Little Patch of Life

 A very talented young lady is approaching her first double digit birthday!  Undecided on what to do for a card I started digging though my stamp collection I came across Unity's Sweet Panda Friend . This young lady has requested stuffed animals for her big day, so I felt it would work perfectly.   I stamped and heat embossed the panda in the middle of card and then stamped out a second image on a sticky note. The image on the sticky note was fussy cut and used to mask the panda on the card front.   In addition to masking the panda I also took a piece of washi tape and ran it down both sides of the card, to mask that area.  Once I completed masking I used Taylored Expressions Gifted Background stamp to build out the background image of gifts.  The last stamp used on the card front is from Jaded Blossoms Hello Hello stamp set.  I purchased this stamp set a couple years back and just noticed today as I went to get the link for you that it is o...

#TayloredExpressions #FluffyFriendsHoliday #MFTStamps #MistiStamping      I went to a couple of business for the first time in a long while recently and noticed that Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas items were all out on the floor at the same time. Aa a side note if you are  an investor I think you could really win with a year around "Holiday Store" where you could shop any holiday at any time of year.  Personally, I like to go the common retail stores for every day items and not have to be reminded of what big money sucking holiday is lurking around the corner ..lol.   The holiday decor did inspire me to start making holiday cards. Every year I say I am going to get enough put together to be able to send them to friends and family and every year I fail. Today, I made my first holiday card for the Fall/Winter season.   I am really enjoying the bird on the sentiment.       The stamp set that I used is Taylored Expressi...