Nestabilities Card

Here is the card that I made for my MIL for Mother's Day. My Nestabilities that I ordered from Cut@Home (http://www.ucutathome.com/index.php) FINALLY arrived in April from being on back order from February. You can sign up for their newsletter and use their 40% off coupon on the Nestabilities. While I'm not a patient person, I don't have an option since I'm a hobby demonstrator. I'm always looking for deals and have enough other stuff in my craft room to keep me busy until they arrive. I haven't had much time to play with them, but as soon as I got them, I made this card.

I used SU!'s Ginger Blossom paper...I can't get enough of this paper! I also made a bookmark for her (we gave her a book along with a nugget tin...I forgot to take a picture of it before I gave it to her...sorry!) I used my Cuttlebug flower die cuts and chipboard to make the bookmark.

I'm off to bed.....Camryn hasn't been sleeping well, which means Mommy hasn't been sleeping well. I'm off to get some sleep while I can! Thanks for stopping by.

Some Ribbon & Women of Life

I'm sure you've all been in the same situation...... you're willing to give your child just about anything so you can get a few minutes of stamping time in, right??? Emerson is gone at my in-laws for a few days, so Camryn has no one to play with, except me :) I thought she was playing well by herself, so I attempted to get a card made using my new Women of Life stamp set. Just as I am into the "thick of things" (Sorry for the Backyardagins pun!), she crawls in and wants some attention. So, I grab one of the first things I see.....my ribbon from Emily's ribbon share. I need to get more clothespins so I can wrap the ribbon around it, but in the mean time, it all still sits in the box. So I grab the box full of ribbon, and give it to Camryn. It kept her occupied for at least another 5+ minutes so I finish up my card!! Hey, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, KWIM???

Okay, onto the card. I had been admiring the Women of Life set for awhile now, but when PTI added the Women of Life addition set, I was SOLD! My mom is "Nana" to the girls and the addition set had it in there. I used some birthday money and bought both sets. This is the first time I have had a chance to play with them! When I purchased the stamp sets, I needed to spend a little more to get FREE shipping, so I decided to purchase some of their white cardstock. I'd always been happy with SU!'s white cardstock and never felt the need to switch. Well....now I know why everyone raves about PTI's white cardstock. It's heavier, thicker and not as glossy as SU!'s white cardstock. I'm not going to stop buying SU!'s cardstock, but will definitely keep PTI's in stock.

I used my new Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder. A LSS was having a huge sale....it was the owners 49th birthday and Cuttlebug items were 49% off! How could I pass that up?? They didn't have much that I didn't already have, but they did have the Paisley folder, which I can't find anywhere else around here, so I snatched it right up! I also used my rectangle Nestabilities to emboss the white cardstock, but it doesn't show up in the picture. I just recently got these, so I haven't had a lot of time to play around with them. I did stamp on the cardstock first, and then carefully taped the Nestie to the cardstock and then cut and embossed the cardstock through my Cuttlebug machine.

Supplies:

Stamps: Women of Life and Women of Life Addition

Paper: PTI-white cardstock, SU!-Pink Passion, Wild Wasabi

Ink: Pink Passion, Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun

Accessories: Round Tab punch, Rectangle Nestabilities, white ribbon-Michael's