It's All About The Journey

Inspiration

I *love* Stampin'Up! stamps. But every so often I come across stamps made from other companies that I like very much and I buy them. The card that I made today is made from one of those other companies. My inspiration comes from Julie Ebersole.  I visit her Blog frequently.  I saw all of the cute cards that she made using "A Muse" stamps and I knew that I had to try making at least one of them.  Her blog is listed in my "Blogs I Peruse". I do not have a local Stamp store near me that carries A Muse line of stamps so I went on-line and bought the stamps from Addicted to Rubber Stamping. This card took me less than 15 minutes to make.  What fun it was to make this little card.

Second Attempt

This is my second attempt at making a Halloween card. I wish that I could say I am excited about this card but truthfully, I look at it and think........it's just okay. I'm not into Halloween. So it's no big surprise that getting inspired to make a card for that day just did not happen. After going to my SU monthly get together and seeing the great cards that the other demonstrators made I came home and was determined to make a better Halloween card. After I finished my card I realized that it is very much like my pumpkin card.  Oh well I tried. :) To make this card I used the stamp set Web Wishes. Except for the glitter glue from Ranger all of the other materials are from Stampin'UP!

Tool Time Thursday!

Wow! Where did this week go? I know that I posted my tool time a little late last week but here it is Thursday already. This week I am putting the spotlight on my punches.  I began using punches for my cards, scrapbooking and other paper crafting about 3 years ago.  Up until that time I relied on my Sizzix die cutting machine only. Once I discovered the flexibility that a punch could give me I began buying them. I now have approximately 100 punches. My favorite punch is of course Stampin'Up!.  I love the Spring Bouquet Flower  punch that they make. My second favorite  company that makes punches is  Marvy Uchida. Oh I love the Giga and mega punches so far I have all of the Giga Scalloped punches . They are easy for me to use because they have the clever lever. Any punch that has a lever, I buy it. A Whale of A Punch also has a lever and  is another terrific punch. Any thing that makes my life a little easier is a must. The quality of all of these punches are excellent and I would recommend all three of these brands. I would love to know what your experience has been using punches.