Pocketful of Love (lol)

Hey there!!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend. 

I spent quite a bit of time cleaning and organizing my stamp area.  (It needed it badly.)  I bought a Clip-it-Up a while back and I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that one was not enough.  Since I had extra clips, I asked my husband to make a little rack to hang my more commonly used items.  This is what we came up with.  (You can click on the thumbnail to see a bigger picture.)  It’s pretty simple, but it sure made a difference in my mess.  I started organizing my ribbon (finally) too.  I’m using Cropper Hopper 3 x 3 drawers and cards…I ran out of drawers and cards before I ran out of ribbon but at least I got a head start.

SO….I can’t even remember the last time I played along with the Technique Lovers Challenge over at SCS.  Today’s challenge was to make a heart pocket.   I’ve had this little kitty from The Cat’s Pajamas for a while and I’ve been dying to use it.  It’s finally been inked!  After stamping the cat, I cut it out, using a craft knife for the inside area, then I raised him (her?) on pop dots.

I shrunk the heart pattern down a bit (you can find the pattern on this thread) so the cat wouldn’t be too terribly overwhelmed with the space.  Since the paper wasn’t double-sided, I just traced the bottom portion onto the second pattern and adhered that to the pink heart.  The flowers were punched from the second pattern and I used pink glittery brads for the centers.   I adhered a tiny pink jewel to the tag for a little extra sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Monday!

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink white    Patterned Paper:  Fiskars Heidi Grace “Love Blossoms”   Stamps:  The Cat’s Pajamas, SU Holidays & Wishes   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, Spica pink glitter pen, ribbon, Doodlebug Cupcake Sugar-coated brads, A-Muse twinkle sticker, McGill diagonal tag punch, SU Spring Flower Bouquet punch, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.