Whirlpool of Imagination

Orange Flower

I love flower stamps. If you saw how many I have.....and yet, I still keep buying them. I just realized that I created this set of items with a Gina K flower stamp that I never posted.

First I started off with a card, keeping things to my usual clean and simple look.

I liked these flowers in orange so much that I made flat notecards out of them.

And then I just had to make a tag set too.

All the same stamp and all the same ink but in a variety of items. I love how one little stamp can be used in so many ways. And yet, I still keep buying those flowers.........

Thank You Note Cards

Whenever the kids have thank you notes to write, I generally take that as a invitation to create something new. With Christmas over, there are thank you's that must be written so I created some note cards that worked perfectly.

The tree is from Papertrey and the sentiment is from Verve. I went with garden green for the ink because besides wasabi, it's my favorite green!

I got the kids to sit down and write out the thank you's so it's another thing crossed off my list! I've been making my lists this week and am amazed at how well I'm accomplishing everything! Now I remember why I was always such a big fan of lists - it keeps me on track.

Hope you have a fantastic day!

When You Need a Note (or Two)

September is flying by and I've yet to get into my back to school work groove. I saw glimmers of a schedule this week but it hasn't quite gotten there yet. I have hope that I'll pull it together by October.

You know I like to write notes and I really like flat notecards for school notes, thank you notes and many other occasions. Today I have three recent designs.

I have been itching to pull out this pen stamp from Papertrey and finally got it inky.

I've only done these in black and white so far but I want other colors. Must make some purple for myself!

Mo needed some thank you notes and I always seem to pull out tree stamps for him.

Much better picture than above! As I was editing these, I realized these would make a lovely autumn note card - now I HAVE to make these in orange/red tones.

I went nuts with this anchor fronm Stampin' Up making a variety of simple projects - could be used as a set maybe in my store.

You'll be seeing more anchor projects periodically here at the blog and you'll know what I was talking about.

Now go write some notes! Have a fantastic day.

Last of the Owls

Remember my challenge to myself a few weeks back to use that owl stamp in a bunch of different ways? I've finally finished the 4th and last variation of the owl. This time I wanted to go with flat note cards. I love using these types of cards when I need to send a quick note.

Here's the full set...

The owl is from Stampin' Up and I used a bit of patterned paper to ground him, so to speak.

I was on a roll today but now I have to take a bunch of pictures and get them uploaded. My most recent theme?????? My card makers guild June challenge.....red, white and blue. I'm going with the obvious theme as well as some less obvious themes. Here's hoping to getting them uploaded soon.

Have a great night!

Quick Thank You's

I've come to realize that making thank you notes for Meg and Conor to send should be a quick and easy process and to keep things simple. For Conor's recent birthday party, I drew upon a digi stamp to make the process very quick and easy.

The digi stamp is from Bugaboo. I worked out the layer size in Word and was able to add the stamp right where I wanted it placed. Print and do some paper cutter magic with a quick black layer and I was good to go.

I decided to print these on a light colored cardstock so I wouldn't have to color the image, thus saving oodles of time.

They are all written and sent so now I can close the books on yet another party. Of course he's already trying to decide what to do for next year!

Have a wonderful weekend!

I Went Crazy with Cupcakes

I couldn't stop with those cupcake bookmarks from last week. I just kept inking up that little cupcake.

Here's more pinks.....

 

This is an A1 card that became part of a set of four.

Note cards became a set of ten.

Then I continued with the greens.....

And the set...

And then I moved on to blue. I had to start with a bookmark....

And then more note cards....

That little cupcake from Papertrey Ink got a lot of mileage over these past two weeks.

I promise that tomorrow there will not be a cupcake anywhere in sight! Have a great night.

Christmas Thank You's

Once the gift giving is done, then come thank you notes. This year I have some that are Christmas related and then some that can be used for all sort of gift thank you's, including Christmas.

These are sweet thank you notes made specifically for Christmas. The stamps are all from Papertrey Ink. I used the combination of red and brown which I've really been drawn to this season. I think that color combo may see some Valentine action too at some point.

Then the last batch I made are good for all occasion.

I used a stamp from Purple Onion and colored it with copic markers. I added some Martha Stewart glitter glue for added sparkle.

It's a relief to have the thank you cards written. That's always somewhat a chore with the kids so to have it done certainly feels good!

Tags and Note Cards

I have a small set of tags today and since it's small and simple, I added a few note cards to the post too.

I'm sure most others who have this set from Papertrey realize how nicely it fits into the Spellbinders die but this was a revelation for me. I love how exact it fits!

Here's the full set. Told you these were pretty simple today.

This side flower note card is part of my newest set of note cards.

Here's the full set.

I then wanted some longer note cards when I have lists to send.

Don't love the lighting on this picture but you get the idea. Stamp is from Stampin' Up.

And here's the set with better lighting.

It's been a very quiet stamping week for me. The dog and I have spent a LOT of time together. My current goal is to work on the little nipping problem.

Flower Block Notecards

I pulled out the cherry cobbler ink again for more creating. This time I decided that with school starting soon I need to shore up my notecards so I can send notes to the teacher on pretty paper.

Here's a set of ten that have now gone into inventory at the store. The flower blocks are from Papertrey and stamped with Stampin' Up's new cherry cobbler ink.

Here's the single version of the notecards.

And here's the set of 10 notecards packaged in a clear box. I changed up my presentation on this set. Usually I use a belly band with an image over the top. This time I just replicated the card image block and adhered that directly to the box - looks kind of neat in person.

Approximately three minutes of studio time was all I had today. I tell you that once the kids are back to school, I'm going to hole up in the studio for some quality creative time!

Have a great night.

Blue Dandelions

I love the fact that when you can create, you can be whimsical instead of always true to life. I did that with this first notecard set. I'm not sure whether these are dandelions or not but I'm calling them that. And since I felt like playing with a sort of blue, I made blue dandelions.

The image is from The Angel Company and stamped with SU Bermuda Bay ink. Here's the set...

 

I turned to another stamp from this TAC set but kept this a more traditional color.

I pulled out my SU melon mambo ink for this one. And the set....

No stamping for me today ~ busy day ~ but hopefully you'll get some creative time in for yourself. Have a great day!