"Fun in the Sun"

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I was so excited to have the opportunity to play with the "BEACH DAY" stamp set. Just look at this adorable image!!!
Does she not just scream "paper piecing"? It was all I could do not to try and use everyone of the stamps at once. Not sure you can really see how I stamped the little border of seashells with Versamark ink then stamped over them with the sentiment "Fun in the Sun"?

Because I wanted to use that sentiment, I gave my little girl a little "sunburn" but I also used a yellow felt flower (thank you PAT) and button to resemble the SUN. Cute eeeh?
CHALLENGES I USED:
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Use the photo above (I liked the colors & of course beachy)
Cute Card Thursday: Summer
Simon Says Stamp: Photo Inspiration (I liked the turquoise)
Easy Craft Projects: Summer
Freshly Brewed: Summertime
Stampavie: Sparkling (I added glitter to the butterly in the center of her bathing suit)
Crafty Calendar: Summer (Glitterbabe is sponsoring this)

Christmas meets Halloween = Versatility

Versatility, mixing & matching or just looking past the obvious uses of some of your stamps not only stretches the dollar but makes your stamp investments so much more valuable. Although I don't have to justify my stamp addiction purchases to DH, sometimes I have to justify them to MYSELF. Take another look at the card I created today. The orange strip of patterned paper was created using stamps from a Penny Black Crystalline Christmas Stamp set....I am trying real hard to NOT HOARD the Hero Arts pearls that I placed in the center of some of my images. Are they not FUN.
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..........Supplies I used...........
Stamps: Penny Black (crystalline), Inkadinkado (haunted birdhouse), Imaginisce (snag em Spooky)
Patterned Paper: Me & My Big Ideas (coastal culture black flocked stripes), Crate Paper (orange polka dots), Karen Foster (spider web black)
Cardstock: Stampin Up (basic black, confetti white, orange)
Ink: Copic Markers, Momento (tuxedo black), Stampin Up (basic black, close to cocoa)
Tools: Martha Stewart (leaf punch)
Misc: Hero Arts (black pearls)

2nd Post of the Day - Micey Nice Day

I certainly hope that you are "Having a Micey nice day"..... I am back from holiday and was able to release my MOJO that I had locked away in my craft studio (aka "the closet"). Make sure that you check the Sneak Peek post below this one for a chance to WIN "the stamp set of the day"!!

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I used all of the products mentioned above for today's card. Once again I have only allowed the very edge of of a punched border to peek out. The green Rik Rak looking border was created with the Martha Stewart "arch lattice" edge punch. These sweet little mice are from the Penny Black "Micey Day" stamp set and they were stamped, colored with my Copics, cut out, then mounted on foam squares. I added a little diamond glaze to the cherries that are on the outside of the bowl and a double portion of glaze to one of the cherries on the inside.
Thanks for visiting me today, make sure to leave a comment so that I can come and check out your blog. I am always on the look out for new inspiration.

................Supplies I used..................
Stamps: Penny Black (micey day)
Paper: Stampin' Up (rockabilly specialty, wild wasabi), Gina K (red & white pure luxury 120lb)
Tools: Martha Stewart (arch lattice edge punch), Spellbinders (Nestabilities circles, tags), Marvy Uchida (purple scalloped circle)
Ink: Copic markers, Momento (tuxedo black)
Misc: Makie Memories (ribbon, rhinestones), Diamond Glaze, K&Co (dimensional squares)