No Time to Stamp!! Ugh!!!

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted!!! I finally received my pre-order and the new colors are more awesome in person than in the catalog! I love them all!!! Now if I can just set aside some time to actually make something!!! How do you know when you have had no time to stamp???? You know when you go to your monthly upline's meeting and you only have ONE, yes I said (wrote) ONE, card to share!!! Something has got to go-my family must either stop eating or wearing clothes!!!!!! I must have some stamping time!!!!!

I did make some thank-you gifts for our homeschool support group board members. I made them a quick set of cards using the Puns From the Past stamp set. I even decorated the envelopes. I wanted to make a folio to put these in but. . . ah well I did make the cards and got most of them delivered (sorry Kris-you will get yours at stamp club). How do you like the frame around the sewing machine??? I just punched 2 round tab punches, one Very Vanilla and one Always Artichoke, and lined them up together-pretty cool huh?? Somebody else has probably already done this but it is new to me! The DSP is from the Hostess Print Pack.

My stamp club is tonight and of course the cards we are going to make are awesome!!! One of them is just too stinkin' cute!! I copied an idea out of the Stampin' Success magazine for demos and used Wild About You stamp set. Another card I CASED from Jackie! If you want to see some really beautiful cards check out her blog, Kreate With Me 2. She is so faithful about posting every day and her creations are loverly! Well I just heard the dryer buzzer and I guess I should vaccuum & dust before stamp club!!!

Puns From the Past Cards & Folio

This is a set of 4 cards I made with a matching folio. I was inspired by a set of cards I saw on Christine's Creations some time ago. I loved the color combination of Riding Hood Red, Kraft, and Chocolate Chip. I must admit that this was my favorite new set out of this catalog but I think I have only used it twice. I just love the images and the sayings are a hoot!!
The flowers on the front of the folio are punched with the 5-Petal flower punch and layered with a felt flower and a rhinestone brad. I don't have a small alphabet set so I just hand wrote "cards".

















The folio is very easy to make. Cut a piece of card stock (I used textured card stock) 10 1/4" by 9" and score it at 5" and 5 1/4" (or 5" from each side giving you a 1/4" spine) along the 10 1/4" width. Then score the 9" side at 3" to make the pockets. Fold up the bottom where you scored at 3" and cut out the little strip in the middle. A picture is worth a thousand words so . . . Here is a photo of the inside of another folio I made. I make my folio with a spine so cards with embellishments will fit.

If the rain holds off I am going to plant at least some of my garden. Right now it is really muddy and I think I would sink to my knees!!!