Woot-woot, it is Friday and the end of the week is here! Do you have any fun plans…I do – DOING NOTHING other than being here at the house and I am smiling about that! Yesterday I woke up early with a HUGE to-do list and I felt great that there were lots of accomplishments!
I picked up Stanley and was squealing with joy and excitement the whole way home….just to have him home that I can look out the window and see my sweet , beautiful boy. (darn, I get so attached to my animals) and now I have another TO DO daily …ride Stanley – he is fit and he needs to stay that way…so the moral of the story is I need to get my rear up and go ride Stanley and Oscar every morning!
We all know that the clearance rack was stocked on Tuesday and one of my all time favorites was on there and is still on there! While I was driving home from getting Stanley, I whipped this card up in my head…this is why I love this 1″ punch!
To make this card – is a cinch! All I did was take a 4″ X 5″ piece of white paper and then using the 1″ punch (WHICH IS ON CLEARANCE) and POPPED away with the 1″ punch and went to town! The “green glue” works great to get that perfect “wiggle room”
It worked out perfectly to cut a 2″ square for the sentiment! This layout is fun and fast and can easily be adapted with many stamps we have and a great way to use up DSP. It looks time consuming but it is really the contrary as it is super fast to whip up!
You all know that I love this below stamp set…I actually think that it might be the most versatile stamp set in the NEW Holiday Catalog…..when in doubt – get the sentiment set out! This worked PERFECTLY – as the sentiment went on a 2″ square!
You have to agree that this is a super easy card! I used to use 1″ squares all of the time when I Scrap-booked a bunch. It is so easy to work with and it adds that extra “something” but take little time and minimal product! I say that this is a win-win all the way around!
After I adhered the squares and the sentiment, I then added it to a white mat before placing it on the Black base. Fun, festive and easy! Today I did something I rarely do…the white mat is the width of the card (4 1/4″) but the height of the mat is 5 1/4″ so you see a peek of black on the top and bottom….(hope this makes sense, when you hold it in your hand it looks great – so just TRY IT!)
Here is you pin picture! I encourage you to look at this layout and save it as it is such a quick and easy way to make a fun card! We all have so much DSP…so let’s use it! This is also a great card to do with children. They love punching things out~ I would make a deal with them…they punch you glue!
BOO! – I hope that this sweet card made you smile. it is clean, crisp and just works! This punch is now on sale for just under $10.00 so I would definitely HOP ON IT if you do not have it. I find that “punches are my friends…as they are time savers” – that darn word…TIME – gets is all of the time!
I just have to share with you….my boys….they are super dirty and dusty but after they went out together and rolled…and looked at each other as they were saying…IS THAT YOU…they bonded! I had my phone with me and took a quick video of them ~ I just had to share the love with Hannah…she too loves her boys!
Don’t get to excited…it’s kind of boring but it is amazing the love animals have for each other. They have been apart since May and like a great friend, they can pick up where the left off!
Enjoy the day – make someone smile and do something for yourself! 🙂
Cute, cute card and warms my heart that the boys bonded…. I can’t wait to see the video. ENJOY YOUR RIDES TODAY and take in that fresh air and quiet time. God is good!
First, I have to say the video is so super sweet! They love each other so much with all their “kissing!” Thanks for making me smile so early in the morning. Next, your card is adorable and fun. Definitely casing this card and method for quick and easy cards. Have an enjoyable day!
Aww…such a sweet, loving video. They obviously love and missed each other. Caleb would like to know how old they are. Your card is adorable! I don’t have any of the new DSP (since I missed your first round of shares) and it drives me crazy when I see a project I’d like to CASE but I can’t. Note to self: Never, Ever miss another project share of Susan’s again. Lesson learned. 🙂
What beautiful boys!!!! They are blessed to be loved the way they are, and just look at them spreading that same love! Amazing!!!!
I got my product share!!!! YAY!!!! I am so excited and thank you, Susan!!!!!!
I was kicking myself as I read today’s post as I meant to order the 1″ square punch and realized I forgot to when I placed my order…….ugh. Well, seems like I do this every order….truth is I want it all!!!!
This is an adorable card. I’m not usually a big Halloween person but for some reason I am this year and love the paper and stamp sets!!! Planning to surprise the new kiddos in my neighborhood. Have a great day, everyone!!!!
Well, you made one of my favorite cards today !! I absolutely adore making “squares” cards ! They are endless on whatever you want to use …..love `em. Love your cute card !
Thank you for that sweet reunion video of those BFFs ! Oh how handsome they are ! What a treat to have them back together again for you !
Fun blog today ! Happy Thursday !
Susan..you never fail to bring us creativity, great ways to use our stuff (!), and encouragement PLUS lots of smiles. The card is so fun and the video of the beautiful boys made my day.
Fun card with some of my favorite SU Halloween papers, and such a sweet video of your two horses. I’m betting you will have some fun with those two this weekend!
I received my shares this week, too, and appreciate ALL the time you put into them. This is a fab card…love seeing your dots and dashes on the border again.
Fun card. Using a punch has to easier than cutting them out as some of mine did not line up well on a card I made a few years ago. May be I will see if the punch is still available and give this type of card another try. They are so fun and a great way to use up scraps or small pieces. Of course your dots and dashes made the card even better on the sentiment panel! I am not one for exact measuring as it is. Plus the “green glue” will help as I did not like that stuff at that time but now I love it! Of course if I end up making it a square card then I will have to invest and buy the envelope punch board which I keep putting off. Oh, loved my portion of the shares and will check to see if you are still doing a second round. Thanks for all your hard work in doing them!
Horses, I had no idea they did things like that. So cute.
The punch does help a bunch and the green glue…the saver! I keep seeing my white pen there and I just couldn’t resist! You can put a square card in a regular envelope….try it!
Awww, They LOVE each other!!! Thanks for that beautiful piece of nature! And for the awesome card. So simple and yet so much fun!
They do, they do – I just love to see them scratching each others back….
SQUEE! Stanley is home. Oscar sure seems happy to see him (in that staid horse way). Also squee about this card. You haven’t done one of your punched creations in a while so I’m happy and the fact that this is h’ween paper makes me even happier! Wheee!
I really like that stamp set with the greetings for different holidays/occasions, but so often I forget to use them because it isn’t in with the other stamps of that holiday. Since the one set has different greetings for different seasons so I store them with the general stamps, but that obviously isn’t working for me. What’s the secret?!!
Stanley is so happy but Oscar is even happier!!! You make me smile…I store my stamps alphabetically….and then highlight the stamp sets that I have in my catalog! This is a great and oh so versatile stamp set! I will give the boys a carrot from you!