I had one of those “a-ha” moments last week while assembling my brand new A Round Array stamp set. It’s a sneak peek from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual catalog and right now you can get it in a bundle with the coordinating 7/8″ Scalloped Circle punch for 15% off or just order the stamp set early. I got this stamp set in Clear mount (that’s available early if you want wood you’ll have to wait for the new catalog) and one of the things that I have been doing with all of my clear mounted stamps is to trim the labels close to the image before attaching them to the stamp. Doing that leaves a little bit of the foam exposed and it sticks better to the clear block than the label clings. You could leave the labels off but I want to know what I’m stamping to I want the labels on. Any way – my “a-ha” moment came when I realized I could PUNCH the labels! Before you peel any of the backing off just use the punch to punch them out then attach to the stamp!
That was so much faster and cleaner than cutting them out. I wish I had figured that out sooner and did it on some of my other stamps too. So if you can punch them then you can also use the framelits to cut out the ones that match those.
Now to show you the card that I created using this cute set –
Do you see the fancy edge on the right side? Well the card base was cut using the Pop ‘n Cuts Card Base die. The back of the card has the little slits that the tabs can slide in to hold it shut. Here are a few more details:
- Cut Island Indigo card stock with the Big Shot and Pop ‘n Cuts card base (I actually scored my 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of card stock first – lining up the score line with the marks on the die).
- Punch a strip of Lucky Limeade card stock with the Ribbon Border Punch and attach to the edge of a piece of Tea for Two Designer Series paper.
- Punch a So Saffron card stock with Blossom punch and pierce using the Paper Piercer and Occasions Piercing Pack template.
- Stamp image from A Round Array stamp set in Island Indigo ink on Whisper White card stock, punch out with the 7/8″ scallop circle punch.
- Punch Island Indigo with 1″ Circle punch.
- Punch Lucky Limeade with 1-1/4″ Scallop Circle punch (carry over from the Holiday catalog).
- Layer the punches together and add to the front of the card.
(from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog)
I checked in on the bluebirds today while mom and dad were out – all 5 eggs are still there – no babies yet. Today is day 12. So any day now they will start hatching – we shall see how many babies we get – hopefully all 5 will be there in a few days. I better fill up the bird feeders again. The squirrels have been driving me crazy – they have learned how to get around the baffle finally – he uses it as a spring board now – grrr. And the squirrel proof feeder – while it does close once the squirrel has his weight on it but he know that when he jumps on it seed flies out and he can jump back down and get all of that. I call the them “he” but I’m sure some are “she’s” in fact one looks like she is either going to have babies or just had some babies.
Thanks for checking in with me today!
