July My Paper Pumpkin Kit

The My paper pumpkin kit for July arrived Tuesday! It is fun to get something in the mail each month and not know what it is! For the most part I never get anything that I do not already know is coming. Even for Christmas and my birthday do I rarely get a surprise so these are really nice. It's like a Christmas present every month! 

They arrive in pretty orange boxes and this beautiful pool party tissue paper. 

 This months kit is a banner kit! It is adorable! 

You get your picture with directions on how to assemble the kit, 

and all the contents! This one has 2 ink spots! Summer starfruit and pool party, tiny little clothespins, skewers, die cut banners, foam dimensionals, and 3 stamps! This has been the best kit yet I think! 

I really like these stamps. It is nice to have stamps to give a background to different things. 

Now to just figure out what I am going to do with this set. If I had not already had my catalog kick off party I would have used it on my table setting. No birthday's coming up in the family for the near future so I will just have to find something else to use it for. 

Five Minute Friday

Everytime I mention making cards to new people they all seem to say the same thing. " I don't have time to do that". So one of my goals is to show people they don't need much "time" to make a cute card. Yes, sometimes I can spend half the day in my stamp room but most of the time, I get very little time to actually stamp.  This cute card was case'd from here.  I have yet to make the blue version but will next chance I get so I can have some on hand!

The colors in this picture seem way off. Strawberry slush is the base for this card and the ink on the label. This stamp set has the matching punch and labels for several occasions. 

Anyway..... this card literally took less than 5 minutes. I cut the strawberry slush base, cut the white layer, ran it through the mosaic embossing folder, tied my ribbon around the card, stamped the label and  punched it, then punched two more in strawberry and layered my label. That's it! You could not even put your shoes on and get to the car (so you could buy a card) in the time it took to make this card. I will try very hard to post a new Five Minute Friday card each week. 

Baby Shower invitations

So here is one of the projects I have been up to in the past couple of weeks. I had an order for 35 custom baby shower invitations.  They are all boxed up and ready to go.

I made them in the criss cross design and used a polka dot embossing folder, real red, whisper white, and basic black cardstocks and non SU polka dot washi tape and mickey head punch.