Joy Express

I have had the most busy week of Being Creative!  July is the month for all things creative and a couple of girlfriends and I are just ‘creating’ away and sharing our passion and achievements with each other, via email.  This stunning Sweet Treat Flower project is my most recent creation and is based on a project by Lynn Sichky for the current round of UStamp with Dawn and Friends ~ Early Summer Edition.  It was So Much Fun to create!!  I even took the pieces in the car with me to stick together while I waited for Kels to come out of school.   This was my very first time of using the Sweet Treat Cups – Fun, Fun, Fun!

I have also fallen in love with Tracey Old’s Double Pocket Purse.  Ooh La La!  It was really easy to create (once I got my head around the folding directions – sometimes my brain just doesn’t work like other people’s!!)  I have been using and using the fabulously gorgeous Sunny Day Simply Scrappin’ Kit ~ gosh! It’s gone a long way.  What a fabulous investment!! 

I was So Thrilled with Tracey’s project that I created another one which I gave to Josh’s girlfriend for her birthday, this week.  It was the perfect size to pop in a gift card and the birthday card as well as hide a new crystal bookmark and a little glass ornament, in between the pockets!  I also used an old Simply Scrappin’ Kit from my stash – I LOVE the Bright Colours!  In fact, I was excited when I realised that I could use up a couple of different Designer Series Paper Pack Patterned sheets – it’s So Wonderful that Stampin’ Up! coordinates all their product!  The cute little book is just the right size for the pocket in the purse … guess what I will be making for the next round of birthday gifts?!

I have made up more UStamp projects, this round, than I’ve been able to in the last couple of sessions.  Time has been on my side and my ‘need to be creative’ has been in overdrive!  In fact, I gave myself a little talking to, this morning, and suggested that maybe I could make some cards?  LOL.

Maybe it’s the stimulation of creating the Joy-Fold Card using Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Old Olive that’s got me thinking about creating more cards.  This Colour Challenge is also from UStamp and I got to use even more of my favourite Sunny Day Scrappin’ Kit goodies.  I challenged myself to go a bit further than the rules of the challenge and not use Whisper White … I am pretty excited with the end result and it pushed me out of my comfort zone.  Yippee!

Ahh, Life Is Good with UStamp!  (Check out the next round, if you’re interested, because it’s all about CARDS!)