stamping injury

I know you ladies will appreciate this one...

I got my new impression plates from PTI in the mail. I FINALLY broke down and purchased the woodgrain plate. I was trying them out for size last night and went to pick up my Cuttlebug to turn it around so the handle would be on the right hand side....well, I didn't realize the clear, A plate was still on the machine so once it was lifted to about chest height, it FELL off onto the top of my foot. 

It hurt so bad I thought I was going to ralph. It even broke the skin..... if I didn't hate feet so much I'd show you a picture, but after a long, cold MN winter, nobody wants to see that....

I like layers of white on white as of late, so I've done that here...the 'lace' image in green is one stamp stamped twice, inside to inside if that makes sense. Then I added a layer of white scalloped paper using the fiskars border punch. I also added the banner image....

best year yet

Here is a card that could be used for a birthday or possibly a mother's day card. I liked the clean and crisp feel of the card and although I was tempted to add some bling or other effects to it, I decided to leave well-enough alone.

First, I created the focal image with this stamp:

Note to self: clean acrylic blocks :O

And I created this: 

 

I stamped the images back to back in a horizontal fashion, then I rotated it and stamped one up and one down, sort of llike a cross. 

The sentiment is stamped on the same cardstock and mounted to the front of the card.

P.S. For awesome mother's day ideas, click here: Word To Your Mutha at Paper Issues

kraft and doilies

I bought the adorable Aviary set a few weeks ago- love all the different bird cages and I have to admit, it's kind of fun to stamp with rubber every now and again. Definitely not the same as acrlyic,  

Hard to see, but on the left side of the card, I embossed two lines all the way though the length of the cardstock so that both the outside and inside have the embossed lines.  I used a doily as the base of the paper layers, then used the cuttlebug to do the lagoon layer and the circle nestabilities do to the kraft layer. The bird cage is cut out and mounted onto the top of the card. 
The inside has a layer of lagoon and white with a little bird stamped in the lower right side of the card. I thought the happy everything sentiment went along nicely with this card and I added a silver adhesive ball to the top of the bird cage

 

keep in touch

Hi, Y'all! (said in my best Paula Deen voice).

Here is a card I made a few weeks ago and forgot to post. Using one of my 'new faves'- CTMH Retro Tech. And of course, still loving the polka dots as well. 

This card was pretty simple- a few paper layers and one row of polka dots in each color (sunset, ocean and black). 

Also, I haven't said thank you to all of you who hopped on to my blog during the Paper Issues blog hop of favorite things. It was super fun to read all the responses and I couldn't agree more with you regarding what your favorite things are! The winner of the prize I gave away was Scrappy Do. 

Thanks again to everybody who took the time to leave a nice comment.  I haven't been stamping lately but I have made some awesome (if I must say so myself) scrapbooks with my Cinch. I made a scrapbook calendar as well as a house projects calendar. I'll take photos and post one of these days. Loving them both. 

Favorite Things: Favorite Things Paper Issues Blog Hop with PRIZE

Welcome to the PAPER ISSUES Blog Hop!! This hop is all about our favorite things. My favorite thing to do is create my own background with stamps. Talk about instant customization with what you have on hand! I also love border punches so I've incorporated that into my card as well.

I also love love love kraft paper and border punches, red & turquoise... so I incorporated all of my favorite things into my card. 

stamps: darcey collection- anna griffin, party pennants- CTMH
ink- ocean, cranberry- CTMH
paper- kraft- Joanne Fabrics, cream- CTMH, twine-Archivers, kraft button- CTMH, apron lace border punch- EK Success

To thank you for stopping by and visiting my blog, I'm also giving away the stamps shown in the photo below. Please leave a comment telling me your favorite paper crafting things on this post and the winner will be drawn on April 2nd.

Thank you for stopping by!! Now hop on over to KIM's blog for some awesome inspiration that include her favorite things!

Here is a link to PAPER ISSUES as well so you can see all the awesomeness! You can also link up a project that uses your favorite things! we can't wait to see what you create.

hooray

Hope you all had a great weekend! here is a card I created with lots of layers and it incorporates one of my FAVORITE THINGS which is creating a background. Rather than filling in the spot with the other stamp to this set, I just left it plain. Kinda liked how it looked.  

I'm totally digging the Retro Tech stamp set and I used the record stamp here, which I embossed so it would have a vinyl look and feel. Thought it paired nicely with the Hooray font (I actually covered up the hip hip part by mounting the record on top of that portion of the stamp.

I colored in the bottom portion of the letter with my prizma marker.

I also put a single row of the open circle on the inside of the card, as well as a repeat of the same paper layers.