PLAYING WITH STAMPS

For those of you who don't know, I am also

a Stampin' Up Consultant, and just for a little

bit of fun I have been covering Journals using

some of the latest Stampin' Up Designer Series papers. This one uses Newsprint. The lower right hand corner has a small piece of embossed paper that I dragged across the stamp pad to add some colours to the flowers. I embossed the paper with the new "Big Shot" and I can't wait to get some more designs. It is so easy and so much fun.

I covered this journal with paper from the

Love Letters Designer Series paper.

I cut the birds out using the new Two Step

Bird Punch. These new punches are

amazing to use too. I then tied various ribbons

and lace down the spiral of the journal. The

black and white striped ribbon is from the lovely

range of Stampin' Up 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. The other ribbon is

out of my stash and I just thought it went

nicely and added a bit of variety. The Lace is

out of my lace tin too.

Both journals come blank from Stampin' Up.

I have also been playing with some bookmarks

and using one of the new hostess stamp sets

called Because I Care. This is a lovely stamp

set, and is available to you if you wish to host

a workshop and qualify for a Level 1 Hostess

Set.

This just shows you a closer picture of the

beautiful flower stamp, and once again the

beautiful black and white ribbon.