TSG Stampbook Saturday

     Today I have my final There She Goes project for this week, my Stampbook Saturday creation.  Though I started out as a scrapper I rarely find the time to do it anymore so this project was a major undertaking.  LOL
     A special thanks to my sweet friend Jinny Newlin.  If you've never visited Jinny's blog and soaked up her amazing cards and scrapbook layouts you really need to pop over there.  She inspires me constantly with her amazing layout ideas.  She also helped me out with some tips for trying to get my pages photographed decently.  Not the greatest results but they're better than the first ones I took thanks to Jinny.  LOL
     I decided to do a two page spread using the photos I took on the trip my mom and I took to the local botanical gardens back in March

     Here's a closer look at the first page.

     One of the sources Jinny uses for her great layouts is Sketches in Thyme.  I was able to find one there that would let me utilize such a large number of photos and thankfully the lady in the camera department at Wally World showed me how to print them out in wallet size so they'd all fit.  Here's what the sketch looked like.

     I decided to use some wood planking for the first section to simulate wooden planters and edging.  For the next section I added some stitching and dug out my modeling paste and a chicken wire template to add some fun texture.  I used three of the sentiment stamps from the TSG "Oh Snap" set on this page.  The bottom layer was made using a Martha Stewart punch.  I did it once in white and a second time in a pale blue vellum and overlapped them.

     Here's the second page.

Same basic construction with two more of the sentiment stamps, the one near the photos and the little "Date Taken" on on the ticket.  Used a Kraft Outlet tea dyed tag and added a rub on on it.  The journaling spot and the other designer paper elements are from Kaisercraft's "Utopia" collection.  I had just grabbed a mix of papers at Michaels that caught my eye color wise and the Kaisercraft papers just happened to match.  I found the Sizzix die I did the title lettering with on clearance at Mike's too.

I love these sentiment stamps.  They would work so perfectly on ANY layout.  Don't you just love versatility.  Hope you enjoyed my projects for this week.  You still have time to enter the "Blue/Yellow/Neutral" challenge if you haven't yet.  Thanks for stopping in!