Stampin' Success Inspiration.

I recently found a page similar to this in the Stampin' Success magazine. I thought it would be cute to try one. After I tried placing the elements on the page I realized that in the magazine, they used a 8 X 1/2 by 8 and 1/2 page. So, mine was going to be a little "tight."

The little felt flower is from the Sweet Pea Felt pack. I am loving these little things. For only $7.95 you get a variety of pieces that can work together or stand alone! I love them and I hope that when the new catalog comes out there will be oodles more of them to choose from!

Happy Saturday!

A Pleasant Surprise.

The other night when I sat down to use some more of my new products, I grabbed some Chocolate Chip and Pretty In Pink card stock. I embossed the Chocolate Chip piece with one of my favorite embossing plates. Then used my edge punch to do both edges of the card stock. I tied around a piece of satin Pretty In Pink ribbon and made a tag using my wide oval punch. I sponged on some Chocolate Chip ink to add some depth to the tag. Then attached it with a dimensional.

As I got to this point, I was stumped. Stumped because I really liked the way it looked just this way! So, I tried a couple of things to add to the card. And, I found that I really liked it just like this! That is the way I decided to keep it. Sometimes, I find that if I am trying to force something, I end up unhappy with the result! I will leave it this way and be happy with the card.

Have a happy Friday!!

Time To Play!

As I had hoped, I had time to go up and use some of my new supplies last night! I have fallen in love with two more SU! products. First, these Sweet Pea Felt Flowers are lovely! They make making a card so simple! You really don't have to do a lot to a card to make it complete once adding a few pieces of felt flowers. I also really like the wide oval punch. I hadn't previously ordered it because it didn't layer with the other oval punches. But, I decided that if I was going to have Well Scripted, I needed the punch. So, I stamped the greeting, punched it out and sponged the edges. I am really pleased with the results. I also used the SAB punch for this card. I put a piece of pink card stock on the inside of the card, so it shows through the punch and adds color to the inside of the card!

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So Many New Toys, No Time To Play!

Well, yesterday was the day for my new goodies to arrive from my first SAB and Occasions Mini workshop. I have so many neat things to try out, but no time to do it!

I did get to go upstairs for about 10 minutes last night to play with a couple of things! Here is a very quick and simple card that I made. I am absolutely loving my new bird punch! I used it on my swap cards for this months SUDEMOONLY swap, and had amazing results. The DSP paper that I used here is from the SAB DSP Welcome Neighbor paper. That means it was FREE!!! The edge was punched using another FREE product the Scallop Trim Border punch! The greeting is from the Well Scripted Set in the Occasions Mini catalog. And, the Pretty In Pink Satin ribbon is also featured in the mini! I am loving this ribbon!

I am hoping for about an hour in the stamping room tonight, so hopefully I will have more fun to share tomorrow!

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More Monkeys!

Monkeys are on my mind, apparently! Here is another card using the Fox & Friends set. This time I stamped the monkyes in Close to Cocoa and colored them with Creamy Caramel. I took the time to cut out the three monkeys. A little time consuming, but I like how they look. I used my Big Shot and Little Leaves Sizzlit to cut out the leaves in Old Olive. I attached the monkeys with a dimensional so that they are popping off of the card.

Maybe, it could use another monkey down on the bottom leaf?

Have a nice day!

An Opportunity To Help In Haiti.

From now until February 28, 2010, for every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set you buy, Stampin' Up! will donate $2 to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund.
The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.
I {Heart} Hearts - clear-mount, Item #118571, $18.95
I {Heart} Hearts - wood-mount, Item # 117010, $26.95

Monkeying Around.

One of the little ones that I babysit, is turning 2 this weekend. She likes to "monkey around." So, I thought it would be cute to make her a monkey card. I used the vine from Cheep Talk and hung the monkey from the vine.

I also stamped her wrapping paper for her gift with the Fox & Friends stamp set.

Have a good day!