August Stamp of the Month - School Year


Welcome to the August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we are featuring School Year. This set has 9 stamps. If you have come here from Wendy Coffman's Blog, you are on the right path! 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'll find the complete list of participating consultant's HERE.


 Every August I see everyone posting their children's First Day of school on Facebook.  Then come May, here we go again!  Last Day of School!  My children are grown.... so no First and Last day pictures are going on in this house anymore!  But I LOVE seeing everyone else's photos and how much the children change in less than a year!  I sure hope they are scrapbooking those pictures.  This month's Stamp of the Month is PERFECT for it.  I really wanted to create a layout so I 'borrowed' some pictures from my friend who was GLAD to let me use them.  She is a little behind on her scrapbooking.  

I used our brand new Enchantment Fundamental papers with a bit of Basic Fundamental.  The pattern is from our new Make It From the Heart 3 book.  I love the Saffron diagonal print pages that I used for my base pages.  It's subtle but just enough.  

For the Chalkboards, I stamped the chalkboard image onto Ruby Cardstock.  Then I cut out a piece of black cardstock to fit inside the frame of the chalkboard.  I used Versamark ink and White embossing powder to emboss the "First / Last Day of School".  

Check out the arrows.... these were stamped on the Peacock cardstock but one of the arrows I stamped on the back of the cardstock using the lighter shade.  I'm going to LOVE our new two toned cardstock!!



Products Used:
Enchantment Fundamental Paper Packet Z3352
Basic Fundamental Paper Pack Z3353
Ruby Cardstock X5965
Peacock Cardstock X5958
Linen Cardstock X5946
New England Ivy Cardstock X5959
Enchantment Ribbon Pack Z3363
Charcoal Exclusive Ink Z2831
Ruby Exclusive Ink Z2870

Remember! This stamp is available ONLY during the month of August!
Get it for $5 with a $50 purchase


Next up on the hop is Ellen Jarivs. Let's see what she has created!

Comments

  1. MicheleAugust 1, 2017 at 8:55 PM

    Beautiful layout and such fun colors to brighten the first day of school.

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  2. Krista Hershberger ---- Krista's Crafty with CTMHAugust 1, 2017 at 9:01 PM

    Such an ADORABLE layout!! Great use of so many of the stamped images! :)

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  3. Melissa RobinsonAugust 1, 2017 at 10:56 PM

    I love what you did with this layout! The embossed chalkboard looks GREAT!

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  4. Sheila BennettAugust 2, 2017 at 3:39 AM

    The signs for "first day" and "last day" are just perfect for a school year layout.

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  5. UnknownAugust 2, 2017 at 5:17 AM

    Love the chalkboard on this layout.

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  6. Ellen JarvisAugust 2, 2017 at 7:54 AM

    How lucky your friend is to have you catch up on her scrapbooking -- these layouts are great! The colors blend perfectly.

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  7. Michelle StewartAugust 2, 2017 at 7:58 AM

    Love the colours, the design of the layout is fabulous.

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  8. Wendy K.August 2, 2017 at 10:26 AM

    Very nice layout, I like the yellow background and that the first/last day pictures are taken in the same location.

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  9. DarlysAugust 2, 2017 at 10:27 AM

    Wonderful layout, great use of the stamp set. Love the idea of first day and last day photos including the smaller photo with the teacher. genius chalkboard. LOVE, lOVE!

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  10. BrandiAugust 2, 2017 at 11:03 AM

    I love this layout, great use of a lot of the stamps on the set. I love the pictures are in the same location. Wonderful!

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  11. mauihumv@gmail.comAugust 2, 2017 at 1:52 PM

    Gorgeous!!!!

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  12. UnknownAugust 4, 2017 at 7:33 AM

    Fantastic layout! I really like the chalkboards!

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