Stamping Spot Studio

I made a whole bunch of these to give to my card club ladies and work friends. It is really small – the box is only 1.5 inches high! The squares that the monsters and stamped on are just one inch. Now I can say I’ve made inchies!

All items from Close To My Heart unless stated otherwise:
Stamp sets: Merry Monsters, Say It In Style
Inks: Black, Pansy Purple
Papers: Orange and White Daisy cardstock
Other: Olive ribbon, Sizzix Sizzlits tag die, Copic markers, Cuttlebug rounded square and frame dies

And Kit and Jax say,

“Make a design statement with live cat area rugs!”

Jen’s challenge this week: make a Christmas card with a family picture. OH NOOOO! Do I even HAVE a family picture?!?? Eeep! After much digging around, I found one from my Aunt’s annual Christmas eve party. My Uncle always has a glass of wine and puts on the Santa suit – every year. Gotta give that guy credit!

Stamp set: Short & Sweet by Stampin’ Up!
Papers: Traditional Christmas by Close To My Heart
Dies and punches: Scalloped square by Nestabilities, Funky Rectange Tags by Sizzix, Christmas Tree by Marvy Uchida
Other: Sparkles and White Daisy Sassy Strands by Close To My Heart

Jen changed the challenge so that it just had to use a picture of a family member (including pets!), but by that time I had this picture. I hope you didn’t change the challenge just for me, Jen!! Please visit the other Little C’s Design Divas to see their creations.

• Risa West – Life’s Simple Pleasures
• Maria Bell – Stampin Inspirations
• Teri Suzuki – Big Ideas From A Little Girl
• Jen Young – Little C’s Blog
• Lori Agena – Love to Dream…Skyz Da Limit
• Ellie Augustin – Adventures With Scrapbookmama
• Jodie Cole – Hawaiian Angels

You can join in on Little C’s challenge, but if you’d rather shop, visit her store at:

And Jabba the Kitt says,

“Bring me Solo and the Wookiee. They will all suffer for this outrage.”

I love fall colors, and these fall papers, but there is no fall in Hawaii! All we get is rain. Oh, well, can’t complain!

Stamp set: Just Rite Elegant Monogram set
Inks: Barn Red, Chocolate (Close To My Heart)
Papers: Autumn Havest (Close To My Heart, retired)
Other: Autumn Harvest My StickEase (Close To My Heart), circle and circle frame dies (Sizzix), Gold MyAccents (Close To My Heart)

And Mittens says,

“Stuck in the hamper. Halp!”

Hey there everybody! My friend Jen over at Little C’s has a bunch of these cool monogram stamps by Just Rite. There are different fonts and different borders. Too cool! I used Julee Tilman’s sketch from her Mojo Monday posts. Here’s what I’ve made with it:

Stamp sets: DIY Monogram Stamper Kit – Special Occasions Font with 3 Elegant Borders by Just Rite, Decorative Dainties by Close To My Heart
Papers: by Close To My Heart (retired)
Inks: Grey Wool, Olive
Other: White organdy ribbon, Sizzix circle and circle frame dies

And Kit says,

“In the future…I foresee you…bringing kitty treats.”

I made this for my last card club meeting. I love simple cards! And the stamp fit perfectly into the middle of the flower punch!

All items from Close To My Heart:
Stamp set: Sensational Seals, Simple Stitches
Inks: Chocolate, Honey
Papers: Life Delights level 2 paper pack, Chocolate, Lilac Mist, Blush, White Daisy cardstock
Other: Marvy Uchida flower punch, Sizzix Daisy Die Cut

And Kit says,

“You weren’t going to use this box, were you?”

I have just been accepted into Little C’s Design Team!! Woooot! My first designing gig!

Little C’s owner Jen asked us to use this sketch from Juliee Tilman’s Poetic Artistry blog, and use a Whipper Snapper stamp (that you can purchase at Little C’s, btw). Since I’m still waiting for my design package of goodies from Jen, I used papers and embellishments already in my stash:

Stamps: Tuxedo Kitten, Fuzzy Mouse by Whipper Snapper, Sentiment by Hero Arts
Others: Silhouette level 2 paper pack by Close To My Heart, ribbon, Just Blooms paper flower, big brad from Close To My Heart, die cuts by Sizzix

Check out what the other design team members made:

• Risa West – Life’s Simple Pleasures
• Maria Bell – Stampin Inspirations
• Teri Suzuki – Big Ideas From A Little Girl
• Jen Young – Pieces of Me

or you can click on their links to the right, under Little C’s Design Team.

And my family and I have recently gone to the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii.

See me? The feet, lol.

I love these papers, but I have a hard time making anything with it. I just want to keep it in nice full uncut sheets, LOL!

All items from Close To My Heart:
Stamp sets: Say It In Style, Let’s Party!
Inks: Holiday Red, Black
Papers: Silhouette level 2 paper pack, Colonial White cardstock
Other: Black Designer Ribbon Rounds, Sparkles, Sizzix tag die, flower punch

And Jax says,

“I will allow you to take my photograph.”

Finally, I’ve used them all up!! I now have 110 greeting cards. Woooo!

Stamp sets: Small Greetings by Hero Arts, Simply Divine by The Angel Company
Papers: retired B&T by Close To My Heart
Inks: Citrus Leaf and Bubblegum by Close To My Heart
Die cut: Paper Sculpting Daisy by Sizzix

And Chelsea says,

“Smile at the camera, Jax.”

Okay, I’m getting tired of this. But there is still more paper…

Stamp sets: Small Greetings by Hero Arts, Simply Divine by The Angel Company
Inks: Citrus Leaf and Bubblegum by Close To My Heart
Papers: retired B&T by Close To My Heart
Die cut: Paper Sculpting Daisy by Sizzix

And wet Jax says,

“Lemme in! Lemme in!”

I hope you had a great holiday! I spent it having lunch with family, then watching the Sugar Bowl. Then I went back to using up my old old stash:

Stamp sets: Small Greetings by Hero Arts, Simply Divine by The Angel Company
Papers: retired B&T by Close To My Heart
Inks: Crystal Blue, Clover Meadow by Close To My Heart
Die cut: Paper Sculpting Daisy by Sizzix

And wet Kit says,

“Man, I hate baths.”