I do not scrapbook. But I think it's great that other people do. Other people with more time. Other people who have big events to commemorate. My memories will just have to stay in my head instead of in a book on my coffee table. At the moment, I don'e even have a coffee table.
Anyway, since there is a scrapbook convention in the Dallas area next week and both Stamp Asylum and Googly Eyes are there showing my new stamps, I thought I'd make some samples. I hear over and over that scrapbookers aren't rubber stampers. That may be because most scrapbook stores usually only carry those crappy clear cling stamps. Nothing beats a good wood-mounted red rubber stamp!
Instead of buying the same printed scrapbook paper that everyone else has, you can make your own with rubber stamps! Here I used several, all stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa. Since you're going to put a lot of crap - I mean SCRAP on top, the background is just the background. You don't have to obsess over it.
And here's the perfect page to display the pics from your bluebonnet road trip. I've seen printed bluebonnet scrapbook paper but it looks cheap and tacky. And if you are a company that produces cheap, tacky bluebonnet scrapbook paper, it's just my opinion, ok?
I've seen a few decent western style papers but they are few and far between. Maybe because there aren't any of the major scrapbook companies in Texas. Let's face it... if you don't want your picante sauce to come from New Jersey, why would you want your Texas-themed scrapbook paper to come from California or Utah? So why not make it yourself and get what you want? More background stamping this time with Memento Rich Cocoa, Rhubarb Stalk and Potter's Clay.
Mainly it's about making your scrapbook original. You can find the typical selection at the dreaded Michael's/Hobby Lobby but think how fun it will be to make your scrapbooking friends wonder where you got your amazing paper!
On this one I masked off the different areas to get some wide stripes and dragged some ink across - Memento Paris Dusk and Rhubarb Stalk.
So be sure and check out both booths at the Arlington convention! And while you're in the area, visit their stores as well!
Next post - no Texas!
