Friendly Advice

I was going to title this post "Simple Sunday, Too" but then realized that "simple" would be appropriate for all of my posts - regardless of the day of the week. LOL. There was no stamping after bedtime last night, but rather ,I made these cards in the midst of bedtime battle. And, I was chewed out by one little boy who showed up by my side when he should have been sleeping because I'd used the "cranker thing" (AKA Cuttlebug) without him. What nerve! Actually, there was no battle at bedtime - just a permissive grandma who told them they could "camp out" in the living room and watch TV until they fell asleep. At 11, however, I had to turn off the television. Mathias fell promptly asleep, and a few minutes later, Bjorn, who is long accustomed to falling asleep in grandpa's arms, fell asleep in mine. Grandpa arrived home a few minutes later to relocate Bjorn to the bed and, after hearing about our bedtime adventure, tell me I'm a "pushover." Imagine!

OK. About my cards. I've had Inkadinkado's "Friendly Advice" set for quite some time and have used a couple of the stamps previously. As for the rainbow sentiment, I've had my eye out for a rainbow stamp to go with it. I've never found one I like, however, which led me to finally make a card without one. For this one, I taped five 1 by 3-3/4 inch strips of cardstock to a 5 by 3-3/4 inch piece of cardstock and ran it through the Cuttlebug as one unit. The sentiment was attached with foam mounting tape.

Materials & Tools: White Daisy, Black, Amethyst, Heavenly Blue, Key Lime, Baby Pink, and Sunkiss Yellow cardstock; White Daisy Textured cardstock; Black ink pad; Inkadinkado Friendly Advice stamp set; Ribbon from Wal-Mart; Cuttlebug w/D'Vine Swirls embossing folder; 3M foam mounting tape.

My second card evolved after flipping through my embossing folders and realizing how little I use my "word" folders. In other words, it was inspired by guilt. LOL. Truly nothing to say about this one other than the fact that my "candle" was created with a stamp from "It's Your Day," the August SOTM, and the flame (inked with Sunny Yellow and then Orange) was made with a leaf from the "Angel Whispers" set. Very simple. Kinda cute.

Materials & Tools: White Daisy, Holiday Red, and Star Spangled Blue cardstock; Holiday Red, Clover Meadow, Sunny Yellow, and Orange stamp pads; Inkadinkado Friendly Advice, CTMH It's Your Day, and Angel Whispers stamp sets; Red mini brads; Stampin' Up Ticket punch; 3M foam mounting tape.

As I was long on the front end of this post, I'll keep it short on the end. Mathias is patiently (kind of) waiting to play a game of "Go Fish." It's all luck. I'll lose anyway. LOL.

I hope your day is wonderful. Thanks for all your sweet comments. While I'm pretty much a self-healing old broad, it's always nice to have a little understanding. Take care, friends! Later...