One Busy Chick
July 1st, 2008
Remember those little notebooks that I helped with at my friend’s daughter’s 16th birthday party (if not you can click here)? Well, they were so cute that I of course had to run to not one, but two Big Lots to buy a bunch. We’ll be playing with them in my next class, but I couldn’t wait till then. In the meantime I challenged a couple of friends, Joy and Taylor, to do a little stamping just for fun! I provided each of them with a notebook and the following rules for this Friendly Stamp For Fun Blog Challenge:
- use stamps you love
- use Copics (’cause we all love to color)
- use ribbon (’cause we all love ribbon)
- use colors you love
- no restrictions – STAMP FOR FUN!
So you wanna see mine? Do ya???
Since this challenge was all about having some fun I decided to pull out some stamps I love that hadn’t seen ink in awhile. The notebook is Kraft and Black, so I decided to work with those colors (rather than cover the Kraft as I have sometimes done in the past) and just add Real Red. That immediately reminded me of one my very favorite cards I’ve ever made and it featured Best of Cluck. I still love that set, so away I went. Instead of trying to cover the front of the notebook, I stamped directly on it with Flannel Plaid using Real Red Craft ink – it worked out great! I colored my image with Copics and then decided it needed a sentiment of some sort. I went through a bunch of sentiment sets before I decided to bring out the Snap stamps. I thought this mama hen must be *One Busy Chick* with all of those babies. LOL! I had forgotten how much I really love Snap stamps. That cute little font seems to work with so many images and I just love making up my own little sentiment.
In the process of making this I decided I’ll give it to a friend who turns 40 next weekend, so I used the capital Snap stamps to personalize the notebook with her name on a scalloped piece at the bottom. The scallops were created with a large corner rounder. Finishing touches include some sponging, Basic Grey Sultry matte brads, and a good amount of ribbon.
It’s super super simple, but I had a lot of fun which was the whole point! I hope Joy and Taylor had fun too….let’s go see…The Joy Of Stamping and Taylored Expressions.
I got through a ton of that paperwork mountain yesterday and I feel so much better. I still have filing and such to do, but at least I’m certain all the bills are caught up and all the miscellanous stuff has been taken care of. Now if I could just stay on top of it. Opening mail and sorting it as it arrives seems so simple. Kind of like cleaning and putting away stamps after making a card seems simple….uh yeah…that’s not gonna happen! I think I’ll try to start with the mail!
Thanks for stopping by.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:23 am
So cute, Jami! What an adorable choice of stamps for a to-do list keeper! Love the busy chick play on words! Thanks again for a fun challenge!
July 1st, 2008 at 7:34 am
Cute! Cute!!!!! One Busy Chick…. I love it Jami! Thank you so much for the Challenge. I had a fun time playing.
July 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Awww, how stinkin’ cute. Love the color combo, and the sentiment….too cute.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I absolutely love those notebooks too – I seem to be collecting them – raher than using them. Yours is absolutely adorable!
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
How cute is this!!! Perfect for “to do lists”!
July 4th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Jami, this is FAB!!!!!
You got a shout out for the Card of the Week — you can check out the post at http://www.cardoftheweek.com/2008/07/card-of-the-wee.html
July 4th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Your notebook is FABULOUS!!! TFS