Fun Foam

Let me start by saying, it doesn't take much to keep me amused.  Just give me some foam sheets, a couple of punches and a heat gun and I can keep myself busy.

I punched out some shapes from the foam sheets using my Stampin' Up punches.

They start out the size on the left, then after they have been hit with the heat gun they shrink down and get less pliable.  Remember the old Shrinky Dinks? Oh what fun they were, anyway these remind me of those good ol' days.

This is what I ended up with. Now what are you going to do with those you ask? I don't know and it doesn't really matter, all that matters is that I had fun doing it.

More Waterfront Cards

Here are a few pics of more cards that I made using the Waterfront Stamp Set.

 Did I mention how much I love this set?

Here is a envelope and inside of the card.

Saturday organizing

Here is what I did on Saturday.

I made a huge mess.

Then I started organizing.  Stampin' Up had a lot of dies that coordinate with there stamps sets and sometimes I just buy the stamp sets, sometimes I just buy the dies and sometimes I buy both. Often times when I'm creating one of my masterpiece's, I am using more than on set which leads to confusion when it comes to putting my dies away.  So I took an old catalog and cut out the pic of all my die sets.

I then taped them to the back of the storage envelopes.  Now I can see at a glance what belongs where. 

I also sorted out all my stamps and have only the current ones out.

Then went one step farther and put them in alphabetical order.

Stampin Up Event

Well this time around was a bust. I had no one signed up for Saturday so I spend the day organizing, there will be a later post on that. Today was going to be the second event and the Minnesota weather got in the way of that, so once again here I am alone, putting the time to good use. A post for another day.
Here are the pics of the projects we were to make.

This is from the Waterfront Stamp Set and is one of my favorites.

These cards are made with the Petal Passion Memories & More Card Pack.   It's one of those things that gets totally overlooked in the catalog.  (Page  24, in the Occasions Catalog) People think of it as more for scrapbooking but it is a fabulous deal if you want to make a lot of nice cards for not a lot of money.  You get 72 double sided cards plus  2 sticker sheets, 2 accent sheets and 2 acetate sheet overlays for only $10.00. I used one of the stickers for the Happy Birthday Card.

How stinkin' cute is this tag?  It's only 3 inches high. This set comes with a stamp set and matching dies.  It's my second favorite from the occasions catalog and is going to be more fun than a barrow of monkeys.

And these little purses, are they not adorable? These were not my idea and came from Paper Pixie.

 I had to buy some Lindor chocolates for the occasion, since the purses are just big enough to hold one.

They snap shut with a tiny magnet.

This card is made with the note card set from page 195 in the Annual Catalog. and the Flourishing Phrases page 24. The set comes with 20 note cards and envelops.  The cards are 5 x 3 1/2 which is the perfect size for when you want to send a card and don't have much to say.