New Stocking Punch and Stamp Set

Hi Stampers!  I hope you have been enjoying your weekend.  I hope you had today off, too.  I've been relaxing and stamping this weekend.  I played with some new items that can be found in the Holiday Mini.  Too much fun!

Aren't they adorable?!?  See how versatile this set/punch can be?  You can use it all year long.  The baby booties are just cut and the top re-attached to make them shorter and the horse is turned upside down.  I just love it when you can use a stamp set or punch for other things!

That's it for today.  If you need these items, you can visit my online store at tory.stampinup.net or give me a call!  Enjoy the rest of the day and remember if I can stamp, you can, too!

Stamping with my sis

Hello again. I told you I'd share what I was up to with my sister over the weekend, so, here we go. It's always more fun to stamp with another stamper, so my sister (and sometimes another friend) and I get together every so often and play with our stamps. Last weekend she came to my house (hmm...I bet she always wants to come to my house because I have a Big Shot...) and we had a GREAT time making cards and 3-D items. Here's what I made.

All SU! ingredients unless otherwise noted.

Daisy card: cardstock: WW, Brocade Blue,

ink: Summer Sun, Brocade Blue, Garden Green, other: paper snips, dimensionals, white satin ribbon (colored with summer sun marker), markers in Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie,

Stamps: Upsy Daisy

Pillow Box: Card stock: Brocade Blue,

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Old Olive,

Stamps: Branch Out, Great Friend

Other: Big Shot, Pillow Box die, 2 Way Glue Pen, glitter

Mini Pizza Box: cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke

Ink: Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy

Stamps: Yummy

Other: Scallop Circle Punch, 5 Petal Punch, non-SU! pearl stickers.

You may have noticed that one flower on the daisy card is popped up. Well, I have to confess that I am NOT a detailed cutting freak! It was just one of those "opportunities for creative embellishment." LOL I got carried away with my marker and "shading" that one flower. SO...out came the stamp and I re-tamped and cut out THAT flower and "fixed" it. No fatal mistakes. LOL

Until next time, remember, if I can stamp, you can, too!

Saturday Sketch Challenge 108

Here is the sketch for this week over at Stamping 411 and my interpretation of it. I had a LOT of "blank" space so I chose a "busier" DSP for my background. I took the liberty of enlarging my images by quite a bit and punched my image to attach it. I didn't have any Tempting Turquoise paper, so I sponged some Whisper White with the ink and punched it out with the scalloped circle punch. The flowers are stamped with Green Galore and the Polka Dot Punch stamp set from SAB 2009. The sentiment is from sweet Little Sentiments and the DSP is Sweet Slumber (both which retired 7/1/09). I thnk it looks better IRL. The camera really washed the color out of this one! Let me know what you think, and remember, If I can stamp, you can, too!