More is More

Last night was my New Catty Kick Off Night and we had so much fun!  We made two very simple, but really cute cards.  Both were from ideas that other demonstrators had shared.  I’m so appreciative of everyone who shares their creativity on the web.  I always tell my customers that you don’t have to be super creative or original to enjoy stamping as a hobby – there are so many resources for inspiration!

The first card was one I had put into my favorites gallery at Splitcoaststampers and it was created by Dawn Olchefske (dostamping on SCS).  Here’s a link to the original.  Y’all know how much I love to add a pop of black to my cards, so that and the scallops were my tweaks to Dawn’s lovely design.

We actually made this card in a choice of Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry or Melon Mambo and we also decorated a white panel for inside the card.  Everyone had their choice of sentiments from Razzle Dazzle or Teeny Tiny Wishes and then could use the oval punches or the modern label punch.  Since the modern label punch only comes in one size, in order to layer it simply take the punched shape to be used as the matting layer and cut it in half horizontally and adhere the two halves to the back of the sentiment.

The second card we made was an idea I had seen in several places, but ultimately I got the pattern from Patty Bennett who credits a couple of other people for the idea.  I’m not one of those out of the box thinkers, so I love it when I see simple things like this!

This adorable dress is made from the scallop circle bigz die with the big shot and then just some simple trimming using Patty’s pattern.  We used various colors of textured cardstock.  I love that the In Colors come in 8.5 x 11 textured cardstock – such a nice option!  Designer paper is Razzleberry Lemonade – yummm! 

Just a quick post today as we need to box up stuff and get everything off the walls in anticipation of the painters getting started on Monday morning.  WooHoo!

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you have a great weekend!