More is More

So…it’s been a bit of a bummer day. Curt’s really nice cell phone (a Tilt) that he’s only had a few months was stolen today.  He did a ton of research before he got that phone and he got a really great deal on it – it will be expensive to replace but thankfully we have some money set aside from his bonus for some special purchases.  Not the end of the world, but very frustrating.  I just feel really bad for him.

On a brighter note I have a fun card to share – it features my very favorite My Friend Ronnie image available at eclectic Paperie.

 She is just soooooo me!  I love to hang out in PJs and fuzzy slippers and a cup o’ joe makes it all just perfect!  Whenever I see this image I always think of the caption “Hmmm….go to work or stay home and stamp?”  I really want to get that sentiment made into a stamp!  I can think of lots of people I could send it to. LOL!

This is another image I colored with Copics while watching a movie awhile back.  When I first starting working on putting this card together I had some Cutie Pie dp all cut and ready to use, but it just seemed too busy so I backed off and decided to just use cardstock and stamp some background images.  I used a So Saffron long note from SU (retired) as the card base and then just really had fun with the details.  On the top portion I wheeled the Solitude wheel from the hostess bundle and on the bottom portion I used one of the images from Boho Backgrounds.  I cut 1/4″ Wasabi strips and stamped them with another image from Boho Backgrounds.  The Real Red panel is stamped with the SU background stamp Polka Dots.  Many of my favorite embellishment ideas come from trying to cover up something.  In this case I had the card assembled when I decided to add the ribbon so I punched holes in the front of the card with a handheld rectangle punch.  This gave me the perfect place to put the blue gingham ribbon, but I didn’t like the way the holes looked so I played around with how to cover them up.  I ended up with these 1/2″ circle punches covered by tiny Prima flowers and really tiny red rhinestones.

For me it seems like the joy of stamping is all in the details.  Making this card made me really happy. 🙂  I hope you like it too.  Thanks for stopping by.