The Maui Stamper

…and I have the flu.  Bah Humbug and all that.

I’m feeling pretty sorry for myself, and although it took me nearly all day to get it done, I made a little something to cheer myself up.  It started when I had to go find a fresh box of tissue.  It was an ugly box.  I knew if I was going to get better, I needed more than an ugly box of tissues:

There, isn’t that better?  If I’m going to need tissue (and unfortunately, I do) it should come from a pretty tissue box!

The new 2013-2014 catalog has LOTS of suites of products, and some of the suites have sweet bundles so that we can save a little extra.  The Mosaic theme has stamps, a TIEF, AND a punch.  Stampin’ Up! is known for coordination, and this catalog brings it to another level!

I scrunched up a  bunch of different punched elements – mostly flowers and scallops – to create the flower trims for the top.  I added a few ribbons with my trusty hot glue gun and finished off the project with a bunch of Rhinestone jewels.

The colors are Pool Party and Bermuda Bay.  I kept a stash of retired In Color papers and ink, so I was ready for this new Color Refresh!

Now I just need to get healthy again so the creative process doesn’t take so long.