Friday, June 13, 2008

Stamp Club at my house!!!


Tonight was stamp club at my house! We had lots of fun, and this time we made a total of 6 cards, with 4 different designs...come back in the coming week so that it will all make sense ;)

I will tell you that my pics are not that great...but I am exhausted, so until I get better pics taken, here you go...sorry :(

The first card I will share with you is the most adorable lil' beach card. Doesn't that look just like a real flip flop? So much fun!

Friday, June 6, 2008

Stamp Pad Storage

I have been searching for the perfect storage solution for my stamp pads. Something that was not only functional, but attractive and most important, didn't break the bank. I looked and looked and looked, and then miraculously, one day on that fabulous site SCS, someone posted to a company called Organize More. I had found what I wanted and needed and let me just say I am in love with this stamp pad organizer!!!! It is exactly what I had in my head, and one of the things that I wanted was something where the stamp pads didn't stick out too much, something about them sticking out was not pleasing to me ;). I got what I wanted!! I couldn't be happier with this! The price was right, the shipping was reasonable and FAST! I would HIGHLY recommend you RUN to this site and check out what they've got. Look at how awesome this baby is...

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Long Card

I love making cards that are not the "normal" size...although the whole issue of envelopes sometimes can be an issue. This card fits perfectly into a legal sized envelope so it won't cost anymore to mail!! The purses were made with the SU Round Tab Punch. The lil triangles were made by punching out the SU Round Tab Punch in the solid color and then cutting a triangle out of the top so that you have the perfect size triangle for the flap!! We stamped cute lil purses onto the envelope...it's such an extra special touch to decorate the envelope!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Stamp Room Fun

I have been busy cleaning and organizing in my stamp room. This has been quite the process as I have struggled with how I wanted it to look, room setup, etc. I think I have finally settled on a setup for now, which includes not buying too much new furniture, as my basement has a built in bar which I have been using as my crafting "desk," and while I was strongly drawn to convert that back into a workable bar and buy a new desk and such, I decided at this time, I am not going to use a workable bar and I need to try and stop spending so much money on this obsession of mine (and yours too I am betting ;)) So, I thought I'd give you installments of what I have been doing...hope you enjoy!!

First thing I tackled was organizing the gazillion pieces of beautiful paper I own. I have really struggled with how to do this, cause every way I tried just didn't work for me. So this is my latest attempt. On these shelves are all whole pieces of paper, sorted by color, and if there is a coordinating colored patterned paper it goes on the shelf right below the shelf with the solid colored cardstock. I also sorted striped, polka dotted and geometric paper onto their own shelf. Not sure I will like that, but we shall see. In addition, on these shelves are sheets of stickers, chipboard, SU double sided patterned paper on it's own shelf and paper families like Basic Grey on their own shelves. I have small scraps in a photo box, larger scraps in a Cropper Hopper storage sleeve sorted by patterned paper and solid cardstock and then further by color. I am hoping this will be the way that works for me as it was a lot of work.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Fun Lil Card

Here is another card I made at stamp club. Love the bright colors and the lil suprise pocket inside for a special note!!


Monday, June 2, 2008

RSVP Pens


I have wanted to make one of these pens for a long time...and at Stamp Club I learned how. Amazingly simple as long as you are careful and pay attention th what you're doing ;) I think I will be making more of these for friends and family!!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

More Stamp Club fun!!


Hi there!! Yesterday was stamp club! We have so much fun making cards, and yesterday we had lots of stories to share and we were all having lots of great laughs. I laughed so hard a couple of times I thought I was gonna wet myself! Anyway, we made lots of fun stuff so I have pics to share. The pic I will share with you today is a gorgeous shades of brown card that is really out of my comfort area. It's not really my style but I really like this card!! The butterfly was stamped with SU Chocolate Chip and then we used a blender pen to give it a watercolor effect with the green!!