Look Ma! no stamps.............

well, almost.

Sorry for the absence lately. I've been battling what I thought was a strange migraine but turns out to be a tension headache. I've been a little stressed lately.


I dig on the muscle relaxers (yeah, I like those alot) but of course I can't take them during the day because I'm a lightweight. So by the time I get home from work I'm in lots of pain again and want to rip my head off. Or anybody else's head for that matter. Doesn't really help with the stressed part very much. Anyhow, I get no stamping done. Which REALLY SUCKS because I have this big workshop on Thursday night and I'm not ready.


So today I was/am determined to get something done. So I trucked on over to the Stamping 411 site and checked out their latest sketch. Looked easy enough. Heres what came of it:

Vintage Labels set (SAB). Old olive, whisper white, pumpkin pie and bermuda bay cardstock. Welcome Neighbors DSP (SAB), natural hemp, dimensionals, scallop trim border punch (SAB), sm. oval punch and paper piercer.

I only stamped the little tag. I went ahead and got this DSP free with my last order. I didn't get the matching stamp set. And while the papers are cute, I wasn't quite sure what to do with them. I like trees so I picked this page to putz around with first.


Let me show you how to make that nifty little tag.

Okay, I know what you're thinking, "um.....Beth? That block is kinda big for that stamp." Yeah, I know but I'm cheap and only bought 1 block, remember? And yeah, I know thats a green ink pad but thats what I started with.

Anyhow, ink that bad boy up and stamp it. Then punch it out with the small oval punch. Then, (heres the cool part) take the oval and slide it into the Scallop Trim Border punch just until you see a sliver of the tag above the round part there. See it?

eta: my wonderful, loving, Girl Scout Cookie Selling man just came home. As he bends down to give me a kiss he looks at the screen here and sees this pic of my hand.

him: "whats wrong with your thumb?"

me: "nothing, what are you talking about?"

him: "well its all wrinkly and funny looking."

me: " well, thats what my thumb looks like."

him: "you should Photoshop it or get a hand double."

What a sweetie huh?

Then punch it out and this is what you get. I haven't seen anyone else do this so I feel kinda smart right now. If you've seen it somewhere else, don't let me know about it just yet. Let me have my moment.

I picked the Bermuda Bay color because the clouds are outlined in it. You can barely see it here. But trust me, its there.

Alright ladies and gents, I gotta go to bed. I did get to play with my stamps today and thats good but I still have 3 projects, well, actually 4 projects (hostess gift) ready by Thursday night. No problem right? No stress baby, no stress..........

Thanks for stopping by and listening to my sad story. You guys are the best.

Blessings, b.