May 29 2007
Stress Stamping
I stress stamp. I was telling my friend Jami the other day that this whole A Muse contest has not stressed me. I have been enjoying it. Of course I want to win, but I am not stressing over it. However, I had a personal situation over the weekend. My dad was hospitalized. To make a long story short, he is going to be fine, but for moments there I was pretty scared. I didn’t know what to do with myself, so I stressed stamped. I made 6 cards.
Stress stamping for me can be good or bad- this time it was good, as in I was happy with what I turned out and it made time pass. Here are a few of my creations:
For this card, I used my Chatterbox Vines paper. So lovely to work with! It has a linen texture. The base of the card is Certainly Celery, the scallop is Apricot Appeal and the main image is So Saffron. I used Versamagic inks and a Sakura Souffle pen for the circle and accents. Images are by A Muse and Stampin’ Up!. The ribbon is from Michaels.
I love the Prego girl. I used more of the Chatterbox paper, and I cut a piece to mask over the dress. All images by A Muse and sentiment Karen Foster Stamp Stamps. The note card is by A Muse and the ribbon is from my stash.
Shake it! Shake it! I love shaker cards… they are so cute.
More Chatterbox! I am trying to use as much of one sheet as I can when I cut it. I cut a cicrle out of the middle and used a transparency. Images are by A Muse and Stampin’ Up! Ink is by VersaMagic and Pallette Hybrid Ink in Noir. The card base is an A Muse note card and the background of the circle is Certainly Celery. I used clear microbeads (which are stuck on the flower for some reason)






I love the colors you used on the cards and the shaker card is so cute with the repeat petals.
I’m happy your dad is going to be okay, but that kinda stuff is so stressful. Glad you used your stress in such a positive way
I love all of these! all of them are so wonderful. the colors are bright and cheerful.