I {heart} you this much...

 #2882
Supplies:

Sassy Cheryl "Come on Get Happy"

PTI Choose Joy

Winnie & Walter The Big, the Bold (&Happy), (&Seasons), (&You)

Recollections Kraft Card stock, glitter paper, Paddywack Paper Pad

Spellbinder Nested Hearts

Copics: R24, R27, R29, B91, B93, B95, N3, E000, E00, E11, R20

Tools:  MISTI, Big Shot Pro, Cameo

Happy Mother's Day

#2757
Scrapberry Basik Thinking of You

Papertrey Blooming Button Bits, Smokey Shadow Ink

Copics & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Stickles Star Dust

Viva Pearl Pen - Cream

Spellbinder Labels 20

MISTI

Happy Anniversary....

I have been thrilled with the results of cataloging my stamps.  I recently finished a card with a ship on it for Father's Day and needed something to fill in a corner.  It occurred to me an anchor would look good and as luck would have it, in my images folder under anchors, I had three dies that would cut anchors, one was perfect.  I've been able to find a perfect sentiment for every card with no effort, just scan down the list on my computer, find one, note the location and go get it.  Since I can see it on the computer, I can tell which one will compliment my card.  And, while I'm getting all excited here, I might mention that since I got it, I haven't made a single card without my MISTI.  I'm super excited that I can stamp my die cuts with so little effort to line them up.  I cut them out but leave them inside the paper they were cut from and use both pieces in the MISTI.  The frame keeps the die cut in place while I stamp it.  Easy Peasy!!

 #2749
Supplies:

PTI Beautiful Butterflies & dies, Berry Sorbet Pattern Pack

Penny Black Music Background

Hap-bee birthday...

 #2748
Supplies:

Darice Bees Buzzing, Border Bee Embossing Folders

PTI Honey Bees & Die

PTI Phrase Play #5:  Happy & Die

PTI Birthday Classics:  March

PTI Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise Card Stock

MISTI Tool

Evaluating the MISTI....

I LOVE this tool.  I ordered the MISTI (Most Incredible Stamp Tool Invented) in December and didn't receive it until the end of January, so quite a wait time.  I had seen this product on several You Tube videos (see a video here) and Facebook postings and, while it didn't make me desperately want it, I could see how it could come in handy.  Boy, was I wrong.  I hardly make a card without it since I got it.  You can die cut images that have stamps to match, put the die cut in, lay the stamp on top, get it perfect, close the lid, pick up the stamp, ink and go.  You can use the magnets (I didn't order them) or use double sticky tape.  Sometimes because the die cuts are so small, they are picked up by the stamp when the lid is opened.  Taping them will either hold them in place or lift the die cut and the sponge lining out which is ok if you just make sure the lining was firmly in the corner and if it lifts, you just put it back.  I have dozens of stamps and dies to match and always have trouble lining them up well.  My acrylic blocks are no longer show room new, they have ink on them that I can't get off and lines that keep me from aligning while I stamp.

While the bee isn't perfect, it's 100% better than I can do by eyeballing it.  This is a card in process using PTI stamps and Darice embossing folders.  I'll post the card when it's finished.   For the first time, I also used an embossing folder on the inside....stay tuned.....