Celebrating the Bow Builder Punch

Oh, I love the Bow Builder Punch! It makes every card cuter, and it's fun to put together.



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Stamps: Four You
Paper: Smoky Slate, Real Red, Stacked with Love DSP
Ink: Smoky Slate, Blendabilities in Smoky Slate
Accessories: Bow Builder Punch, Smoky Slate Baker's Twine, Rhinestones

Golden Curry Birthday and a sketch

In all my experimenting while making cards for last night's Stamp Club meeting, I left quite a few "bits & pieces" around my craft room. So one day this week, while cleaning up, I got distracted trying to use this 4 1/4" square card with a piece of Best Year Ever DSP (SAB). Magically, I saw the Freshly Made Sketches challenge here:

and everything clicked! The stamps are from the December 2014 Paper Pumpkin kit--some of my favorite stamps ever! I combined them with the One Tag Fits All tag image, as well as the coordinating Note Tag Punch. A few little bits of gold to make it sparkle, and this card was done! Funny how some cards take forever, and others just fall into place!

One of my goals this year was to make time every day to stamp. I haven't hit every day, but I have hit *most* days, and the result was just what I expected: more ideas, more inspiration, more creating, and more mess. Ha!

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Stamps: Dec 2014 Paper Pumpkin, One Tag Fits All
Paper: Crushed Curry, Coastal Cabana, Soft Suede, Gold Glimmer Paper, Best Year Ever DSP (SAB)
Ink: Pool Party, Soft Suede
Accessories: Note Tag Punch, 1/8" Gold Ribbon

Black & White Bows

I'm a bit stuck on this color combination right now: Black, White, and Coastal Cabana. Yummy!  I'm trying to channel my "hungry" into crafting, so, yummy colors, it is!

We'll be making this card tonight at Stamp Club, and I can't wait for everyone to try this punch! So fun, so easy, and so *tiny*!!!

Would like to join a stamp club??? Let me know if you're interested!

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Stamps: And Many More  
Paper: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Back to Black DSP, Stacked with Love DSP  
Ink: Staz On Black  
Accessories: Bow Builder Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, dimensionals, glue dots

February Paper Pumpkin!

February's Paper Pumpkin arrived on my doorstep on Saturday, and look at the project! I love the stamp images, and those delicious felt letter stickers are definitely a win! 8 sets of this accordion card, people!

Not only that, you get these adorable boxes to put them in:

8 cutie-pie boxes and 8 accordion cards. Hmmmmm. So many possibilities!

Get your Paper Pumpkin subscription NOW, before you miss any more great kits! Don't forget, a 3-month subscription is on sale during Sale-abration, so you can order one ($54.95) AND you qualify for a free Sale-a-bration item!

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Weekly Deals February 17

It's Tuesday, and that means it's time for new Weekly Deals!

I love that Mosaic punch! Click here to see the details of a project I made with it. 

Celebrating with Sale-a-bration

I've spent quite a bit of time playing with the Sale-a-bration set "Big Day" lately. As you know, I'm always in need of more birthday cards, and this is an easy set to use! I got stuck on banners at first, as you can see in this first sample here, but I did eventually move on!

I wanted to use the Sale-a-bration DSP "Best Year Ever" to make a masculine birthday card. Many of the patterns have Calypso Coral in them, which is pretty decidedly a pink in my book. This pattern really stood out, though, first because I love Crushed Curry, and second because NO PINK!

The burlap gives it texture and a reassuring manliness, don't you think? Just in case a guy received it and thought, "Is this really manly enough?" Burlap--make it manly.

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Stamps: Big Day (Sale-a-bration)
Paper: Soft Suede, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Best Year Ever DSP (Sale-a-bration)
Ink: Crushed Curry
Accessories: Banners Framelits, Burlap Ribbon, Tiny Triangles embossing folder

Paper Pumpkin Shaker Card

Paper Pumpkin makes crafting easy and fun! No preparation, very little mess, and a *useful* finished project. What more could you want?

This shaker card is from the December kit. I love all the stars and sequins.

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You're Sweet!

Need a last minute Valentine?? This one is quick to put together! Punch out hearts from your favorite papers, add your greeting, and mount it on a card base.

Hope your Valentine projects are all ready to go for the weekend!

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Stamps: You Plus Me
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Stacked with Love DSP
Ink: Real Red, PLxSU Journaling Pens
Accessories: Sweetheart Punch