I have serious decision making issues. When Karen sent me this sketch I knew it would be fun to work with...I just loved the set of nine circles! Oh, and there are so many things I could do with it. I mean they don't necessarily have to be circles right? 
I could make them hearts, or squares or any fancy Nestability shape. I could use some of the million flowers I have...should I do felt or paper, or maybe brads? They would have been fun. And what stamp set? I don't have a lot with small images, but I have some. After checking, I think I had about 20 that would have worked. But wait...what if I did a large image and cut it up into 9 squares..oh now that would be cool. Oh my. So here it is, past midnight when I'm supposed to have it posted and I ended up with circles. The hilarious part is that I pulled out an old Stampin' Up! set that I had never mounted. So, just to slow things down, I had to cut it (yep, it was that old LOL!) and mount it. So after all the decision making issues, I get so stubborn I won't consider another set once I've set my mind to it? Somebody help me!
The set I finally settled on is called "Make it Count". I just received the fabulous Night and Day designer papers, so that helped me settle on the colour scheme. (Who knows when I would have got it posted if I had to make a decision on colour too!) I stamped Life in Versafine Onyx Black...still my favorite black, because it's such a bold, dark black. I cut it out with the Labels 4 Nestablity framing it with black. The little images were all stamped in black and punched out with the 1/2" circle punch. Just for interest I added a fabric brad and button tied with red embroidery floss. The centre features the flower stamp coloured with a red centre and set in a build a brad. I added red gem to the "i" in Life and one of the stamped circle image. I finished by cutting a half circle in Real Red adding a black pearl to balance it out. I love it, and so does my dd and her friend who are up way too late, but it's a sleep over.
I am dying to see all the fabulous things the Sweet Sunday Stampers did with this sketch. Take a quick tour with me K!
I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday and have a few minutes (or in my case a few hundred hours LOL!) to try out the sketch! It's a real fun one with so much potential. Give it a shot; maybe try out one of the options I had to forego!! Link it back to
Karen's blog and the Mr. Linky so we can all see your amazing creations!
I am going to be spending the day doing laundry and housework but I hope to find a few minutes to escape that reality and run off to my studio! Adios my friends and happy stamping!
Recipe: Stamps: Make it Count (Stampin' Up!) Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Night and Day DP (all SU!) Ink: Versafine Onyx Black Accessories: 1/2" circle punch, Scallop Border punch, dimensionals, Real Red marker, Build a Brad (all SU!), Sheer black with white polka dots (Dashes, Dots and Checks), Labels Four Nestability (Spellbinders), Red Gems (Recollections), white pearl coloured black with Copic 100, button, fabric brad (Dollarama)
