Work Before Play

I got my new stuff yesterday!!! Before I let myself play though, I made myself clean up my stamp room and rearrange some things. My stamps had become a jumbled mess! I had them separated by Retired and "in the catty" but my retired stamps were beginning to outnumber my "in" stamps, so decided to put them all together. I put them on shelves loosely alphabetical ... top shelf A-E, next F-O, etc. And I put a blue dot on all the retired ones. My background stamps are on top of the shelving unit. Anyway, it works for me most of the time!!

So today after cleaning a bit, I did a one-sheet wonder for my VCR roomie. I need to get her package in the mail Monday. I was in a one-sheet wonder swap so I used one that I received to make my cards and I am sending cardstock and another of the one-sheet wonders that I received to her for a "make and take".

After I finished that project, I worked on my swap for Jami. Jami is a Dirty Dozen (Splitcoast) alumni and her swaps are always excellent. I have been participating in her swaps for several years and they are always high quality. I only have to make 8 cards so it'll be pretty easy. My assignment is to use the new "in colors", Pink Piroutte and Riding Hood Red. The stamp set that I chose to use is a new one that I received yesterday - Window Dressing. I think the card really turned out cute! I also used another new color - Kiwi Kiss. I think Kiwi might be my favorite!!

I used our new Scallop Punch (it's great!) to punch the little curtain. I tried to make the windows up top look like stained glass by doing the Polished Stone Technique and cutting the little windows out individually (like I said, I only have to do 8!). The shutters on the side are also paper pieced. I stamped them on the Pink Pir. and cut them off and layered them on. I think I might do some doodling around the edges or just in the top corners. What do you think????