I know I'm late but hopefully you'll forgive me when you find out what's been happening at my house and see that I have some stamping inspiration for you today. RENOVATION... Ever been through a kitchen renovation that involves changes in the dining room and living room? I wish I had thought to ask for advice earlier but will still take any and all advice. Skip down if you've read enough.
After Christmas we took a trip to see our granson and then came home to put away our tree and household decorations and pack, pack, pack. Now that we have a temporary kitchen in our family room and are watching the demolition I'm finally free to show you all the exciting Stamping Up toys that Santa brought for me this Christmas.
These new punches and clear mount stamps have been calling my name throughout the packing. Finally I've had time to play with them and just LOVE how these punches are so compact, stand up and show the image on the "top" (or end depending on how you store them.) I will never give up my old whale tail punches but both of these products will certainly take care of my storage issues as they take up so little space. The clear mount sets come in a thin case that shows all stamp images on the spine. I can just line them up on my shelf and see exactly what stamp are inside. Talk about helpful! Though I have never been a fan of cling stamps before I do love these ones 'cause they are made of the samp high quality rubber as our wood block stamps and give a crisp, clear image that will remain that way over time. You have got to try them to know what I'm talking about. Now on to the fun...
These little cards are a bit addictive to create so I kind of got into a sunny groove while playing with my new products. (maybe because I've been stuck inside for days or maybe because it's been a bit overcast in Ottawa) Anyway I'm creating my own sunshine. From left to right you see: Crushed Curry, More Mustard and Summer Sun. The birds were quickly punched out with our Extra Large Two-Step bird punch (117191 page 11 of the occasions mini catalogue), the gingerbread along the roof top was made with the Scallop Trim Border punch (118402 FREE from our Sale-a-Bration catalogue page 9). Vintage Labels set made the trim around the bird house entrance (FREE SAB set page 4) and Vintage Vogue stamp set finishes off the detail at the bottom of the birdhouse. All stamping and sponging was done in Rich Razzleberry.
I do have more new stuff to show you and I'm back in the stampin-posting groove until we have to unpack the kitchen, living room and dining room. Somehow I imagine that process to be a lot more rewarding. If anyone's interested I'll post pictures of our renovations.
LOVE this birdhouse design! Now, I'm really glad I decided to go ahead and get this bird punch!
TFS!
Cindy
Posted by: Cindy Major | January 18, 2010 at 01:59 PM