Enjoy the Little Things

I ordered this project kit and stamp set from Stampin' Up mostly because I'm obsessed with clip boards and the little standing one that comes with this kit was just too cute to pass up. I thought I'd make a couple of their cards to display on the clip board but then I would use it to display lots of other things too - recipes, photos, etc. Well I started making the cards that came with the kit and I couldn't stop - since it's a kit most of it is done and you just assemble it all, a little bit of stamping is about the only thing left to do so it came together very quickly. I made a little video montage while I was assembling so you can see how easy it is to do - don't worry, I did it in time-lapse so you don't have to watch every second of me putting these together, I sped it all up for you but hopefully you get the sense of how quick and easy it is. And it was fun! Even though I will still use this little clipboard to display other things, I now have like 10 cute cards to use with it.





I can order the kit for you if you want, just let me know. I don't think the stamps and all the ink pads are totally necessary to buy if you already have some that would work with the cards - it would not be hard to change these using whatever stamped sayings or patterns you would like and personalize them to your own taste and style. I highly recommend getting the fine tip glue, there are lots of little bits to glue on that would be harder to do with a wider tip craft glue.

Stamped Floor Mat

I ordered a "Larger than Life" alphabet and number stamp set from Stampin' Up and the first project I wanted to do with them is make this cute floor mat for under Sarge's food and water bowls. Look how cute it turned out! Next I'm thinking to use these on towels and pillowcases...I'll let you know how that turns out.

I used a super cheap throw rug from IKEA (I had no idea if this was gonna work so didn't want to risk using a decent rug!) that has a very low pile, I don't think it would work to stamp on something that has a deeper or fluffier pile.  I had to stamp over each letter twice to get the ink dark enough - with these photopolymer stamps it's easy to do that since you can see thru them. If you have the wooden block kind it will be a little harder to line the letters up to stamp them more than once but you can make it work if that's what you have. I did words but you could stamp a design or symbols - I'm thinking dog paws, birds, whatever! This could also be cute for other things than a dog dish mat, maybe in front of the back door or craft/laundry/kids room? Use your imagination :)

these stamps come stuck to a heavy piece of plastic, peel the one off you want and stick it to a clear stamp block.

the stamp will be backwards, when you turn the block over to stamp it will be facing the correct way.

decide what you want to stamp and where you want to place the words, then stamp away! I used black ink and just eyeballed where I wanted the letters to go. 

after stamping each letter I stamp the excess ink off on a piece of paper, then clean it with a wet paper towel or rag and put it back in its place in the stamp set. 

what a cute face! I wonder if he's thinking "this is what you do all day?" or maybe just "what the...?" hahaha! 

I don't know what will happen to the ink when I need to wash this mat - we'll see! Another good reason to experiment with an inexpensive rug...

I just signed up to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator -  if you want to order this stamp set or anything else just let me know - I can help :).