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