit over a photo, leaving space to emboss the name. Print on vellum. Emboss the name with the All-Around template. Attach vellum to photo with a silver Mini Deco Fasteners in each upper corner. Layer on Ballet Blue card stock and attach to background.


    RESOURCES :
    Baby Memories, The Big Idea Book
    Model: 1929180039
    Author: Lisa Bearnson

    The Art of Stencil Embossing
    Model: 085532841X
    Author: Janet Wilson

    Baby Scrapbooks: Hundreds of Easy Innovative Designs
    Model: 0806917806
    Author: Raquel Boehme
    (2001)


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    Sandy, UT
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