Even More Happy!

We're nearly out of time for the #30yearsofhappy promotion from Close To My Heart. This neat stamp set is only available until the end of September, and with the purchase of $30 worth of current stamps you can get yours free (a $13.95 USD value).

Here's another sweet project I made using this stamp set:

I made a whole passel of these little favor bags for a recent Woman's Club meeting. Each one held a piece of candy from a terrific area candy shop.

This single stamp made a great flower center in a contrasting color.  I cut the two flower layers as well as the center using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

The mini bags are from Webster's Pages. I simply added a strip of Lagoon Hearts washi tape and the flower I made. After putting in the candy, I just folded the bag over and stapled it with the Mini Stapler.

There are lots of other great ideas out there using this stamp set, including petite little gift cards and plenty more.  You can check them out at any time by simply searching for the hashtag #30yearsofhappy on Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, and more.  Be sure to get your stamp set before September ends! Head over to my website, and once you've added $30 worth of current stamps to your cart the option to add this stamp set free will appear at the bottom of your cart.

A Country Card - and Some Challenges

After a yucky day of feeling sick yesterday, I really needed a crafty day today!  I thought I would stick to a smaller project, so I made a card for some of my favorite challenges.

I've had this sweet watering can stamp for a while and hadn't used it yet so I pulled it out, along with the coordinating die.  I thought it would work really well with these papers for the Country Flair challenge over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week. I always prefer working with a sketch, and definitely didn't want make my own today, so I went with my old standby of Mojo Monday. I wasn't sure at first how this week's sketch would work for this card, but can I just say that I LOVE it?! I'm also going to join in on the Anniversary Challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs; you just have to use ODBD stamps.

I used papers from the Jubilee paper pack from Close To My Heart, some woodgrain washi tape from CTMH, and a purple floral washi tape (that I think is from Love My Tapes).  I used a Spellbinders round die for my circle, sponging some Cashmere ink (CTMH) inside for added depth.

The Watering Can stamp and coordinating die are from Our Daily Bread Designs. The image is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa ink, then die cut with the matching die. I colored the image using Copic markers. Here is a list of the colors I used:

• E07, E08, E09 (can)
• YG61, YG63, YG67
• BV02, BV04, BV08
• Y11, Y13, Y15
• R22, R24, R27
• YR04, YR07, YR27