PPA Best-Dressed pick!

Hello Everyone,
In March I entered a Pals Paper Arts colour challenge and was one of the Artists' Pick of the week. Well now the same project has been selected as a Best-Dressed of the Year! I am amazed at how excited I am by this - woohoo. This was a project I got from Andrea Walford - she and her sister are amazing paper-crafters; definitely check out their Papercrafters' Library. It is an amazing site. Well this is just the "kick in the pants" I need to get the New Year mojo going. Happy New Year Everyone!

Meg

Paper Players Challange: Golden Vanilla Cherry! A trilogy...

Hello Everyone,
Obviously entering the Paper Players challenge twice wasn't enough - I had to go for the Trifecta. I bought this stamp at a local crafting store called Heather's Stamping Haven. This stamp is by the Stamp Barn which is a local stamp company. It reminds me of a typical Canadian winter country scene. When I saw the colour combo at the Paprer Players, This card just popped into my head. I think it is the epitome of CAS - I hope you like it.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Paper Players Challange: Golden Vanilla Cherry! The Sequel

Hello Everyone,
As I mentioned in my last post, I loved that challenge so much and my new PTI goodies, I had to make two cards. So here is the second - thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Paper Players Challange: Golden Vanilla Cherry!

Hello Everyone,
I love this week's challange over at Paper Players - a CAS combo of Gold, Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla. What a delicious combination. I used my new PTI wonderful words stamp set and dies to make this card. I love the classic look and feel of it. I was so pleased I made two! See my next post for the other one!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

PPA 123: Puttin' on the Glitz!

Hello Everyone,
I was checking out PTI's Make it Monday video and learned how to do a masked glitter background. It creates such a gorgeous effect and is super-easy, once you know what you are doing. You should check it out. So, When I saw that this week's Pals Paper Arts challenge was puttin' on the ritz - I knew I had to try this technique. I used a nestability Snowflake to create the mask and went crazy with the purple and silver glitter. This card sparkles like there is no tomorrow in real life. Anyway, thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

O Tanenbaum

Hello Stampers,
I saw this die at Heather's Stamping Haven here in Ottawa and just loved the whimsical simplicity of it. I am loving these flat steel dies - they are so easy to use and store. This particular die is from a company in the Netherlands called Marianne Designs. I think what appealed to me most about this tree is that the shape of it reminds me of the silhouette of a fir tree with big pillows of snow on the branches. Anyway, I cased this card from Christina at My Paper Secret. I loved the simple cheeriness of the card. I used Old Olive, and Certainly Celery for the trees and the sentiment is from "Curly Cute" stamp set. Hope you like it.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Christmas Wine Tag

Hello Everyone,
I recently ordered some things from Papertreyink for the first time - I can tell you it won't be the last; the quality of their dies and stamps is exceptional. I got this wine tag die and am loving it. This is a tag I designed using the Wonderful Words stamp set and Holiday Die collection. The little holly leaves were made with a Cheery Lynn die and the Berries were punched with a single hole punch and glitter foam I got at the $ store. Easy and what a great way to dress up a bottle of wine.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

I am back...Paper Players Challenge: CAS White, Navy, and Silver

Hello Everyone,

When I saw this week's Paper Players Challenge, I knew I had to enter. I haven't blogged in awhile. Life this school year has been much busier and while I am still crafting away, I have not posted anything. So, here it goes. I finally broke down and purchased a few things from Papertrey Ink. I love their thin dies and they make the snowy hills on this card so easy. Of course I had to use my new favourite holiday set "Christmas Lodge". Ironically, when I first saw this set, it did nothing for me. Then I saw the cards people were creating with it and knew that I had to have it. It has been one of my best-sellers at classes and workshops too. I hope you like the card - it was inspired by many in the gallery at splitcoaststampers, so go check it out and get casing!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Out of Nowhere

Hello Everyone,
This card really seemed to come out of nowhere. The pink pirouette frame was a cut out I did with my silhouette - I just wanted to see what it would look like and decided a soft pink would be pretty. Then I thought the cut was so intricate and beautiful it didn't need an image - maybe just a sentiment. This one from Word Play looked like the perfect match and I decided to stamp it with melon mambo - then I thought that a melon mambo background would offset the soft pink perfectly. I had this pre-cut in my stash and was going to trim down the excess, but decided to run a ribbon strip along it instead. This morning as I blog-hopped, I came across Papertrey Ink's make it Monday video on Nicole Heady's blog - this showed how you could use copic's to create stripes on plain ribbon. I have some copics, but none that seemed to fit the emerging colour scheme, so I decided just to try my melon mambo stampin' write marker. Well that worked out perfectly! I still thought the main panel looked like it needed something more, when I spied a felt flower I had rolled for another project, but never used - it looked bare on its own and lo and behold in my scrap basket were some extra toppers from this project - perfect leaves! So on it went; I mounted it all on a Whisper White base and voila! I love the way it turned out - the card that came out of nowhere! TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

PPA 105: Delightful, Lucky, Indigo Doilies!

Hi Everyone.
I saw this card on Splitcoast and knew it would make a great card set; so when I saw the colours for this week's Pals Paper Arts challenge, this card popped to mind. I love the simplicity of it and the colour combo is striking. I am looking at using designs like to sell in sets - they are easy to make in mass quantities. Thanks for looking!

Happy stamping,
Meg

Bargello - Finally tried it!

Hello Stampers,
Well I saw this Bargello technique a while ago on Splitcoast and decided it might be a neat technique to do with my club ladies. I used the tutorial on Splitcoast and found it to be quite easy to follow. I decided to pick a straight forward pattern for the paper (In Colours DP); I used Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, and Concord Crush - I am pleased with the way it turned out. I will definitely do this one at club.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Tryin' to get my mojo back

I have been feeling quite blah lately and seem to have lost my stamping mojo - so today Idecided to make a concerted effort to get it back by doing some direct casing of cards. I have not really used my new delicate doilies set, so I decided to ink that up. These cards are the result. The first card I cased from this one at Jen's Ink Spot. I love the way it turned out. The other two I cased from splitcoaststampers - here and here. I also love the way these cards turned out. They were all fairly quick and easy too. I have a feeling that is going to become a real go-to set.

Happy Stamping,

Meg

PPA 101: Summer Blues with a little silver too!

My husband is turning the big "50" on Monday and we will be at sea on a wonderful Caribbean cruise. This is why I have the cruise ship motif for his card. I made this with my silhouette sd - I love this machine, as the possibilities are endless. I used Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue and Marina Mist which fit the PPA colour challenge this week. Ilove the way it turned out - I am sure he is going to love it too. Thanks for looking.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Treat Bags and More...

Hello Stamper's,
I was having some of my gal pals over for a girls' night in and decided that I would do loot bags; I am a member at the Paper Crafter's Library (PCL) run by the amazing Amanda Walford and her sister Sofia - they posted a tutorial on how to make these great little gift bags; they are so easy and what a great way to use up straggle sheets of DSP. These were a perfect fit for my loot bags - I filled them with a little notebook holder, some chocolate, emery boards, and personalized coasters. They loved them. The one I have pictured here is for my best friend who had a terrible week; clearly a terrible week deserves a little treat. I had so much fun putting them together. Be sure to check out PCL - I love it, the membership is worth it!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

PPA 97 First Communion Card

Hello Stampers,
A while ago I saw this idea on this blog posting. I loved the idea, but did not have the occasion to use it - until now. My neighbour's daughter is receiving her first communion today and I wanted to make her a card. This cross immediately jumped into my brain. I love the way this card turned out. I hope Briya likes it too! I also think this card is pretty indicative of my style of stamping - simple, straight forward and elegant. Perfect for PPA 97: What's Your Signature Style challenge. Thanks for looking! Details for this card are here.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

New Toys!

Hello Stampers,
I got my pre-order with my new cattie and stamps. So, I decided to play. I made this card with the new stamp set "My Friend"; I am really enjoying it. I chose colours that I don't usually use and I quite like the way it turned out. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Stamps: My Friend
Accessories: Basic Rhinestones

I Love my new Silhouette!

Hello Stampers,
See that beautiful Daisy Lace on my card - it took a long time to cut by hand. Not! It took just a couple of minutes with the Silhouette SD - my new best friend! I have been eyeing this machine for awhile and man am I glad I finally caved. It does the most intricate cutting and instead of buying cartridges, you simply download the images from their online store. If you are super-talented you can design your own images to print or cut or both! I just love it. Over the next few days I will be posting more projects. I have a feeling I will not be buying dies etc... very often anymore. Most of the images you can download are $ 0.99 - pretty inespensive compared to buying dies. You can download the software free in order to check out their image store. I am so pleased - as if you couldn't tell. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe
Stamps: Perfect Punches
Ink: Tempting Turquoise
CS: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Silhouette, Basic Rhinestones

Paper Players #49: Anything Goes

Hello Stampers,
When I saw these flowers I knew I had to learn to make them. I saw them first here which had a link to the tutorial here. They are so super-easy and can be done in a variety of mediums - I have made them in felt, foam, and cardstock; felt is my favourite, but the others are fun too. Be careful because if you give this a try, you will be addicted! I thought this would be perfect for the Paper Players Anything Goes challenge this week. Thanks for looking!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card recipe:
Stamps: Sincere Salutations, Fabulous Frames
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Whisper White
Accessories: White, Green, Pink (dark and light) felt, basic pearls

Fabulous Florets: MDS Hybrid

Hello Stampers,
I just discovered the blog My Pink Mexico and have been doing some casing! Today's card is one I cased from this card. These are not normally colours I would choose, but something about this card just caught my interest. I don't have the Fabulous Florets stampset, but did get the brush set for My Digital Studio - I think it is too much like Fifth Avenue Floral. I created the background on MDS and printed it. I also did a sheet of the flower that I cut out - I did them in all different colours and will cut them out and use them in later projects. I like the way it turned out. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Cheep Talk (Branch, MDS), Fabulous Florets (MDS), Wordplay
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Ink: Early Espresso, Melon Mambo, Plim, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Basic Pearl

PPA 95: CAS with Brads - Look Familiar?

Hello Stampers,
You may recognize this card from Tuesday's post - can you spot the difference? Instead of the buttons and pearls I used on the last card, I used brads in order to play along with Pals Paper Arts. I love these challenges. I have to admit I think I like the brads better than the buttons and pearls. I had to take this picture in low light, so it looks like Very Vanilla, but it is in fact Whisper White and PPoint. I love the little rose made using the Sizzix 3-d Flower die - they are much easier to roll in felt than they are in paper. What do you think - buttons and pearls or the simplicity of brads? TFL - Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Beyond the Garden (MDS), PPoint, WWhite
Stamps: Wordplay - Love it!
Accessories: blue metallic brads, basic pearls, rosette

Another Hybrid card

Hello Stampers,
I am really enjoying making hybrid cards. I made this one by printing the background DSP from MDS - it is one of the patterns found in the Beyond the Garden DSP. I used the sentiment from Word Play; I waited awhile to get this set, and I am loving it. I made the rose from some felt I got at another craft store - the die cut I used is the Sizzix 3-d Flower die; I love this die. I used the Pacific Point buttons and put some basic pearls in the centers. I am really thrilled with the way this card turned out. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Wordplay
Cardstock: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Beyond the Garden DSP
Ink: Pacific  Point
Accessories: Sizzix 3-d flower die, PPpoint buttons, Basic Pearls, Large and Small Oval Nesties

Hybrid Cards

Hello Stampers,
It has been awhile; I really admire those of you who manage to post everyday - it really is a lot of work and a real commitment. This is a hybrid card I made. I cased a couple of different cards - you can find them here and here. I will be doing this card at my next club meeting. I want to show how easy it is to use MDS to create background papers on which you can stamp. I wasn't thrilled with the stamp selection in the Summer Mini - so I didn't order any. I did order a couple for MDS though (Open Sea and Fabulous Florets). I have also started doing this with designer papers too. I find that in each pack of designer paper there are always pages I don't like and never use. Ordering these through MDS allows me to save money and to simply print/use the deisgns I do like. I saw the technique of using the baker's twine as a frame on someone's blog - I don't remember whose, but if I come across it, I will link it. I love the way this card turned out. Hope you are all having a great long weekend (those of you in Canada). TFL.


Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Crumb Cake
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, Whisper White, White Embossing powder
Stamps: Open Sea (MDS), Wordplay, Well-Scripted
Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, copper brads, Large scallop border, 3/4" circle punch

PPA 89 - Again!

Hello Everyone,
I was at Heather's Stamping Haven (a local stamping store) and fell for this little set - it has 3 little inserts for the martini glass, but I thought this one (flower and the adorable little bird) were perfect for the PPA 89: fashion flower inspiration challenge. Thanks for checking it out.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Watercolour Paper, Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight
Stamp: Stamp Barn "A Maritni For all Season's", Short and Sweet
Accessories: Copics, Tangerine Tango Stampin' Write marker, Yellow rhinestones, Elegant Bouquet EF

Long time no Blog! PPA 89

Hello Everyone,
Spring is definitely here - we have been experiencing lots of April rain in my neck of the woods. I finally got a chance to play with some of my Summer Mini Catalogue sneak peaks - the triple layer flower punch! I love it. In this card I combined it with the inlaid embossing technique and I think it is a wonderful combination. This is a  simple layout, but simply changing up the colour combo you can create a bunch of different looks. This week Pals Paper Arts is featuring a spring flower theme challenge, so I thought this card would be perfect.

Happy Stamping,

.

Meg

Card Recipe
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Accessories: light and dark pink rhinestones, Triple Layer Flower punch, Square lattice EF

Wow! Two Post in one day! Time to play Paper Players #37

Hello Again,
When I saw that the Paper Players Challenge this week was spring themed, Awash with Flowers immediately sprung to mind. I love this stamp set and have not used it in awhile. I decided to keep it pink and simple. I stamped the flower outlines with Melon Mambo and used Pink Pirouette to fill them in. I also christened my new Spellbinders Impressibility plate - got to say I love it. I thought this card looked fresh and Eastery, so I added the Easter sentiment from the Well-Scripted ... I wish this set had not retired as I love the swirly script and the variety of sentiments. The rhinestone is coloured with a pink copic - I am not that you can see it in the photo, but it does have a light pink hue to it in real life. It was fun to make a simple card. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

SR #62 Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello Everyone,
I saw this great card on Sandi MacIver's blog and immediately downloaded the free tutorial to make it. I knew it would be a perfect St. Patty's Day card for my parents. It took me awhile to get around to making it, but I am so pleased with the results. I changed things up a bit - made it an easel card and used a Hero Arts Shamrock as the central image.  It didn't start out as glittery as it ended up - but I like it! The lattice die definitely has a real celtic flair to it. The green glitter paper is from that fab big box crafting store. I bought a whole bunch in all different colours when they were having a buy-one-get-one. I think this is perfect for the Stampin Royalty challenge this week. Anyway, thanks for looking.

Happy Stamping,

Meg

Long Time No Post and PPA 83 Colour Challenge

Well Hello Everyone,
I apologize for the long absence - I have been creating, but for some reason have not gotten around to posting things; but that is all about to change. When I saw that the Pals Paper Arts colour challenge was featuring Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake I knew that I had to post this project I made recently. I love it. I got the idea from the wonderfully talented Andrea Walford. If you go to her blog and subscribe to her Sunny Stampin' Ideas newsletter, she will send you these great project ideas every two weeks - complete with pdf tutorial -amazing. This tea holder was one of the projects from the newsletter. This tutorial is also available on her wonderful new website Paper Crafters' Library - it is worth every penny of the subscription fee. The tutorial was very easy to follow and I felt this project was perfect for the stamp set Morning Cup. The flower on the top was made from the two step owl punch - it was a tutorial I found here at Valita's Fresh Folds. Thanks for looking and definitely check out all 4 blogs: PPA, Sunny Stampin', Valita's Designs, and PCL!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

PPA 79: Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red

Hello Everyone,
This week PPA has given us a colour challenge: certainly celery, ridinghood red, and rich razzleberry. This was a challenge until this card popped into my head! I love the vintage old world charm this colour combo has when paired with Crumb Cake. I must admit that I used Pear Pizzazz seam binding instead of certainly celery, as I just love the suppleness of the seam binding. I used the sizzix 3-D flower die to make the flowers - it definitely takes practice, but once you get the rolling down they are really quick to put together and look fabulous - if I do say so myself. I used both Ridinghood Red and Rich Razzleberry to make the largest flower. It may be hard to see the two colours in the photo, but in real life it looks quite striking. I haven't inked up my Oval All set in awhile and think this sentiment fits, especially with the sray of flowers. Thanks for checking out my creation. Let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping,
Meg


Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding, Modern Label Punch, Wide Oval Punch and Large Oval Punch, Sizzix 3-D Flower die, Elegant Lines EF, Basic Pearls, and Large Pearls

PPA 78 Owls, Ribbon, and Bows - Oh My!

For a long time I resisted investing in ribbon, thinking it made cards too fussy. Obviously, I have changed my mind. Sometimes ribbon just adds that perfect element. I don't usually do the ruffled look, but was casing this beautiful card and decided to give it a try. I love the way things turned out. I changed a couple of things up - adding the bow and the little hearts. The bow is in accordance with this week's PPA 78 challenge. I also used glimmer paper instead of the Baja Breeze chunky glitter. I don't have the glitter and found this glimmer paper at the big box craft store - I think it is a perfect match with Baja Breeze. It still amazes me that when I was first introduced to Baja Breeze I didn't like it at all; my how things have changed - it is now one of my favourite colours. I am not sure how CAS this card is, but there is no real stamping (does the letterpress count?), and it was actually really easy to put together. I used shimmer versamark to ink up the letterpress and then embossed it in clear EP. I am not sure if the picture shows the slight shimmer in the letters, but it is there in real life. TFL. Leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Ink:  versamark shimmer, clear EP
Accessories: Baja Breeze Seam Binding, Glimmer paper, 2 step Owl Punch, Bird Punch, Large circle nesties, small heart punch, lots of  love letterpress plate.

Valentine for my Guy! PPA and Paper Players Entry

I decided to go ahead and make my husband's Valentine's Day Card. After getting the beautiful glimmer paper from SU! I saw that the big box craft store had the same paper in a variety of different and fabulous colours - so I immediately bought a bunch. The lattice is cut from black glimmer paper and is really striking in real life. I am also pleased with the contrast of textures on this card; I like that it has flash and sparkle, but still maintains its masculinity. Click on over to these fabulous challenges for plenty of inspiration: PPA and Paper Players. TFL.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Red and Black Glimmer paper, Real red, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Real Red
Stamps: Valentine Defined
Accessories: Large Heart Punch, Lattice Bigz Die, Scallop Oval punch, small oval punch, square lattice embossing folder

Playful Pieces Birthday

Hi Everyone,
Wow - two posts in one day! Imagine. I saw this card on Northshore stamper's site and fell in love with it, so I had to case it. I loved the bright cheery colour combo. It looks deceptively simple, but it was a little finnicky to put together. I think it is cute and could be used for a male or female recipient. Thanks for looking!

Happy Stamping,
Meg


Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Playful Pieces, Perfect Punches
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist
Cardstock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist
Accessories: Curly Label Punch, Cherry Cobbler Sean Binding

Fifth Avenue Birthday - Curtain Call Colour Challenge Act 65

Hi Everyone,
Time to share another card with you. I decided to play along with the curtain call colour challenge this week. The colours are whisper white, wild wasabi, pacific point, real red, and pumpkin pie. At first I was scratching my head, and then this card came to me. It is a little "Warholesque", but I like the way it turned out. I love the Fifth Avenue Floral set and I hadn't inked it up in a long time, so it felt good to put it to use. Thanks for looking.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Fifth Avenue Floral, Fabulous Phrases
Cardstock: pumpkin pie, real red, wild wasabi, pacific point, whisper white, basic black
Ink: Real Red, Versamark, White EP
Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, small oval punch, glitter brads

PPA Inspiration Punch Pourri

This is another card I am doing for my "Love Letters" Valentine class. I was inspired by this card. I love the way this card turned out. I must admit that of all the new colours SU! has introduced, Cherry Cobbler is my favourite. I thought this would also be a good entry for Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge this week. I think that on Valentine's Day we should focus on all types of love, not just romantic love. Thanks for visiting and please let me know what you think of my creation!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe
Stamp set: Punch Pourri, Fabulous phrases
Cardstock Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler
Ink Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Versamark
Accessories Basic Pearls, Cheery Cobbler seam Binding, Vintage Wallpaper EF, 2 step bird punch, Large Heart punch, small Heart punch, White EP,

Birthday Bonanza

Hello Everyone,
I have another card to post. This one is for my Birthday Bonanza class - we will be making some birthday cards. This is my masculine card selection. I cased it from this card. As you can see I changed it up a little. I love this embossed effect. I did all the stripes, then ran it through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice EF. I love this technique because it makes stripes looked stamped or embedded in the paper. I did this with a Christmas card, using a snowflake. Anyway I think it is a simple and effective technique. Hope you like it!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Card Recipe:
Cardstock: Whisper WHite, Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Grey
Ink: Cherry Cobbler and Tempting Turquoise Markers
Accessories: Pewter Jumbo Grommets, Scallop Square punch, square lattice EF, 1 3/8" square punch.

Valentine's Class

Boy it sure doesn't take long to let a resolution fall by the wayside! I had said in my previous post that I was going to try to stay on top of posting by doing at least 3 a week. That worked out well - but then again this is a new week and there is lots of time to do three posts. I guess I enjoy surfing other people's posts more than spending the few minutes it takes to put my own together! Well, I have a couple of classes coming up and some challenges I would like to enter, so here I am posting. These two cards are for my upcoming "Love Letters" class. We will be making valentines of every kind. The "Pink Sparkler" - as I like to call it - I cased from the amazing Northshore Stamper. I changed it up a little bit, since I don't have the red glitter paper that is in SU!'s new mini-catalogue. I did however happened to stop at a big box crafting store and buy all kinds of other colours of glitter paper (currently 2 for 1). I stamped the bottom of the card base with crumb cake and the En Francais, then tied some of the delicious new crumb cake seam binding (occasions mini) around it, layered the heart and Voila!
The second card I used the new letterpress from SU! It says to use craft ink, but this is inked up with Melon Mambo classic ink and I think it turned out just fine. I punched a hole with my 1" circle punch in one of the O's and backed it with turquoise glitter and then popped a small punched pink glitter heart in the centre. I love the way it turned out.

Happy Stamping,
Meg