31 Pages in 31 Days: 8/5/13 + blog candy!

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm glad you decided to pop in and join the celebration! My Scrapbooking Summer School ladies are excited that this is the week their classes begin, but the 31 Pages in 31 Days challenge is already on day five. It's not a party without prizes, however, so let's give something fun away, shall we? How about a FREE STAMP SET?

Love the fun photopollies Stampin' Up recently came out with–totally clear, trendy new photopolymer stamps that you use with our clear blocks. Just peel, stick, stamp! Our first blog candy for the week of August 5-10 is the Wanderlust travel-themed stamp set pictured here!

You already know how to enter, if you've been keeping up with us since we started, but here's a recap for anyone just joining us. Leave a comment on any post with the cute little 31 Pages in 31 Days banner logo, and your name will be entered in the drawing. You can comment once per post, so you have 31 chances at winning the four prizes!

You do not have to order to enter, but of course if you appreciate the free inspiration that comes out of the Song of My Heart stamp room and would like to show it by ordering some fabulous Stampin' Up tools for your own stamp room, well, I'm not gonna stop you! Click here to go shopping!
All righty then… my schedule is JAM-packed this week and my time is almost up, so let's move on to the Day Five  of our 31 Days of inspirational scrapbooking yumminess! This two-page spread uses my very favorite Designer Series Papers, Eastern Elegance. The page looks deceptively simple–all those square frames cut into the pieces of patterned papers were done with the new Squares Collection Framelits for the Big Shot. I loooove the new Sizzix products in the big catalog and the new 2013 Holiday Catalog! If only I had a little more time to play with all my new toys!!

Many of the frames are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals to give them dimension and interest. I used the crisp summery color scheme suggested by the papers, of course–Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry/Summer Sun, and Whisper White. There is also Smoky Slate, a nice light gray, in these papers, but I left those patterns out for this page.

I used Crushed Curry ink and a sentiment from the Happy Day stamp set, which has several over-sized sayings that are perfect for scrapbookers. My Scrapbooking Summer School attendees will be making these Simply Pressed clay roses for their pages, as well as stamping on our fun new Canvas Creations to add texture and textiles to this layout. I can't wait for our first class on Thursday!

That's it from me today–don't forget to leave a comment here to enter to win the Wanderlust stamp set, and I'll see you back here on Tuesday for Day Six of the 31 Pages in 31 Days Challenge!