Stamps: Zoofari, Sweet Serendipity Inks: Basic Gray Papers: Carbon (retired), Basic Gray, Vanilla Accessories: Brads, Ticket Corner punch, markers, sponges, tag punch Great for a little boys birthday, and so cute and quick. Cut your DSP to 4 x 4. Sponge edges with basic gray. Stamp rhinocerous in basic gray. Color in. Punch paper with ticket corner punch. Sponge edges. Layer on basic gray. Adhere to Carbon DSP. Stamp greeting from Sweet Serendipity. Punch out using tag punch and adhere to card base. Voila - instant card.

So very sorry for no posts this week, or at least no crafty ones. My kids are at day camp all week. We leave at 7 am and get home at 7 pm. I have been hanging out at Archiver's inbetween stuff I have scheduled during the week working on my Convention swaps. Needless to say, that after being gone for 12 hours and the heat and humidity of the week, all three of us are pooped when we get home. Stay cool, stay inside, stay stamping!

{me} If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning! -Catherine Bird

Stamps, Simply Said, Canvas, flower stem of choice Inks: Certainly Celery, Versamark Papers: Certainly Celery, White, Old Olive, DSP Celery Accessories: White Taffeta ribbon, celery button, paper piercer, sponge, dimensionals, Crystal Effects Stamp flower head in celery on white. Pierce a flower stem free hand. *Or stamp a flower stem of your choosing using versamark as an outline. Pierce holes following stamp. Adhere to celery layer then olive layer. Tie taffeta ribbon around piece. Glue button to flower center using Crystal Effects. Set aside for a few minutes to let glue set. Stamp canvas on white. Adhere to celery card base. Adhere a narrow strip of DSP of choosing to card. Adhere ribbon flower accent to card using dimensionals. Voila!

Stamps: So cool, Canvas Inks: Brilliant Blue, Old Olive Papers: Old Olive, More Mustard, Bashfull Blue, Confetti White Accessories: Twill ribbon, mustard brads, circle punch (non-SU!), My Way punch Stamp canvas on bashful blue in brilliant blue. Adhere to mustard piece. punch out a circle. Stamp Dude stamp on white. Mount underneath blue and mustard layers. Adhere all to card base. Adhere a strip of twill at top of card and place brads. Fringe twill by pulling some lose threads. Adhere an arrow from my way punch of confetti white. Done. Voila!