Midnight Stamper

Hi There! I don't have much time to type today, but I wanted to show you this pretty card that I made last night (insomnia, again!). I am embarrassed to admit that after getting a rather large prize package in the mail the other day, I actually went to the craft store and bought 2 new punches as well? Yes, I know, call it a sickness.... ;) Do any of you suffer from the same obsessive craft supply collection syndrome? I feel ya...

Anyway, my new card was a combination of an idea I saw on Lisa's blog when I was Guest Starring at jingle Belles, she made a felt ornament that hung off of her card and could be removed and used on a Christmas Tree! LOVE that idea, and that's what I did here, too. That white circle (which you will see in a minute has 2 sides) is actually an ornament that can be removed and hung on a tree! :)

The flower was made with one of my new punches (yes, one of the ones I bought!;) The Carnation Flower Punch. You punch your pieces and then curl the strips up to make flowers! Pretty cool huh. This one turned out ok, but I hope to get even better with these! :) I used my new Retro Flower Punch from my prize package to make the leaves. The stamps I used are also from my prize! Ok, here's the backside of the ornament...

Admittedly, another new punch, this is the Large Snowflake Punch. I punched it and glittered it with some cheap green glitter from my stash. I ran a string between the two sides of the oranment, and tied a bead on the bottom half and looped the top half so that it could hang on a tree. Here is the inside of the card, so you can see someone could just undo the tape and voila! Ornament time! :)

Here's a pic of the card closed. I took the die cut piece that I'd cut out to "frame" the ornament, and taped it to the inside, so it all fits together when closed. I really love the way this looks... :)

And that's it for me today, I need to make my brother a birthday card soon, so I hope to be back this weekend! :)

hugs! Noelle

supply list: punches: Inkadinkado; stamps: EK Success; bead: Jolee's; bakers twine: Crate and Barrel; lined cardstock: Creative Memories, DP: echo park; silver adhesive button: Jolee's; green glitter: Michaels dollar bin; die: Spellbinders