I have several birthday cards to make for this month and decided to use The Paper Players Challenge this week as my inspiration. This week Sandy Mathis has challenged us to use buttons on our projects. I decided to use a stamp set that has not gotten a lot of use – Label Love. One of the stamps has a blank circle in the middle perfect for my buttons. The DSP used as the background…
I took advantage of the recent DSP promotion and ordered the Flowerpot DSP. This was not one of those had to have DSP packs however with the promotion I decided to give it a whirl and I am thrilled I did. While the floral designs might not be my first choice I love the small designs on the other side of many of the papers. This card was created around one of the Flowerpot DSP…
The sketch for Freshly Made Sketches drew me in this week. The sketch is by Jen Timko I did not stray from the sketch as the idea of a button drew me to the sketch in the first place. I purchased several of the border stamp sets from the annual catalog and thought they might be fun to use with this sketch. The base of the card is Daffodil Delight. The stamp set is…
A few months ago Stampin' Up! had a special promotion to sign up for Paper Pumpkin for half price the first month to encourage stampers/crafters to give it a try. This was enough to persuade me to give it a try. I have now received three Paper Pumkin Kits and I am loving it. This month's Paper Pumpkin included six wonderful BlackBerry Bliss and White striped boxes, an entire spool of white satin ribbon,…
