Top Note Bigz die | The Maui Stamper

There’s a group of stampers that meets at my house once a month…well, we call ourselves a stamping group and we definitely do stamp, but we also have a very good time. We are a really diverse group but the things we all share are a love of crafting and a love of people. There’s always a little teasing, a little story-telling, and a lot of laughing. We met last night and here’s one of the cards we made:

Vintage Vogue stamp set
Very Vanilla, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Early Espresso card stock
Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Early Espresso Classic Ink pads and Stampin’ Write markers
Real Red 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon, Rhinestone Jewels, Blender pen and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Big Shot and Top Note Bigz die

This card is really simple to make and a nice change of pace from a standard card. Use a quarter sheet of cardstock for the base and layer on a piece of cardstock that measures 1/4″ less in both length and width. Before you attach the two pieces together, insert the two flaps one on each side between the layers and you’ve got the basic idea.

I didn’t include it in the list of supplies, but the Espresso circle in the center of the Real Red flower is an Owlie Bit.

Do you love to stamp? Can you get to Maui once a month? We’d love to have you join us…

I can’t believe it took me so long to use this lace! Sometimes I’m stubborn about using something new like that. I should have gotten over it sooner.

All of the images in the Just Believe stamp set are gorgeous, but I found myself returning to that same fabulous wildflower bouquet image so I challenged myself. Yeah, I do that…sometimes with rather disastrous results. I’m happy to report that this time the results were kinda cool – at least I thought so:

Just Believe, En Francais and Vintage Vogue stamp sets
Whisper White, Concord Crush, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red card stock
Always Artichoke and Concord Crush Classic ink pads
Riding Hood Red and Concord Crush Stampin’ Write markers; Blender pen
Corner rounder, Crop-a-dile, Big Shot and Top Note Bigz die
Victoria Crochet Trim and Antique brads

I did NOT have to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig for the sentiment in the middle of the label because with our beautiful Clear Mount stamps I could see just where to put it! I like that 🙂 I also fell in love with this color combination so watch for it again.

This has a real vintage feeling with the brad and that gorgeous crochet lace ribbon. It’s really soft and easy to work with, and I’m looking forward to using it for some of my holiday projects. There are some beautiful new products in the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini that will be available to the general public on September 1 – be sure you check with your demonstrator to be sure your copy is on the way!