More is More

I am finally feeling better – yea!  Not 100% yet, but got my first really good night’s sleep last night and feeling pretty good today.  Over the past few days I’ve stamped a little here  and there as I felt up to it and I created a little flurry of kraft goodness.  It all started with inspiration from the divine Miss Julie…yes Her Royal Rubberness!  I saw this kraft confection on her blog a few days ago and immediately felt the need to pull out a brand new pack of kraft cardstock.  Now, I rarely try to imitate the simply exquisite style of HRR…I just can’t pull it off generally speaking…but I decided to give it a go.  I did not go back and look at the inspiration card when I sat down to stamp.  Rather I just had it in the back of my mind.  As fortune would have it, I had just received an order from Taylored Expressions that included the incredibly yummy October Afternoon Farm Fresh 8×8 pad.  Oh my – it’s heavenly.

So my HRR inspiration became this

Not as adorable as Julie’s, but made me happy anyway. The friend sentiment is from an SU set.  The bird is from TE Love is Everywhere.  The sheer ribbon is AMuse.  Card size is 3.25 x 6.5

I had so much fun with the first one that I decided to make another.

The sentiment/image is a SU rub-on and I added little KaiserCraft pearls.  You might notice that I also got on a corner rounding kick to go with the kraft kick.  My TE order also included a Corner Chomper and I am loving that thing right now!

Why stop at two?  Might as well make one more.

Sentiment is from an old retired SU set – Cheery Chat. I still love that set.  I think I could have just gone on and on creating with kraft cardstock and Farm Fresh papers, but I’m teaching a class Friday night and I needed to work on samples for that as well.  I’m tickled with what I’ve come up with for class.  I’ll try to come back tomorrow and share at least one of those cards.  It felt so good to play in my stamp room today, especially after being sick for a week.

Here’s a view of all three cards together.  They are really so super simple, but they got my juices flowing again.  Thank you Jules for the little kick start!

Sorry the lighting is a little weird.  I was too tired to set up my regular photo situation so I took these on top of our antique stove with a flash and it reflects some light back off the chrome.  It’s great for quick shots though.  Thanks for stopping by.