May 2010 Swaps

This month the stampin' club swap theme was "pink" (Tami's fave color) and "birthday", so this was my take on it.  I just got the Watercolor Trio stamp set, and I'm loving the versatility of it!  This was the card, by Nelia Harper, I used as inspiration.  (Yeah, I know the greeting shown above isn't birthday-themed......the cards I made for the swap were.  This was a leftover card I want to send to Operation Write Home.)


See that cool bow? I learned how to do that from my Stampin' Addicts pal Mickey Roberts' site here.  I just turned my bow a bit, and punched way too big holes. :-(

Gold Bitty Buttons

My apologies for making you wait to see how I did the gold Bitty Buttons....work takes up too much of my time, grrrrr!

These are really easy to make, so grab a pair of tweezers (I like the reverse-action ones for this purpose), a VersaMark ink pad, some Stampin' Emboss Powder and a Heat Tool, and let's get going!

Poke the tweezer points through the holes of the button.

Tap the button on the VersaMark pad, inking it thoroughly.

Dip the button in the EP of your choice (I used SU Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder).

Heat it with the Heat Tool JUST until the powder melts.

Let it cool for about 20 seconds or so, then pop it off the tweezers. Voila!  Teeny, tiny, gold Bitty Buttons!

AND THE WINNER IS....

Thank you all for the 37 lovely comments!  It appears the lilac card for Mom was really a hit.  And now, without further ado, the random number generator from Random.org says the winning number is:

Here are your random numbers:

15

Timestamp: 2010-05-04 19:10:21 UTC



Counting down to the 15th comment led me to:

MaryR said...
what beautiful projects with these itty bitties!

April 30, 2010 1:27 PM

Mary, please contact me within 48 hours with your address so I can send your stamp set.  Congratulations!