Creativity With Stamps

Love Wreath

I made a rustic heart love wreath for my door

 

Stamps:  Lovely Letters Alphabet, Kindness Matters, Fresh Vintage

Cardstock:  Confetti White, Island Indigo, Real Red

Ink:  Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler bakers twine, Perfect Pennant Bigz Die, pearls, Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die,  Fine Galaxy Gold glitter

Have a very Happy Valentine's Day!!!

New Layout, Valentine Card & 3D Puffy Hearts Video Tutorial

Is that a packed title or what?

I have finally made a video tutorial featuring 3D puffy heart embellishments that can be made from scraps of paper and that are so cute to add a little extra something to any paper crafting project.

Here is a layout I made with these little puffy hearts

 

And here are some closeup pics

Supplies (All Stampin'Up)

Stamp Sets:  Perfectly Penned, Tiny Tags, Love Bandit (retired)

Cardstock: Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Soft Subtles and Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper Stacks, Peach Parfait

Ink:  Craft Black Ink

Accessories:  Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon (retired), white bakers twine, Island Indigo bakers twine, toothpicks (for the little flag posts), Framed Tulips textured impressions embossing folder, dazzling details

 

And here is a Valentine's Day Card I made for my hubby using these little hearts as well

Supplies:  

Cardstock:  Soft Suede textured cardstock, First Edition DSP, whisper white

Ink: Real Red classic ink

Accessories:  cricut machine (wild cards cartridge), cherry cobbler bakers twine, rhinestones, dazzling details

 

So are you dying to know how to make these super cute 3D puffy hearts?  Sorry to keep you waiting(lol)....here is the video tutorial

 

Valentine's Day is right around the corner...go ahead and make these little embellishments for your last minute cards and gifts...they are fun, fast and easy!!!

 

 

 

Merry Christmas & Kiva

Weird title for a post right?  Well, I just have found this non-profit organization called Kiva with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty and I thought it would be best to share with you all.

Here's a link on what Kiva is and how it works:

http://www.kiva.org/about

and a little video that shows  you visually:

 

I also wanted to share a few little last minute creations I did for this year's Holiday Season.

Here is this year's Christmas Card:

This year's card features some non-traditional colors including one of my favorite Stampin'Up colors "Island Indigo'.  Also featured in this card are the "Welcome Christmas" and "Plant Hope" stamp sets

Here's some little boxes...the two in the back were made by me but the very cool one in the front was made and given to me by my dear friend Amy Corr

And lastly here is a card I made and put in my hubby's stocking

I seriously just used scraps I had on my desk for this card and I made it super quick.  The little drawing is a printout of a photo I saw on Pinterest.

 

Christmas Time @ Home

I think I am finally done with running around...I just need to wrap all the gifts and fill the stockings.

Wowzers!!! What a month...I have seen a lot of amazing December Daily albums out there and I just can not seem to fathom having time to take photos, journal and scrap on a daily basis in December...I don't know how these girls do it.

I have a few photos of a little winter village I was able to do this year with my Cricut Expressions machine

And here are photos of a little gift I wrapped using some recycled paper, ribbon, clothepin decorated with some patterned paper and a little trinket as well as a photo of a kusudama ball ornament I made using the help of another talented Stampin'Up demonstrator.

I am looking forward to spending some quiet time at home for a couple of days this Christmas.  My kids and hubby will be home until January 2nd and I am giddy with excitement.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!

 

Craft Items - Itty Bitty Advent Trees

Here are the advent trees in a much smaller form.  These sold out quick!!!

 

 

I have finally finished all of my holiday shopping but I am still running around to birthday parties and Cub Scouts and Hip Hop rehearsal/show...the marathon never stops!!!

Quick update...Nearly 200 new Clearance Rack items are being added to the Online Stampin'Up Store at discounts up to 80 percent off retail--while supplies last! This is available until January 5th.

Click HERE  to see all the clearance items:

 

 

Craft Items - Big Advent Trees

I participated in a few craft fairs in the past couple of months and I thought I'd share some items in the next few posts.

I made some advent Christmas trees.  These are the big ones...they were a lot of fun to make but very time consuming.

TFL!!!

 

 

 

Give Thanks Wreath

Sorry for my lack of presence as of late here in blog land.  I have been involved in a few craft fairs, and my last one wil be this Thursday so I am actually looking forward to a change of pace...actually, the pace will change a lot since I have decided to not teach any local classes for the year of 2012. 

My kids are at an age where they like to be involved in quite a few activities so that they will be able to decide what to focus on when they are older and will have more homework.  My church calling also requires me to put in 4 hours a week most of the time and that is a lot for a full-time mom and Stampin'Up demonstrator.

My family and home and church calling have not been getting the best of me and I really would like to focus on them well so I have not choice but to take something off my plate.

I will still do workshops and create a few pdf/video tutorials.  I will also be able to finish off some creative projects so the blog land will not suffer.

Here is a wreath I finished this past Saturady and since Big Picture Classes have so graciously asked me to be one of their guest bloggers and do a project featuring ideas picked on Pinterest, I decided to make this project for their post.  Pinterest blows my mind with all the creative ideas and it helped me a lot in making this wreath. 

You can view a more descriptive post on the Big Picture blog HERE

So here are the supplies used for making this wreath:

Burlap (tan & cream), Muslin fabric, embroidery floss and leaf from my backyard (to make the leaf), Spice Cake Designer Fabric, Broadsheet Alphabet Stamp Set, Early Espresso Craft Ink, Sweet Stitches Designer Fabric, Dark Brown wool felt, styrofoam eggs, Sizzix #2 Circle Die, Sizzix Tasteful Trim die, Victoria Lace Trim, Twine, Dazzling Details

P.S.  Stay tuned for some holiday projects I made for the craft fairs!!!

 

Recipe Box Class

WHAT: Paper crafting class showing you how to make a beautiful keepsake recipe box with dividers and a bonus project of a gift recipe card

WHEN:  Friday, September 30^th (7:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

WHERE:  My place (32 Parker Street / Lexington, MA)

COST: $45 (RSVP and Payment must be made by Saturday, September 10^th)

Note:  Cash/Checks or Paypal payments only

 

Here is what you will get:

 2 1/2 hours of full instructions (both written and personal one-on-one)

Full 12X12 paper pack (total of 12 pages to make box, recipe cards for yourself and/or friends)

Apron template (you will keep forever)

snacks/beverages

10 of my most coveted recipes

Finished recipe box (6” X 6.25” X 4.75”) with six recipe dividers and one beautiful matching recipe card made to be used as a gift recipe card

Cash/Checks must be made out to Laura Pinto-Nguyen and mailed to the following address:

32 Parker Street

Lexington, MA 02421

For Paypal Payments click on the "Buy Now" box below:

Artisan 3D Project - Altered Embroidery Hoop

I hope everyone here in the U.S.A. had a fabulous 4th of July!!!  We enjoyed the fireworks in Boston and they were by far the most amazing fireworks I have ever seen (and I have seen many). 

I am working on the video for the origami dresses..it's just a little tricky to find a time where I don't have my kids interrupting me for more than 15 minutes at a time and so I am trying to figure out how to get them involved in something so that I have at least an hour to set up the video camera, my supplies, my thoughts and then making the video.

Here is one of my 3D projects I made for the Artisan Award that did not win:

 

I picked up this cute embroidery hoop at Jo-Ann and used that pretty Sew Pretty Stampin'Up fabric that is now in the brand new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog.  I originally wanted to use a photo of me wearing my wedding dress since it was made from scratch in Italy from an awesome seamstress but then I realized that one of the rules for the entries was to not use a picture of ourselves.  My dear friend Giovanna from Sardinia came to the rescue when she told me that her dress too was made from scratch from a seamstress and amazingly enough her dress was from the same collection (different dresses but same collection) so she gave me permission to use a photo of her...I'm thinking about her often since she is going to have surgery on Monday and I am praying for her every night.

Stamps: Sew Sweet, digital broadsheet alphabet

Cardstock/Papers: Sew Sweet DSP, very vanilla

Ink:  basic black

Accessories:  Embroidery hoop, Fun Flowers Bigz Die, trinket crown, brights designer buttons, basic pearls, daffodil delight pom pom trim, vintage trinkets, sweet stitches designer fabric

Fabulous Florets Gift Ensemble

Here are the two other projects I showed at my last workshop.  All using the beautiful Fabulous Florets stamp set.

 

I love doing gift ensembles and showing people the versatility of our stamps...card, gift box and scrapbook page all using one main stamp set...love it!!!

 

 

More Craft Fair Covered Notebooks

So here are a couple of other altered notebooks I did for the Craft Fair

I used some retired papers and ribbon for this one and then that yummy Sense of Time stamp set

 

Used more retired papers and then the gorgeous striped rich razzleberry ribbon, victoria lace and goodies from the Occasions mini like the beveled windowpanes, vintage flower adornments and the Clearly For You stamp set

I am busy working making projects for the Artisan Award hosted by Stampin'Up! (they are due sometime next month...yikes!!!)

I just love being a Stampin'Up Demonstrator!!!

 

 

 

Corner Bookmark

This is a one of the few corner bookmarks I made for the local Spring Craft Fair last week.

 

I used the Woodland Walk DSP from Stampin'Up and the cute butterfly from the Bliss Stamp Set.  I also used some of my most coveted retired stuff from Stampin'Up like that striped ribbon and frame stamp...I'm telling you, these retired products never go out of style.

 

 

Altered Notebook

Ok...done with the Craft Fair!  That was some work!!!   But I have to tell you that I loved every minute of it and I got a chance to meet a lot of new people.

Since I did this fair all by myself, I did not have tons and tons of goodies to sell but enough to fit in my 6ft. table.

I managed to do a few altered notebooks for the fair...here's a masculine one:

This notebook does feature a retired stamp set and also a few retired accessories but it also features the Bliss Stamp Set stamped multiple time with Basic Black ink on one of the Basic Grey pattern papers from the Neutral Designer Series Papers to create a cool background.

This is the full Bliss Stamp Set:

 

NOTE:  Remember that the Bliss Stamp Set if a free set if you place at least a $50 order and it's available only until March 31st!!!

To place an order either send me an e-mail at laura2471@yahoo.com or place an online order HERE

 

Hope you all had a very nice weekend!!!

 

Stylish Award & Spring Craft Fair

Sorry I have been missing for a week now but I had the kids home for 9 straight days due to winter break and I have also been getting ready for a couple of craft fairs...the first one is on March 19th so I am super busy crafting.  Here's one of the projects I am making for this fair.

On another topic, one of my most favorite artists and Stampin'Up demonstrators is Jamie Pierson.  She just blew me away when she sent me an e-mail telling me she nominated my blog with the "Stylish blog award".  It is such an honor to have one of my inspirational artists to tell me she likes my blog and my art as well.

 

When you receive this award you are to pay it forward and follow these rules:

1) Thank the person who gave the award and link it back to their blog.

2) Share 8 things about myself.

3) Pass this award to 8 other individuals that I have recently discovered.

4) Leave a comment so that they can pass along the recognition!

Ok, so here are a few random things about myself right now:

1.  I secretly want to go and live with Jamie Pierson in her gorgeous farm and learn all there is to know about having a farm and raising cows, and chickens, and horses and sheep...after that we would just stamp as storm!!!

2. I avoid medicine like the plague.  I will try to bear the pain as much as I can when I have headaches and PMS until I can not function before I reach out for a Tylenol (extra strength).

3.  I worked in the Corporate world for 7 years before quitting and getting my massage therapy license in New York.  I am looking forward to the day hubby tells me we are to stay put so that I can renew my license and practice massage therapy again (alongside my Stampin'Up business).

4. Parenting is one of my most challenging and rewarding jobs I have and will ever have.  (it's also the most tiring and the most fun job)

5.  I have too many interests and hobbies that I can not possibly master in one lifetime.  But my #1 wish is to see as much of the world as possible before I leave this earth.

6. I cry more easily than anyone I know.  If I see someone cry, even if it's someone I don't know, I start to cry myself.  I can not bear to see anyone sad.

7.  Love to cook but hate to clean. I have always been a messy (and lazy) person by nature and I work very hard everyday to go against that part of my nature.  It has gotten waaaaay better over the years.  (I made my poor mom miserable as a teenager because of this...sorry mom, will try to make up for it...promise!!!)

8.  I really have a hard time with Politics.  Don't like them, don't want to know about them and don't want to create them.

Here's the final step for this award...8 people I have recently discovered that have made my life a little brighter:

1. Kimberly Van Diepen (a creative stamper and a Stampin'Up demonstrator who always blows me away with her cards and stamped goodies...and not only is she talented but she is super super nice!!!)

2.  Jessica Jones (this woman can inspire me any day...did you see one of her latest post showcasing little origami mushrooms?  Too cute!!!)

3.  Ann Wood (love all her little magical hanging vintage boats.  One day I will buy one from her...like, when I am retired so I can afford one).

4. Brandi Wiggins-Cote'  (super creative, fun and talented Stampin'Up demonstrator;  her stuff always makes me smile!!!)

5.  Mrs. Jo-Ann Pullen-Louiseize (her work screams elegance and romance!!!)

6.  Marika Lemay  (my most favorite French Stampin'Up demonstrator.  I can stare at her work all day long!)

7.  Jessica Okui (be still my heart...chalkboard name tags and origami bows!!!)

8.  Bakerella  (this woman always makes me want something sweet...it's a good thing I have kids so I have an excuse to make so many little sugar treats)

I am going to work on my monthly newsletter tonight and tomorrow for my customers and after that I am going to keep on creating for the upcoming craft fairs.  I many not be able to blog as often as I have been until the end of this month....

Teacher Valentine Project

This week has been all about getting ready for Valentine's Day.  The kids both have parties in their respective classes and needed to have their Valentine cards ready by this past Friday.  They also asked me to do something for their teachers so here are the projects I made for them.

 

 

These cute decorations were inspired by one of my favorite artists and Stampin'Up demonstrator Kimberly VanDiepen.  I always love her style and this time it was no exception.  I hope the teachers like them as much as I did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Valentine Class & Template/Instructions Purchase Option

Hello Everyone,

I am going to be holding a local Valentine Class on Friday, February 11 so if you live in/around the Boston area, feel free to register for the class.

NOTE:  Thank you for all of you who have contacted me and letting me know that the Paypal buttons  were not working.  There is only one Paypal button now with different options and it is working now.

Here are the details:

Valentine Class - Large Fry Box & Valentine Cards

DATE:

Friday, February 11, 2011

TIME:

 7:30PM-9:30PM 

LOCATION:

32 Parker Street / Lexington, MA)

 COST: $15

(refunded only with a $50 order placed before or on the day of the class)

 

NOTE:  There is a maximum of 8 people for this class

 

Here is your chance to make a beautiful Valentine Box containing four little Valentine cards (envelopes for the cards will be provided).  You will receive the template for this box that you can use over and over again as well as detailed instructions and all supplies to make everything.

 

NOTE:  Please understand that I am ordering and cutting all material for you and that your fee will not be refunded unless you place a $50 order.  In case you can not attend for any reason, I will have a packet for you with all the supplies, template and instructions (packet will not include adhesive and stamped images).

 

Click the "Buy Now" button below to Register/Pay for this class by Tuesday, February 8th or for buying the downloadable template and instructions:

Options

Valentine Class $15.00 Template / Instructions $3.50

Winter Fabric Flower - Video Tutorial

Oh my goodness...I could go on for hours explaining the torture I had to go through in order to get this video done, uploaded and shared.  I have been wanting to do this video since about one and 1/2 months ago but the holidays and family always came in the picture first and only today I was able to record this video...this morning to be exact.  It took me 5 tried to record because I could not figure out the settings in the new video camera and then the battery died.  The uploading, converting and sharing of the video basically took me the rest of the day...had to learn so many things all at once but I finally did it.  I will need to upgrade to !Life11 in my mac just to make the video recorder software compatible with my computer and make things a little easier and quicker next time....and I will be able to merge two videos together.

Forgive my annoyed or frazzled speech at the beginning but after 4 tries, on the last fifth try, I was not a very calm and happy camper. 

Without further ado...here is the video tutorial in two parts.

 

 

Wishing you all a very happy holiday!!!

P.S.  The quilting thread was bought online at Rushbrooke Strand (www.roserushbrooke.com).  I had my quilting thread two days after I placed my online order.  They also have very low shipping charges.

 

 

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving 2010

This will be the last post for this week 'cause Thanksgiving is tomorrow and my family and I will be pretty busy just hanging out and giving thanks for all the things that we have for all the people in our lives.

So, here is a project I wanted to share with you:

This is a wreath that I made a while ago for my mom...when the new Stampin'Up Idea Book & Catalog 2010 came out, she fell in love with the wreath that was in page 190.  So I decided to make her very own and I will ship it to her next week...I only wish I was there to see her face when she opens the package.

I used all Stampin'Up ribbons and a wire wreath I picked up from Michaels.

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

(aren't these the cutest???  They are sitting on top of our very old soon-to-be-replaced-with-a-flat screen TV.  I've found this little site www.macula.tv that has these to dowload, cut and glue!!!)

 

 

A Gift for Young Women

So I have this new calling in my church and I am teaching Young Women...I know, SCARY!!!  I definately was not a teenage role model so this calling is a bit intimidating...however, I am enjoying the girls and this past week they had a big activity.  I was in charge of making them a little gift to remember the night and this is what I came up with.

These are clips to attach to a sweater or a blouse and they were super easy to make.  I just love the new Stampin'Up ribbons and those vintage brads are just amazing. 

I put them in these boxes I made...these are my favorite boxes to make because they don't even need any adhesive...it's all origami.

To make these boxes I used some retired Stampin'Up Designer Series papers and I used the scallop circle punch to make those cute flowers on the top.

 

Love Is In The Air

I had started seeing Valentine theme things even before Christmas was over.  Took me a little longer to get into the mood for this holiday but soon enough, I started playing with my pinks, my big shot and fabric...this is what I came up with.

 

 

The little card has a Rasperry Fill Ghirardelli Chocolate inside...yum!!!

2010 Calendar Canvas

I have my computer back!!! Ok, so here is a project I made over the holiday vacation. These are the best family pics of 2009 pasted with the "Delightful Dates" Calendar Kit in the Mini Catalog.  I got this canvas on sale for $4 at Michael's, painted it with acrylic paint and then applied sticky tape on the back of the photos and calendar pages. I used some of my new and old Prima Flowers as well as stamping to decorate the calendar.

 

A Gift

I have made a few hand-made gifts this year despite the craziness of the holiday season and all that comes with it.

These are more coasters I made for my hubby's company secret santa swap.  These ones were hard to give away.  I used some retired DSP that I really love and used my Stampin'Up glitter.

 

 

Stamp Sets:  Friend 24-7; Autumn Splendor; Many Merry Messages; En Francais

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue

Tumbled Tiles

These are tumbled tiles I originally made for a neighbor. Used my Stampin'Up pastels and Classic Ink!!!

I have already started getting ready for the Thanksgiving Holiday and making little gifts/baking for friends and neighbors.

Delivering Ghostly Boos!!!

I guess I just learned about getting "ghosted" here in this neighborhood....one of the sneaky neighbors comes to the doorsteps of your house at night, rings the doorbell, leaves a bag of goodies and runs away...like a little ghost coming to visit and give you a little trick and treat.  In return, we too must transform in little sneaky ghosts and deliver a treat to two other neighbors.

So I created these two little bags for the occasion...who will be the lucky neighbor to get our treats tonight???!!!!

Clearance Rack Project

Stampin'Up has a new clearance rack section filled with some retired items at very discounted prices.  Once these items have been sold out, they are gone for good.

Click on the picture above or below to get the full list of photos and prices of all the clearance items.

 

Oddly enough I was already in the middle of making a project for my daughter using one of the retired  Designer Series Papers listed in the Clearance rack.  Here are a few pics:

 

 

 

I actually have these tags held together at the top with a chain loop and they are attached on my daughter's school backpack along with her bus pass.

This was a little time consuming for the simple reason that I had to spray the front and back of these tags before sealing them with ModPodge and an outdoor sealer so that the crazy weather does not ruin them.

Halloween is in the air....

I made these little projects yesterday.  After a visit from Michaels' early this week and seeing all the halloween things out already, I had to make something.

The piece with the ghosts is a card and the other piece is a box containing some goodies.  I only used the Twick or Tweet stamp set along with the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

The coffin box template can be found HERE and I just used the same template to make my matching card.  The backbround on the coffin was made using the Woodgrain stamp and my Frost White shimmerz paint.

The boo saying was made with my sizzix Billboard decorative strip die.

Other supplies:  Curly Label punch, My Way punch, white signo gel pen, whisper white and basic black cardstock, Basic Blak 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon, 1/4" basic black grosgrain ribbon, encore silver ink pad and basic black classic ink pad

Hope this inspired someone to create today!!!

New Gift Box

Are you getting tired of seeing this set yet?  I still am in love and can't get enough of creating with it.  This box was created for a new Italian friend.  I hope she likes it!!!

Three Pocket Pouch

I created this project a few days ago and it took me the longest time to create a watermark all by myself...it was pretty painful but now I can at least play around in photoshop a little later to perfect my watermark since you can see, it's pretty weak.

Nonetheless, I created this pouch from the recently retired papers "Green Tea" from Stampin'Up.  I really love these colors together and I have been using them a lot.

Other supplies used:

Stamps:  Eastern Blooms
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Pacific Point
Accessories:  Chocolate Chip & Basic Gray taffeta ribbon, Baja Breeze 1" Double stitched ribbon, scalloped square punch, stickles, scalloped edge punch, white signo pen, Martha Steward dolly border punch.

This project is going to be a gift to someone who is helping us getting settled very well here in Boston.

Gift Giving

I have been making a few projects here and there in the past 4 to 5 months but I did not get a chance to either photograph all of them or upload them in my computer.  However, I did manage to upload some pics in my computer today and I will share in the next few days.

Here's the first share of the day...

I still have the kraft paper roll that Stampin'Up had offered a couple of years ago.  I use it once in a while for very special people.  I cut some up and stamped it in some of my favorite colors.  These are a couple of gifts for a special friend who accidentally shares the same birthday as my son.

I made another fabulous gift package a few days later for another friend but did not have the time to take the picture.  I may ask her to do it so I can share that as well with you all.

P.S.  The snow storm came and is still here...it's all white here in Boston!!!

Christmas Spirit

Hello Friends,

I have been busy here with a few major changes but I am still getting into the Christmas spirit despite all the craziness around here.

I have been making some home-made gifts for some special people this year.  This is one of them.  An advent calendar made from matchboxes and using the beautiful papers from the Frosty Day Designer Series Papers.  Used the Calendar Numbers and Everyday Flexible Phrases stamp sets and then embellished with a few trinkets from the Pretties Kit, Designer Buttons and rhinestone brads.  The super soft Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon gave the perfect finishing touch to this project.

Oh, almost forgot, used my all-time favorite Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive to adhere some copper glitter all around the little drawers.  This advent tree has 24 small drawers that can contain either candy or bible verses or papers filled with activities you can do with your kids and family every day of the month as a special treat and for getting into the Christmas spirit.

Ribbon Spool Pics

As promised, here are a few pics of one of my finished ribbon spool albums...this one is using a retired Stampin'Up paper pack...I really fell in love with the Stampin'Up beads here!!!  Remember to see the TUTORIAL in my previous entry to create your own ribbon spool album.

 

Picture Frame

I fell in love with the Green Tea Designer Series Paper as soon as I laid eyes on it...must be the hues of blues and greens together...it just sparks a weakness in me.

A friend gave me this metal frame a while back.  She bought it at Target and it came with these heart shaped magnets.  I almost flipped when I saw her decorated frame with some pretty paper and the felt flowers she attached on the heart shaped magnets.

Almost a half year later, I finally decided to decorate it with these papers from the Tea Garden collection and use my dearly loved Flower Fusion II felt flowers.

Gift For A Friend

It's been quiet here in my blog for a while...I have been creating and scrappin' these past few days and also been recovering from a flu/fever that snuck up on me out of nowhere.

A dear friend from church left last week and I wanted to make her a little something...this is what I came up with.  I got the idea from Andrea Walford who is absolutely amazing at paper crafts.  I used the "Text & Texture" stamp set along with some of my new favorite products from the new catalog like the Flower Fusion felt flowers and the Chocolate Chip Designer Series Paper.