A Little Piece of My History – Scrapbooking Precious Memories

Published on October 10, 2026October 10, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi there, and welcome! Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or just a creative escape, I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.

This morning on my Live – Let’s Scrap, we created this layout using Stampin’ Up!® 2026–2028 In Color Crisp Cantaloupe Designer Series Paper from two collections: Bloom Boutique and Gingham Gallery.

The die-cut frame and other die cuts came from the now-discontinued Storybook Friends Dies and Storybook Moments Designer Series Paper. It’s always fun finding ways to use products from my stash in new projects!

A Little Piece of My History

The photo on this layout is of me when I was about a week old! My mother had trimmed the original photograph, and I recently rediscovered it in my Baby Book.

The photo was quite small, but I wanted to reprint it at a larger size for my scrapbook page. To give myself the best chance of getting a good-quality image, I scanned the original at 360 DPI.

A Quick Tip for Printing Old Photos

If you’re looking to enlarge old family photographs for your scrapbooking projects, here are a couple of things worth knowing.

Pixels are the tiny coloured squares that make up a digital image. The more pixels an image contains, the more detail it can potentially retain when printed.

DPI (dots per inch) refers to the density of printed dots on paper. When scanning an old photograph, a higher scanning resolution can help capture more detail, which is particularly useful when you want to enlarge a small original.

For a standard 4″ × 6″ photo printed at 300 pixels per inch, a digital image of approximately 1200 × 1800 pixels is a useful target.

Of course, the final quality also depends on the condition of the original photograph, the scanner and how much detail it can capture.

I love that I can take a tiny photograph tucked away in my Baby Book and give it a new life on a scrapbook page. Scrapbooking isn’t just about pretty papers and embellishments; it’s also about preserving those precious memories and the stories behind them.

Do you have old family photographs tucked away in albums or boxes? Why not scan a few and start adding them to your scrapbook pages?

Above is my set up for scanning photo’s on my Epson

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Bloom Boutique 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

2026–2028 In Color™ Gingham Gallery 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Basic Beige 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Two Tone Cardstock

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Mosaic Garden – Let’s Scrap

Published on September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

These photos sat on my bedside table for many years when I was younger. They are photos of my parents and sisters, along with two of my best friends — little snapshots of the people who were such an important part of my life.

For today’s About Me album page, I’ve taken inspiration from Patty Bennett and the way she used the Mosaic Garden Designer Series Paper in a card design.

Patty created a beautiful mosaic-style layout with the patterned paper, and it immediately caught my eye because my photos had originally been arranged in a very similar way. I loved the idea of recreating that look on a scrapbook page.

A Simple Layout for Special Photos

I’ve kept this layout very simple, letting the photos be the focus. Each photo is simply framed, with the arrangement creating that mosaic feel without adding lots of extra embellishments.

The Mosaic Garden Suite Collection also includes coordinating stamps and dies, and the sentiment I’ve used is from the stamp set.

The dies in the Mosaic Garden Suite are square and have a lovely decorative edge. Here I’ve used the Spotlight on Nature Dies, which have the same edge design and worked perfectly with the photos.

I really love how this page has come together. Sometimes the simplest layouts are the ones that allow the memories to shine the most.

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Mosaic Garden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Cute Christmas Mouse Card

Published on September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi there, and welcome! Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or just a little creative escape, I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.

Today I’m playing catch-up and sharing a few cards I’ve made over the last couple of weeks. Life gets busy sometimes… LOL!

I absolutely love how this Christmas card turned out. I’ve had the idea for a little while, and I finally got to bring it to life.

The cute little mouse hiding amongst the Poinsettia flowers is the star of the card, with a sweet Merry Christmas greeting.

I’ve mixed products from a few different collections to create this card, including the Christmas Mice Bundle, Pretty Poinsettia Bundle and Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies.

I usually tend to stay within one suite when I’m creating, so I really enjoyed stretching myself with this card and bringing products from different collections together. It was a little outside my usual style, but I love how it turned out!

Want to create your own Christmas cards? You can find the products I’ve used in my online store and start creating your own handmade Christmas projects.

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Luxe Foliage

Published on September 26, 2026September 26, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Absolutely — here’s a smoother, more friendly version that keeps your personal style and highlights the clever use of the Designer Series Paper.

Hi there, and welcome! 🌿

Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or simply a little creative escape, I’m so happy you’ve stopped by!

On Friday’s ‘Live with Michele’, I created this beautiful card using the Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!®

The Luxe Foliage 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper is the exclusive Product of the Month for September 2026.

For this card, I used two layers of the Luxe Foliage Specialty DSP, then used a third sheet to fussy cut the flowers and add them as a beautiful focal point. I love how this simple technique gives the card extra dimension and makes those gorgeous florals really stand out!

And because this is the September Product of the Month, it’s only available while stocks last—so if you love this paper as much as I do, don’t wait too long to grab yours!

Happy crafting! 💙

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All Wrapped Up

Published on September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

This Week’s Card – All Wrapped Up!

This week’s card brings together three beautiful products from the new catalogue—the All Wrapped Up Specialty Designer Series Paper, Elegantly Wrapped Bundle and Wrapped Greenery Bundle, these 3 items are part of the All Wrapped Up Suite Collection by Stampin’ Up!®.

And I have to say, the All Wrapped Up Specialty Designer Series Paper is absolutely stunning! The vintage-inspired designs, beautiful colours and silver foil accents make it a real standout.

One thing I particularly love about this Designer Series Paper is that it is single-sided and considerably thicker than our regular Designer Series Paper. This makes it especially versatile—not only for cards and scrapbook pages, but also for decorated boxes, gift packaging and other projects where you want a little more structure.

The Bow is the Star!

The focal point of this card is the beautiful die-cut bow from the Elegantly Wrapped Dies. But this isn’t just an ordinary die cut!

The bow was created using the Impressions Plate, which is designed to work with specially created Impressions Dies. These dies can both cut shapes and add beautiful embossed details, giving your projects an extra layer of texture and dimension.

For the best cutting and embossing results, use the Impressions Plate with the Impressions Dies in your Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine.

My Tip for Using the Impressions Plate

I have found that giving your cardstock a very light spritz of water before running it through the machine helps achieve a lovely embossed effect.

Cut the bow pieces as you would normally do except I like to run it through the Cut & Emboss Machine twice using the normal plate sandwich. This helps keep the cardstock securely inside the die.

Then it’s time to change the sandwich for the embossing step:

Start with Plates 1 & 2.
Place your cardstock and die upside down, keeping the cut cardstock inside the die.
Place the Impressions Plate on top.
Add Plate 4.
Run the sandwich through the Cut & Emboss Machine again.

The Impressions Plate will stretch as it passes through the machine. Don’t worry—this is completely normal and is part of how the plate works to create those beautiful embossed details.

The result is a beautifully detailed bow with both clean, precise edges and gorgeous embossed texture—making it the perfect focal point for this card.

Bringing It All Together

The Wrapped Greenery Bundle adds the perfect finishing touch, with its delicate leaves, sprigs and berries providing a natural contrast to the beautiful bow and vintage-inspired Designer Series Paper.

I love how these three products work together. The Designer Series Paper provides the beautiful background, the greenery adds texture and detail, and the embossed bow becomes the star of the card.

And while I’ve used these products for a Christmas card, I can already see so many other possibilities—especially with the beautiful greenery and the versatility of the Designer Series Paper.

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	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card BaseTent Fold	Peaceful Pine	4¼ x 11”, score @ 5½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Mat	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Front	DSP	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Card Insert	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Card Insert Strip	DSP	¾ x 5¼”	1.6 x 14.4cm
Doily	Basic White	4 ¼ x 4¼”	11 x 11cm
Tag	Basic White	2 x 1”	5 x 2.5cm
Bow & eyelets	Real Red	3 ¾ x 4¼”	9 x 11cm

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About Me – Faith & Bible Verses

Published on September 5, 2026September 5, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Today’s page in my About Me album is a little different. Rather than photographs, I’m documenting something that has been an important part of my life over the years — my faith and the Bible verses that have meant so much to me.

Scrapbooking doesn’t have to be just about photographs. It can also be a wonderful way to preserve your favourite songs, poems, quotes, recipes, memories, or words that have special meaning to you.

For this page, I’m using one of the 4-pocket pages from the Variety Pack 6″ x 8″ Pocket Pages by Stampin’ Up! ®, with each pocket measuring approximately 3″ x 4″ (7.5 x 10 cm).

Creating the Bible Verse Cards

I created a Text Box in Word and sized it to the finished 3″ x 4″ pocket size. I then typed each of my chosen Bible verses into the boxes and printed them onto A4 Basic White Cardstock.

The text box initially creates a black outline around each section. Before printing, I changed the outline to white so it wouldn’t appear on the cardstock.

Before cutting the cardstock into the four individual cards, I decorated each section.

I started with a mask from my Stampin’ Up! stash, creating a soft background around the edges of each verse. I then added stamped images using the Tile Garden and Delicate Whispers stamp sets by Stampin’ Up!®.

Once I was happy with the stamping, I cut the cardstock into the four 3″ x 4″ pocket-sized pieces. I then inked around the edges and added a little more stamping wherever I felt an area needed filling.

I love how each card has its own little design while still working together as a page.

Most importantly, this page is a reminder that scrapbooking is about preserving the things that tell our story — not just the photographs.

What words, songs, poems or verses have special meaning in your life that you could scrapbook?

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Holly Jolly Branches

Published on September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

In today’s Live with Michele, I created this simple and bright Christmas card using the Holly Jolly Branches Bundle by Stampin’ Up!®.

I’ve kept the card white on white, adding texture and interest with the Softly Woven 3D Embossing Folder and a die-cut square from the Tile Garden Dies.

For a pop of Christmas colour, I die cut the trees from Azure Afternoon, Melon Mambo and Granny Apple Green cardstock, then layered them onto the Tile Garden die cut.

To add even more interest, I used the coordinating stamps from the Holly Jolly Branches Bundle to create visual texture on the trees.

🎄 Crafting Tip – Try Something Different!

There are lots of ways to change the look of these little trees!

✨ Use Designer Series Paper – Cut the trees from your favourite printed DSP for an easy way to add pattern and colour.

✨ Use your scraps! – Why not use those leftover pieces of Stampin’ Blends-coloured vellum?

For this card, I adhered the vellum to Basic White cardstock using Adhesive Sheets before die cutting the trees. This gives the vellum extra stability while still allowing the beautiful soft, translucent colour to show through.

💡 Want to know how I coloured the vellum?

Check out my previous video, “Covered in Flowers – Stampin’ Blends Background”, where I show you how I created the coloured vellum:

Watch the previous vellum colouring video

It’s also a great way to use up those little pieces of vellum and coloured scraps you might otherwise pop into the scrap bin!

I love how one simple design can look completely different just by changing the paper you use.

Simple. Bright. Fun. Festive — and a great way to use your stash!

Measurements Used…

	Colour	Imperial/Letter	Metric/A4
Card BaseTent Fold	Basic White	4 ¼ x 11”, score @ 5 ½”	10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
Card Front	Basic White	3¾ x 5”	9.5 x 13.9cm
Card Front Mat	Basic White	3 ⅞x 5⅛”	9.8 x 14.2cm
Tile Garden Die	Basic White	3 x 3”- die size 2¾ x 2¾”	9 x 9cm- die size-7 x 7cm
Sentiment	Basic White	4 x 1”	10 x 2cm
Insert	Basic White	3⅞ x 5⅛”	9.7 x 14.1cm
Insert Mat	Basic White	4 x 5¼”	10 x 14.4cm
Trees	Azure Afternoon Melon Mambo Granny Apple Green	2½ x 4” 2½ x 4” 3 x 2½”	6.5 x 10cm 6.5 x 10cm 8 x 6.5cm

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Whispering Woods – Let’s Scrap

Published on August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi there, and welcome!
Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or simply a creative escape, I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.

Today I’m sharing another page from my “All About Me” album — and this one is a little special.

This photograph is of Joe and I on our wedding day. I’ll be creating another page to sit behind this one, where I’ll share more of the details and memories from our wedding day. For now, this page marks the beginning of the next section of my album — Life’s Milestones.

I love how scrapbooking gives us the opportunity to tell the story gradually, rather than trying to fit everything onto one page.

Creating the Page

The Whispering Woods Designer Series Paper (Sneak Peek- available 1 September) was the starting point for this layout. The beautiful strips of colour immediately caught my eye because they pick up the blues and greens in the mosaic glass window behind Joe and me in the photograph.

The colours were quite bright, so I softened the overall look by adding Pool Party and Lost Lagoon Two-Tone Cardstock, which coordinates beautifully with the Designer Series Paper and the photo.

To add a little more texture and interest to the Pool Party cardstock, I stamped one of the foliage images from Delicate Whispers Bundle in selected areas, using the stamping-off technique to keep the imagery soft and subtle. I also added a few splatters of Gold Water-Based Pigment Paint for a touch of shimmer.

For the delicate floral elements around the photograph, I used the Delicate Whispers Bundle to create foliage clusters in two corners.

I wanted these elements to complement the photograph rather than overpower it, so I very lightly coloured the foliage using Blending Brushes with Pool Party and Lost Lagoon Ink, the flowers coloured with Stampin’ Blends.

The Delicate Whispers Bundle was originally part of the March Online Exclusives and has now moved into the Last Chance Products. If it’s on your wish list, now is definitely the time to grab it while it’s still available.

The sentiment is from the now-retired Simply Beautiful Stamp Set. I stamped it in Lost Lagoon Ink to continue the soft colour palette throughout the page.

Telling My Story, One Page at a Time

This page is a lovely reminder of why I started my All About Me album in the first place.

It isn’t just about creating pretty scrapbook pages — it’s about recording the people, places, memories and milestones that have made me who I am.

And there are certainly plenty more stories to come!

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Below you’ll find the PDF I use for prompts when creating my album. I hope it gives you some ideas if you’d like to start creating your own All About Me album.

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Wreath & Wonder Floating Card- Sneak Peek

Published on August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

There’s something about adding a touch of metallic foil to a handmade card that instantly gives it that little bit of WOW!

For today’s card, I’m giving you a sneak peek at some exciting new products coming in the Radiance Awaits Brochure and September–December Stampin’ Up! ® Catalogue.

The star of this card is definitely the Wreath & Wonder Hot Foil Dies By Stampin’ Up!® ✨

The Wreath & Wonder Hot Foil Dies

I’ve used the detailed wreath from the Wreath & Wonder Hot Foil Dies to create the beautiful metallic wreath on my card.

If you haven’t tried hot foiling before, it is such a fun way to add another dimension to your card making. The foil catches the light beautifully and gives the delicate wreath an elegant finish without needing lots of extra embellishments.

And that’s what I particularly love about this card—the wreath really doesn’t need much else around it. The foil does the talking!

A little more Christmas magic

I’ve also used the Magical Christmas Hot Foil Dies for the “Tis the Season” sentiment, which I showed in a previous ‘Live’. The Magical Christmas Dies has 7 sentiments, all created at the same time..more to use on your next project which is what I have done today.

Having the sentiment created with hot foil as well brings the whole card together and gives the metallic detail a lovely consistency.

I’ve then added a few embellishments for just a little extra sparkle.

Don’t overlook the Designer Series Paper!

For the background, I’ve used the beautiful Whispering Woods Designer Series Paper.

I chose to cut the DSP into strips and layer them across the card front, creating a Floating Card. I love how this lets the different areas of the pattern show while creating a little more interest behind the wreath.

Although Whispering Woods works beautifully for a winter or Christmas project, I think this paper is one you’ll want to look at beyond the obvious. It would also be great for a scrapbooking page for boys and men—from childhood photos and teenage years to sporting memories, holidays and everyday moments.

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Beautiful Ordinary Life – All About Me Scrapbook Page

Published on August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 by Michele Jutrisa

Hi there, and welcome! Whether you’re here for inspiration, ideas, or just a creative escape, I’m so happy you’ve stopped by.

Let’s Scrap – All About Me

On Saturday’s Let’s Scrap, I created this 6″ x 8″ scrapbook page for my All About Me album.

For this layout, I used the Beautiful Ordinary Life Designer Series Paper by Stampin’ Up!®, along with a couple of products from my retired stash.

This page definitely took me out of my comfort zone! I tend to create very symmetrical designs, so using strips of paper, different angles and a more relaxed arrangement was a little different for me. But sometimes it’s fun to step outside your usual style and try something new!

Adding the Little Details

The little cameras were stamped using the Capturing Smiles Bundle and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

Unfortunately, the Floral Flight Accents I used are no longer available, instead you could use any die cuts of leaves in Basic Black. The sentiment is from an older Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Our Story, and I thought it was perfect for these photos of Joe and me through the years.

For the film strip, I used a die I purchased from another supplier. If you don’t have a similar die, you could easily create your own version using a strip of Basic Black Cardstock.

Each of my photos measures 2.5 cm square, which works really well with this 6″ x 8″ layout.

A Little Challenge to Myself

I really enjoyed creating this page because it reminded me that not every scrapbook layout needs to be perfectly balanced or symmetrical. Sometimes those unexpected angles and little differences are what make a page more interesting.

And, of course, the most important part is the memories behind the photos. ❤️

I hope this page gives you a little inspiration to step outside your comfort zone and try something different in your own scrapbooking!

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