Stampin' With Michelle Pepper

Wow, it's the end of the month already? Hmm, I can't let the month end without sharing about this stationery set which I was inspired to make for a friend.  Three convincing reasons for my making the effort to make this set: 1) My friend is American, and while the thing she loves about being in New Zealand is me (ok, ok, I am not the only reason - ha! - among many other reasons), I know she misses her family and her life in the States. So over there, her birthday would be in Autumn, not Spring as it is in New Zealand. Hence the reason I chose to use this retired (but right now on clearance, so you can either purchase through emailing me or click here ) Sweater Weather DSP which screams Autumn colors to me.  2) She's a fan of Charles Dickens, and I love, not only the friendship we have, but also the friendship between her children and mine. The perfect stamp for it therefore is one that is from the From My Heart stamp set.  3) She shares my love ...

Around the World Stampin' Up! Challenges is celebrating their 1st birthday with Challenge #25 's theme being "Thanks". The challenge closes on September 29th, so there is still time for you to participate in the challenge too :-) I have just entered the challenge with this card, so join me! Click here to see more ideas, and to Like my entry (it is the 12th card you'll see on the list of thumbnails at the bottom of the page). I like to include a Thank You card in my customer's orders (although it sometimes doesn't happen due to life's busy-ness or maybe it's just because I am not organised enough). Moreover, I try to add value by customising the card to their order. For example, a new customer ordered the Tag Topper Scalloped Punch so I made this card to give her another idea for using the punch other than just for making tags with. The floral theme is my go-to theme when I don't know a person well, and Flower Patch  (with coordinating F...

The Flower Patch stamp set and co-ordinating Flower Flair Framelits were arguably the first things I wanted from Stampin' Up!'s new catalogue which launched on the 1 July in the South Pacific. These finally arrived at my doorstep today. That, and being totally inspired by one of my card making cyber mentors, Catherine Pooler's cards, all my plans to continue working on the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set project tonight came to a halt. I hope you can see why with this end result!!!! I love it! And the most satisfying moment, worthy of a pause in time...just to be still, admire and smile a satisfying sigh...for me was the way the sentiment was stamped. Because it is a photopolymer stamp, ie it is flexible and clear, you can bend it accordingly -in this case, to curve beautifully with the cut patterned paper. Way to go - photopolymer stamps have the thumbs up from me! I am submitting this card in this week's Fab Friday challenge . I believe it fits the sketch as I h...