This is a super busy week for me and when I sat down to whip up a card….this little gem came together in a snap! It is using 2 different stamp sets…Friendly Phrases and the Fabulous Foliate Wheel Stamp….yes…I said Wheel Stamp but I made it into a stamp!
Making "Wheels" into stamp is a quick and economical way to utilize great stamps! Before I became a SU Demonstrator I bought a couple of "wheel stamps"…they came and I looked at them and thought "Now…what the heck do I do with this!!!!" Remember….I am very simple and very challenged when things get too fru-fru for me! Then I remember watching a video from the wonderful Mary Fish and I thought….I can do that! Check out her video – she is an amazing paper crafter and a fabulous upline!
I knew myself well enough that having a stamp would be much more useful than having it on a wheel…..(especially when I had no clue what to do with a wheel!!!!). I have since purchased just about every wheel and made them into stamps and now I use them often! The trick is to purchase the Clear-Mount Cling Foam…this is the magic ingredient to making your wheel and also wooden stamps come "portable" for you!
Isn't that not only a beautiful but such an elegant and sophisticated stamp! I just love it! An how easy could that be to stamp….cut….layer on a color card stock and POOF – you're done! Now to the sentiment….I use this stamp set all the time – just love the fresh and fun sayings! Are these fun..practical…and just the "right sentiment" for soooo many occasions!
The fun part was being able to use Mr. Big Shot….I have been ignoring him the past several days and I think he was getting a bit left out! The Labels Collection Framelits are the perfect size to frame this message – then using the next size larger…again POOF – I look like a genius and all I had to do was crank up dear Mr. Big Shot! Now do you really think I could poke those holes so perfectly even? No way, but once again, SU has a trick – called the Festive Paper Piercing Pack and the Paper Piercing Tool made me look really crafty and truthfully it is fun!!!
Now you know me by now….dimensionals and a lined envelope are a must, and the International Bazaar Paper did the trick! SU has the most BEAUTIFUL paper….just look at this pack! As always, I am a click away and I truly hope that you and your friends sign up to get my daily blog postings! Upper right corner….right under the Catalog! I love what I do and I would love to have you as part of my SU family!
STAMPIN' UP! SUPPLIES:
Stamp Set: Friendly Phrases 126151 (clear), 126149 (wood), Fabulous Foliate Wheel (124087)
Paper: Whisper White ( 100730), Melon Mambo (115320), Liner – International Bazaar (126920)
Ink: Pacific Point ( 126951)
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Tools: Mr Big Shot (113349), Labels Framelits (125598), Festive Paper Piercing Pack( 127857), Paper Piercing Tool ( 126189)
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Perfect Touches – Stampin Dimensionals (104430), Snail (104332), Clear Mount Cling Foam (124236)
