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Using up the “bits”

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Sometimes I stamp something that doesn’t fit the project I’m working on, but I like the way it looks.  Those “bits” as I like to refer to them usually end up on the bulletin board above my stamp desk for me to ponder.  If they’re “little bits” they have a jar on my desk, but when things get into that jar they sometimes never leave – they’re too small to remember.   This was a bit on the bulletin board that kept calling me:

Circle Circus Bits

  • Circle Circus and Thanks So Much stamp sets
  • Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Very Vanilla card stock
  • Chocolate Chip, Real Red and  Pumpkin Pie Classic ink pads
  • Real Red 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon
  • Large oval punch; XL Decorative Label punch

This is a simple concept that could be re-interpreted in many different ways, but I thought the colors were very Autumnal, and I’ve said before that changing the colors of my paper is as close to Autumn as I get here in the islands.  You could even take a full sheet (8 1/2 x 11 inches) of Very Vanilla cardstock and do your random stamping all over that, then cut it into card pieces.  Sometimes it’s all about efficiency!

Thanks so much, Medallion

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It’s been such a long time since I’ve inked up my Medallion stamp.  I still love it just as much as I did the first time I laid eyes on it, but it seems there has been a lot of competition for my time in the stamp room.  The other day I decided to give that Medallion a little inky love:

Thanks So Much Medallion

  • Medallion and Thanks So Much stamps
  • Vintage Vogue Jumbo Stampin’ Around Wheel
  • Whisper White and Pear Pizazz card stock
  • Marina Mist and Pear Pizazz Classic ink pads
  • Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write markers
  • Basic Rhinestone Jewels
  • 1/8 inch Daffodil Delight taffeta ribbon
  • 1 3/8 and Scallop Circle punches

I just can’t help cutting out that Medallion.  I’ve done it before and I love the look.  It’s really not that much work and I think it’s well worth the effort.  Matter of fact, when things slow down a little bit (ha ha ha, I crack myself up) I want to make this card in a bunch of different color combinations.  I think it would make a great set.