Good NEWS and Happy Monday!

Hello fellow stampers!

Hope you have some great plans to start your week off. Well first off I bet you are wondering what I am doing posting...well, guess what...Laura has asked me to stay on the Design Team through August! YEA ME!

I have created a get well card, using believe it or not the "Happy Camper" set from Creative Clear Stamps. I got to thinking that BUG OFF would be super cute for someone who is feeling yucky with a bug! :-) ha!

I used my labels nestable to cut out the stamped image and a little punch to do my bugs.

Till next Monday have a super week!

Just a little bug

Just another fun didly with the Get Well set. :)

For this one, I embossed the little buggy in white on a red paper. :) And used some fun punches to make the bug stand out more. The bottom is just decorated with some fun papers!

This card could just be perfect for a kid as well as a get well card. :) Since I left a sentiment off, you could use it in so many more ways than just a get well card!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Slipping in under the wire...

So normally I've been splitting my projects into separate posts -- gotta provide some excitement for you all right? :D Unfortunately for you all, I've been running around like a chicken w/o a head.

So we're gonna cram a bunch of projects in this post and a post tomorrow. Sorry kiddos! On another note, I do have two projects for next month all ready since I'll be on a business trip for most of August. So those will be scheduled in for your viewing excitement.

Shall we begin?

Ok, so aside from candy treats, I figured we'd make one a little more friendly on the teeth. ;-) When we were younger, my mom would pass out bookmarks for Halloween... and I used to wonder why no one ever came to our house... Yeah... But these are so much cuter and I'm sure they'll make my house this year a real treat. ;-) Ok... I won't be too mean - we'll throw some candy with it as well!

This is a fun little bookmark made with both the Gone Fishing set and the Pattern Alphabet set. The text background is just from an old book I found laying around. Who wouldn't want to crack open a book just to see this cutie patootie worm? ;-)

These are just some mini cards I whipped up with the Get Well Set. Mini cards are great for attaching to some flowers from your garden, some homemade goodies, etc. They're also perfect for those just because cards. And cos they're so small, they're a lot quicker to whip up when you're busy!

Thoughts of Love

Not sure about you guys, but I have a hard time with cards suitable for my husband. The poor guy though has gladly put up with pink glittery heart cards (aside from the glitter, he doesn't seem to mind at all!) However, I've been trying to give him less glittery girly cards. ;-)

When I first got my stamp sets for the month, I thought it'd be fun to create some patterned paper with the thought bubble from Get Well. Makes me think of some weird modern art. ;-) Anyhoo, after I stamped it all up and put the card together I felt it still needed something. So I stamped another thought bubble and stamped the word love inside. I cut that buddy out and then added some glossy accents for some umph. I think it turned out to be a fun card to show I'm thinking of him.

I know I started this saying it could be a great guy card but I feel like the ribbon doesn't take away from the masculine-ness of it. Don't EVER take away my ribbon! I couldn't resist -- however, a strip of paper would do the trick too! ;-)

What crafty thing can you NOT live without? ;-)