Stamped Sophisticates

Sunday, April 03, 2016

Flyin' High!

Enjoying my free Sale-A-Bration stamp " Sky is the Limit"
April Paper Pumpkin packs an extra punch (not really a punch; but it does pack an extra, free stamp set!)

Masculine card with Sky is the Limit set

I needed a couple of masculine cards this week. One for my bother's birthday and one for my dear husband who has had to put up with me and my oversize shoulder brace after rotator cuff surgery. Even with the awkward brace I've managed to spend a few hours each day in my craft room. I'm hoping the precision cutting and pendulum swings while using the paper cutter count towards exercises for my healing shoulder. Dear husband has helped remind me to take my meds, do my exercises,and has run to Wal-mart for more ice to keep the swelling down in my shoulder. He's fashioned plastic coverings for my wound so I can shower, he's crafted coverings for the pressure points jabbing me from all sharp corners of the arm brace. What demented doctor invented these awful braces, anyway? Could they make them any less comfortable? So I made him a special thank you card letting him know how grateful I am for his special care. (Love that man... I really picked a good one )

Enjoying my free stamp set, Sky is the Limit, a 2016 Sale-A-Bration set

Once I finished stamping the bi-plane image, I used my Wink of Stella glitter pen to add a small amount of bling to the plane and to the dark lines on the maps.

Recipe

Stamps: Sky is the limit
Paper: Hello Honey, Delightful Dijon, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper (133704)
Ink: Basic Gray
Accessories: Wink of Stella Glitter Pen - Gold, Dimentionals, Ovals Collection Framelits Dies (129381), Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, Magnetic Platform 130658.

Final thought: Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.

Paper Pumpkin packing extra punch in April!

I'm looking forward to April's Paper Pumpkin kit. It will include a free stamp set commemorating Paper Pumpkin's 3rd year anniversary and 1 millionth kit. You can still order the April kit until April 10 and get the free stamp. Its a surprise; we haven't seen the images yet. Look for the Paper Pumpkin category in the left hand navigation bar on the shopping page and place your order for April by April 10. Order month to month or by 3 mo., 6 mo or yearly subscription. These kits also make great gifts for your crafting friends.